Carnival Corp Ltd S-3ASR, filed Sep 29, 2026
Carnival Corp Ltd. (CCL)
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
Miami, Florida 33178-2428
(305) 599-2600
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Chief Legal and Administrative Officer
Carnival Corporation Ltd.
3655 N.W. 87th Avenue
Miami, Florida
33178-2428
(305) 599-2600
Luke Jennings, Esq.
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019-6064
(212) 373-3000
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England and Wales
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C O R P O R A T I O N LTD.
COMMON SHARES
PREFERENCE SHARES
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE SECURITIES
PURCHASE CONTRACTS
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3655 N.W. 87th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33178-2428
Attention: Corporate Secretary
Telephone: (305) 599-2600, Ext. 18018.
C O R P O R A T I O N LTD.
COMMON SHARES
PREFERENCE SHARES
WARRANTS TO PURCHASE SECURITIES
PURCHASE CONTRACTS
UNITS
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| | CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD. | | | CARNIVAL UK LTD. | |
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By:
/s/ Josh Weinstein
Name: Josh Weinstein
Title: Chief Executive Officer and Director |
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By:
/s/ Josh Weinstein
Name: Josh Weinstein
Title: Director |
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| | CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD. | | | CARNIVAL UK LTD. | |
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/s/ Josh Weinstein
Josh Weinstein
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Josh Weinstein
Josh Weinstein
Director and Authorized Representative in the United States (Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ David Bernstein
David Bernstein
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ David Bernstein
David Bernstein
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, Carnival Corporation Ltd. (Principal Financial and Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Micky Arison
Micky Arison
Chair of the Board of Directors |
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/s/ Lars Ljoen
Lars Ljoen
Director |
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/s/ Sir Jonathon Band
Sir Jonathon Band
Director |
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/s/ Paul Ludlow
Paul Ludlow
Director |
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/s/ Jason Glen Cahilly
Jason Glen Cahilly
Director |
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/s/ Nelda J. Connors
Nelda J. Connors
Director |
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/s/ Helen Deeble
Helen Deeble
Director |
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/s/ Jeffrey J. Gearhart
Jeffrey J. Gearhart
Director |
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/s/ Katie Lahey
Katie Lahey
Director |
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/s/ Stuart Subotnick
Stuart Subotnick
Director |
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/s/ Laura Weil
Laura Weil
Director |
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/s/ Randall J. Weisenburger
Randall J. Weisenburger
Director |
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Exhibit 3.3
Ashurst
The Companies Act 2006
Articles of Association of Carnival UK Ltd.
(No. 04039524)
Private company having a share capital
(Adopted by special resolution passed on 8 May 2026)
Contents
| PRELIMINARY | 1 | |
| 1. | Exclusion of Model Articles and Table A | 1 |
| 2. | Definitions and interpretation | 1 |
| 3. | Liability of members | 3 |
| DIRECTORS’ POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES | 3 | |
| 4. | Directors’ general authority | 3 |
| 5. | Shareholders’ reserve power | 3 |
| 6. | Directors may delegate | 3 |
| 7. | Committees | 3 |
| DECISION-MAKING BY DIRECTORS | 4 | |
| 8. | Directors to take decisions collectively | 4 |
| 9. | Unanimous decisions | 4 |
| 10. | Calling a directors’ meeting | 4 |
| 11. | Participation in directors’ meetings | 4 |
| 12. | Quorum for directors’ meetings | 5 |
| 13. | Chairing of directors’ meetings | 5 |
| 14. | No casting vote | 5 |
| 15. | Directors’ interests | 5 |
| 16. | Directors’ conflicts | 6 |
| 17. | Records of decisions to be kept | 7 |
| 18. | Directors’ discretion to make further rules | 7 |
| 19. | Change of name | 7 |
| APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS | 8 | |
| 20. | Methods of appointing directors | 8 |
| 21. | Termination of director’s appointment | 8 |
| 22. | Appointment and removal by shareholders | 8 |
| 23. | Alternate directors | 9 |
| 24. | Directors’ remuneration | 10 |
| 25. | Directors’ expenses | 10 |
| 26. | Company Secretary | 11 |
| SHARES | 11 | |
| 27. | All shares to be fully paid up | 11 |
| 28. | Allotment of shares | 11 |
| 29. | Powers to issue different classes of share | 11 |
| 30. | Payment of commissions on subscription for shares | 11 |
| 31. | Company not bound by less than absolute interests | 11 |
| 32. | Share certificates | 11 |
| 33. | Replacement share certificates | 12 |
| 34. | Share transfers | 12 |
| 35. | Transmission of shares | 13 |
| 36. | Exercise of transmittees’ rights | 13 |
| 37. | Transmittees bound by prior notices | 13 |
| SHARE RIGHTS | 14 | |
| 38. | Subscriber shares | 14 |
| 39. | P&O Princess Special Voting Share | 14 |
| 40. | Redeemable Preference Shares | 14 |
| 41. | Ranking of shares for dividends | 16 |
| 42. | Variation of rights | 16 |
| DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS | 17 | |
| 43. | Procedure for declaring dividends | 17 |
| 44. | Payment of dividends and other distributions | 18 |
| 45. | No interest on distributions | 18 |
| 46. | Unclaimed distributions | 18 |
| 47. | Non-cash distributions | 19 |
| 48. | Waiver of distributions | 19 |
| CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS | 19 | |
| 49. | Authority to capitalise and appropriation of capitalised sums | 19 |
| ORGANISATION OF GENERAL MEETINGS | 20 | |
| 50. | Attendance and speaking at general meetings | 20 |
| 51. | Quorum for general meetings | 20 |
| 52. | Chairing general meetings | 21 |
| 53. | Attendance and speaking by directors and non-shareholders | 21 |
| 54. | Adjournment | 21 |
| VOTING AT GENERAL MEETINGS | 22 | |
| 55. | Voting: general | 22 |
| 56. | Errors and disputes | 22 |
| 57. | Poll votes | 22 |
| 58. | Content of proxy notices | 23 |
| 59. | Delivery of proxy notices | 23 |
| 60. | Amendments to resolutions | 24 |
| ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS | 24 | |
| 61. | Means of communication to be used | 24 |
| 62. | Deemed delivery of documents and information | 24 |
| 63. | Company seals | 25 |
| 64. | No right to inspect accounts and other records | 25 |
| 65. | Provision for employees on cessation of business | 25 |
| DIRECTORS’ INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE | 26 | |
| 66. | Indemnity and benefits | 26 |
| SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT | 27 | |
| 67. | Scheme of Arrangement | 27 |
The Companies Act 2006
Articles of Association of Carnival UK Ltd. (the Company)
Private company having a share capital
(Adopted by special resolution passed on 8 May 2026)
PRELIMINARY
| 1. | Exclusion of Model Articles and Table A |
The regulations contained in the Model Articles of Association applicable to the Company under or pursuant to the 2006 Act, or in Table A in the schedule to The Companies (Tables A to F) Regulations 1985 and in any Table A applicable to the Company, under any former enactment relating to companies shall not apply to the Company except in so far as they are repeated or contained in these articles.
| 2. | Definitions and interpretation |
| 2.1 | In these articles, unless the context otherwise requires: |
2006 Act means the Companies Act 2006 including any modification or re-enactment thereof for the time being in force;
articles means the Company’s articles of association for the time being in force;
bankruptcy includes individual insolvency proceedings in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales or Northern Ireland which have an effect similar to that of bankruptcy;
chairperson has the meaning given in article 13.2;
chairperson of the meeting has the meaning given in article 52.3;
Companies Acts means the Companies Acts (as defined in section 2 of the Companies Act 2006, in so far as they apply to the Company;
director means a director of the Company, and includes any person occupying the position of director, by whatever name called;
distribution recipient has the meaning given in article 44.2;
document includes, unless otherwise specified, any document sent or supplied in electronic form;
electronic form has the meaning given in section 1168 of the 2006 Act;
fully paid in relation to a share, means that the nominal value and any premium to be paid to the Company in respect of that share have been paid to the Company;
Group means the Company and its group undertakings from time to time and all of them and each of them as the context admits and Group Company means any one of them;
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group undertaking shall be construed in accordance with section 1161 of the 2006 Act;
hard copy form has the meaning given in section 1168 of the 2006 Act;
holder in relation to shares means the person whose name is entered in the register of members as the holder of the shares;
instrument means a document in hard copy form;
ordinary resolution has the meaning given in section 282 of the 2006 Act;
Ordinary Shares means ordinary shares in the capital of the Company;
paid means paid or credited as paid;
participate, in relation to a directors’ meeting, has the meaning given in article 11;
P&O Princess Special Voting Share means the special voting share of £1.00 in the capital of the Company;
proxy notice has the meaning given in article 58.1;
redeemable preference shares means the redeemable preference shares of £1.00 each in the capital of the Company;
shareholder means a person who is the holder of a share;
shares means shares in the Company;
special resolution has the meaning given in section 283 of the 2006 Act;
subscriber shares means the subscriber shares of £1.00 each in the capital of the Company;
subsidiary has the meaning given in section 1159 of the 2006 Act;
transmittee means a person entitled to a share by reason of the death or bankruptcy of a shareholder or otherwise by operation of law; and
writing means the representation or reproduction of words, symbols or other information in a visible form by any method or combination of methods, whether sent or supplied in electronic form or otherwise.
| 2.2 | Unless the context otherwise requires, words or expressions contained in these articles bear the same meanings as in the 2006 Act as in force on the date of adoption of these articles. |
| 2.3 | In these articles: |
| (a) | headings are included for convenience only and shall not affect the construction of these articles; |
| (b) | words denoting the singular include the plural and vice versa; |
| (c) | words denoting one gender include each gender and all genders; |
| (d) | references to persons are deemed to include references to natural persons, firms, partnerships, companies, corporations, associations, organisations and trusts (in each case whether having separate legal personality). |
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| 3. | Liability of members |
The liability of the members is limited to the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares held by them.
DIRECTORS’ POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
| 4. | Directors’ general authority |
Subject to the articles, the directors are responsible for the management of the Company’s business, for which purpose they may exercise all the powers of the Company.
| 5. | Shareholders’ reserve power |
| 5.1 | The shareholders may, by special resolution, direct the directors to take, or refrain from taking, specified action. |
| 5.2 | No such special resolution invalidates anything which the directors have done before the passing of the resolution. |
| 6. | Directors may delegate |
| 6.1 | Subject to the articles, the directors may delegate any of the powers which are conferred on them under the articles: |
| (a) | to such person or committee; |
| (b) | by such means (including by power of attorney); |
| (c) | to such an extent; |
| (d) | in relation to such matters or territories; and |
| (e) | on such terms and conditions; |
as they think fit.
| 6.2 | If the directors so specify, any such delegation may authorise further delegation of the directors’ powers by any person to whom they are delegated. |
| 6.3 | The directors may revoke any delegation in whole or part, or alter its terms and conditions. |
| 7. | Committees |
| 7.1 | Committees to which the directors delegate any of their powers must follow procedures which are based as far as they are applicable on those provisions of the articles which govern the taking of decisions by directors. |
| 7.2 | The directors may make rules of procedure for all or any committees, which prevail over rules derived from the articles if they are not consistent with them. |
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DECISION-MAKING BY DIRECTORS
| 8. | Directors to take decisions collectively |
| 8.1 | The general rule about decision-making by directors is that any decision of the directors must be either a majority decision at a meeting or a decision taken in accordance with article 9. |
| 8.2 | If: |
| (a) | the Company only has one director; and |
| (b) | no provision of the articles requires it to have more than one director, |
the general rule does not apply, and the director may take decisions without regard to any of the provisions of the articles relating to directors’ decision-making.
| 9. | Unanimous decisions |
| 9.1 | A decision of the directors is taken in accordance with this article 9 when all eligible directors indicate to each other by any means that they share a common view on a matter. |
| 9.2 | Such a decision may take the form of a resolution in writing, where each eligible director has signed one or more copies of it or has otherwise indicated agreement in writing. |
| 9.3 | References in this article 9 to eligible directors are to directors who would have been entitled to vote on the matter and whose vote would have been counted had it been proposed as a resolution at a directors’ meeting. |
| 9.4 | A decision may not be taken in accordance with this article 9 if the eligible directors would not have formed a quorum at such a meeting. |
| 10. | Calling a directors’ meeting |
| 10.1 | Any director may call a directors’ meeting by giving notice of the meeting to the directors or by authorising the company secretary (if any) to give such notice. |
| 10.2 | Notice of a directors’ meeting must be given to each director, but need not be in writing. |
| 10.3 | Notice of a directors’ meeting need not be given to directors who waive their entitlement to notice of that meeting, by giving notice to that effect to the Company either before, on or after the date on which the meeting is held. Where such notice is given after the meeting has been held, that does not affect the validity of the meeting, or of any business conducted at it. |
| 11. | Participation in directors’ meetings |
| 11.1 | Subject to the articles, directors participate in a directors’ meeting, or part of a directors’ meeting, when: |
| (a) | the meeting has been called and takes place in accordance with the articles, and |
| (b) | they can each communicate to the others any information or opinions they have on any particular item of the business of the meeting. |
| 11.2 | In determining whether directors are participating in a directors’ meeting, it is irrelevant where any director is or how they communicate with each other. |
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| 11.3 | If all the directors participating in a meeting are not in the same place, they may decide that the meeting is to be treated as taking place wherever any of them is. |
| 12. | Quorum for directors’ meetings |
| 12.1 | At a directors’ meeting, unless a quorum is participating, no proposal is to be voted on, except a proposal to call another meeting. |
| 12.2 | The quorum for directors’ meetings may be fixed from time to time by a decision of the directors, but unless so fixed, the quorum for directors’ meetings shall be: (a) one director, if the Company has only one director; and (b) two directors, if the Company has more than one director |
| 12.3 | If the total number of directors for the time being is less than the quorum required, the directors must not take any decision other than a decision: |
| (a) | to appoint further directors, or |
| (b) | to call a general meeting so as to enable the shareholders to appoint further directors. |
| 13. | Chairing of directors’ meetings |
| 13.1 | The directors may appoint a director to chair their meetings. |
| 13.2 | The person so appointed for the time being is known as the chairperson. |
| 13.3 | The directors may terminate the chairperson’s appointment at any time. |
| 13.4 | If the chairperson is not participating in a directors’ meeting within ten minutes of the time at which it was to start, the participating directors must appoint one of themselves to chair it. |
| 14. | No casting vote |
In the case of an equality of votes, the chairperson or other director chairing the meeting (or part of a meeting) shall not have a casting vote.
| 15. | Directors’ interests |
| 15.1 | A director may vote, at any meeting of the directors or of any committee of the directors, on any resolution, and may otherwise take, or take part in, any decision, notwithstanding that it in any way concerns or relates to a matter in which he has, directly or indirectly, any kind of interest or duty whatsoever (whether or not it may conflict with the interests of the Company), and if he shall vote on any such resolution (or take, or take part in, any such decision) his vote shall be counted; and in relation to any such resolution as aforesaid he shall (whether or not he shall vote on the same) be taken into account in calculating the quorum present at the meeting. This is subject to section 175 of the 2006 Act and to the other provisions of the articles. |
| 15.2 | Provided that he has disclosed to the directors the nature and extent of any interest of his in accordance with and to the extent required by the 2006 Act or the interest is deemed disclosed by article 15.3, a director notwithstanding his office: |
| (a) | may be a party to, or otherwise interested in, any transaction or arrangement with the Company or in which the Company is otherwise interested; |
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| (b) | may be a director or other officer of, or employed by, or a party to any transaction or arrangement with, or otherwise interested in, any body corporate in which the Company is interested or any Group Company or any body corporate in which any Group Company is interested; |
| (c) | may act, by himself or through a firm in which he is interested, in a professional capacity for the Company or any Group Company or any body corporate in which any Group Company is interested (otherwise than as auditor); and |
| (d) | may hold any other place of profit with the Company (otherwise than as auditor) in conjunction with his office as the directors may determine, |
and (i) he shall not, by reason of his office or the fiduciary relationship thereby established, be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefit which he or any other person derives from any such office or employment or from any such transaction or arrangement or from acting in a professional capacity or from any interest in any such undertaking or body corporate; and (ii) no such transaction or arrangement shall be liable to be avoided on the ground of any such interest or remuneration or other benefit; and (iii) receipt of any such remuneration or other benefit shall not constitute a breach of his duty under section 176 of the 2006 Act.
| 15.3 | For the purposes of this article 15 a director shall be deemed to have disclosed the nature and extent of an interest which consists of him being a director, officer or employee of any Group Company in relation to the Company. |
| 16. | Directors’ conflicts |
| 16.1 | For the purposes of section 175 of the 2006 Act, the directors may authorise any matter proposed to them which would, if not so authorised, constitute or give rise to an infringement of duty by a director under that section. |
| 16.2 | Any authorisation of a matter pursuant to article 16.1 shall extend to any actual or potential conflict of interest which may reasonably be expected to arise out of the matter so authorised. |
| 16.3 | Any authorisation of a matter under article 16.1 shall be subject to such conditions or limitations as the directors may specify, whether at the time such authorisation is given or subsequently, and may be terminated or varied by the directors at any time. A director shall comply with any obligations imposed on him by the directors pursuant to any such authorisation. |
| 16.4 | A director shall not, by reason of his office or the fiduciary relationship thereby established, be accountable to the Company for any remuneration or other benefit which derives from any matter authorised by the directors under article 16.1 and any transaction or arrangement relating thereto shall not be liable to be avoided on the grounds of any such remuneration or other benefit or on the ground of the director having any interest as referred to in section 175 of the 2006 Act. |
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| 16.5 | A director shall be under no duty to the Company with respect to any information which he obtains or has obtained otherwise than as a director or officer or employee of the Company and in respect of which he owes a duty of confidentiality to another person. However, to the extent that his connection with that other person conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the Company, this article 16.5 applies only if the existence of that connection has been authorised by the directors under article 16.1 above. In particular, the director shall not be in breach of the general duties he owes to the Company by virtue of sections 171 to 177 of the 2006 Act because he fails: |
| (a) | to disclose any such information to the directors or to any director or other officer or employee of the Company; and/or |
| (b) | to use any such information in performing his duties as a director or officer or employee of the Company. |
| 16.6 | Where the existence of a director’s connection with another person has been authorised by the directors under article 16.1 and his connection with that person conflicts, or possibly may conflict, with the interests of the Company, the director shall not be in breach of the general duties he owes to the Company by virtue of sections 171 to 177 of the 2006 Act because he: |
| (a) | absents himself from meetings of the director or any committee thereof at which any matter relating to the conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest will or may be discussed or from the discussion of any such matter at a meeting or otherwise; and/or |
| (b) | makes arrangements not to receive documents and information relating to any matter which gives rise to the conflict of interest or possible conflict of interest sent or supplied by the Company and/or for such documents and information to be received and read by a professional adviser, |
for so long as he reasonably believes such conflict of interest (or possible conflict of interest) subsists.
| 16.7 | The provisions of articles 16.5 and 16.6 are without prejudice to any equitable principle or rule of law which may excuse the director from: |
| (a) | disclosing information, in circumstances where disclosure would otherwise be required under these articles or otherwise; or |
| (b) | attending meetings or discussions or receiving documents and information as referred to in article 16.6 in circumstances where such attendance or receiving such documents and information would otherwise be required under these articles. |
| 16.8 | For the purposes of this article 16, a conflict of interest includes a conflict of interest and duty and a conflict of duties. |
| 17. | Records of decisions to be kept |
The directors must ensure that the Company keeps a record, in writing, for at least 10 years from the date of the decision recorded, of every unanimous or majority decision taken by the directors.
| 18. | Directors’ discretion to make further rules |
Subject to the articles, the directors may make any rule which they think fit about how they take decisions, and about how such rules are to be recorded or communicated to directors.
| 19. | Change of name |
The Company may change its name by resolution of the directors.
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APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS
| 20. | Methods of appointing directors |
| 20.1 | Any person who is willing to act as a director, and is permitted by law to do so, may be appointed to be a director: |
| (a) | by ordinary resolution; |
| (b) | by a decision of the directors; or |
| (c) | by holder or holders of more than one-half of the issued ordinary shares of the Company, in accordance with article 22. |
| 20.2 | In any case where, as a result of death, the Company has no shareholders and no directors, the personal representatives of the last shareholder to have died have the right, by notice in writing, to appoint a person to be a director. |
| 20.3 | For the purposes of article 20.2, where two or more shareholders die in circumstances rendering it uncertain who was the last to die, a younger shareholder is deemed to have survived an older shareholder. |
| 21. | Termination of director’s appointment |
A person ceases to be a director as soon as:
| (a) | that person ceases to be a director by virtue of any provision of the Companies Acts or is prohibited from being a director by law; |
| (b) | a bankruptcy order is made against that person; |
| (c) | a composition is made with that person’s creditors generally in satisfaction of that person’s debts; |
| (d) | a registered medical practitioner who is treating that person gives a written opinion to the Company stating that that person has become physically or mentally incapable of acting as a director and may remain so for more than three months; |
| (e) | notification is received by the Company from the director that the director is resigning from office, and such resignation has taken effect in accordance with its terms; |
| (f) | all the other directors unanimously resolve that his office be vacated (but this shall be without prejudice to any claim such person may have for damages for breach of contract of service between him and the Company); or |
| (g) | that person is removed from office by holder or holders of more than one-half of the issued ordinary shares of the Company, in accordance with article 22. |
| 22. | Appointment and removal by shareholders |
The holder or holders for the time being of more than one-half of the issued ordinary shares of the Company shall have the power from time to time and at any time to appoint any person or persons as a director or directors either as additional directors or to fill any vacancy and to remove from office any director howsoever appointed. Any such appointment or removal shall be effected by a notice in writing signed by or on behalf of the member or members exercising the power and shall take effect upon lodgement at the registered office of the Company or upon presentation at a board meeting or general meeting of the Company, or upon such later date as may be specified in the notice.
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| 23. | Alternate directors |
| 23.1 | Any director (the appointor) may appoint as an alternate any other director, or any other person approved by a resolution or other decision of the directors to: |
| (a) | exercise that director’s powers; and |
| (b) | carry out that director’s responsibilities, |
in relation to the taking of decisions by the directors in the absence of the alternate’s appointor.
| 23.2 | Any appointment or removal of an alternate must be effected by notice in writing to the Company signed by the appointor, or in any other manner approved by the directors. |
| 23.3 | The notice must: |
| (a) | identify the proposed alternate; and |
| (b) | in the case of a notice of appointment, contain a statement signed by the proposed alternate that the proposed alternate is willing to act as the alternate of the director giving the notice. |
| 23.4 | An alternate director has the same rights, in relation to any directors’ meeting, and all meetings of committees of directors of which the appointor is a member, or directors’ written resolution, or other decision of the directors reached in accordance with article 9, as the alternate’s appointor. For the purposes of articles 9.1 and 9.2, if an alternate director indicates that he shares the common view, his appointor need not also indicate that he shares the common view and if a resolution is signed by an alternate director (or to which an alternate director has indicated his agreement in writing), it need not also be signed or so agreed to by his appointor. |
| 23.5 | Except as the articles specify otherwise, alternate directors: |
| (a) | are deemed for all purposes to be directors; |
| (b) | are liable for their own acts and omissions; |
| (c) | are subject to the same restrictions as their appointors; and |
| (d) | are not deemed to be agents of or for their appointors. |
| 23.6 | A person who is an alternate director but not a director: |
| (a) | may be counted as participating for the purposes of determining whether a quorum is participating (but only if that person’s appointor is not participating); and |
| (b) | may sign (or otherwise indicate his agreement in writing to) a written resolution (but only if that person’s appointor has not signed or otherwise indicated his agreement in writing to such written resolution). |
No alternate may be counted as more than one director for such purposes.
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| 23.7 | A director who is an alternate director has an additional vote on behalf of each appointor who is: |
| (a) | not participating in a directors’ meeting; and |
| (b) | would have been entitled to vote if they were participating in it. |
| 23.8 | An alternate director is not entitled to receive any remuneration from the Company for serving as an alternate director except such part of the alternate’s appointor’s remuneration as the appointor may direct by notice in writing made to the Company. |
| 23.9 | An alternate director’s appointment as an alternate terminates: |
| (a) | when the alternate’s appointor revokes the appointment by notice to the Company in writing specifying when it is to terminate; |
| (b) | on the occurrence in relation to the alternate of any event which, if it occurred in relation to the alternate’s appointor, would result in the termination of the appointor’s appointment as a director; |
| (c) | on the death of the alternate’s appointor; or |
| (d) | when the alternate’s appointor’s appointment as a director terminates. |
| 24. | Directors’ remuneration |
| 24.1 | Directors may undertake any services for the Company that the directors decide. |
| 24.2 | Directors are entitled to such remuneration as the directors determine for: |
| (a) | their services to the Company as directors; and |
| (b) | any other service which they undertake for the Company. |
| 24.3 | Subject to the articles, a director’s remuneration may: |
| (a) | take any form; and |
| (b) | include any arrangements in connection with the payment of a pension, allowance or gratuity, or any death, sickness or disability benefits, to or in respect of that director. |
| 24.4 | Unless the directors decide otherwise, directors’ remuneration accrues from day to day. |
| 24.5 | Unless the directors decide otherwise, directors are not accountable to the Company for any remuneration which they receive as directors or other officers or employees of the Company’s subsidiaries or of any other body corporate in which the Company is interested. |
| 25. | Directors’ expenses |
The Company may pay any reasonable expenses which the directors (including alternate directors) properly incur in connection with their attendance at:
| (a) | meetings of directors or committees of directors; |
| (b) | general meetings; or |
| (c) | separate meetings of the holders of any class of shares or of debentures of the Company, or otherwise in connection with the exercise of their powers and the discharge of their responsibilities in relation to the Company. |
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| 26. | Company Secretary |
It shall not be necessary for the Company to have a company secretary.
SHARES
| 27. | All shares to be fully paid up |
| 27.1 | No share is to be issued for less than the aggregate of its nominal value and any premium to be paid to the Company in consideration for its issue. |
| 27.2 | This does not apply to shares taken on the formation of the Company by the subscribers to the Company’s memorandum. |
| 28. | Allotment of shares |
| 28.1 | The directors shall have the powers given by section 550 of the 2006 Act. |
| 28.2 | In accordance with section 567 of the 2006 Act, the requirements of sections 561 and 562 of the 2006 Act are excluded in relation to allotments of equity securities by the Company. |
| 29. | Powers to issue different classes of share |
| 29.1 | Subject to the articles, but without prejudice to the rights attached to any existing share, the Company may issue shares with such rights or restrictions as may be determined by ordinary resolution. |
| 29.2 | The Company may issue shares which are to be redeemed, or are liable to be redeemed at the option of the Company or the holder, and the directors may determine the terms, conditions and manner of redemption of any such shares. |
| 30. | Payment of commissions on subscription for shares |
| 30.1 | The Company may pay any person a commission in consideration for that person: |
| (a) | subscribing, or agreeing to subscribe, for shares; or |
| (b) | procuring, or agreeing to procure, subscriptions for shares. |
| 30.2 | Any such commission may be paid: |
| (a) | in cash, or in fully paid or partly paid shares or other securities, or partly in one way and partly in the other; and |
| (b) | in respect of a conditional or an absolute subscription. |
| 31. | Company not bound by less than absolute interests |
Except as required by law, no person is to be recognised by the Company as holding any share upon any trust, and except as otherwise required by law or the articles, the Company is not in any way to be bound by or recognise any interest in a share other than the holder’s absolute ownership of it and all the rights attaching to it.
| 32. | Share certificates |
| 32.1 | The Company must issue each shareholder, free of charge, with one or more certificates in respect of the shares which that shareholder holds. |
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| 32.2 | Every certificate must specify: |
| (a) | in respect of how many shares, of what class, it is issued; |
| (b) | the nominal value of those shares; |
| (c) | that the shares are fully paid; and |
| (d) | any distinguishing numbers assigned to them. |
| 32.3 | No certificate may be issued in respect of shares of more than one class. |
| 32.4 | If more than one person holds a share, only one certificate may be issued in respect of it. |
| 32.5 | Certificates must: |
| (a) | have affixed to them the Company’s common seal; or |
| (b) | be otherwise executed in accordance with the Companies Acts. |
| 33. | Replacement share certificates |
| 33.1 | If a certificate issued in respect of a shareholder’s shares is: |
| (a) | damaged or defaced; or |
| (b) | said to be lost, stolen or destroyed, that shareholder is entitled to be issued with a replacement certificate in respect of the same shares. |
| 33.2 | A shareholder exercising the right to be issued with such a replacement certificate: |
| (a) | may at the same time exercise the right to be issued with a single certificate or separate certificates; |
| (b) | must return the certificate which is to be replaced to the Company if it is damaged or defaced; and |
| (c) | must comply with such conditions as to evidence, indemnity and the payment of a reasonable fee as the directors decide. |
| 34. | Share transfers |
| 34.1 | Shares may be transferred by means of an instrument of transfer in any usual form or any other form approved by the directors, which is executed by or on behalf of the transferor. |
| 34.2 | No fee may be charged for registering any instrument of transfer or other document relating to or affecting the title to any share. |
| 34.3 | The Company may retain any instrument of transfer which is registered. |
| 34.4 | The transferor remains the holder of a share until the transferee’s name is entered in the register of members as holder of it. |
| 34.5 | The directors shall only have discretion to refuse to register a transfer of shares in the Company if any of the following conditions are not met: |
| (a) | it is lodged at the registered office of the Company or at such other place as the directors may appoint and is accompanied by the certificate for the shares to which it relates and such other evidence as the directors may reasonably require to show the right of the transferor to make the transfer; |
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| (b) | it is in respect of only one class of shares; or |
| (c) | it is in favour of not more than four transferees. |
| 34.6 | Notwithstanding article 34.5, the directors (or director if there is only one) of the Company may not decline to register any transfer of shares in the Company nor suspend registration of any shares in the Company in each case where such shares have been mortgaged or charged by way of security in favour of a bank or other entity (whether as lender, agent, trustee or otherwise) (a Secured Party) and where the transfer is or is to be: |
| (a) | to a Secured Party or its nominee; or |
| (b) | executed by a Secured Party, its nominee or any receiver (or similar officer) pursuant to any power existing under such security, and a certificate from the Secured Party, its nominee or any receiver (or similar officer) that the shares are or are to be subject to such security and the transfer is in accordance with the provisions of this article shall be conclusive evidence of such facts. |
| 35. | Transmission of shares |
| 35.1 | If title to a share passes to a transmittee, the Company may only recognise the transmittee as having any title to that share. |
| 35.2 | A transmittee who produces such evidence of entitlement to shares as the directors may properly require: |
| (a) | may, subject to the articles, choose either to become the holder of those shares or to have them transferred to another person, and |
| (b) | subject to the articles, and pending any transfer of the shares to another person, has the same rights as the holder had. |
| 35.3 | But transmittees do not have the right to attend or vote at a general meeting, or agree to a proposed written resolution, in respect of shares to which they are entitled, by reason of the holder’s death or bankruptcy or otherwise, unless they become the holders of those shares. |
| 36. | Exercise of transmittees’ rights |
| 36.1 | Transmittees who wish to become the holders of shares to which they have become entitled must notify the Company in writing of that wish. |
| 36.2 | If the transmittee wishes to have a share transferred to another person, the transmittee must execute an instrument of transfer in respect of it. |
| 36.3 | Any transfer made or executed under this article 36 is to be treated as if it were made or executed by the person from whom the transmittee has derived rights in respect of the share, and as if the event which gave rise to the transmission had not occurred. |
| 37. | Transmittees bound by prior notices |
| If a notice is given to a shareholder in respect of shares and a transmittee is entitled to those shares, the transmittee is bound by the notice if it was given to the shareholder before the transmittee’s name has been entered in the register of members. |
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SHARE RIGHTS
| 38. | Subscriber shares |
The subscriber shares of £1 each in the capital of the Company have no rights whatsoever, including, without limitation, no right to receive notice, attend and vote at any general meeting, no right to receive dividends and no right to receive the payment of capital upon a distribution of assets.
| 39. | P&O Princess Special Voting Share |
| 39.1 | The P&O Princess Special Voting Share shall have no right to receive notice of or to attend and vote at any general meeting. |
| 39.2 | On a distribution of assets of the Company on a Liquidation of the Company, the P&O Princess Special Voting Share shall rank after the holders of Ordinary Shares and redeemable preference shares for repayment of any capital paid up or credited as paid up and shall only be entitled to repayment of the nominal value paid up on its share. |
| 39.3 | The P&O Princess Special Voting Share shall not be entitled to receive any dividends. |
| 39.4 | Where the proposed variation increases the obligations of the holder of the P&O Princess Special Voting Share, such variation shall also require the consent of the holder of the P&O Princess Special Voting Share. |
| 40. | Redeemable Preference Shares |
The rights attaching to the redeemable preference shares are as follows:
Dividends
| 40.1 | The holders of redeemable preference shares shall be entitled, in priority to the holders of any other class of shares in the Company’s share capital, to receive out of the profits of the Company available for distribution and resolved under the articles to be distributed in respect of each financial year of the Company a fixed cumulative preferential dividend (the “Preference Dividend”) at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum on the amount for the time being paid up on each redeemable preference share held by them respectively, save that no Preference Dividend shall accrue in respect of any redeemable preference share not in issue. |
| 40.2 | The Preference Dividend shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable annually in arrears on 31 December (“Annual Preference Dividend Payment Date”), or if such date is not a Business Day, on the next following Business Day, in respect of the year ending on that date. The first such payment shall be made on the 31 December following the issue in respect of the period from the date of the issue of the redeemable preference shares concerned until such date. The Preference Dividend shall be paid to the holders of the issued redeemable preference shares whose names appear on the register at 12 noon on any date selected by the directors up to 42 days before the relevant dividend payment date. |
Capital
| 40.3 | On a distribution of assets of the Company among its members on a winding up or other return of capital (other than a redemption or purchase by the Company of its own shares), the holders of the redeemable preference shares shall rank behind the holder(s) of Ordinary Shares but ahead of the holders of any other classes of shares of the Company in relation to the payment of any capital paid up or credited as paid up on each redeemable preference share. |
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No further rights to dividends or capital
| 40.4 | Save as provided in articles 40.1, 40.2 and 40.3, the holders of the redeemable preference shares shall not be entitled to any participation in the profits or assets of the Company. |
Voting
| 40.5 | The holders of redeemable preference shares shall not have any right to receive notice of or to attend and vote at any general meeting. |
Redemption
| 40.6 | Subject to the Companies Acts, the Company shall have the right at any time to redeem any redeemable preference shares (provided that they are credited as fully paid) by giving to the registered holder written notice of its intention to do so (the “Redemption Notice”). |
| 40.7 | Subject to the Companies Acts, the holder(s) of the redeemable preference shares has the right at any time to give the Company written notice to require the Company to redeem all of its redeemable preference shares (provided that they are credited as fully paid) within three months of giving the Company such notice (the “Shareholder Redemption Notice”). |
| 40.8 | The Redemption Notice must specify the number of redeemable preference shares to be redeemed, the amount payable on redemption and the date and time (the “Redemption Date”) and place in England at which: |
| (a) | the share certificates in respect of the redeemable preference shares must be delivered to the Company for cancellation; and |
| (b) | the Company shall pay to the registered holders of the redeemable preference shares to be redeemed the redemption money in respect of such redeemable preference shares together with a sum equal to any arrears and accruals of the Preference Dividend (whether accrued or declared or not) and any interest payable calculated down to the date of such repayment. |
| 40.9 | The holders of the redeemable preference shares to be redeemed shall be bound by the Redemption Notice. |
| 40.10 | Following the receipt of a Shareholder Redemption Notice the Company shall be bound, subject to the Companies Acts, to redeem such redeemable preference shares and must give the relevant holder of such shares written notice of the date (also the “Redemption Date”) of a redemption (such notice to be at least fourteen days in advance of such payment) whereby, upon the receipt by the Company of (i) the relevant share certificate(s) in respect of such shares from the holder for cancellation or (ii) an indemnity reasonably acceptable to the Company in respect of a lost share certificates(s), then the Company shall pay to the registered holder of the shares the redemption money in respect of such shares together with a sum equal to any arrears and accruals of the Preference Dividend (whether accrued or declared or not) and any interest payable calculated down to the date of such repayment. If the Company is not able to redeem such shares within three months of receipt of the Shareholder Redemption Notice (because such payment would be in contravention of the Companies Acts), then the Company shall effect such redemption as soon as possible after such shares have become capable of being lawfully redeemed in accordance with the Companies Acts. |
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| 40.11 | The amount to be paid on redemption of each redeemable preference share shall equal the amount credited as paid up on it (including any share premium) together with all arrears or accruals of the Preference Dividend (whether accrued, declared or not) calculated up to and including the Redemption Date and in the case of a partial redemption proportionately in respect of each holding of redeemable preference shares. |
| 40.12 | The redeemable preference shares shall be redeemed on or before 31 December 2050 and if, in accordance with the Companies Acts, the redeemable preference shares shall not on any such date be capable of being redeemed by the Company, such redemption shall be effected as soon as possible after the redeemable preference shares have become capable of being redeemed. |
| 40.13 | The Preference Dividend shall cease to accrue on any redeemable preference shares, which are to be redeemed, on the Redemption Date. |
| 40.14 | If any holder of a redeemable preference share to be redeemed fails or refuses to surrender the share certificate (or an indemnity reasonably acceptable to the Company in respect of lost share certificates) for such redeemable preference share (or fails or refuses to accept the redemption money payable in respect of it), the Company shall retain such money and hold it on trust for such holder but without interest or further obligation whatever. |
| 40.15 | No redeemable preference share shall be redeemed otherwise than out of distributable profits or the proceeds of a fresh issue of shares made for the purposes of the redemption or out of capital to the extent permitted by the Companies Acts but any premium payable on redemption shall be paid either out of distributable profits, or to the extent permitted by the Companies Acts, out of the share premium account of the Company. |
| 40.16 | No redeemable preference share redeemed by the Company shall be capable of reissue. |
| 41. | Ranking of shares for dividends |
The rights attaching to the shares of the Company, as regards the participation in the profits available for distribution and resolved to be distributed, are as follows:
| (a) | the holders of preference shares shall be entitled, in priority to any payment of dividends to the holders of any other class of shares, to a preferred right to participate as regards dividends up to but not beyond a specified amount; and |
| (b) | any surplus remaining after payment of the dividends under paragraph (a) shall be payable to the holders of the Ordinary Shares in equal amounts per share. |
| 42. | Variation of rights |
| 42.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts, if at any time the capital of the Company is divided into different classes of shares, the rights attached to any class may (unless otherwise provided by the terms of allotment of the shares of that class) be varied or abrogated, whether or not the Company is being wound up, either: |
| (a) | with the consent in writing of the holders of three-quarters in nominal value of the issued shares of the class (excluding any shares of that class held as treasury shares); or |
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| (b) | with the sanction of a special resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. |
| 42.2 | To every such separate general meeting, all the provisions of these articles relating to general meetings of the Company (and to the proceedings at such general meetings) shall, mutatis mutandis, so far as applicable apply, except that: |
| (a) | the necessary quorum at any such meeting, other than an adjourned meeting, shall be two persons, present in person or by proxy or by duly authorised representative (if a corporation), who together hold or represent at least one-third in nominal value of the issued shares of the relevant class (unless all the shares of that class are registered in the name of a single holder, in which case the quorum shall be that holder, his proxy or his duly authorised representative (if a corporation)), but so that if, at any adjourned meeting of such holders, such a quorum is not present, then those holders who are present (in person or by proxy or by duly authorised representative (if a corporation)) shall be a quorum; |
| (b) | any holder of shares of the relevant class present in person or by proxy or by duly authorised representative (if a corporation) may demand a poll; and |
| (c) | the holders of shares of the relevant class shall, on a poll, have one vote in respect of every share of that class held by him. |
| 42.3 | The rights attached to any class of shares shall, unless otherwise expressly provided by the terms of issue of the shares of that class or by the terms upon which such shares are for the time being held, be deemed not to be abrogated or varied by (a) the creation or issue of further shares ranking pari passu therewith or subsequent thereto; or (b) the purchase or redemption by the Company of any of its own shares. |
DIVIDENDS AND OTHER DISTRIBUTIONS
| 43. | Procedure for declaring dividends |
| 43.1 | The Company may by ordinary resolution declare dividends, and the directors may decide to pay interim dividends. |
| 43.2 | No dividend may be declared or paid unless it is in accordance with shareholders’ respective rights. |
| 43.3 | Unless the shareholders’ resolution to declare or directors’ decision to pay a dividend, or the terms on which shares are issued, specify otherwise, it must be paid by reference to each shareholder’s holding of shares on the date of the resolution or decision to declare or pay it. |
| 43.4 | If the Company’s share capital is divided into different classes, no interim dividend may be paid on shares carrying deferred or non-preferred rights if, at the time of payment, any preferential dividend is in arrear. |
| 43.5 | The directors may pay at intervals any dividend payable at a fixed rate if it appears to them that the profits available for distribution justify the payment. |
| 43.6 | If the directors act in good faith, they do not incur any liability to the holders of shares conferring preferred rights for any loss they may suffer by the lawful payment of an interim dividend on shares with deferred or non-preferred rights. |
| 43.7 | Subject to the terms of issue of any share, dividends may be declared or paid in any currency or currencies determined by the directors, and the directors may decide the basis of conversion for any currency conversions that may be required and how any costs involved are to be met. |
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| 44. | Payment of dividends and other distributions |
| 44.1 | Where a dividend or other sum which is a distribution is payable in respect of a share, it must be paid by one or more of the following means: |
| (a) | transfer to a bank or building society account specified by the distribution recipient either in writing or as the directors may otherwise decide; |
| (b) | sending a cheque made payable to the distribution recipient by post to the distribution recipient at the distribution recipient’s registered address (if the distribution recipient is a holder of the share), or (in any other case) to an address specified by the distribution recipient either in writing or as the directors may otherwise decide; |
| (c) | sending a cheque made payable to such person by post to such person at such address as the distribution recipient has specified either in writing or as the directors may otherwise decide; or |
| (d) | any other means of payment as the directors agree with the distribution recipient either in writing or by such other means as the directors decide. |
| 44.2 | In the articles, “the distribution recipient” means, in respect of a share in respect of which a dividend or other sum is payable: |
| (a) | the holder of the share; or |
| (b) | if the share has two or more joint holders, whichever of them is named first in the register of members; or |
| (c) | if the holder is no longer entitled to the share by reason of death or bankruptcy or otherwise by operation of law, the transmittee. |
| 45. | No interest on distributions |
The Company may not pay interest on any dividend or other sum payable in respect of a share unless otherwise provided by:
| (a) | the terms on which the share was issued; or |
| (b) | the provisions of another agreement between the holder of that share and the Company. |
| 46. | Unclaimed distributions |
| 46.1 | All dividends or other sums which are: |
| (a) | payable in respect of shares; and |
| (b) | unclaimed after having been declared or become payable, |
may be invested or otherwise made use of by the directors for the benefit of the Company until claimed.
| 46.2 | The payment of any such dividend or other sum into a separate account does not make the Company a trustee in respect of it. |
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| 46.3 | If: |
| (a) | twelve years have passed from the date on which a dividend or other sum became due for payment; and |
| (b) | the distribution recipient has not claimed it, |
the distribution recipient is no longer entitled to that dividend or other sum and it ceases to remain owing by the Company.
| 47. | Non-cash distributions |
| 47.1 | Subject to the terms of issue of the share in question, the Company may, by ordinary resolution or by a resolution or other decision of the directors, decide to pay all or part of a dividend or other distribution payable in respect of a share by transferring non-cash assets of equivalent value (including, without limitation, shares or other securities in any company). |
| 47.2 | For the purposes of paying a non-cash distribution, the directors may make whatever arrangements they think fit, including, where any difficulty arises regarding the distribution: |
| (a) | fixing the value of any assets; |
| (b) | paying cash to any distribution recipient on the basis of that value in order to adjust the rights of recipients; and |
| (c) | vesting any assets in trustees. |
| 48. | Waiver of distributions |
Distribution recipients may waive their entitlement to a dividend or other distribution payable in respect of a share by giving the Company notice in writing to that effect, but if:
| (a) | the share has more than one holder; or |
| (b) | more than one person is entitled to the share, whether by reason of the death or bankruptcy of one or more joint holders, or otherwise, the notice is not effective unless it is expressed to be given, and signed, by all the holders or persons otherwise entitled to the share. |
CAPITALISATION OF PROFITS
| 49. | Authority to capitalise and appropriation of capitalised sums |
| 49.1 | Subject to the articles, the directors may, if they are so authorised by an ordinary resolution: |
| (a) | decide to capitalise any profits of the Company (whether or not they are available for distribution) which are not required for paying a preferential dividend, or any sum standing to the credit of the Company’s share premium account or capital redemption reserve; and |
| (b) | appropriate any sum which they so decide to capitalise (a “capitalised sum”) to the persons who would have been entitled to it if it were distributed by way of dividend (the “persons entitled”) and in the same proportions. |
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| 49.2 | Capitalised sums must be applied: |
| (a) | on behalf of the persons entitled; and |
| (b) | in the same proportions as a dividend would have been distributed to them. |
| 49.3 | Any capitalised sum may be applied in paying up new shares of a nominal amount equal to the capitalised sum which are then allotted credited as fully paid to the persons entitled or as they may direct. |
| 49.4 | A capitalised sum which was appropriated from profits available for distribution may be applied in paying up new debentures of the Company which are then allotted credited as fully paid to the persons entitled or as they may direct. |
| 49.5 | Subject to the articles the directors may: |
| (a) | apply capitalised sums in accordance with articles 49.3 and 49.4 partly in one way and partly in another; |
| (b) | make such arrangements as they think fit to deal with shares or debentures becoming distributable in fractions under this article 49 (including the issuing of fractional certificates or the making of cash payments); and |
| (c) | authorise any person to enter into an agreement with the Company on behalf of all the persons entitled which is binding on them in respect of the allotment of shares and debentures to them under this article 49. |
ORGANISATION OF GENERAL MEETINGS
| 50. | Attendance and speaking at general meetings |
| 50.1 | A person is able to exercise the right to speak at a general meeting when that person is in a position to communicate to all those attending the meeting, during the meeting, any information or opinions which that person has on the business of the meeting. |
| 50.2 | A person is able to exercise the right to vote at a general meeting when: |
| (a) | that person is able to vote, during the meeting, on resolutions put to the vote at the meeting; and |
| (b) | that person’s vote can be taken into account in determining whether or not such resolutions are passed at the same time as the votes of all the other persons attending the meeting. |
| 50.3 | The directors may make whatever arrangements they consider appropriate to enable those attending a general meeting to exercise their rights to speak or vote at it. |
| 50.4 | In determining attendance at a general meeting, it is immaterial whether any two or more members attending it are in the same place as each other. |
| 50.5 | Two or more persons who are not in the same place as each other attend a general meeting if their circumstances are such that if they have (or were to have) rights to speak and vote at that meeting, they are (or would be) able to exercise them. |
| 51. | Quorum for general meetings |
No business other than the appointment of the chairperson of the meeting is to be transacted at a general meeting if the persons attending it do not constitute a quorum.
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| 52. | Chairing general meetings |
| 52.1 | If the directors have appointed a chairperson, the chairperson shall chair general meetings if present and willing to do so. |
| 52.2 | If the directors have not appointed a chairperson, or if the chairperson is unwilling to chair the meeting or is not present within ten minutes of the time at which a meeting was due to start: |
| (a) | the directors present; or |
| (b) | (if no directors are present), the meeting, |
must appoint a director or shareholder to chair the meeting, and the appointment of the chairperson of the meeting must be the first business of the meeting.
| 52.3 | The person chairing a meeting in accordance with this article 52 is referred to as “the chairperson of the meeting”. |
| 53. | Attendance and speaking by directors and non-shareholders |
| 53.1 | Directors may attend and speak at general meetings, whether or not they are shareholders. |
| 53.2 | The chairperson of the meeting may permit other persons who are not: |
| (a) | shareholders of the Company; or |
| (b) | otherwise entitled to exercise the rights of shareholders in relation to general meetings, |
to attend and speak at a general meeting.
| 54. | Adjournment |
| 54.1 | If the persons attending a general meeting within half an hour of the time at which the meeting was due to start do not constitute a quorum, or if during a meeting a quorum ceases to be present, the chairperson of the meeting must adjourn it. |
| 54.2 | The chairperson of the meeting may adjourn a general meeting at which a quorum is present if: |
| (a) | the meeting consents to an adjournment; or |
| (b) | it appears to the chairperson of the meeting that an adjournment is necessary to protect the safety of any person attending the meeting or ensure that the business of the meeting is conducted in an orderly manner. |
| 54.3 | The chairperson of the meeting must adjourn a general meeting if directed to do so by the meeting. |
| 54.4 | When adjourning a general meeting, the chairperson of the meeting must: |
| (a) | either specify the time and place to which it is adjourned or state that it is to continue at a time and place to be fixed by the directors; and |
| (b) | have regard to any directions as to the time and place of any adjournment which have been given by the meeting. |
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| 54.5 | If the continuation of an adjourned meeting is to take place more than 14 days after it was adjourned, the Company must give at least 7 clear days’ notice of it (that is, excluding the day of the adjourned meeting and the day on which the notice is given): |
| (a) | to the same persons to whom notice of the Company’s general meetings is required to be given; and |
| (b) | containing the same information which such notice is required to contain. |
| 54.6 | No business may be transacted at an adjourned general meeting which could not properly have been transacted at the meeting if the adjournment had not taken place. |
VOTING AT GENERAL MEETINGS
| 55. | Voting: general |
| 55.1 | A resolution put to the vote of a general meeting must be decided on a show of hands unless a poll is duly demanded in accordance with the articles. |
| 55.2 | Subject to any special terms as to voting on which shares have been allotted or issued, or a suspension or abrogation of voting rights pursuant to the articles, at a general meeting on a poll, every member (whether present in person, by proxy or by corporate representative) shall have one vote for every Ordinary Share of which he is the holder. On a vote on a resolution at a general meeting on a show of hands each member (present in person, by proxy or by corporate representative) who would be entitled to vote on a poll at that meeting has one vote. |
| 56. | Errors and disputes |
| 56.1 | No objection may be raised to the qualification of any person voting at a general |
| 56.2 | meeting except at the meeting or adjourned meeting at which the vote objected to is tendered, and every vote not disallowed at the meeting is valid. |
| 56.3 | Any such objection must be referred to the chairperson of the meeting, whose decision is final. |
| 57. | Poll votes |
| 57.1 | A poll on a resolution may be demanded: |
| (a) | in advance of the general meeting where it is to be put to the vote; or |
| (b) | at a general meeting, either before a show of hands on that resolution or immediately after the result of a show of hands on that resolution is declared. |
| 57.2 | A poll may be demanded by: |
| (a) | the chairperson of the meeting; |
| (b) | the directors; |
| (c) | two or more persons having the right to vote on the resolution; or |
| (d) | a person or persons representing not less than one tenth of the total voting rights of all the shareholders having the right to vote on the resolution. |
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| 57.3 | A demand for a poll may be withdrawn if: |
| (a) | the poll has not yet been taken; and |
| (b) | the chairperson of the meeting consents to the withdrawal. |
| 57.4 | Polls must be taken immediately and in such manner as the chairperson of the meeting directs. |
| 58. | Content of proxy notices |
| 58.1 | Proxies may only validly be appointed by a notice in writing (a “proxy notice”) which: (a) states the name and address of the shareholder appointing the proxy; |
| (b) | identifies the person appointed to be that shareholder’s proxy and the general meeting in relation to which that person is appointed; |
| (c) | is signed by or on behalf of the shareholder appointing the proxy, or is authenticated in such manner as the directors may determine; and |
| (d) | is delivered to the Company in accordance with the articles and any instructions contained in the notice of the general meeting to which they relate. |
| 58.2 | The Company may require proxy notices to be delivered in a particular form, and may specify different forms for different purposes. |
| 58.3 | Proxy notices may specify how the proxy appointed under them is to vote (or that the proxy is to abstain from voting) on one or more resolutions. |
| 58.4 | Unless a proxy notice indicates otherwise, it must be treated as: |
| (a) | allowing the person appointed under it as a proxy discretion as to how to vote on any ancillary or procedural resolutions put to the meeting; and |
| (b) | appointing that person as a proxy in relation to any adjournment of the general meeting to which it relates as well as the meeting itself. |
| 59. | Delivery of proxy notices |
| 59.1 | A person who is entitled to attend, speak or vote (either on a show of hands or on a poll) at a general meeting remains so entitled in respect of that meeting or any adjournment of it, even though a valid proxy notice has been delivered to the Company by or on behalf of that person. |
| 59.2 | An appointment under a proxy notice may be revoked by delivering to the Company a notice in writing given by or on behalf of the person by whom or on whose behalf the proxy notice was given. |
| 59.3 | A notice revoking a proxy appointment only takes effect if it is delivered before the start of the meeting or adjourned meeting to which it relates. |
| 59.4 | If a proxy notice is not executed by the person appointing the proxy, it must be accompanied by written evidence of the authority of the person who executed it to execute it on the appointor’s behalf. |
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| 60. | Amendments to resolutions |
| 60.1 | An ordinary resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by ordinary resolution if: |
| (a) | notice of the proposed amendment is given to the Company in writing by a person entitled to vote at the general meeting at which it is to be proposed not less than 48 hours before the meeting is to take place (or such later time as the chairperson of the meeting may determine); and |
| (b) | the proposed amendment does not, in the reasonable opinion of the chairperson of the meeting, materially alter the scope of the resolution. |
| 60.2 | A special resolution to be proposed at a general meeting may be amended by ordinary resolution, if: |
| (a) | the chairperson of the meeting proposes the amendment at the general meeting at which the resolution is to be proposed; and |
| (b) | the amendment does not go beyond what is necessary to correct a grammatical or other non-substantive error in the resolution. |
| 60.3 | If the chairperson of the meeting, acting in good faith, wrongly decides that an amendment to a resolution is out of order, the chairperson’s error does not invalidate the vote on that resolution. |
ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS
| 61. | Means of communication to be used |
| 61.1 | Subject to the articles, anything sent or supplied by or to the Company under the articles may be sent or supplied in any way in which the 2006 Act provides for documents or information which are authorised or required by any provision of that Act to be sent or supplied by or to the Company. |
| 61.2 | Subject to the articles, any notice or document to be sent or supplied to a director in connection with the taking of decisions by directors may also be sent or supplied by the means by which that director has asked to be sent or supplied with such notices or documents for the time being. |
| 61.3 | A director may agree with the Company that notices or documents sent to that director in a particular way are to be deemed to have been received within a specified time of their being sent, and for the specified time to be less than 48 hours. |
| 62. | Deemed delivery of documents and information |
| 62.1 | Any notice, document or other information sent or supplied by the Company: |
| (a) | sent by post (whether in hard copy or electronic form) to an address in the United Kingdom (provided that the Company is able to show that it (or the envelope) was properly addressed, prepaid and posted) shall be deemed to have been received by the intended recipient on the day following that on which it (or an envelope containing it) was put in the post if first class post was used or 48 hours after it was posted if first class post was not used; |
| (b) | sent or supplied by electronic means, (provided that the Company is able to show that it was properly addressed) shall be deemed to have been received by the intended recipient on the day on which it was sent or supplied; |
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| (c) | sent or supplied by means of a website, shall be deemed to have been received by the intended recipient: |
| (i) | when the material was first made available on the website; or |
| (ii) | if later, when the recipient received (or is deemed to have received) notice of the fact that the material was available on the website; |
| (d) | left at a shareholder’s registered address or such other postal address as notified by the shareholder to the Company for the purpose of receiving Company communications, shall be deemed to have been received on the day it was left. |
| 62.2 | For the purposes of this article 61, no account shall be taken of any part of a day that is not a working day. |
| 62.3 | A shareholder whose registered address is not within the United Kingdom and who gives to the Company an address within the United Kingdom at which notice may be given to him, or an address to which notices may be sent by electronic means, shall be entitled to have notices, documents or other information sent to him at that address, but otherwise no such shareholder shall be entitled to receive any notice, document or other information from the Company. |
| 63. | Company seals |
| 63.1 | Any common seal may only be used by the authority of the directors. |
| 63.2 | The directors may decide by what means and in what form any common seal is to be used. |
| 63.3 | Unless otherwise decided by the directors, if the Company has a common seal and it is affixed to a document, the document must also be signed by at least one authorised person in the presence of a witness who attests the signature. |
| 63.4 | For the purposes of this article, an authorised person is: |
| (a) | any director of the Company; |
| (b) | the company secretary (if any); or |
| (c) | any person authorised by the directors for the purpose of signing documents to which the common seal is applied. |
| 64. | No right to inspect accounts and other records |
Except as provided by law or authorised by the directors or an ordinary resolution of the Company, no person is entitled to inspect any of the Company’s accounting or other records or documents merely by virtue of being a shareholder
| 65. | Provision for employees on cessation of business |
The directors may decide to make provision for the benefit of persons employed or formerly employed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than a director or former director or shadow director) in connection with the cessation or transfer to any person of the whole or part of the undertaking of the Company or that subsidiary.
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DIRECTORS’ INDEMNITY AND INSURANCE
| 66. | Indemnity and benefits |
| 66.1 | Subject to the provisions of the Companies Acts (but so that this article 66.1 does not extend to any matter insofar as it would cause this article 66.1 or any part of it to be void under the Companies Acts) but without prejudice to any indemnity to which the person concerned may otherwise be entitled, every person who is or was at any time a director of the Company or any Group Company may be indemnified out of the assets of the Company against all costs, charges, expenses, losses or liabilities (together Liabilities) which he may sustain or incur in or about the actual or purported execution and/or discharge of his duties (including those duties, powers and discretions in relation to any Group Company or any company that is a trustee of an occupational pension scheme (as defined in section 235(6) of the 2006 Act)) and/or the actual or purported exercise of his powers or discretions and/or otherwise in relation thereto or in connection therewith, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) any Liability suffered or incurred by him in disputing, defending, investigating or providing evidence in connection with any actual or threatened or alleged claims, demands, investigations, or proceedings, whether civil, criminal, or regulatory or in connection with any application under section 661(3), section 661(4) or section 1157 of the 2006 Act. |
| 66.2 | The Company may also provide funds to any director of the Company or of any Group Company to meet, or do anything to enable a director of the Company or any Group Company to avoid incurring, expenditure to the extent permitted by the Companies Acts. |
| 66.3 | Without prejudice to any other provisions of these articles, the directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to purchase and maintain insurance for or for the benefit of any persons who are or were at any time directors of the Company, or of any other Group Company or any other body which is or was otherwise associated with the Company or any Group Company or any other body in which the Company or any such Group Company has or had any interest, whether direct or indirect, or of any predecessor in business of any of the foregoing, (together with Group Companies, “Associated Companies”) or who are or were at any time trustees of (or directors of trustees of) any pension, superannuation or similar fund, trust or scheme or any employees’ share scheme or other scheme or arrangement in which any employees of the Company or of any such other body are interested, including (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) insurance against any costs, charges, expenses, losses or liabilities suffered or incurred by such persons in respect of any act or omission in the actual or purported execution and/or discharge of their duties and/or the actual or purported exercise of their powers and discretions and/or otherwise in relation to or in connection with their duties, powers or offices in relation to the Company or any such other body, fund, trust, scheme or arrangement. |
| 66.4 | The directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to give or award pensions, annuities, gratuities or other retirement, superannuation, death or disability allowances or benefits (whether or not similar to the foregoing) to (or to any person in respect of) any persons who are or have at any time been directors of the Company or of any Associated Company, and to the spouses, civil partners, former spouses and former civil partners, children and other relatives and dependants of any such persons and may establish, maintain, support, subscribe to and contribute to all kinds of schemes, trusts and funds (whether contributory or non-contributory) for the benefit of such persons as are hereinbefore referred to or any of them or any class of them, and so that any director or former director shall be entitled to receive and retain for his own benefit any such pension, annuity, gratuity, allowance or other benefit (whether under any such trust, fund or scheme or otherwise). |
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| 66.5 | Without prejudice to any other provisions of these articles, the directors may exercise all the powers of the Company to establish, maintain, and contribute to any scheme for encouraging or facilitating the holding of shares in the Company or in any Associated Company by or for the benefit of current or former directors of the Company or any such body corporate or the spouses, civil partners, former spouses, former partners, families, connections or dependants of any such persons and, in connection with any such scheme, to establish, maintain and contribute to a trust for the purpose of acquiring and holding shares in the Company or any such body corporate and to lend money to the trustees of any such trust or to any individual referred to above. |
SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT
| 67. | Scheme of Arrangement |
| 67.1 | In this article 67, references to the “Scheme of Arrangement” are to the scheme of arrangement dated February 27, 2026 between Carnival plc and the Scheme Shareholders under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 in its original form or with or subject to any modification, addition or condition agreed by Carnival plc and Carnival Corporation Ltd. (“Carnival Corporation”) and which the Court may approve or impose and (save as defined in these articles) expressions defined in the Scheme of Arrangement shall have the same meanings in this article 67. |
| 67.2 | Notwithstanding any other provision of the articles, if Carnival plc issues or transfers any Ordinary Shares (other than to Carnival Corporation, any subsidiary of Carnival Corporation or any nominee of Carnival Corporation or its subsidiaries) on or after the adoption of this article 67 and prior to the Scheme Record Time, such Ordinary Shares shall be issued or transferred subject to the terms of the Scheme of Arrangement (and shall be Scheme Shares for the purposes thereof), provided always that they are not Excluded Shares, and the original and subsequent holder(s) of such Ordinary Shares shall be bound by the Scheme of Arrangement accordingly. |
| 67.3 | Subject to article 67.6 and to the Scheme of Arrangement becoming effective in accordance with its terms, if any Ordinary Shares are allotted, issued or transferred at or after the Scheme Record Time (the “Post-Scheme Shares”) such that any person (other than Carnival Corporation, any subsidiary of Carnival Corporation or any nominee of Carnival Corporation or its subsidiaries) directly or indirectly owns, holds or controls any Post-Scheme Shares (a “New Member”), the Post-Scheme Shares (including both the legal and beneficial ownership thereof) shall be immediately transferred to Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct) in consideration of and conditional upon the allotment and issue or transfer to the New Member of such number of common shares of Carnival Corporation (the “New CCL Shares”) as that person would have been entitled to pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement had the Post-Scheme Share been a Scheme Share, provided that: |
| (a) | if, in respect of any New Member with a registered address in a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom and the United States or whom Carnival plc reasonably believes to be a citizen, resident or national of, or resident and/or located in, a jurisdiction outside the United Kingdom and the United States, Carnival plc and/or Carnival Corporation is advised that the allotment, issue, delivery and/or transfer of New CCL Shares pursuant to this article 67 would or may infringe the laws or regulations of such jurisdiction or Carnival plc and/or Carnival Corporation determines that it is unable, or that it would be unduly onerous, to comply with any governmental or other consent or any registration, filing or other formality in order to allot, issue, deliver and/or transfer New CCL Shares pursuant to this article 67, Carnival Corporation may, in its sole discretion, require that such New CCL Shares shall be sold. In the event that the New CCL Shares are to be sold, Carnival Corporation may appoint a person to act as attorney or agent for the New Member pursuant to this article 67 and such person shall be authorized on behalf of such New Member to procure that any shares in respect of which Carnival Corporation has made such determination shall, as soon as practicable following the allotment, issue, delivery or transfer of such shares, be sold and to do all such other things and execute all such documents as may in the opinion of the attorney or agent be necessary or desirable in connection with such sale, including being authorized to execute and deliver as transferor a form of transfer or other instrument or instruction of transfer on behalf of the New Member (whether as a deed or otherwise) in favor of Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct). The net proceeds of such sale (after the deduction of all expenses and commissions incurred in connection with such sale, including brokerage and dealing costs, and any value added tax payable on the proceeds of sale) shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto in due proportions as soon as practicable, save that any fractional cash entitlements shall be rounded down to the nearest whole cent. In the absence of bad faith or wilful default, none of Carnival Corporation, Carnival plc or the person appointed to act pursuant to this article 67 shall have any liability for any determination made pursuant to this article 67 or for any loss or damage arising as a result of the timing or terms of such sale; and |
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| (b) | any New Member may, prior to the issue or transfer of any Post-Scheme Shares to such New Member pursuant to the exercise of an option or satisfaction of an award under any of Carnival plc’s share plans, give not less than five business days’ written notice to Carnival plc, in such manner as the Directors shall prescribe, of their intention to transfer some or all of the Post-Scheme Shares to their spouse or civil partner. Any such New Member may, if such notice has been validly given on such Post-Scheme Shares being issued or transferred to such New Member, immediately transfer to their spouse or civil partner any such Post-Scheme Shares, provided that such Post-Scheme Shares shall then be immediately transferred from that spouse or civil partner to Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct) pursuant to this article 67 as if the spouse or civil partner were a New Member. Where a transfer of Post-Scheme Shares to a New Member’s spouse or civil partner takes place in accordance with this article 67, references to the “New Member” in this article 67 shall be taken as referring to the spouse or civil partner of the New Member. |
| 67.4 | The New CCL Shares allotted and issued or transferred pursuant to article 67.3 or article 67.7 (as the case may be) shall rank equally in all respects with other fully paid common shares of Carnival Corporation in issue at that time other than as regards any dividend or other distribution made by reference to a record date preceding the date of allotment or transfer, and shall be subject to the articles of incorporation and by-laws of Carnival Corporation from time to time. |
| 67.5 | On any reorganization of, or material alteration to, the share capital of Carnival plc or Carnival Corporation (including, without limitation, any subdivision and/or consolidation) effected after the Scheme Effective Date, the number of New CCL Shares to be allotted and issued or transferred pursuant to article 67.3 or article 67.7 may be adjusted by the Directors in such manner as an independent investment bank selected by Carnival plc or the auditors of Carnival plc (whichever the Directors in their absolute discretion may select) may determine to be appropriate to reflect such reorganization or material alteration. References in this article 67 to Ordinary Shares, common shares of Carnival Corporation and/or New CCL Shares shall, following such adjustment, be construed accordingly. |
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| 67.6 | Notwithstanding article 67.3, no right, title or interest in any Ordinary Shares which are directly or indirectly owned, held or controlled by or on behalf of any person who is, or whom Carnival plc or Carnival Corporation reasonably believes to be, a Sanctioned Shareholder (such Ordinary Shares being “Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares”) shall be transferred to Carnival Corporation on or after the Scheme Effective Date where such a transfer would cause any person to violate Sanctions, or be exposed to a reasonable risk of being targeted as a Sanctioned Person and such Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares shall only be transferred in accordance with article 67.7. For the avoidance of doubt, Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares include any Ordinary Shares that were Sanctions Affected Shares as at the Scheme Record Time and any Post-Scheme Shares that are Sanctions Affected Shares. |
| 67.7 | Subject to the Scheme of Arrangement becoming effective, any Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares (including both the legal and beneficial ownership thereof) shall be transferred to Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct) upon the earlier of: |
| (a) | the date on which each direct and indirect interest holder in such Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares ceases to be a Sanctioned Shareholder; or |
| (b) | the date on which all necessary Sanctions license(s) or other authorization(s) have been made or issued which ensure that no person will violate any Sanctions, or be exposed to a reasonable risk of being targeted as a Sanctioned Person, as a consequence of Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct) acquiring such Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares, |
(such date being, the “Release Date”), in consideration of and conditional upon the allotment and issue or transfer to the holder of such shares (the “Relevant Shareholder”) such number of New CCL Shares as that Relevant Shareholder would have been entitled to pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement had the Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Share been a Scheme Share, provided that if Carnival plc and/or Carnival Corporation is advised that the allotment, issue, delivery and/or transfer of New CCL Shares pursuant to this article 67.7 would or may infringe the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction (including any Sanctions) or the terms of any Sanctions license(s) or other authorization(s), or Carnival plc and/or Carnival Corporation determines that it is unable to, or that it would be unduly onerous to comply, with any governmental or other consent or any other registration, filing or other formality in order to allot, issue and/or deliver to such Relevant Shareholder the New CCL Shares pursuant to this article 67.7, Carnival Corporation may, in its sole discretion, determine that such New CCL Shares shall be sold. In the event that the New CCL Shares are to be sold, Carnival Corporation may appoint a person to act as attorney or agent for the Relevant Shareholder pursuant to this article 67.7 and such person shall be authorized on behalf of such Relevant Shareholder to procure that any shares in respect of which Carnival Corporation has made such determination shall, as soon as practicable following the allotment, issue, delivery or transfer of such shares, be sold and to do all such other things and execute all such documents as may in the opinion of the attorney or agent be necessary or desirable in connection with such sale, including being authorized to execute and deliver as transferor a form of transfer or other instrument or instruction of transfer on behalf of the Relevant Shareholder (whether as a deed or otherwise) in favor of Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct). The net proceeds of such sale (after the deduction of all expenses and commissions incurred in connection with such sale, including brokerage and dealing costs, and any value added tax payable on the proceeds of sale) shall be paid to the persons entitled thereto in due proportions as soon as practicable in accordance with articles 67.8 and 67.9, save that any fractional cash entitlements shall be rounded down to the nearest whole cent. In the absence of bad faith or wilful default, none of Carnival Corporation, Carnival plc or the person appointed to act pursuant to this article 67.7 shall have any liability for any determination made pursuant to this article 67.7 or for any loss or damage arising as a result of the timing or terms of such sale.
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| 67.8 | Subject to the Scheme of Arrangement becoming effective in accordance with its terms, the rights and entitlements which would otherwise be exercisable in respect of or attach to any Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares will not be exercisable or apply in respect of such Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares until such time as the Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares are transferred to Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct) pursuant to article 67.7 and the register of members of Carnival plc is updated to reflect such transfer, including, without limitation: |
| (a) | the right to receive notice of, or be present at or to vote (either in person or by representative or proxy) at any general meeting or at any separate meeting of the holders of any class of shares or on any poll, and any votes purported to be cast by or on behalf of such member in respect of such Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares will be disregarded; |
| (b) | the right to receive notices or documents (including, without limitation, share certificates, annual reports, accounts and resolutions) from or in respect of Carnival plc; |
| (c) | save for any transfer pursuant to article 67.7, the right to transfer such Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares or have such transfer registered and any purported transfer of any such Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares will be void; |
| (d) | the right to a further issuance of shares in respect of such Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares or in pursuance of an offer made to the holders of shares in Carnival plc; and |
| (e) | any sums payable in respect of such Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares shall be paid into a blocked or frozen account (as applicable) in accordance with applicable Sanctions (which shall constitute full and final settlement of the obligations of Carnival plc and/or Carnival Corporation (as the case may be) in respect of such payments and no interest shall be paid thereon). |
| 67.9 | In respect of any Ordinary Shares transferred to Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct) in accordance with article 67.7, on and with effect from the Release Date: |
| (a) | where any consideration is payable for the transfer of such Ordinary Shares pursuant to the terms of article 67.7 and the relevant New CCL Shares have been sold pursuant to such terms, the cash proceeds shall be held in a blocked or frozen account (as applicable) and shall be released from that account and paid to the Relevant Shareholder of such Ordinary Shares in accordance with their entitlements (provided that if any Sanctions would prohibit such payments, such amounts shall continue to be held in the blocked or frozen account (as applicable) until such Sanctions cease to apply or all required license(s) and/or other authorization(s) permitting such payments are obtained); and |
| (b) | Carnival Corporation shall receive an amount equal to the amount of all dividends and other distributions (if any) and any return of capital (whether by reduction of share capital or share premium account or otherwise) announced, authorised, declared, made, and paid in respect of such Ordinary Shares by reference to a record date falling on or after the Scheme Effective Date and prior to the Release Date, which has been held in a blocked or frozen account (as applicable) in compliance with Sanctions, once lawful to be withdrawn. |
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| 67.10 | To give effect to any transfer of Post-Scheme Shares and Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares required by this article 67, Carnival plc may appoint any person as attorney or agent for the New Member or Relevant Shareholder (as the case may be) to transfer such Ordinary Shares to Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct) and do all such other things and execute and deliver all such documents (whether as a deed or otherwise) as may in the opinion of the attorney or agent be necessary or desirable to vest such Ordinary Shares in Carnival Corporation and pending such vesting to exercise all such rights attaching to such Ordinary Shares as Carnival Corporation may direct. If an attorney or agent is so appointed, the New Member or Relevant Shareholder (as the case may be) shall not thereafter (except to the extent that the attorney or agent fails to act in accordance with the directions of Carnival Corporation) be entitled to exercise any rights attaching to the Post-Scheme Shares or Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares (as applicable) unless so agreed by Carnival Corporation. The attorney or agent shall be empowered to execute and deliver as transferor a form or forms of transfer or other instrument or instruction of transfer (whether as a deed or otherwise) on behalf of the New Member or Relevant Shareholder in favor of Carnival Corporation (or such other person as it may direct) and Carnival plc may give good receipt for the consideration for the Post-Scheme Shares or Sanctions Affected Post-Scheme Shares (as applicable) and may register Carnival Corporation as holder thereof and issue to it certificates for the same. Carnival plc shall not be obliged to issue a certificate to the New Member for any Post-Scheme Shares. |
| 67.11 | Notwithstanding any other provision of these articles, neither Carnival plc nor the Directors shall register the transfer of any Scheme Shares effected between the Scheme Record Time and the Scheme Effective Date other than to Carnival Corporation, any subsidiary of Carnival Corporation or any nominee of Carnival Corporation or its subsidiaries pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement. |
| 67.12 | If the Scheme of Arrangement shall not have become effective by the date referred to in clause 9 of the Scheme of Arrangement (or such later time or date (if any) as Carnival plc and Carnival Corporation may agree and the Court may allow), this article 67 shall be of no effect. |
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Exhibit 4.1
CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD.,
CARNIVAL UK LTD.
AND
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF ______________, 20__
UNSECURED AND UNSUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD.
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET*
This cross reference sheet shows the location in the indenture of the provisions inserted pursuant to section 310-318(a), inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
| SECTIONS OF INDENTURE | |
| 310(a)(1)(2) | 6.9 |
| (3)(4) | Inapplicable |
| (5) | 6.9 |
| 310(b) | 6.8 and 6.10 |
| (b)(1)(A)(C) | Inapplicable |
| 310(c) | Inapplicable |
| 311(a)(b) | 6.13 and 7.3 |
| (c) | Inapplicable |
| 313(a)(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(7) | 7.3 |
| (6) | Inapplicable |
| (b)(1) | Inapplicable |
| (2) | 7.3 |
| (c)(d) | 7.3 |
| 314(a) | 7.4 |
| (b) | Inapplicable |
| (c)(1)(2) | 1.2 |
| (3) | Inapplicable |
| (d) | Inapplicable |
| (e) | 1.2 |
| 315(a)(c)(d) | 6.1 |
| (b) | 6.2 |
| (e) | 5.14 |
| 316(a)(1) | 5.12 and 5.13 |
| (2) | Inapplicable |
| (b) | 5.8 |
| (c) | 5.15 |
| 317(a) | 5.3 and 5.4 |
| (b) | 10.3 |
| 318(a)(c) | 1.5 |
| (b) | Inapplicable |
| * | The Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture. |
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| Page | ||
| ARTICLE I. | DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | 1 |
| Section 1.1 | Certain Terms Defined | 1 |
| Section 1.2 | Compliance Certificates and Opinions | 7 |
| Section 1.3 | Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee | 7 |
| Section 1.4 | Acts of Holders; Record Dates | 8 |
| Section 1.5 | Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 9 |
| Section 1.6 | Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 9 |
| Section 1.7 | Separability Clause | 9 |
| Section 1.8 | Benefits of Indenture | 9 |
| Section 1.9 | Legal Holidays | 9 |
| Section 1.10 | Judgment Currency | 9 |
| Section 1.11 | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 10 |
| ARTICLE II. | SECURITY FORMS | 10 |
| Section 2.1 | Forms Generally | 10 |
| Section 2.2 | Form of Face of Security | 10 |
| Section 2.3 | Form of Reverse of Security | 11 |
| Section 2.4 | Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication | 15 |
| Section 2.5 | Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security | 15 |
| ARTICLE III. | THE SECURITIES | 16 |
| Section 3.1 | Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 16 |
| Section 3.2 | Denominations | 19 |
| Section 3.3 | Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating | 19 |
| Section 3.4 | Temporary Securities | 20 |
| Section 3.5 | Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 20 |
| Section 3.6 | Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities | 21 |
| Section 3.7 | Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved | 22 |
| Section 3.8 | Holders Deemed Owners | 23 |
| Section 3.9 | Cancellation | 23 |
| Section 3.10 | Computation of Interest | 23 |
| Section 3.11 | CUSIP, ISIN and Common Codes | 23 |
| ARTICLE IV. | SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE | 23 |
| Section 4.1 | Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 23 |
| Section 4.2 | Application of Trust Money | 24 |
| Section 4.3 | Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government Obligations | 25 |
| Section 4.4 | Reinstatement | 26 |
| Section 4.5 | Repayment of Moneys Held by Trustee | 26 |
| ARTICLE V. | REMEDIES | 27 |
| Section 5.1 | Events of Default | 27 |
| Section 5.2 | Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 28 |
| Section 5.3 | Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee | 29 |
| Section 5.4 | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 29 |
| Section 5.5 | Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities | 30 |
| Section 5.6 | Application of Money Collected | 30 |
| Section 5.7 | Limitation on Suits | 30 |
| Section 5.8 | Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest | 31 |
| Section 5.9 | Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 31 |
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| Section 5.10 | Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 31 |
| Section 5.11 | Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 31 |
| Section 5.12 | Control by Holders | 31 |
| Section 5.13 | Waiver of Past Defaults | 32 |
| Section 5.14 | Undertaking for Costs | 32 |
| Section 5.15 | Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 32 |
| ARTICLE VI. | THE TRUSTEE | 32 |
| Section 6.1 | Certain Duties and Responsibilities | 32 |
| Section 6.2 | Notice of Defaults | 33 |
| Section 6.3 | Certain Rights of Trustee | 34 |
| Section 6.4 | Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals in Indenture or in Securities | 35 |
| Section 6.5 | May Hold Securities | 35 |
| Section 6.6 | Money Held in Trust | 35 |
| Section 6.7 | Compensation and Reimbursement | 35 |
| Section 6.8 | Disqualification; Conflicting Interest | 36 |
| Section 6.9 | Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility | 40 |
| Section 6.10 | Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 41 |
| Section 6.11 | Acceptance of Appointment by Successor | 42 |
| Section 6.12 | Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business | 43 |
| Section 6.13 | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 43 |
| ARTICLE VII. | HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY | 46 |
| Section 7.1 | Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders | 46 |
| Section 7.2 | Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders | 46 |
| Section 7.3 | Reports by Trustee | 47 |
| Section 7.4 | Reports by Company | 48 |
| ARTICLE VIII. | CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE | 48 |
| Section 8.1 | Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Guarantor Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions | 48 |
| Section 8.2 | Rights and Duties of Successor Person | 49 |
| Section 8.3 | Guarantor Limitation | 49 |
| ARTICLE IX. | SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 49 |
| Section 9.1 | Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders | 49 |
| Section 9.2 | Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders | 51 |
| Section 9.3 | Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 51 |
| Section 9.4 | Effect of Supplemental Indentures | 51 |
| Section 9.5 | Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures | 52 |
| ARTICLE X. | PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | 52 |
| Section 10.1 | Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest | 52 |
| Section 10.2 | Maintenance of Office or Agency | 52 |
| Section 10.3 | Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust | 52 |
| Section 10.4 | Statement by Officers as to Default | 53 |
| Section 10.5 | Additional Amounts | 53 |
| ARTICLE XI. | REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES | 56 |
| Section 11.1 | Applicability of Article | 56 |
| Section 11.2 | Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee | 56 |
| Section 11.3 | Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed | 56 |
| Section 11.4 | Notice of Redemption | 56 |
| Section 11.5 | Deposit of Redemption Price | 57 |
| Section 11.6 | Securities Payable on Redemption Date | 57 |
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| Section 11.7 | Securities Redeemed in Part | 57 |
| Section 11.8 | Optional Redemption or Assumption of Securities Under Certain Circumstances | 58 |
| Section 11.9 | Rescission of Redemption | 59 |
| ARTICLE XII. | REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS | 60 |
| Section 12.1 | Applicability of Article | 60 |
| Section 12.2 | Repayment of Securities | 60 |
| Section 12.3 | Exercise of Option | 60 |
| Section 12.4 | When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable | 60 |
| Section 12.5 | Securities Repaid in Part | 60 |
| ARTICLE XIII. | SINKING FUNDS | 61 |
| Section 13.1 | Applicability of Article | 61 |
| Section 13.2 | Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities | 61 |
| Section 13.3 | Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund | 61 |
| ARTICLE XIV. | IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES | 62 |
| Section 14.1 | Exemption From Individual Liability | 62 |
| ARTICLE XV. | GUARANTEES | 62 |
| Section 15.1 | Guarantees | 62 |
| Section 15.2 | Guarantor Gross-up | 63 |
| ARTICLE XVI. | MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 66 |
| Section 16.1 | Successors and Assigns of Company or Guarantor Bound by Indenture | 66 |
| Section 16.2 | Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor Person Valid | 66 |
| Section 16.3 | Required Notices or Demands | 66 |
| Section 16.4 | Indenture and Securities to be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the State of New York | 66 |
| Section 16.5 | Indenture may be Executed in Counterparts | 66 |
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INDENTURE, dated as of ______________, 20__, between CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD., an exempted company limited by shares continued under the laws of Bermuda (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), party of the first part, CARNIVAL UK LTD., a private limited company incorporated and registered under the laws of England and Wales (hereinafter sometimes called the “Guarantor”), party of the second part, and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”), party of the third part.
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company deems it necessary to issue its securities and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
WHEREAS, all things necessary to constitute these presents a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done and performed by the Company and the Guarantor, and the execution of this Indenture has in all respects been duly authorized by the Company, and the Company, in the exercise of legal right and power in it vested, executes this Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are made, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises, of the purchase and acceptance of Securities by the Holders thereof and of the sum of One Dollar to it duly paid by the Trustee at the execution of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee covenant and agree with each other, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1 Certain Terms Defined. The terms defined in this Section 1.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.1. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed.
Certain terms, used principally in Article VI, are defined in that Article.
Act. The term “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.4.
Additional Amounts. The term “Additional Amounts” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.5(a).
Affiliate; Control. The term “Affiliate” of any specified Person shall mean 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 shall mean 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” shall have the meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Bankruptcy Code. The term “Bankruptcy Code” shall mean title 11 of the United States Code.
Board of Directors. The term “Board of Directors” or “Board,” when used with reference to the Company, shall mean (i) the Board of Directors of the Company, (ii) any duly authorized committee of such Board, (iii) any committee of officers of the Company or (iv) any officer of the Company acting, in the case of clauses (iii) or (iv), pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee of such Board.
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Board Resolution. The term “Board Resolution” shall mean a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day. The term “business day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close.
Change. The term “Change” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.8.
Commission. The term “Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Common Shares. The term “Common Shares” shall mean, with respect to any Person, capital stock (or equivalent) issued by such Person other than Preference Shares.
Company. The term “Company” shall mean Carnival Corporation Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares continued under the laws of Bermuda, and, subject to the provisions of Article VIII, shall also include its successors and assigns.
Company Request; Company Order. The term “Company Request” or “Company Order” shall mean a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, an Executive Vice President or a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, or any other authorized officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office. The term “Corporate Trust Office” or other similar term shall mean the principal office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of this Indenture is located at 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration.
Corporation. The term “corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
Defaulted Interest. The term “Defaulted Interest” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
Depository. The term “Depository” shall mean, with respect to Securities of any series for which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, another clearing agency or any successor registered under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, which in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.5 or 3.1.
Discharge. The terms “Discharge” and “Discharged” shall have the meanings specified in Section 4.3.
Exchange Act. The term “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Taxes. The term “Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.5(a).
Event of Default. The term “Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
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Global Security. The term “Global Security” shall mean, with respect to any series of Securities, a Security executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and pursuant to a Company Order, which shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee; (ii) represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series; and (iii) be subject to the applicable procedures of the Depository.
Guarantee. The term “Guarantee” means, with respect to any series of Securities for which a Guarantee has been specified pursuant to Section 3.1, the guarantees specified in Section 15.1.
Guaranteed Securities. The term “Guaranteed Securities” shall mean Securities of a series for which a Guarantee is in effect.
Guarantor. The term “Guarantor” shall mean Carnival UK Ltd., a private limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales, and, subject to the provisions of Article VIII, shall also include its successors and assigns.
Guarantor Additional Amounts. The term “Guarantor Additional Amounts” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.2(a).
Guarantor Excluded Taxes. The term “Guarantor Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.2(a).
Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes. The term “Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.2(a).
Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction. The term “Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.2(a).
Holder. The term “Holder” shall mean a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture. The term “Indenture” shall mean this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the or those particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1; provided, however, that if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which one Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the or those particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 3.1, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
Interest. The term “interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, shall mean interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date. The term “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, shall mean the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
Judgment Currency. The term “Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.10.
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Marketable Security. The term “Marketable Security” shall mean any Common Shares, Preference Shares, debt security or other security of a Person which is (or will, upon distribution thereof, be) listed on the NYSE, the NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act, or approved for quotation in any system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices in the United States or for which there is a recognized market maker or trading market.
Maturity. The term “Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, shall mean the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
NASDAQ. The term “NASDAQ” shall mean the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market.
New York Banking Day. The term “New York Banking Day” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.10.
NYSE. The term “NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Officer’s Certificate. The term “Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate signed by any of the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, an Executive Vice President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any other authorized officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall include (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture) the statements provided for in Section 1.2, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
Opinion of Counsel. The term “Opinion of Counsel” shall mean an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or of counsel to the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 1.2, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
Original Issue Discount Security. The term “Original Issue Discount Security” means (i) 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, and (ii) any other Security which is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.
Outstanding. The term “Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, shall mean, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities or portions thereof for whose payment, redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company or the Guarantor (if the Company or the Guarantor shall act as the Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities or portions thereof are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
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(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under this Indenture, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 on the date of original issuance of such Security of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purposes of such determination, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows are 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 pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent. The term “Paying Agent” shall mean any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
Person. The term “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment. The term “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, shall mean the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Predecessor Security. The term “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security shall mean 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 3.6 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.
Preference Shares. The term “Preference Shares” shall mean, with respect to any Person, capital shares issued by such Person that are entitled to a preference or priority over any other capital shares issued by such Person upon any distribution of such Person’s assets, whether by dividend or upon liquidation.
Redemption Date. The term “Redemption Date” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price. The term “Redemption Price” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the price at which it is to be redeemed by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Rescission Event. The term “Redemption Rescission Event” shall mean the occurrence of (a) any general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on the principal national securities exchange on which Common Shares or Marketable Securities of the Company or the Guarantor are registered and listed for trading (or, if Common Shares or Marketable Securities are not registered and listed for trading on any such exchange, in the over-the-counter market) for more than six-and-one-half (6-1/2) consecutive trading hours, (b) any decline in either the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500 Index (or any successor index published by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. or S&P) by either (i) an amount in excess of 10%, measured from the close of business on any Trading Day to the close of business on the next succeeding Trading Day during the period commencing on the Trading Day preceding the day notice of any redemption of Securities is given (or, if such notice is given after the close of business on a Trading Day, commencing on such Trading Day) and ending at the time and date fixed for redemption in such notice or (ii) an amount in excess of 15% (or if the time and date fixed for redemption is more than 15 days following the date on which such notice of redemption is given, 20%), measured from the close of business on the Trading Day preceding the day notice of such redemption is given (or, if such notice is given after the close of business on a Trading Day, from such Trading Day) to the close of business on any Trading Day at or prior to the time and date fixed for redemption, (c) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks by Federal or state authorities in the United States or (d) the occurrence of an act of terrorism or commencement of a war or armed hostilities or other national or international calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States which in the reasonable judgment of the Company could have a material adverse effect on the market for the Common Shares or Marketable Securities.
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Regular Record Date. The term “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series shall mean the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Repayment Date. The term “Repayment Date” shall mean, 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.
Repayment Price. The term “Repayment Price” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Required Currency. The term “Required Currency” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.10.
Rescission Date. The term “Rescission Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.9.
Responsible Officer. The term “responsible officer” when used with respect to the Trustee shall mean any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Securities. The term “Securities” shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Securities” with respect to the series as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
Security Register; Security Registrar. The terms “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” shall have the respective meanings set forth in Section 3.5.
Special Record Date. The term “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest shall mean a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
Stated Maturity. The term “Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, shall mean the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
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Taxes. The term “Taxes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.5(a).
Taxing Jurisdiction. The term “Taxing Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.5(a).
Trading Day. The term “Trading Day” shall mean, with respect to the Common Shares or a Marketable Security, so long as the Common Shares or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, a day on which the NYSE is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Common Shares or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Shares or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is listed is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Common Shares or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is not so listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which the member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. selected by the Company to provide pricing information for the Common Shares or such Marketable Security is open for the transaction of business.
Trustee. The term “Trustee” shall mean U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association and, subject to the provisions of Article VI, shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee hereunder, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
Trust Indenture Act. The term “Trust Indenture Act” (except as herein otherwise expressly provided) shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed.
Section 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 10.4) shall include:
(i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
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Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care (but without having made an investigation specifically for the purpose of rendering such opinion) 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 1.4 Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing or may be embodied in or evidenced by an electronic transmission which identifies the documents containing the proposal on which such consent is requested and certifies such Holders’ consent thereto and agreement to be bound thereby; 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 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.4.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.
(c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, fix any date as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to vote on any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. With regard to any record date, only the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. With regard to any action that may be given or taken hereunder only by Holders of a requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series (or their duly appointed agents) and for which a record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, at its option, set an expiration date after which no such action purported to be given or taken by any Holder shall be effective hereunder unless given or taken on or prior to such expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents). On or prior to any expiration date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, on one or more occasions at its option, extend such date to any later date.
(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
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(e) 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.
Section 1.5 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed either to apply to this Indenture so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. Wherever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
Section 1.6 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 1.7 Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security 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 1.8 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, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.9 Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption 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) 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 or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 1.10 Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on the Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
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Section 1.11 No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
ARTICLE II.
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form or forms 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 the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officer executing such Securities, as evidenced by his or her execution of the Securities. 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 Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.2 Form of Face of Security. [INSERT ANY LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.]
CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD.
| [$] | No. |
CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD., an exempted company limited by shares continued under the laws of Bermuda (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), [IF THE SECURITY IS GUARANTEED, INSERT– and CARNIVAL UK LTD., a private limited company incorporated and registered under the laws of England and Wales (herein called the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to)] for value received, hereby promise to pay to _______________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of ______________________________ 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 on 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 –, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. 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 will 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 thereof 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 on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [IF THE SECURITY IS GUARANTEED, INSERT– This Security has the benefit of unconditional guarantees by the Guarantor, as more fully described on the reverse hereof.]
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[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, upon repayment at the option of the Holder or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of _____% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – any such] Interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in either the City of __________, the State of __________, or the City of __________, the State of __________, 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 by bank transfer or check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].
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, Carnival Corporation Ltd. has caused this Instrument to be signed by a duly authorized officer thereof, manually or in facsimile.
Dated:
| CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD. | ||
| By: | ||
Section 2.3 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”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Security is a part), 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 Guarantor (with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor), 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 $__________].
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[IF THE SECURITY IS GUARANTEED, INSERT– Carnival UK Ltd. irrevocably, unconditionally, and absolutely guarantees, jointly and severally and on a continuing basis, to each Holder of Guaranteed Securities, until final and indefeasible payment of the amounts referred to in Clause (i) below have been made: (i) the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Guaranteed Securities at any time outstanding and the due and punctual payment of all other amounts payable, and all other amounts owing, by the Company to the Holders of the Guaranteed Securities under the Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities (including, without limitation, any Additional Amounts which may be owing to any of the Holders of Guaranteed Securities pursuant to the terms of Section 10.5 of the Indenture), in each case when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise and all other monetary obligations of the Company thereunder, all in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and (ii) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance and fulfillment by the Company of all duties, agreements, covenants and obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities.
The Guarantees constitute guarantees of payment, performance and compliance and not merely of collection. The obligation of the Guarantor to make any payments may be satisfied by causing the Company or any other Person to make such payments. Further, the Guarantor agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder of Guaranteed Securities in enforcing any of their respective rights under the Guarantees.]
The Company will pay to the Holders such Additional Amounts as may become payable under Section 10.5 of the Indenture.
[IF THE SECURITY IS GUARANTEED, INSERT–The Guarantor will pay to the Holders such Guarantor Additional Amounts as may become payable under Section 15.2 of the Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT— The Securities may be converted pursuant to the terms herein into [ ] if:[detail terms of conversion]. The Securities in respect of which a Holder has delivered [form of conversion notice] exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT –The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 10 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice, [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – (1) on __________ in any year commencing with the year ________ and ending with the year ____ at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after _____________, 20__], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before ______________, _____%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
| YEAR | REDEMPTION PRICE |
YEAR | REDEMPTION PRICE | |||
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to _____% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption with accrued interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).]
[The Securities will also be subject to redemption as a whole, but not in part, at the option of the Company at any time at 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), in the event the Company or the Guarantor has become or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees, any Additional Amounts or Guarantor Additional Amounts as a result of certain changes affecting withholding taxes which are specified in the Indenture.]
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[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT– The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 10 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice, (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 [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,
| YEAR | REDEMPTION PRICE FOR REDEMPTION THROUGH OPERATION OF THE SINKING FUND |
REDEMPTION PRICE FOR REDEMPTION OTHERWISE THAN THROUGH OPERATION OF THE SINKING FUND | ||
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 (subject to the right of Holders of record of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT– Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to _____________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [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 [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made in the [describe order] order in which they become due.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION OF ANY KIND, INSERT –In the event of redemption or repayment of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series 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 subject to repayment in whole [or in part] [but not in part], in integral multiples of $ _____________, on [and ] at the option of the Holder hereof at a Repayment Price equal to % _____________ of the principal amount thereof [to be repaid], together with interest thereon accrued to the Repayment Date, all as provided in the Indenture (subject to the right of Holders of record of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) [; provided, however, that the principal amount of this Security may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of this Security would be less than [$ ] [the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of this series]]. To be repaid at the option of the Holder, this Security, with the “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed by the Holder hereof, must be received by the Company at its office or agency maintained for that purpose in either the City of _____________, the State of _____________, or the City of _____________, the State of [ ________, which will be located initially at the office of the Trustee at ], not earlier than 30 days nor later than 15 days prior to the Repayment Date. Exercise of such option by the Holder of this Security shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.]
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[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; and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of 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 Guarantor (with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor) and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series, on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company or, with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor 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 or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
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 amount of principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on this Security herein provided, and 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 premium, if any, on) 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 of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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 of like tenor of different authorized denominations as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company 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 Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor (with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor) 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 Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repay the within Security [(or the portion thereof specified below)], pursuant to its terms, on the “Repayment Date” first occurring after the date of receipt of the within Security as specified below, at a Repayment Price equal to _____________% of the principal amount thereof, together with interest thereon accrued to the Repayment Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), to the undersigned at:
(Please Print or Type Name and Address of the Undersigned.)
FOR THIS OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE, THIS SECURITY WITH THE OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT DULY COMPLETED MUST BE RECEIVED NOT EARLIER THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE REPAYMENT DATE AND NOT LATER THAN 15 DAYS PRIOR TO THE REPAYMENT DATE BY THE COMPANY AT ITS OFFICE OR AGENCY EITHER IN THE CITY OF __________, THE STATE OF __________, OR THE CITY OF __________, THE STATE OF __________ [, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED INITIALLY AT THE OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE AT __________].
(If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repaid, specify the portion thereof (which shall be $ or an integral multiple thereof) which is to be repaid: $__________. The principal amount of this Security may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of this Security would be less than [$_____________] [the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of this series].]
[If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repaid, specify the denomination(s) of the Security(ies) to be issued for the unpaid amount: ($__________ or any integral multiple of $__________): $________.]
Dated:
| Note: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Security in every particular without alterations or enlargement or any change whatsoever.] |
Section 2.4 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
| As Trustee | ||
| By: | ||
| Authorized Officer | ||
Section 2.5 Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security.
(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.3 and the Company Order delivered to the Trustee thereunder, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.5 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor Depository.”
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.5 or of Section 3.5, but subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, the Global Security of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 3.5, only to another nominee of the Depository for such series, or to a successor Depository for such series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depository.
(c) If at any time the Depository for a series of Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such series or if at any time the Depository for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation and a successor Depository for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, this Section 2.5 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions of this Section 2.5 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In such event the Company will execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.5(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered, but without any liability on the part of the Company or the Trustee for the accuracy of the Depository’s instructions.
(d) All book-entry interests in a Global Security that are held by participants of a Depository shall be subject to the applicable procedures of such Depository.
ARTICLE III.
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is not limited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series from time to time as may be authorized by the Board of Directors. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following as applicable:
| (i) | the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities); |
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| (ii) | whether the Securities of the series will be guaranteed by the Guarantor and the terms and conditions of the Guarantees; |
(iii) the 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 Sections 2.5, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.5, 11.7 or 12.5, and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
| (iv) | the Person to whom any interest on a 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; |
(v) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable or the manner in which such dates are determined;
(vi) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, or the manner in which such rates are determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the manner in which such dates are determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(vii) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(viii) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and the applicability, non-applicability or variation of Article XI with respect to the Securities of such series;
(ix) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof;
(x) the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(xi) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(xii) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;
(xiii) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;
(xiv) if other than such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public or private debts, the coin or currency or currency unit in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the 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 purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.1;
(xv) if the amount of payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method based on a coin currency or currency unit other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
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(xvi) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency or currency unit other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the coin or currency or currency unit in which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of such series are stated to be payable, and the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(xvii) whether the Securities of the series are issuable as a Global Security and, in such case, the identity of the Depository for such series;
(xviii) the terms and conditions, if any, under which the Debt Securities may be converted into or exchanged for our Common Shares, Preference Shares or other securities (including, without limitation, the initial conversion price or rate, the conversion period, any adjustment of the applicable conversion price and any requirements relative to the reservation of such shares for purposes of conversion);
(xix) any addition to or change in the Events of Default set forth in Section 5.1 which applies to Securities of the series;
(xx) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X which applies to Securities of the series;
(xxi) the applicability, non-applicability, or variation of Article XII with respect to the Securities of such Series;
(xxii) the provisions necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge or covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within the series;
(xxiii) any addition to or change in the provisions of Article XV with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(xxiv) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officer’s Certificate or in any indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, such Board Resolution and the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the series shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order for authentication and delivery of Securities of such series.
The Company may, from time to time, by adoption of a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or by way of one or more indentures supplemental hereto and subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture additional securities of any series of Securities (“Add On Securities”) having terms and conditions identical to those of such series of Outstanding Securities, except that such Add On Securities:
(A) may have a different issue date from such series of Outstanding Securities;
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(B) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on such series of Outstanding Securities; and
(C) may have terms specified in such Board Resolution for such Add On Securities making appropriate adjustments to this Article III applicable to such Add On Securities in order to conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or applicable securities laws) which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any Outstanding Securities (other than such Add On Securities) and which shall not affect the rights or duties of the Trustee.
Section 3.2 Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons and, except for any Global Security, in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series, other than a Global Security, shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman, its President, its Chief Operating Officer, one of its Executive Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents, its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers or any other authorized officer of the Company. Such signatures upon the Securities may be the manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of the present or any future such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Securities bearing the manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of individuals who were at the time they signed such Securities 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 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. If not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. 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 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent of the Indenture to the authentication and delivery of such Securities have been complied with and that such Securities, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion with appropriate modifications shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.
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The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any such Securities if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action (i) may not lawfully be taken or (ii) would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders of Securities.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security 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 manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 3.4 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the definitive Securities of such series.
Section 3.5 Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or an office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 10.2 a register (the register maintained in such Corporate Trust Office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.5, provide for the registration of Securities and transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.5, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any definitive Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new definitive Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.5, at the option of the Holder, definitive Securities of any series may be exchanged for other definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the definitive Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any definitive Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the definitive Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.
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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.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue or register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the delivery of the notice of redemption of Securities of that series under Section 11.4 and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivery, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to issue or register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be subject to the applicable procedures of the Depository. None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary, or for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restriction on transfer imposed under this Indenture or applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depository participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by this Indenture.
Section 3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute 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, or, in case any such mutilated 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.
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 upon its request 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 or, in case any such 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, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 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 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 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder 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 at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.2; provided, however, that each installment of interest on any Security may at the Company’s option be paid by a bank transfer or mailing a check for such interest payable to or upon the written order of the Holder entitled thereto pursuant to Section 3.8, to the address of such Holder as it appears on the Security Register.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the 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 (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Holders in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each 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 on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be delivered electronically or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at its address as it appears in the Security Register, 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 delivered or mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Holders 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 (ii).
(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, 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.
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Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, in the case of any Security which is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the Holder in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable.
Section 3.8 Holders Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depository or its participants in respect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 3.9 Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, 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 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, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by it and the Trustee shall deliver its certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless by a Company Order the Company directs their return to it.
Section 3.10 Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 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.
Section 3.11 CUSIP, ISIN and Common Codes. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use such 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 will promptly notify the Trustee of any changes in such numbers.
ARTICLE IV.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
Section 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except for Sections 10.5 and 15.2, Article XI and any surviving rights of conversion or registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or in the form of Security for such series), and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when:
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(i) either
(A) all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6, and (ii) Securities of such series for whose payment money in the Required Currency 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 10.3) have been canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities of that series not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Required Currency sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) 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;
(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with respect to that series under Section 6.7 shall survive and the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 10.2 and 10.3 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
It is understood that the Company may also elect to exercise its rights under this Section 4.1 to satisfy and discharge the Indenture with respect to all series of Securities.
Section 4.2 Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 or Section 4.3 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the series of Securities in respect of which it was deposited and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
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Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Paying Agent or the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or securities deposited with and held by it as provided in Section 4.1, Section 4.3 and this Section 4.2 which are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent satisfaction and discharge, Discharge (as defined below) or covenant defeasance, provided that the Paying Agent or Trustee shall not be required to liquidate any securities in order to comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the aforementioned Company Request and it shall not be required to investigate or otherwise confirm independently whether the funds requested by the Company are in excess of the amount required to satisfy its obligations at such time under this Indenture.
Section 4.3 Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government Obligations. Unless pursuant to Section 3.1 provision is made that this Section shall not be applicable to the Securities of any series, at the Company’s option, either (a) the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor, shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from their obligations with respect to any series of Securities after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied or (b) the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article VIII (and any other Sections or covenants applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision), the Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantees and Section 5.1(e) of this Indenture (and any other Events of Default applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision) shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities if at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:
(i) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, (1) money in an amount, or (2) the equivalent in securities of the government(s) which issued the currency in which the Securities are denominated or government agencies backed by the full faith and credit of such government(s) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide freely available funds on or prior to the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (3) a combination of (1) and (2), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (2) and (3)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund payments) and any premium of, interest on and any repurchase or redemption obligations with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal or repurchase or redemption obligations are due (before such a deposit, if the Securities of such series are then redeemable or may be redeemed in the future pursuant to the terms thereof, in either case at the option of the Company, the Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.2, a notice of its election to redeem all of the Securities of such series at a future date in accordance with Article XI);
(ii) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which with notice or lapse of time would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);
(iii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section 4.3 and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised, and, in the case of Securities being Discharged, accompanied by a ruling to that effect from the Internal Revenue Service, unless, as set forth in such Opinion of Counsel, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law since the date of this Indenture such that a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service is no longer required;
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(iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit referred to in paragraph (i) above was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and
(v) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the Discharge or defeasance of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with.
If the Company, at its option, with respect to a series of Securities, satisfies the applicable conditions pursuant to either Clause (a) or (b) of the first sentence of this Section, then (x), in the event the Company satisfies the conditions to Clause (a) and elects Clause (a) to be applicable, the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities and the Guarantees of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities and the Guarantees of such series and (y) in either case, the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article VIII (and any other covenants applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision), the Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantees and Section 5.1(e) (and any other Events of Default applicable to such series of Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision) shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities at any time thereafter.
“Discharged” means that the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of such series (and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments (prepared by the Company) acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the trust fund described in Clause (i) above, payment of the principal and any premium of and any interest on such Securities when such payments are due; (B) the Company’s and the Guarantor’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 6.7, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5 and 15.2; (C) the Company’s right of redemption, if any, with respect to any Securities of such series pursuant to Article XI, in which case the Company or the Guarantor may redeem the Securities of such series in accordance with Article XI by complying with such Article and depositing with the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.5, an amount of money sufficient, together with all amounts held in trust pursuant to Section 4.1, Section 4.2 or this Section 4.3 with respect to Securities of such series, to pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities of such series to be redeemed; and (D) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder. A “Discharge” shall mean the meeting by the Company of the foregoing requirements.
Section 4.4 Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or securities in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Indenture, by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and, if applicable, the Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.3 of this Indenture, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or securities in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Indenture; provided that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section 4.5 Repayment of Moneys Held by Trustee. Any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the Holders for two years after the date upon which the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on such Security shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such Paying Agent on demand; and the Holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter look only to the Company for the payment thereof and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be delivered to each such Holder in accordance with Section 16.3, a notice that said moneys have not been so applied and that after a date named therein any unclaimed balance of said moneys then remaining will be returned to the Company.
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ARTICLE V.
REMEDIES
Section 5.1 Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, shall mean 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), unless such event is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the indenture supplemental hereto or Board Resolution creating such series of Securities or in the form of Security for such series:
(a) 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
(b) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(c) 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 five business days; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company or, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 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 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
(e) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a failure to pay the principal of indebtedness in excess of $120,000,000 when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto or shall have resulted in indebtedness in excess of $120,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such indebtedness or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or
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(f) 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 series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor, in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar Federal or State law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or the 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, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the 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 the Guarantor or of any substantial part of its 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 60 consecutive days; or
(g) the commencement by the Company or, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar Federal or State 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 in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar Federal or State 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 similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment 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
(h) if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantee shall at any time cease to be in full force and effect, or the Company or the Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of the Company or the Guarantor shall contest in any manner the validity, binding nature or enforceability of the Guarantee; or
(i) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
Section 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), 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 in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(i) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(ii) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any sinking fund payments with respect to any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
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(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, interest upon overdue interest to the date of such payment or deposit at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities or, if no such rate or rates are so prescribed, at the rate borne by the Securities during the period of such default, and
(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(b) 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 5.13.
No such waiver or rescission and annulment shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that (1) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security of any series, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days, or (2) in case default shall be made in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Security of any series on its Maturity and such default shall have continued for a period of five business days, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities during the period of such default; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith.
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 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
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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 for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities 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 the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, 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 5.6 Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, 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 6.7;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company, its successors or assigns or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
Section 5.7 Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, under or with respect to this Indenture or the relevant Securities, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(i) such Holder shall have previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(ii) 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;
(iii) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.12 during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
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it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable and common benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 5.8 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 premium, if any, on) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be) 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 5.9 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 Guarantor (with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor), 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 5.10 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 3.6, 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 5.11 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 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 5.12 Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate 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, however, that
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction,
(iii) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not taking part in such direction, and
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(iv) such direction would not involve the Trustee in personal liability, as the Trustee, upon being advised by counsel, shall reasonably determine.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, prior to taking any action under this Indenture at the direction of a Holder, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable indemnification against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
Section 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate 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
(i) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security of such series, or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of 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, and the Company, the Trustee and Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
Section 5.15 Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI.
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
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(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(i) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in Section 5.12, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 6.2 Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in accordance with Section 16.3, to all Holders of Securities of such series, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(d) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default (not including periods of grace, if any) with respect to Securities of such series.
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Section 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(a) 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, approval or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) 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, such matter may be deemed conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate, and the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon such Officer’s Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance therewith;
(e) 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 reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) except during the continuance of an Event of Default, 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;
(g) 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;
(h) except with respect to Section 10.1, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article IV. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default except (i) any Default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 10.1, 5.1(a) or 5.1(b) or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification or obtained actual knowledge;
(i) delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 7.4(a) is for informational purposes only and shall not imply a duty to review and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates);
(j) the permissive rights of the Trustee to take certain actions under this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein;
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(k) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to institute any suit, or to undertake any proceeding under this Indenture, or to enter any appearance or in any way defend in any suit in which it may be made a defendant, or to take any steps in the execution of the trusts hereby created or in the enforcement of any rights and powers hereunder, until it shall be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction against any and all costs and expenses, outlays and counsel fees and other anticipated disbursements, and against all liability except to the extent determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused solely by its own negligence or willful misconduct;
(l) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer, and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(m) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder;
(n) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be reasonably indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder; and
(o) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 6.4 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals in Indenture or in Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 6.5 May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company or, if any Guaranteed Securities are Outstanding, the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 6.6 Money Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.4, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall pay such interest on any moneys received by it hereunder as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time upon the receipt of a Company Order with respect thereto.
Section 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and, except as otherwise expressly provided, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents, attorneys and counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, 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.
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The Company and, if any Guaranteed Securities are Outstanding, the Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold the Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the reasonable costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company or the Guarantor (including this Section 6.7) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor, or any other Person or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder) (but excluding taxes imposed on such persons in connection with compensation for such administration or performance). The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuer’s expense in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.7 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default, the expenses and compensation for the services (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 6.8 Disqualification; Conflicting Interest.
(a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section, with respect to the Securities of any series:
(i) then, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, and if the Event of Default to which such conflicting interest relates has not been cured or duly waived or otherwise eliminated before the end of such 90-day period, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or, except as otherwise provided below in this Section, resign, and the Company shall take prompt steps to have a successor appointed in the manner provided in Section 6.10;
(ii) in the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Clause (i) of this Subsection, the Trustee shall, within 10 days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit notice of such failure to the Holders of the Securities of the applicable series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.3(c); and
(iii) subject to the provisions of Section 5.14, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided below in this Section, any Holder of the Securities of the applicable series who has been a bona fide Holder of such Securities 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, and the appointment of a successor, if the Trustee fails, after written request thereof by such Holder to comply with the provisions of Clause (i) of this Subsection.
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(b) For the purposes of this Section, a Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest if an Event of Default exists with respect to the Securities of the applicable series and:
(i) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Outstanding Securities of any series other than the applicable series or is trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities issued under this Indenture; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series other than the applicable series and any indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding, if
(A) this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures are wholly unsecured and rank equally, and such other indenture or indentures are hereafter qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, unless the Commission shall have found and declared by order pursuant to Section 305(b) or Section 307(c) of the Trust Indenture Act that differences exist between the provisions of this Indenture with respect to Securities of the applicable series and one or more other series or the provisions of such other indenture or indentures which are so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of the applicable series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures, or
(B) the Company shall have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission and after opportunity for hearing thereon, that trusteeship under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of the applicable series and such other series or such other indenture or indentures is not so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures;
(ii) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is an underwriter for the Company;
(iii) the Trustee directly or indirectly controls or is directly or indirectly controlled by or is under direct or indirect common control with an underwriter for the Company;
(iv) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee or representative of the Company, or of an underwriter (other than the Trustee itself) for the Company who is currently engaged in the business of underwriting, except that (i) one individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Company, but may not be at the same time an executive officer of both the Trustee and the Company; (ii) if and so long as the number of directors of the Trustee in office is more than nine, one additional individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director of the Company; and (iii) the Trustee may be designated by the Company or by any underwriter for the Company to act in the capacity of transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent, escrow agent or depositary, or in any other similar capacity, or, subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Subsection, to act as trustee, whether under an indenture or otherwise;
(v) 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by the Company or by any director, partner or executive officer thereof, or 20% or more of such voting securities is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more of such persons; or 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by an underwriter for the Company or by any director, partner or executive officer thereof, or is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more such persons;
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(vi) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this Subsection defined), (i) 5% or more of the voting securities, or 10% or more of any other class of security, of the Company not including the Securities issued under this Indenture and securities issued under any other indenture under which the Trustee is also trustee, or (ii) 10% or more of any class of security of an underwriter for the Company;
(vii) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this Subsection defined), 5% or more of the voting securities of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 10% or more of the voting securities of, or controls directly or indirectly or is under direct or indirect common control with, the Company;
(viii) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this Subsection defined), 10% or more of any class of security of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the Company;
(ix) the Trustee owns, on the date of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the applicable series or any anniversary of such Event of Default while such Event of Default remains outstanding, in the capacity of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter vivos trustee, guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other similar capacity, an aggregate of 25% or more of the voting securities, or of any class of security, of any person, the beneficial ownership of a specified percentage of which would have constituted a conflicting interest under paragraph (6), (7) or (8) of this Subsection. As to any such securities of which the Trustee acquired ownership through becoming executor, administrator or testamentary trustee of an estate which included them, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply, for a period of two years from the date of such acquisition, to the extent that such securities included in such estate do not exceed 25% of such voting securities or 25% of any such class of security. Promptly after the dates of any such Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the applicable series and annually in each succeeding year that such Event of Default remains outstanding, the Trustee shall make a check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of such dates. If the Company fails to make payment in full of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any of the Securities when and as the same becomes due and payable, and such failure continues for 30 days thereafter, the Trustee shall make a prompt check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of the date of the expiration of such 30-day period, and after such date, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all such securities so held by the Trustee, with sole or joint control over such securities vested in it, shall, but only so long as such failure shall continue, be considered as though beneficially owned by the Trustee for the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) of this Subsection; or
(x) except under the circumstances described in paragraphs (1), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of Section 6.13(b), the Trustee shall become a creditor of the Company.
For purposes of paragraph (i) of this Subsection, and of Sections 5.12 and 5.13, the term “series of securities” and “series” means a series, class or group of securities issuable under an indenture pursuant to whose terms holders of one such series may vote to direct the indenture trustee, or otherwise take action pursuant to a vote of such holders, separately from holders of another such series; provided, however, that “series of securities” or “series” shall not include any series of securities issuable under an indenture if all such series rank equally and are wholly unsecured.
The specification of percentages in paragraphs (5) to (9), inclusive, of this Subsection shall not be construed as indicating that the ownership of such percentages of the securities of a person is or is not necessary or sufficient to constitute direct or indirect control for the purposes of paragraph (3) or (7) of this Subsection.
For the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), (8) and (9) of this Subsection only, (i) the terms “security” and “securities” shall include only such securities as are generally known as corporate securities, but shall not include any note or other evidence of indebtedness issued to evidence an obligation to repay moneys lent to a person by one or more banks, trust companies or banking firms, or any certificate of interest or participation in any such note or evidence of indebtedness; (ii) except as expressly provided in paragraph (9) of this Subsection, an obligation shall be deemed to be “in default” when a default in payment of principal shall have continued for 30 days or more and shall not have been cured; and (iii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to be the owner or holder of (A) any security which it holds as collateral security, as trustee or otherwise, for an obligation which is not in default as defined in Clause (ii) above, or (B) any security which it holds as collateral security under this Indenture, irrespective of any default hereunder, or (C) any security which it holds as agent for collection, or as custodian, escrow agent or depositary, or in any similar representative capacity.
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Except as provided in the next preceding paragraph, the word “security” or “securities” as used in this Indenture shall mean any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, pre-organization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas or other mineral rights, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a “security”, or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.
(c) For the purposes of this Section:
(i) The term “underwriter”, when used with reference to the Company, shall mean every person who, within one year prior to the time as of which the determination is made, has purchased from the Company with a view to, or has offered or sold for the Company in connection with, the distribution of any security of the Company outstanding at such time, or has participated or has had a direct or indirect participation in any such undertaking, or has participated or has had a participation in the direct or indirect underwriting of any such undertaking, but such term shall not include a person whose interest was limited to a commission from an underwriter or dealer not in excess of the usual and customary distributors’ or sellers’ commission.
(ii) The term “director” shall mean any director of a corporation or any individual performing similar functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated.
(iii) The term “person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or political subdivision thereof. As used in this paragraph, the term “trust” shall include only a trust where the interest or interests of the beneficiary or beneficiaries are evidenced by a security.
(iv) The term “voting security” shall mean any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person, or any security issued under or pursuant to any trust, agreement or arrangement whereby a trustee or trustees or agent or agents for the owner or holder of such security are presently entitled to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person.
(v) The term “Company” shall mean any obligor upon the Securities.
(vi) The term “Event of Default” shall mean an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.1, but exclusive of any period of grace or requirement of notice.
(vii) The term “executive officer” shall mean the president, every vice president, every trust officer, the cashier, the secretary and the treasurer of a corporation, and any individual customarily performing similar functions with respect to any organization whether incorporated or unincorporated, but shall not include the chairman of the board of directors.
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(d) The percentages of voting securities and other securities specified in this Section shall be calculated in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) A specified percentage of the voting securities of the Trustee, the Company or any other person referred to in this Section (each of whom is referred to as a “person” in this paragraph) means such amount of the outstanding voting securities of such person as entitles the holder or holders thereof to cast such specified percentage of the aggregate votes which the holders of all the outstanding voting securities of such person are entitled to cast in the direction or management of the affairs of such person.
(ii) A specified percentage of a class of securities of a person means such percentage of the aggregate amount of securities of the class outstanding.
(iii) The term “amount”, when used in regard to securities, means the principal amount if relating to evidences of indebtedness, the number of shares if relating to capital shares and the number of units if relating to any other kind of security.
(iv) The term “outstanding” means issued and not held by or for the account of the issuer. The following securities shall not be deemed outstanding within the meaning of this definition:
(A) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to securities of the issuer of the same class;
(B) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to another class of securities of the issuer, if the obligation evidenced by such other class of securities is not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise;
(C) securities pledged by the issuer thereof as security for an obligation of the issuer not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise; and
(D) securities held in escrow if placed in escrow by the issuer thereof; provided, however, that any voting securities of an issuer shall be deemed outstanding if any person other than the issuer is entitled to exercise the voting rights thereof.
(e) A security shall be deemed to be of the same class as another security if both securities confer upon the holder or holders thereof substantially the same rights and privileges; provided, however, that, in the case of secured evidences of indebtedness, all of which are issued under a single indenture, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates of various series thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute such series different classes; and, provided, further, that, in the case of unsecured evidences of indebtedness, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute them securities of different classes, whether or not they are issued under a single indenture.
Section 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be an entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or a corporation or other person permitted to act as Trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation 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, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. No obligor upon the Securities or Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such obligor shall serve as Trustee hereunder. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in Section 6.10.
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Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
(b) 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 and by delivering notice thereof to the Holders of Securities of such one or more series in accordance with Section 16.3. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the resigning Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the Company or the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such one or more series or any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities of such one or more series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed and a successor Trustee appointed 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 so removed, to the successor Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8(a) 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
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, one copy of which Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, 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. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. Within one year after such successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may appoint a successor trustee to replace the successor trustee appointed by the Company, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, and such successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, 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 within 60 days after the retiring or removed Trustee resigns or is removed, and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, the retiring or removed Trustee, the Company or 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.
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Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) 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 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 pursuant to Section 6.7, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto 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.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this Section, the Company shall deliver notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to the Holders of the Securities of one or more or all series, as the case may be, to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates as their names and addresses appear on the Security Register. If the Company fails to deliver such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be delivered at the expense of the Company.
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Section 6.12 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, 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 with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which the Securities or this Indenture provide that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
Section 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
(a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company within three months prior to a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section, or subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such default shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section:
(i) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal or interest, effected after the beginning of such three months’ period and valid as against the Company and its other creditors, except any such reduction resulting from the receipt or disposition of any property described in paragraph (2) of this Subsection, or from the exercise of any right of set-off which the Trustee could have exercised if a petition in bankruptcy had been filed by or against the Company upon the date of such default; and
(ii) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claims as such creditor, either as security therefor, or in satisfaction or composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such three months’ period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such property, if disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of the Company and its other creditors in such property or such proceeds.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee:
(A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on account of any such claim by any Person (other than the Company) who is liable thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such claim by the Trustee to a third Person, and (iii) distributions made in cash, securities or other property in respect of claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it as security for any such claim, if such property was so held prior to the beginning of such three months’ period;
(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as security for any such claim, if such claim was created after the beginning of such three months’ period and such property was received as security therefor simultaneously with the creation thereof, and if the Trustee shall sustain the burden of proving that at the time such property was so received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section, would occur within three months; or
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(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B) or (C), against the release of any property held as security for such claim as provided in paragraph (B) or (C), as the case may be, to the extent of the fair value of such property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted after the beginning of such three months’ period for property held as security at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have the same status as such pre-existing claim.
If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned among the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities in such manner that the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from such special account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, the same percentage of their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee anything on account of the receipt by it from the Company of the funds and property in such special account, and before crediting to the respective claims of the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, but after, crediting thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness represented by their respective claims from all sources other than from such dividends and from the funds and property so held in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any claim, the term “dividends” shall include any distribution with respect to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership or proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, whether such distribution is made in cash, securities or other property, but shall not include any such distribution with respect to the secured portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy, receivership or proceedings for reorganization is pending shall have jurisdiction (i) to apportion among the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, the funds and property held in such special account and proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in part, to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration in determining the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities with respect to their respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to liquidate or to appraise the value of any securities or other property held in such special account or as security for any such claim, or to make a specific allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured portions of such claims, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this paragraph as a mathematical formula.
Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the beginning of such three months’ period shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such three months’ period, it shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection if and only if the following conditions exist:
(1) the receipt of property or reduction of claim which would have given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had continued as Trustee, occurred after the beginning of such three months’ period; and
(2) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred within three months after such resignation or removal.
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(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of Subsection (a) of this Section a creditor relationship arising from:
(i) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under any indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of one year or more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee;
(ii) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by this Indenture, for the purpose of preserving any property which shall at any time be subject to the lien of this Indenture or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances thereon, if notice of such advances and of the circumstances surrounding the making thereof is given to the Holders at the time and in the manner provided in Section 7.3 of this Indenture;
(iii) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other similar capacity;
(iv) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or premises rented; or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or securities sold in a cash transaction, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section;
(v) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a corporation organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a creditor of the Company; or
(vi) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which fall within the classification of self-liquidating paper, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section.
(c) For the purposes of this Section only:
(i) the term “default” shall mean any failure to make payment in full of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities or upon the other indenture securities when and as such principal or interest becomes due and payable;
(ii) the term “other indenture securities” shall mean securities upon which the Company is an obligor (as defined in the Trust Indenture Act) outstanding under any other indenture (i) under which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains provisions substantially similar to the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section, and (iii) under which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the funds and property held in such special account;
(iii) the term “cash transaction” shall mean 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 or bankers and payable upon demand;
(iv) the term “self-liquidating paper” shall mean any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company 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 arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation; and
(v) the term “Company” shall mean any obligor upon the Securities.
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ARTICLE VII.
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) Semi-annually, not later than [April 1 and October 1] in each year, commencing [______________, 20__], a list for each series of Outstanding Securities, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities (1) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 and (2) received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent or Security Registrar (if so acting) hereunder.
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) In case three or more Holders of Securities of any series (hereinafter called “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of such series for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Securities of the same series or of all series, as the case may be, with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities of such series or of all series, as the case may be, and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section 7.2, or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Securities of such series or of all series, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section 7.2, and as to the approximate cost of delivering to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, deliver to each Holder of Securities of such series or of all series, as the case may be, whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section 7.2, a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be delivered and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall deliver to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be delivered, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such delivery would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or of all series, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If said Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, said Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall deliver copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.
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(c) Each and every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Security Registrar and any Paying Agent shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (b) of this Section 7.2, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of delivering any material pursuant to a request made under said Subsection (b).
Section 7.3 Reports by Trustee.
(a) On or before October 1, 20 , and on or before October 1 in every year thereafter, so long as required by the Trust Indenture Act, as then amended, and so long as any Securities are Outstanding hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders as hereinafter in this Section 7.3 provided and to the Company a brief report, dated as of the preceding [_____________, 20 ], with respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within the 12 months prior to the date of such report (but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted):
(i) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.9, and its qualification under Section 6.8;
(ii) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in paragraphs (i) through (x) of Subsection (b) of Section 6.8;
(iii) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Securities, on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than one-half of one per cent of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities on the date of such report;
(iv) the amount, interest rate, and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5) of Subsection (b) of Section 6.13;
(v) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of the Trustee (as such) on the date of such report;
(vi) any additional issue of Securities which it has not previously reported; and
(vii) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties under this Indenture which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Securities, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by it in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.2.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit to the Holders, as hereinafter provided, and to the Company a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section 7.3 (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this Indenture) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge prior to that of the Securities on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate ten per cent or less of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.
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(c) Reports pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall be delivered to all Holders in accordance with Section 16.3.
(d) 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 of the Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when and as any of the Securities become listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.4 Reports by Company.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as said Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with said Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then to file with the Trustee and said Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission under the Trust Indenture Act, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such additional information, documents, and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit to the Holders within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in Subsection (c) of Section 7.3, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE VIII.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Section 8.1 Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Guarantor Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or the Guarantor or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company or the Guarantor, unless:
(a) 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 expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) 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 and shall have provided for conversion rights in any supplemental indenture hereto; or, in case the 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 the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall (i) be the Company or the Guarantor or (ii) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Guarantor to be performed or observed and shall have provided for conversion rights in any supplemental indenture hereto.
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(b) 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
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 8.2 Rights and Duties of Successor Person. Upon any consolidation of the Company or the Guarantor with, or merger of the Company or the Guarantor into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the 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, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved, wound up or liquidated at any time thereafter.
Section 8.3 Guarantor Limitation. The terms of this Article VIII shall only apply to the Guarantor if there is any series of Guaranteed Securities Outstanding.
ARTICLE IX.
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Guarantor and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution thereof) for one or more of the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the succession of another corporation or entity to the Company or the Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation or entity of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to Article VIII hereof;
(ii) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor or to add additional rights for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants or rights are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants or rights are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor;
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(iii) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) 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;
(iv) 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 to provide for exchangeability of such Securities with Securities issued hereunder in fully registered form;
(v) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall (A) neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) adversely affect the rights of the Holder of any such Security in any material respect or (B) become effective only when there is no Outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;
(vi) to secure the Securities;
(vii) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, or (unless prohibited by the terms of the Securities of any series set pursuant to Section 3.1) to provide for the re-opening of such series of Securities and for the issuance of Add On Securities of such series;
(viii) 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 6.11(b);
(ix) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect;
(x) to comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary;
(xi) to add additional guarantors in respect of the Securities;
(xii) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to permit the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(xiii) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights, if any, to holders of the Securities issued pursuant to the requirements of any such supplemental indenture.
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The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.1 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Outstanding Securities, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.2.
Section 9.2 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 each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, the Company when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Guarantor and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any, on), or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon, or reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be), or amend or modify the terms of any of the Guarantees in a manner adverse to the Holders, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of all the Outstanding Securities of such series or (iii) adversely affect the right in any material respect to convert any Securities as provided in any supplemental indenture.
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.
Upon receipt of a Company Order (accompanied by a copy of a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture), an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
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Section 9.5 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 10.1 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 or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Securities of that series to each Holder in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 10.2 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 as in this Indenture provided and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of each such office or agency. In case the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to give notice of the location or of any change thereof, presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as its office or agency for such purpose.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies in any location 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 10.3 Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust. If the Company or the Guarantor shall at any time act as the Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (or premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure by the Company to take such 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 premium, if any, on) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (or premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
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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, that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Securities) in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;
(ii) give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) to make any payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on the Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable; and
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, 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.
Section 10.4 Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company and, if any Guaranteed Securities are Outstanding, the Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to each officer signing such certificate, whether or not to the best of his knowledge the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof, and, if the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which he may have knowledge.
Section 10.5 Additional Amounts. (a) The Company hereby agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company with respect to each Security shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges whatsoever imposed, assessed, levied or collected by or for the account of (i)(x) Bermuda or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or (y) the jurisdiction of incorporation (other than the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) of a successor entity to the Company pursuant to Section 8.1, to the extent that such taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges first become applicable as a result of such successor entity becoming the obligor on the Securities, or (ii) any other jurisdiction (other than the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) from or through which any amount is paid by the Company hereunder or where it is resident or maintains a place of business or permanent establishment (each jurisdiction described in Clauses (i) and (ii) above is referred to herein as a “Taxing Jurisdiction” and such taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges are referred to as “Taxes”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Tax is compelled by laws of Bermuda or any other applicable Taxing Jurisdiction. If any deduction or withholding of any Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes, as defined below) is ever required by Bermuda or any other Taxing Jurisdiction, the Company shall (subject to compliance by the Holder or beneficial owner of each Security with any applicable administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) required to make the net amounts paid to each Holder of such Security or the Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Securities, after such deduction or withholding, equal to the amounts of principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, and sinking fund or analogous payments, if any, to which such Holder or the Trustee is entitled. However, the Company shall not be required to pay Additional Amounts in respect of the following Taxes (“Excluded Taxes”):
(1) any present or future Taxes imposed, assessed, levied or collected as a result of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Security (i) being organized under the laws of, or otherwise being or having been a citizen, domiciliary, national or resident of, (ii) being engaged or having been engaged in a trade or business in, (iii) having or having had its principal office located in, (iv) maintaining or having maintained a permanent establishment in, (v) being or having been physically present in, or (vi) otherwise having or having had some connection (other than any connection arising solely from the acquisition, ownership or disposition of such Security, the exercise or enforcement of rights under such Security, this Indenture or a Guarantee, or the receipt of payments in respect of such Security or a Guarantee) with Bermuda or any other applicable Taxing Jurisdiction;
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(2) any present or future Taxes which would not have been so imposed, assessed, levied or collected but for the fact that, where presentation is required, the relevant Security was presented more than thirty days after the date the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder or beneficial owner (except to the extent that the Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Security been presented on the last day of such thirty day period);
(3) any present or future Taxes imposed pursuant to current Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with, any regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, any intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the United States (or any related law or administrative practices or procedures) implementing the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above);
(4) any present or future Taxes payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, any Security;
(5) any present or future Taxes imposed in connection with a Security presented for payment (where presentation is permitted or required for payment) by or on behalf of a Holder or beneficial owner of the Security to the extent such Taxes could have been avoided by presenting the relevant Security to, or otherwise accepting payment from, another Paying Agent;
(6) any present or future Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by the Company to the Holder of a Security if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed on such payments had such Holder been the sole beneficial owner of such Security;
(7) any present or future Taxes which would not have been so imposed, assessed, levied or collected but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, following the Company's reasonable written request addressed to the Holder at least 60 days before any such withholding or deduction would be imposed, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Taxing Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the Holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Taxing Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the Holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to provide such certification or documentation;
(8) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar Tax or duty; or
(9) any combination of Clauses (1) through (8) above.
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In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall also pay and indemnify the Holder for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, value added, transfer, court or documentary Taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including penalties, interest and additions to tax related thereto) which are levied by any jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Securities, this Indenture, any Guarantee or any other document referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect thereto, or enforcement of, any of the Securities or any Guarantee (limited, solely in the case of Taxes attributable to the receipt of any payments, to any such Taxes imposed in a Taxing Jurisdiction that are not excluded under Clauses (1) through (3) or (5) through (9) above or any combination thereof).
The Company or any successor to the Company, as the case may be, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of a Security and upon written request reimburse each Holder for the amount of (i) any Taxes levied or imposed and paid by such Holder of a Security (other than Excluded Taxes) as a result of payments made with respect to such Security, (ii) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom with respect thereto, and (iii) any Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) with respect to payment of Additional Amounts or any reimbursement pursuant to this sentence, in each case, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed by the payment of any Additional Amount and not excluded from the requirement to pay Additional Amounts, as described above.
The Company or any successor to the Company, as the case may be, shall also (i) make such withholding or deduction to the extent required by applicable law and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law. The Company or any successor to the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish the Trustee within 60 days after the date the payment of any such Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment by the Company or any successor to the Company, as the case may be, or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. It is understood, however, that the Trustee is under no obligation to request such certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment.
At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the Company will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to those payments, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable, stating the amounts that will be payable and setting forth any other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders of the Securities on the payment date.
Whenever in this Indenture or any Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest, or sinking fund or analogous payment, if any, in respect of such Security or overdue principal or overdue interest or overdue sinking fund or analogous payment, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for herein to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention thereof in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made (if applicable).
The obligations of the Company (and any successor entity to the Company pursuant to Section 8.1) under this Section 10.5 shall survive the termination of this Indenture, any transfer by a Holder or beneficial owner of its Securities, and the payment of all amounts under or with respect to the Securities.
(b) Each Holder of a Security, by acceptance of such Security, agrees that, with reasonable promptness after receiving written notice from the Company to the effect that such Holder is eligible for a refund in respect of Taxes actually paid by the Company pursuant to this Section 10.5, such Holder will sign and deliver, as reasonably directed by the Company, any form provided to such Holder by the Company to enable such Holder to obtain a refund in respect of such Taxes; and if such Holder thereafter receives such refund in respect of such Taxes, such Holder will promptly pay such refund to the Company (together with interest, if any, received by such Holder from the relevant taxing authority). If a Holder applies for a refund of such Taxes prior to a request by the Company to apply for such a refund, the Holder will, upon receipt of a request by the Company to apply for, or to turn over the proceeds of, any such refund, pay any such refund to the Company (together with interest, if any, received by such Holder from the relevant taxing authority), promptly upon receipt of such refund. The Company shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by a Holder in connection with obtaining such refund.
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ARTICLE XI.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.1 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 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The right of the Company to elect to redeem any Securities of any series shall be set forth in the terms of such Securities of such series established in accordance with Section 3.1. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In the case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least five days prior to the delivery of the notice of redemption pursuant to Section 11.4 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 11.3. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than five days prior to the delivery of the notice of redemption pursuant to Section 11.4 by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by lot or such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of such Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any 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.
Section 11.4 Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed, in accordance with Section 16.3, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, except that redemption notices may be delivered more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Securities of such series or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date,
(ii) the Redemption Price (or manner of calculation if not then known),
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(iii) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(iv) 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,
(v) in the case of certificated Securities, the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(vi) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of any redemption may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, the completion of an equity or debt financing. If any redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the notice of redemption in respect thereof shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion), or that such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion) by the Redemption Date as stated in such notice, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed.
Section 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) 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 11.6 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 3.1, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender therefor, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 11.7 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 the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
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Section 11.8 Optional Redemption or Assumption of Securities Under Certain Circumstances. (a)(i) Unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of any series, if as the result of:
(A) any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of Bermuda (or the jurisdiction of incorporation (other than the United States) of a successor entity to the Company pursuant to Section 8.1), or of any political subdivisions or taxing authorities thereof or therein affecting taxation, which change or amendment is announced and becomes effective on or after the original issuance date of such series (or, if the applicable Taxing Jurisdiction became a Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the original issuance date of such series, after such later date); or
(B) any change in, or amendment to, the official application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including by virtue of a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction or a change in published practice), which change or amendment is announced and becomes effective on or after the original issuance date of such series (or, if the applicable Taxing Jurisdiction became a Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the original issuance date of such series, after such later date)
(each of the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), a “Change in Tax Law”),
it is determined by the Company, based upon an opinion of independent counsel of recognized standing, that on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees, the Company or any Guarantor is or would be required to pay Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 10.5 herein) (but, in the case of a Guarantor, only if the payment giving rise to such requirement cannot be made by the Company or another Guarantor without the obligation to pay Additional Amounts), and the Company or the relevant Guarantor cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it (including, for the avoidance of doubt, appointment of a new Paying Agent but excluding the reincorporation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor), then the Company may, at its option, on giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' irrevocable notice, redeem such series of Securities in whole, but not in part, at any time (except in the case of Securities of a series having a variable rate of interest, which may be redeemed only on an Interest Payment Date) at a Redemption Price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed by the Company for redemption (a “Tax Redemption Date”) and all Additional Amounts (if any) then due or which will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise (except in the case of outstanding Original Issue Discount Securities which may be redeemed at the Redemption Price specified by the terms of each series of such Securities) (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date and Additional Amounts (if any) in respect thereof); provided, however, that (i) no notice of redemption may be given more than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company or the relevant Guarantor would be obligated to make such payment of Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees were then due, and (ii) at the time that such notice of redemption is given, such obligation to pay Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
(ii) Unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of any series, if as the result of:
(A) any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United Kingdom (or the jurisdiction of tax residence (other than the United States) of a successor entity to the Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.1), or of any political subdivisions or taxing authorities thereof or therein affecting taxation, which change or amendment is announced and becomes effective on or after the original issuance date of such series (or, if the applicable Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction became a Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the original issuance date of such series, after such later date); or
(B) any change in, or amendment to, the official application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including by virtue of a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction or a change in published practice), which change or amendment is announced and becomes effective on or after the original issuance date of such series (or, if the applicable Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction became a Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the original issuance date of such series, after such later date)
(each of the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), a “Change in Tax Law”),
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it is determined by the Guarantor, based upon an opinion of independent counsel of recognized standing, that on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees, the Guarantor is or would be required to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 15.2 herein) (but only if the payment giving rise to such requirement cannot be made by the Company or another Guarantor without the obligation to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts), and the Guarantor cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it (including, for the avoidance of doubt, appointment of a new Paying Agent but excluding the reincorporation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor), then the Company or the Guarantor may, at its option, on giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' irrevocable notice, redeem such series of Securities in whole, but not in part, at any time (except in the case of Securities of a series having a variable rate of interest, which may be redeemed only on an Interest Payment Date) at a Redemption Price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Tax Redemption Date and all Guarantor Additional Amounts (if any) then due or which will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise (except in the case of outstanding Original Issue Discount Securities which may be redeemed at the Redemption Price specified by the terms of each series of such Securities) (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date and Guarantor Additional Amounts (if any) in respect thereof); provided, however, that (i) no notice of redemption may be given more than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Guarantor would be obligated to make such payment of Guarantor Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees were then due, and (ii) at the time that such notice of redemption is given, such obligation to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
(b) Prior to the delivery of any notice of redemption of a series of Securities pursuant to paragraph (a) above, the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall deliver to the Trustee an opinion of independent tax counsel of recognized standing qualified under the laws of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction, as applicable (which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) to the effect that there has been a Change in Tax Law which would entitle the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, to redeem the Securities hereunder. In addition, before the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, delivers a notice of redemption of the Securities as described above, it shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate to the effect that it cannot avoid its obligation to pay Additional Amounts or Guarantor Additional Amounts, as applicable, by the Company or the relevant Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it. The Trustee will accept and shall be entitled to rely on such Officer's Certificate and opinion of counsel as sufficient evidence of the existence and satisfaction of the conditions as described above, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on all of the Holders.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 11.8 will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any successor of the Company (or any Guarantor) with respect to a Change in Tax Law occurring after the time such Person becomes successor to the Company (or any Guarantor). For purposes of this Section, all references to the Company or the Guarantor in this Section shall include any successor entity thereto pursuant to Section 8.1.
Section 11.9 Rescission of Redemption. In the event that this Section 11.9 is specified to be applicable to a series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1 and a Redemption Rescission Event shall occur following any day on which a notice of redemption shall have been given pursuant to Section 11.4 hereof but at or prior to the time and date fixed for redemption as set forth in such notice of redemption, the Company may, at its sole option, at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the close of business on that day which is two Trading Days following such Redemption Rescission Event and (ii) the close of business on that day which is one Trading Day before the Redemption Date, rescind the redemption to which such notice of redemption shall have related by providing notice of such rescission to the Holders in accordance with Section 16.3 (the date on which such notice shall have been given being hereinafter referred to as the “Rescission Date”). From and after the delivery of such notice, the Company shall have no obligation to redeem Securities called for redemption pursuant to such notice of redemption or to pay the Redemption Price therefor and all rights of Holders of Securities shall be restored as if such notice of redemption had not been given. As promptly as practicable following the delivery of such notice, the Company shall telephonically notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such rescission. Each notice of rescission shall state that the redemption described in the notice of redemption has been rescinded.
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ARTICLE XII.
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 12.1 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 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 12.2 Repayment of Securities. Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in 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 10.3) 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, 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 12.3 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, 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 30 days nor later than 15 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 $1,000 unless otherwise specified in the terms of such Security, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid must be specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
Section 12.4 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 and as provided by 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) interest on such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, shall cease to accrue.
Section 12.5 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.
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ARTICLE XIII.
SINKING FUNDS
Section 13.1 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 13.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
Section 13.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company may (1) deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company and (2) receive credit for Securities of a series which have been previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company or for 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 the Securities of the same series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such Series, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 13.3 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 Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 13.2 (which Securities will, if not previously delivered, accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Securities as provided in Section 13.2 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series.
Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.3 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 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.
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Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in cash a sum equal to any interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption of Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 13.3.
ARTICLE XIV.
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
Section 14.1 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, shareholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor entity, 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, shareholders, officers, directors or employees, as such, of the Company or of any successor entity, 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, shareholder, 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 XV.
GUARANTEES
Section 15.1 Guarantees. To the extent any Guaranteed Securities are Outstanding, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably, unconditionally, and absolutely guarantees, jointly and severally and on a continuing basis, to each Holder of such Guaranteed Securities as and for the Guarantor’s own debt, until final and indefeasible payment of the amounts referred to in Clause (a) below have been made:
(a) the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Guaranteed Securities at any time outstanding and the due and punctual payment of all other amounts payable, and all other amounts owing, by the Company to the Holders of the Guaranteed Securities under this Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities (including, without limitation, any Additional Amounts which may be owing to any of the Holders of Guaranteed Securities pursuant to the terms of Section 10.5 hereof), in each case when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise and all other monetary obligations of the Company hereunder, all in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof; and
(b) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance and fulfillment by the Company of all duties, agreements, covenants and obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities.
All of the obligations set forth in Clause (a) and Clause (b) of this Section 15.1 are referred to herein as the “Guarantees.” Such Guarantees will constitute guarantees of payment, performance and compliance and not merely of collection.
(c) The Guarantor further agrees to waive presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company or any other Person, and also waives diligence, notice of acceptance of its Guarantee, presentment, demand for payment, notice of protest for nonpayment, the filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Company or any other Person and any right to require a proceeding first against the Company or any other Person. The obligations of the Guarantor shall not be affected by any failure or policy on the part of the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities of any series.
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(d) The obligation of the Guarantor to make any payment hereunder may be satisfied by causing the Company or any other Person to make such payment. If any Holder of any Guaranteed Security or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or the Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to any of the Company or the Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee of the Guarantor, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
(e) The Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder of Guaranteed Securities in enforcing any of their respective rights under its Guarantees.
(f) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guarantees shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the Guarantor without rendering the Guarantee under this Indenture voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Section 15.2 Guarantor Gross-up.
(a) All payments with respect to this Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities made by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantees shall be governed by this Section 15.2, and the Guarantor shall cause all such payments to be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges whatsoever imposed, assessed, levied or collected by or for the account of (i)(x) the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or (y) the jurisdiction of tax residence (other than the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) of a successor entity to the Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.1, to the extent that such taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges first become applicable as a result of such successor entity becoming the obligor on the Guarantee, as applicable, or (ii) any other jurisdiction (other than the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) from or through which any amount is paid by the Guarantor hereunder or where it is resident or maintains a place of business or permanent establishment (each jurisdiction described in Clauses (i) and (ii) above is referred to herein as a “Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction” and such taxes, levies, imposts and other governmental charges are referred to as “Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Guarantor Jurisdiction Tax is compelled by laws of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction. If any deduction or withholding of any Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes (other than Guarantor Excluded Taxes, as defined below) is ever required by the United Kingdom or any other Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction, the Guarantor shall (subject to compliance by the Holder or beneficial owner of each Guaranteed Security with any applicable administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts (“Guarantor Additional Amounts”) required to make the net amounts paid to each Holder of such Guaranteed Security or the Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities, after such deduction or withholding, equal to the amounts then due and payable under the terms of this Indenture or the Securities. However, the Guarantor shall not be required to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts in respect of the following Taxes (“Guarantor Excluded Taxes”):
(1) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed, assessed, levied or collected as a result of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Guaranteed Security (i) being organized under the laws of, or otherwise being or having been a citizen, domiciliary, national or resident of, (ii) being engaged or having been engaged in a trade or business in, (iii) having or having had its principal office located in, (iv) maintaining or having maintained a permanent establishment in, (v) being or having been physically present in, or (vi) otherwise having or having had some connection (other than any connection arising solely from the acquisition, ownership or disposition of such Guaranteed Security, the exercise or enforcement of rights under such Guaranteed Security, this Indenture or a Guarantee, or the receipt of payments in respect of such Guaranteed Security) with the United Kingdom or any other applicable Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction;
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(2) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes which would not have been so imposed, assessed, levied or collected but for the fact that, where presentation is required, the relevant Guaranteed Security was presented more than thirty days after the date the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder or beneficial owner (except to the extent that the Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Guaranteed Security been presented on the last day of such thirty day period);
(3) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed pursuant to current Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with, any regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, any intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the United States (or any related law or administrative practices or procedures) implementing the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above);
(4) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes which would not have been so imposed, assessed, levied or collected but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Guaranteed Security, following the Guarantor's reasonable written request addressed to the Holder at least 60 days before any such withholding or deduction would be imposed, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed by the Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the Holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the Holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to provide such certification or documentation;
(5) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, any Guaranteed Security;
(6) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed in connection with a Guaranteed Security presented to a Paying Agent for payment (where presentation is permitted or required for payment) by or on behalf of a Holder or beneficial owner of the Guaranteed Security to the extent such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes could have been avoided by presenting the relevant Guaranteed Security to, or otherwise accepting payment from, another Paying Agent;
(7) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar Guarantor Jurisdiction Tax or duty;
(8) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by the Guarantor to the Holder of a Guaranteed Security if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes would not have been imposed on such payments had such Holder been the sole beneficial owner of such Guaranteed Security; or
(9) any combination of Clauses (1) through (8) above;
In addition to the foregoing, the Guarantor shall also pay and indemnify the Holder for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, value added, transfer, court or documentary Taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including penalties, interest and additions to tax related thereto) which are levied by any jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Guaranteed Securities, this Indenture, any Guarantee or any other document referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect thereto, or enforcement of, any of the Guaranteed Securities or any Guarantee (limited, solely in the case of Taxes attributable to the receipt of any payments, to any such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed in a Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction that are not excluded under Clauses (1) through (4) or (6) through (9) above or any combination thereof).
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The Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of a Guaranteed Security and upon written request reimburse each Holder for the amount of (i) any Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes levied or imposed and paid by such Holder of a Guaranteed Security (other than Guarantor Excluded Taxes) as a result of payments made with respect to such Security, (ii) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom with respect thereto, and (iii) any Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes (other than Guarantor Excluded Taxes) with respect to payment of Guarantor Additional Amounts or any reimbursement pursuant to this sentence, in each case, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed by the payment of any Guarantor Additional Amount and not excluded from the requirement to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts as described above. The Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall also (i) make such withholding or deduction to the extent required by applicable law and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law.
The Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish the Trustee within 60 days after the date the payment of any such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment by the Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. It is understood, however, that the Trustee is under no obligation to request such certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment.
At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Guaranteed Securities is due and payable by the Guarantor under the Guarantees, if the Guarantor will be obligated to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts with respect to those payments, the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Guarantor Additional Amounts will be payable, stating the amounts that will be payable, and setting forth any other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Guarantor Additional Amounts to Holders of the Guaranteed Securities on the payment date.
The obligations of the Guarantor (and any successor entity to the Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.1) under this Section 15.2 shall survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture, any transfer by a Holder or beneficial owner of its Guaranteed Securities, and the payment of all amounts under or with respect to the Guaranteed Securities and the Guarantees, and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Guarantor is incorporated, engaged in business, organized or resident for tax purposes, or any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made under or with respect to the Guaranteed Securities or any Guarantee by or on behalf of such Person and, in each case, any political subdivision thereof or therein.
(b) Each Holder of a Guaranteed Security, by acceptance of such Guaranteed Security, agrees that, with reasonable promptness after receiving written notice from the Guarantor to the effect that such Holder is eligible for a refund in respect of Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes actually paid by the Guarantor pursuant to this Section 15.2, such Holder will sign and deliver, as reasonably directed by the Guarantor, any form provided to such Holder by the Guarantor to enable such Holder to obtain a refund in respect of such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes; and if such Holder thereafter receives such refund in respect of such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes, such Holder will promptly pay such refund to the Guarantor (together with interest, if any, received by such Holder from the relevant taxing authority). If a Holder applies for a refund of such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes prior to a request by the Guarantor to apply for such a refund, the Holder will, upon receipt of a request by the Guarantor to apply for, or to turn over the proceeds of, any such refund, pay any such refund to the Guarantor (together with interest, if any, received by such Holder from the relevant taxing authority), promptly upon receipt of such refund. The Guarantor shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by a Holder in connection with obtaining such refund.
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ARTICLE XVI.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 16.1 Successors and Assigns of Company or Guarantor Bound by Indenture. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by or in behalf of the Company or the Guarantor shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 16.2 Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor Person Valid. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company or the Guarantor shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at that time be the successor of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable.
Section 16.3 Required Notices or Demands. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders to or on the Company may, except as otherwise provided in Section 5.1(d), be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: Carnival Corporation Ltd., 3655 N.W. 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33178-2428, Attention: Treasurer. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders to or on the Guarantor may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed (until another address is filed by the Guarantor with the Trustee), as follows: Carnival UK Ltd., Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton SO15 1ST, United Kingdom, Attention: Treasurer. Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Company or by any Holder to or upon the Trustee may be given or made, for all purposes, by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as follows: 60 Livingston Avenue, EP-MN-WS3C, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107, Attn: Corporate Trust Office.
Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Holder by the Company or the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture shall be deemed to be properly mailed by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed to such Holder at the address of such Holder as shown on the Security Register. 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. For so long as the relevant Securities are in the form of a Global Security, notices to Holders may be delivered via the relevant clearing systems in lieu of the aforesaid mailing. In addition, for so long as the relevant Securities are listed on a securities exchange and the rules of such securities exchange so require, notices to Holders may be delivered to the extent and in the manner permitted by such rules.
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 or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Section 16.4 Indenture and Securities to be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the State of New York. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.
Section 16.5 Indenture may be Executed in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
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U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, the party of the third part, hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD., the party of the first part, has caused this Indenture to be duly signed and acknowledged by its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board or its President or an Executive Vice President or a Vice President or its Treasurer or its Controller or its Secretary or its Assistant Secretary thereunto duly authorized; CARNIVAL UK LTD., the party of the second part, has caused this Indenture to be duly signed and acknowledged by its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board or its President or an Executive Vice President or a Vice President or its Treasurer or its Controller or its Secretary or its Assistant Secretary or one of its directors thereunto duly authorized; and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, the party of the third part, has caused this Indenture to be duly signed and acknowledged by one of its Vice Presidents or Assistant Vice Presidents thereunto duly authorized and the same to be attested by one of its Trust Officers.
| CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| CARNIVAL UK LTD. | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
| U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||
| By: | ||
| Name: | ||
| Title: | ||
Exhibit 4.2
CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD.,
CARNIVAL UK LTD.
AND
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
TRUSTEE
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF ______________, 20__
UNSECURED AND SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD.
CROSS REFERENCE SHEET*
This cross reference sheet shows the location in the indenture of the provisions inserted pursuant to section 310-318(a), inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
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SECTIONS OF INDENTURE | |
| 310(a)(1)(2) | 6.9 |
| (3)(4) | Inapplicable |
| (5) | 6.9 |
| 310(b) | 6.8 and 6.10 |
| (b)(1)(A)(C) | Inapplicable |
| 310(c) | Inapplicable |
| 311(a)(b) | 6.13 and 7.3 |
| (c) | Inapplicable |
| 313(a)(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(7) | 7.3 |
| (6) | Inapplicable |
| (b)(1) | Inapplicable |
| (2) | 7.3 |
| (c)(d) | 7.3 |
| 314(a) | 7.4 |
| (b) | Inapplicable |
| (c)(1)(2) | 1.2 |
| (3) | Inapplicable |
| (d) | Inapplicable |
| (e) | 1.2 |
| 315(a)(c)(d) | 6.1 |
| (b) | 6.2 |
| (e) | 5.14 |
| 316(a)(1) | 5.12 and 5.13 |
| (2) | Inapplicable |
| (b) | 5.8 |
| (c) | 5.15 |
| 317(a) | 5.3 and 5.4 |
| (b) | 10.3 |
| 318(a)(c) | 1.5 |
| (b) | Inapplicable |
* The Cross Reference Sheet is not part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION | 1 | |
| Section 1.1. | Certain Terms Defined | 1 |
| Section 1.2. | Compliance Certificates and Opinions | 7 |
| Section 1.3. | Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee | 8 |
| Section 1.4. | Acts of Holders; Record Dates | 8 |
| Section 1.5. | Conflict with Trust Indenture Act | 9 |
| Section 1.6. | Effect of Headings and Table of Contents | 9 |
| Section 1.7. | Separability Clause | 9 |
| Section 1.8. | Benefits of Indenture | 9 |
| Section 1.9. | Legal Holidays | 9 |
| Section 1.10. | Judgment Currency | 9 |
| Section 1.11. | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements | 10 |
| ARTICLE II. SECURITY FORMS | 10 | |
| Section 2.1. | Forms Generally | 10 |
| Section 2.2. | Form of Face of Security | 10 |
| Section 2.3. | Form of Reverse of Security | 11 |
| Section 2.4. | Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication | 15 |
| Section 2.5. | Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security | 15 |
| ARTICLE III. THE SECURITIES | 16 | |
| Section 3.1. | Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 16 |
| Section 3.2. | Denominations | 19 |
| Section 3.3. | Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating | 19 |
| Section 3.4. | Temporary Securities | 20 |
| Section 3.5. | Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange | 20 |
| Section 3.6. | Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities | 21 |
| Section 3.7. | Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved | 22 |
| Section 3.8. | Holders Deemed Owners | 23 |
| Section 3.9. | Cancellation | 23 |
| Section 3.10. | Computation of Interest | 23 |
| Section 3.11. | CUSIP, ISIN and Common Codes | 23 |
| ARTICLE IV. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE | 23 | |
| Section 4.1. | Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture | 23 |
| Section 4.2. | Application of Trust Money | 24 |
| Section 4.3. | Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government Obligations | 25 |
| Section 4.4. | Reinstatement | 26 |
| Section 4.5. | Repayment of Moneys Held by Trustee | 26 |
| ARTICLE V. REMEDIES | 27 | |
| Section 5.1. | Events of Default | 27 |
| Section 5.2. | Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment | 28 |
| Section 5.3. | Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee | 29 |
| Section 5.4. | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 29 |
| Section 5.5. | Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities | 30 |
| Section 5.6. | Application of Money Collected | 30 |
| Section 5.7. | Limitation on Suits | 30 |
| Section 5.8. | Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest | 31 |
| Section 5.9. | Restoration of Rights and Remedies | 31 |
| Section 5.10. | Rights and Remedies Cumulative | 31 |
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| Section 5.11. | Delay or Omission Not Waiver | 31 |
| Section 5.12. | Control by Holders | 31 |
| Section 5.13. | Waiver of Past Defaults | 32 |
| Section 5.14. | Undertaking for Costs | 32 |
| Section 5.15. | Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws | 32 |
| ARTICLE VI. THE TRUSTEE | 32 | |
| Section 6.1. | Certain Duties and Responsibilities | 32 |
| Section 6.2. | Notice of Defaults | 33 |
| Section 6.3. | Certain Rights of Trustee | 33 |
| Section 6.4. | Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals in Indenture or in Securities | 35 |
| Section 6.5. | May Hold Securities | 35 |
| Section 6.6. | Money Held in Trust | 35 |
| Section 6.7. | Compensation and Reimbursement | 35 |
| Section 6.8. | Disqualification; Conflicting Interest | 36 |
| Section 6.9. | Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility | 40 |
| Section 6.10. | Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor | 40 |
| Section 6.11. | Acceptance of Appointment by Successor | 42 |
| Section 6.12. | Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business | 43 |
| Section 6.13. | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company | 43 |
| ARTICLE VII. HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY | 45 | |
| Section 7.1. | Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders | 45 |
| Section 7.2. | Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders | 46 |
| Section 7.3. | Reports by Trustee | 47 |
| Section 7.4. | Reports by Company | 48 |
| ARTICLE VIII. CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE | 48 | |
| Section 8.1. | Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Guarantor Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions |
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| Section 8.2. | Rights and Duties of Successor Person | 49 |
| Section 8.3. | Guarantor Limitation | 49 |
| ARTICLE IX. SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES | 50 | |
| Section 9.1. | Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders | 50 |
| Section 9.2. | Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders | 51 |
| Section 9.3. | Execution of Supplemental Indentures | 52 |
| Section 9.4. | Effect of Supplemental Indentures | 52 |
| Section 9.5. | Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures | 52 |
| ARTICLE X. PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY | 52 | |
| Section 10.1. | Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest | 52 |
| Section 10.2. | Maintenance of Office or Agency | 52 |
| Section 10.3. | Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust | 53 |
| Section 10.4. | Statement by Officers as to Default | 53 |
| Section 10.5. | Additional Amounts | 54 |
| ARTICLE XI. REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES | 56 | |
| Section 11.1. | Applicability of Article | 56 |
| Section 11.2. | Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee | 56 |
| Section 11.3. | Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed | 56 |
| Section 11.4. | Notice of Redemption | 57 |
| Section 11.5. | Deposit of Redemption Price | 57 |
| Section 11.6. | Securities Payable on Redemption Date | 57 |
| Section 11.7. | Securities Redeemed in Part | 58 |
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| Section 11.8. | Optional Redemption or Assumption of Securities Under Certain Circumstances | 58 |
| Section 11.9. | Rescission of Redemption | 60 |
| ARTICLE XII. REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS | 60 | |
| Section 12.1. | Applicability of Article | 60 |
| Section 12.2. | Repayment of Securities | 60 |
| Section 12.3. | Exercise of Option | 60 |
| Section 12.4. | When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable | 61 |
| Section 12.5. | Securities Repaid in Part | 61 |
| ARTICLE XIII. SINKING FUNDS | 61 | |
| Section 13.1. | Applicability of Article | 61 |
| Section 13.2. | Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities | 61 |
| Section 13.3. | Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund | 61 |
| ARTICLE XIV. IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES | 62 | |
| Section 14.1. | Exemption From Individual Liability | 62 |
| ARTICLE XV. SUBORDINATION | 62 | |
| Section 15.1. | Agreement to Subordinate | 62 |
| Section 15.2. | Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy | 63 |
| Section 15.3. | Default on Senior Debt | 63 |
| Section 15.4. | Acceleration of Securities | 63 |
| Section 15.5. | When Distribution Must Be Paid Over | 63 |
| Section 15.6. | Notice by Company | 63 |
| Section 15.7. | Subrogation | 63 |
| Section 15.8. | Relative Rights | 64 |
| Section 15.9. | Subordination May Not Be Impaired By Trust | 64 |
| Section 15.10. | Distribution or Notice to Representative | 64 |
| Section 15.11. | Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent | 64 |
| ARTICLE XVI. GUARANTEES | 64 | |
| Section 16.1. | Guarantees | 64 |
| Section 16.2. | Guarantor Gross-up | 65 |
| ARTICLE XVII. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS | 68 | |
| Section 17.1. | Successors and Assigns of Company or Guarantor Bound by Indenture | 68 |
| Section 17.2. | Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor Person Valid | 68 |
| Section 17.3. | Required Notices or Demands | 68 |
| Section 17.4. | Indenture and Securities to be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the State of New York | 68 |
| Section 17.5. | Indenture may be Executed in Counterparts | 69 |
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INDENTURE, dated as of , 20 , between CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD., an exempted company limited by shares continued under the laws of Bermuda (hereinafter sometimes called the “Company”), party of the first part, CARNIVAL UK LTD., a private limited company incorporated and registered under the laws of England and Wales (hereinafter sometimes called the “Guarantor”), party of the second part, and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America (hereinafter sometimes called the “Trustee”), party of the third part.
WHEREAS, for its lawful corporate purposes, the Company deems it necessary to issue its securities and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured and subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
WHEREAS, all things necessary to constitute these presents a valid indenture and agreement according to its terms have been done and performed by the Company and the Guarantor, and the execution of this Indenture has in all respects been duly authorized by the Company, and the Company, in the exercise of legal right and power in it vested, executes this Indenture.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
That in order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Securities are made, executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, and in consideration of the premises, of the purchase and acceptance of Securities by the Holders thereof and of the sum of One Dollar to it duly paid by the Trustee at the execution of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee covenant and agree with each other, for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1. Certain Terms Defined. The terms defined in this Section 1.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.1. All other terms used in this Indenture which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act or which are by reference therein defined in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires), shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed.
Certain terms, used principally in Article VI, are defined in that Article.
Act. The term “Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.4.
Additional Amounts. The term “Additional Amounts” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.5(a).
Affiliate; Control. The term “Affiliate” of any specified Person shall mean 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 shall mean 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” shall have the meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Bankruptcy Code. The term “Bankruptcy Code” shall mean title 11 of the United States Code.
Board of Directors. The term “Board of Directors” or “Board,” when used with reference to the Company, shall mean (i) the Board of Directors of the Company, (ii) any duly authorized committee of such Board, (iii) any committee of officers of the Company or (iv) any officer of the Company acting, in the case of clauses (iii) or (iv), pursuant to authority granted by the Board of Directors of the Company or any committee of such Board.
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Board Resolution. The term “Board Resolution” shall mean a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day. The term “business day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or regulation to close.
Change. The term “Change” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.8.
Commission. The term “Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Common Shares. The term “Common Shares” shall mean, with respect to any Person, capital stock (or equivalent) issued by such Person other than Preference Shares.
Company. The term “Company” shall mean Carnival Corporation Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares continued under the laws of Bermuda and, subject to the provisions of Article VIII, shall also include its successors and assigns.
Company Request; Company Order. The term “Company Request” or “Company Order” shall mean a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, its President, an Executive Vice President or a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary, an Assistant Secretary, or any other authorized officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office. The term “Corporate Trust Office” or other similar term shall mean the principal office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date of this Indenture is located at 60 Livingston Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107, Attn: Corporate Trust Administration.
Corporation. The term “corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts. Defaulted Interest. The term “Defaulted Interest” shall have the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
Depository. The term “Depository” shall mean, with respect to Securities of any series for which the Company shall determine that such Securities will be issued as a Global Security, The Depository Trust Company, another clearing agency or any successor registered under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, which in each case, shall be designated by the Company pursuant to either Section 2.5 or 3.1.
Discharge. The terms “Discharge” and “Discharged” shall have the meanings specified in Section 4.3.
Exchange Act. The term “Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Excluded Taxes. The term “Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.5(a).
Event of Default. The term “Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
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Global Security. The term “Global Security” shall mean, with respect to any series of Securities, a Security executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s instruction, all in accordance with this Indenture and pursuant to a Company Order, which shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee; (ii) represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series; and (iii) be subject to the applicable procedures of the Depository.
Guarantee. The term “Guarantee” means, with respect to any series of Securities for which a Guarantee has been specified pursuant to Section 3.1, the guarantees specified in Section 16.1.
Guaranteed Securities. The term “Guaranteed Securities” shall mean Securities of a series for which a Guarantee is in effect.
Guarantor. The term “Guarantor” shall mean Carnival UK Ltd., a private limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales, and, subject to the provisions of Article VIII, shall also include its successors and assigns.
Guarantor Additional Amounts. The term “Guarantor Additional Amounts” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.2(a).
Guarantor Excluded Taxes. The term “Guarantor Excluded Taxes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.2(a).
Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes. The term “Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.2(a).
Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction. The term “Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.2(a).
Holder. The term “Holder” shall mean a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture. The term “Indenture” shall mean this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the or those particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1; provided, however, that if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which one Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the or those particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 3.1, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
Interest. The term “interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, shall mean interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date. The term “Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, shall mean the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
Judgment Currency. The term “Judgment Currency” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.10.
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Marketable Security. The term “Marketable Security” shall mean any Common Shares, Preference Shares, debt security or other security of a Person which is (or will, upon distribution thereof, be) listed on the NYSE, the NASDAQ or any other national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act, or approved for quotation in any system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices in the United States or for which there is a recognized market maker or trading market.
Maturity. The term “Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, shall mean the date on which the principal of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
NASDAQ. The term “NASDAQ” shall mean the NASDAQ Global Select Market, the NASDAQ Global Market or the NASDAQ Capital Market.
New York Banking Day. The term “New York Banking Day” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.10.
NYSE. The term “NYSE” shall mean the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Officer’s Certificate. The term “Officer’s Certificate” shall mean a certificate signed by any of the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, an Executive Vice President, a Vice President, the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, an Assistant Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, or any other authorized officer of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall include (except as otherwise provided in this Indenture) the statements provided for in Section 1.2, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
Opinion of Counsel. The term “Opinion of Counsel” shall mean an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or of counsel to the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 1.2, if and to the extent required by the provisions thereof.
Original Issue Discount Security. The term “Original Issue Discount Security” means (i) 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, and (ii) any other Security which is issued with “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.
Outstanding. The term “Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, shall mean, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities or portions thereof for whose payment, redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company or the Guarantor) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company or the Guarantor (if the Company or the Guarantor shall act as the Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities or portions thereof are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and
(iii) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;
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provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under this Indenture, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, (ii) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 on the date of original issuance of such Security of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the U.S. dollar equivalent on the date of original issuance of such Security of the amount determined as provided in (i) above) of such Security, and (iii) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purposes of such determination, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows are 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 pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor on the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
Paying Agent. The term “Paying Agent” shall mean any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any, on) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
Person. The term “Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment. The term “Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, shall mean the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Predecessor Security. The term “Predecessor Security” of any particular Security shall mean 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 3.6 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.
Preference Shares. The term “Preference Shares” shall mean, with respect to any Person, capital shares issued by such Person that are entitled to a preference or priority over any other capital shares issued by such Person upon any distribution of such Person’s assets, whether by dividend or upon liquidation.
Redemption Date. The term “Redemption Date” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price. The term “Redemption Price” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, the price at which it is to be redeemed by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Rescission Event. The term “Redemption Rescission Event” shall mean the occurrence of (a) any general suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on the principal national securities exchange on which Common Shares or Marketable Securities of the Company or the Guarantor are registered and listed for trading (or, if Common Shares or Marketable Securities are not registered and listed for trading on any such exchange, in the over-the-counter market) for more than six-and-one-half (6-1/2) consecutive trading hours, (b) any decline in either the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500 Index (or any successor index published by Dow Jones & Company, Inc. or S&P) by either (i) an amount in excess of 10%, measured from the close of business on any Trading Day to the close of business on the next succeeding Trading Day during the period commencing on the Trading Day preceding the day notice of any redemption of Securities is given (or, if such notice is given after the close of business on a Trading Day, commencing on such Trading Day) and ending at the time and date fixed for redemption in such notice or (ii) an amount in excess of 15% (or if the time and date fixed for redemption is more than 15 days following the date on which such notice of redemption is given, 20%), measured from the close of business on the Trading Day preceding the day notice of such redemption is given (or, if such notice is given after the close of business on a Trading Day, from such Trading Day) to the close of business on any Trading Day at or prior to the time and date fixed for redemption, (c) a declaration of a banking moratorium or any suspension of payments in respect of banks by Federal or state authorities in the United States or (d) the occurrence of an act of terrorism or commencement of a war or armed hostilities or other national or international calamity directly or indirectly involving the United States which in the reasonable judgment of the Company could have a material adverse effect on the market for the Common Shares or Marketable Securities.
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Regular Record Date. The term “Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series shall mean the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Repayment Date. The term “Repayment Date” shall mean, 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.
Repayment Price. The term “Repayment Price” shall mean, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Representative. The term “Representative” shall mean the indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for an issue of Senior Debt.
Required Currency. The term “Required Currency” shall have the meaning specified in Section 1.10. Rescission Date. The term “Rescission Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.9.
Responsible Officer. The term “responsible officer” when used with respect to the Trustee shall mean any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
Securities. The term “Securities” shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Securities” with respect to the series as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
Security Register; Security Registrar. The terms “Security Register” and “Security Registrar” shall have the respective meanings set forth in Section 3.5.
Senior Debt. The term “Senior Debt” shall mean any obligation of the Company to its creditors whether now outstanding or subsequently incurred other than (i) any obligation as to which, in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding, it is provided that such obligation is not Senior Debt, and (ii) obligations evidenced by the Securities.
Special Record Date. The term “Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest shall mean a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
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Stated Maturity. The term “Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, shall mean the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
Taxes. The term “Taxes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.5(a).
Taxing Jurisdiction. The term “Taxing Jurisdiction” shall have the meaning specified in Section 10.5(a).
Trading Day. The term “Trading Day” shall mean, with respect to the Common Shares or a Marketable Security, so long as the Common Shares or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, a day on which the NYSE is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Common Shares or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is not listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, a day on which the principal national securities exchange on which the Common Shares or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is listed is open for the transaction of business, or, if the Common Shares or such Marketable Security, as the case may be, is not so listed or admitted for trading on any national securities exchange, a day on which the member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. selected by the Company to provide pricing information for the Common Shares or such Marketable Security is open for the transaction of business.
Trustee. The term “Trustee” shall mean U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association and, subject to the provisions of Article VI, shall also include its successors and assigns, and, if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee hereunder, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
Trust Indenture Act. The term “Trust Indenture Act” (except as herein otherwise expressly provided) shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the date of this Indenture as originally executed.
Section 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent and covenants, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than certificates provided pursuant to Section 10.4) shall include:
(i) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(ii) 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;
(iii) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(iv) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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Section 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer actually knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care (but without having made an investigation specifically for the purpose of rendering such opinion) 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 1.4. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing or may be embodied in or evidenced by an electronic transmission which identifies the documents containing the proposal on which such consent is requested and certifies such Holders’ consent thereto and agreement to be bound thereby; 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 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.4.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient and in accordance with such reasonable rules as the Trustee may determine.
(c) The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, fix any date as the record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Securities of any series entitled to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, or to vote on any action, authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series. With regard to any record date, only the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to give or take, or vote on, the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. With regard to any action that may be given or taken hereunder only by Holders of a requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any series (or their duly appointed agents) and for which a record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, at its option, set an expiration date after which no such action purported to be given or taken by any Holder shall be effective hereunder unless given or taken on or prior to such expiration date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date (or their duly appointed agents). On or prior to any expiration date set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company may, on one or more occasions at its option, extend such date to any later date.
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(d) The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(e) 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.
Section 1.5. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act that is required under such Act to be part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed either to apply to this Indenture so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be. Wherever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, such provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
Section 1.6. 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 1.7. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security 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 1.8. 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, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 1.9. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption 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) 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 or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
Section 1.10. Judgment Currency. The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of, or premium or interest, if any, on the Securities of any series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding that on which a final unappealable judgment is given and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, or any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
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Section 1.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
ARTICLE II.
SECURITY FORMS
Section 2.1. Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form or forms 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 the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officer executing such Securities, as evidenced by his or her execution of the Securities. 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 Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 2.2. Form of Face of Security. [INSERT ANY LEGEND REQUIRED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE AND THE REGULATIONS THEREUNDER.]
| CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD. | |
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CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD., an exempted company limited by shares continued under the laws of Bermuda (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), [IF THE SECURITY IS GUARANTEED, INSERT – and CARNIVAL UK LTD., a private limited company incorporated and registered under the laws of England and Wales (herein called the “Guarantor,” which term includes any successor under the Indenture hereinafter referred to)] for value received, hereby promise to pay to __________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of __________ 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 on 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 –, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of interest]. 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 will 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 thereof 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 on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture]. [IF THE SECURITY IS GUARANTEED, INSERT – This Security has the benefit of unconditional guarantees by the Guarantor, as more fully described on the reverse hereof.]
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[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, upon repayment at the option of the Holder or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal of this Security shall bear interest at the rate of __________% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of __________% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT — any such] Interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in either the City of __________, the State of __________, or the City of __________, the State of __________, 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 by bank transfer or check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].
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, Carnival Corporation Ltd. has caused this Instrument to be signed by a duly authorized officer thereof, manually or in facsimile.
Dated:
| CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD. | ||
| By: | ||
Section 2.3. 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”), between the Company and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Security is a part), 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 Guarantor (with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor), 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 $__________ ].
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[IF THE SECURITY IS GUARANTEED, INSERT – Carnival UK Ltd. irrevocably, unconditionally, and absolutely guarantees, jointly and severally and on a continuing basis, to each Holder of Guaranteed Securities, until final and indefeasible payment of the amounts referred to in Clause (i) below have been made: (i) the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Guaranteed Securities at any time outstanding and the due and punctual payment of all other amounts payable, and all other amounts owing, by the Company to the Holders of the Guaranteed Securities under the Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities (including, without limitation, any Additional Amounts which may be owing to any of the Holders of Guaranteed Securities pursuant to the terms of Section 10.5 of the Indenture), in each case when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise and all other monetary obligations of the Company thereunder, all in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof and (ii) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance and fulfillment by the Company of all duties, agreements, covenants and obligations of the Company under the Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities.
The Guarantees constitute guarantees of payment, performance and compliance and not merely of collection. The obligation of the Guarantor to make any payments may be satisfied by causing the Company or any other Person to make such payments. Further, the Guarantor agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder of Guaranteed Securities in enforcing any of their respective rights under the Guarantees.]
The Company will pay to the Holders such Additional Amounts as may become payable under Section 10.5 of the Indenture. [IF THE SECURITY IS GUARANTEED, INSERT–The Guarantor will pay to the Holders such Guarantor Additional Amounts as may become payable under Section 16.2 of the Indenture.]
[IF APPLICABLE-INSERT–The Securities may be converted pursuant to the terms herein into [ ] if:[detail terms of conversion]. The Securities in respect of which a Holder has delivered [form of conversion notice] exercising the option of such Holder to require the Company to purchase such Security.]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 10 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice, [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – (1) on in any year commencing with the year __________ and ending with the year __________ at a Redemption Price equal to % of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [on or after , 20 ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [on or before , %, and 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 with accrued interest to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).]
[The Securities will also be subject to redemption as a whole, but not in part, at the option of the Company at any time at 100% of the principal amount, together with accrued interest thereon to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), in the event the Company or the Guarantor has become or would become obligated to pay, on the next date on which any amount would be payable with respect to the Securities or the Guarantees, any Additional Amounts or Guarantor Additional Amounts as a result of certain changes affecting withholding taxes which are specified in the Indenture.]
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[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 10 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice, (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 [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 (subject to the right of Holders of record of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).]
[IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to __________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [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 [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made in the [describe order] order in which they become due.]
[IF THE SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO REDEMPTION OF ANY KIND, INSERT – In the event of redemption or repayment of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series 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 subject to repayment in whole [or in part] [but not in part], in integral multiples of $__________, on [and ] at the option of the Holder hereof at a Repayment Price equal to __________% of the principal amount thereof [to be repaid], together with interest thereon accrued to the Repayment Date, all as provided in the Indenture (subject to the right of Holders of record of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, on the relevant Regular Record Dates referred to on the face hereof to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) [; provided, however, that the principal amount of this Security may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of this Security would be less than [$ ] [the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of this series]]. To be repaid at the option of the Holder, this Security, with the “Option to Elect Repayment” form duly completed by the Holder hereof, must be received by the Company at its office or agency maintained for that purpose in either the City of __________, the State of __________, or the City of __________, the State of __________ [, which will be located initially at the office of the Trustee at ], not earlier than 30 days nor later than 15 days prior to the Repayment Date. Exercise of such option by the Holder of this Security shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.]
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[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; and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of 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 Guarantor (with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor) and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee with the consent of the holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series, on behalf of the Holders of all Outstanding Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company or, with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor 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 or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
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 amount of principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on this Security herein provided, and 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 premium, if any, on) 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 of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
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 of like tenor of different authorized denominations as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company 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 Guarantor, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantor (with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor) 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 Guarantor, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. [IF APPLICABLE, INSERT – OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT
The undersigned hereby irrevocably requests and instructs the Company to repay the within Security [(or the portion thereof specified below)], pursuant to its terms, on the “Repayment Date” first occurring after the date of receipt of the within Security as specified below, at a Repayment Price equal to __________% of the principal amount thereof, together with interest thereon accrued to the Repayment Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date), to the undersigned at:
(Please Print or Type Name and Address of the Undersigned.)
FOR THIS OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT TO BE EFFECTIVE, THIS SECURITY WITH THE OPTION TO ELECT REPAYMENT DULY COMPLETED MUST BE RECEIVED NOT EARLIER THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE REPAYMENT DATE AND NOT LATER THAN 15 DAYS PRIOR TO THE REPAYMENT DATE BY THE COMPANY AT ITS OFFICE OR AGENCY EITHER IN THE CITY OF __________, THE STATE OF __________, OR THE CITY OF __________, THE STATE OF__________ [, WHICH WILL BE LOCATED INITIALLY AT THE OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE AT ].
(If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security to be repaid, specify the portion thereof (which shall be $ or an integral multiple thereof) which is to be repaid: $. The principal amount of this Security may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of this Security would be less than [$__________ [the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of this series].]
[If less than the entire principal amount of the within Security is to be repaid, specify the denomination(s) of the Security(ies) to be issued for the unpaid amount: ($__________ or any integral multiple of $__________ ): $__________.]
Dated:
| Note: The signature to this Option to Elect Repayment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the within Security in every particular without alterations or enlargement or any change whatsoever.] |
Section 2.4. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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| By: | ||
| Authorized Officer | ||
Section 2.5. Securities Issuable in the Form of a Global Security.
(a) If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Securities of a particular series are to be issued as a Global Security, then the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 3.3 and the Company Order delivered to the Trustee thereunder, authenticate and deliver, a Global Security which (i) shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of, all of the Outstanding Securities of such series, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to the Depository or pursuant to the Depository’s instruction and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: “Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.5 of the Indenture, this Security may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Depository or to a successor Depository or to a nominee of such successor Depository.”
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(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.5 or of Section 3.5, but subject to the provisions of paragraph (c) below, the Global Security of a series may be transferred, in whole but not in part and in the manner provided in Section 3.5, only to another nominee of the Depository for such series, or to a successor Depository for such series selected or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor Depository.
(c) If at any time the Depository for a series of Securities notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depository for such series or if at any time the Depository for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation and a successor Depository for such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, this Section 2.5 shall no longer be applicable to the Securities of such series and the Company will execute, and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security. In addition, the Company may at any time determine that the Securities of any series shall no longer be represented by a Global Security and that the provisions of this Section 2.5 shall no longer apply to the Securities of such series. In such event the Company will execute and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing such determination by the Company, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security of such series in exchange for such Global Security. Upon the exchange of the Global Security for such Securities in definitive registered form without coupons, in authorized denominations, the Global Security shall be canceled by the Trustee. Such Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for the Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.5(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depository, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered, but without any liability on the part of the Company or the Trustee for the accuracy of the Depository’s instructions.
(d) All book-entry interests in a Global Security that are held by participants of a Depository shall be subject to the applicable procedures of such Depository.
ARTICLE III.
THE SECURITIES
Section 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is not limited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series from time to time as may be authorized by the Board of Directors. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following as applicable:
(i) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other Securities);
(ii) whether the Securities of the series will be guaranteed by the Guarantor and the terms and conditions of the Guarantees;
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(iii) the 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 Sections 2.5, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.5, 11.7 or 12.5, and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(iv) the Person to whom any interest on a 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;
(v) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable or the manner in which such dates are determined;
(vi) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, or the manner in which such rates are determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the manner in which such dates are determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Dates, if any, for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(vii) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable;
(viii) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and the applicability, non-applicability or variation of Article XI with respect to the Securities of such series;
(ix) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof;
(x) the period or periods within which or the date or dates on which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(xi) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(xii) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;
(xiii) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;
(xiv) if other than such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public or private debts, the coin or currency or currency unit in which payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the 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 purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.1;
(xv) if the amount of payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method based on a coin currency or currency unit other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(xvi) if the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a coin or currency or currency unit other than that in which the Securities are stated to be payable, the coin or currency or currency unit in which the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of such series are stated to be payable, and the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made;
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(xvii) whether the Securities of the series are issuable as a Global Security and, in such case, the identity of the Depository for such series;
(xviii) the terms and conditions, if any, under which the Debt Securities may be converted into or exchanged for our Common Shares, Preference Shares or other securities (including, without limitation, the initial conversion price or rate, the conversion period, any adjustment of the applicable conversion price and any requirements relative to the reservation of such shares for purposes of conversion);
(xix) any addition to or change in the Events of Default set forth in Section 5.1 which applies to Securities of the series;
(xx) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article X which applies to Securities of the series;
(xxi) the applicability, non-applicability, or variation of Article XII with respect to the Securities of such Series;
(xxii) the provisions necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge or covenant defeasance of the Securities of or within the series;
(xxiii) any addition to or change in the provisions of Article XVI with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(xxiv) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution and set forth in such Officer’s Certificate or in any indenture supplemental hereto. Not all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, such Board Resolution and the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the series shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order for authentication and delivery of Securities of such series.
The Company may, from time to time, by adoption of a Board Resolution and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, or by way of one or more indentures supplemental hereto and subject to compliance with any other applicable provisions of this Indenture, without the consent of the Holders, create and issue pursuant to this Indenture additional securities of any series of Securities (“Add On Securities”) having terms and conditions identical to those of such series of Outstanding Securities, except that such Add On Securities:
(A) may have a different issue date from such series of Outstanding Securities;
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(B) may have a different amount of interest payable on the first Interest Payment Date after issuance than is payable on such series of Outstanding Securities; and
(C) may have terms specified in such Board Resolution for such Add On Securities making appropriate adjustments to this Article III applicable to such Add On Securities in order to conform to and ensure compliance with the Securities Act (or applicable securities laws) which are not adverse in any material respect to the Holder of any Outstanding Securities (other than such Add On Securities) and which shall not affect the rights or duties of the Trustee.
Section 3.2. Denominations. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons and, except for any Global Security, in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series, other than a Global Security, shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman, its President, its Chief Operating Officer, one of its Executive Vice Presidents or Vice Presidents, its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers or any other authorized officer of the Company. Such signatures upon the Securities may be the manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of the present or any future such authorized officers and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
Securities bearing the manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of individuals who were at the time they signed such Securities 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 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. If not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue. 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 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent of the Indenture to the authentication and delivery of such Securities have been complied with and that such Securities, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver an Opinion of Counsel at the time of issuance of each Security, but such opinion with appropriate modifications shall be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any such Securities if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action (i) may not lawfully be taken or (ii) would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders of Securities.
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Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security 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 manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 3.4. Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the definitive Securities of such series.
Section 3.5. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or an office or agency of the Company maintained pursuant to Section 10.2 a register (the register maintained in such Corporate Trust Office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.5, provide for the registration of Securities and transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.5, upon surrender for registration of transfer of any definitive Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new definitive Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.
Subject to the provisions of Section 2.5, at the option of the Holder, definitive Securities of any series may be exchanged for other definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the definitive Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any definitive Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the definitive 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 may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue or register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the delivery of the notice of redemption of Securities of that series under Section 11.4 and ending at the close of business on the day of such delivery, (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to issue or register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
Any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be subject to the applicable procedures of the Depository. None of the Company, the Trustee, any agent of the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary, or for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restriction on transfer imposed under this Indenture or applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Security (including any transfers between or among Depository participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Security) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by this Indenture.
Section 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute 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, or, in case any such mutilated 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.
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 upon its request 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 or, in case any such 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, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section 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 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 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Holder 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 at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 10.2; provided, however, that each installment of interest on any Security may at the Company’s option be paid by bank transfer or mailing a check for such interest payable to or upon the written order of the Holder entitled thereto pursuant to Section 3.8, to the address of such Holder as it appears on the Security Register.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable but is not punctually paid or duly provided for on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the 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 (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Holders in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each 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 on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Holders entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be delivered electronically or mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at its address as it appears in the Security Register, 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 delivered or mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Holders 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 (ii).
(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, 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.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, in the case of any Security which is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion, and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the Holder in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence, in the case of any Security which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of such Security shall not be payable.
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Section 3.8. Holders Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Holder in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any, on) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depository or its participants in respect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Section 3.9. Cancellation. All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, 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 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, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the Trustee shall be destroyed by it and the Trustee shall deliver its certificate of such destruction to the Company, unless by a Company Order the Company directs their return to it.
Section 3.10. Computation of Interest. Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 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.
Section 3.11. CUSIP, ISIN and Common Codes. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use such 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 will promptly notify the Trustee of any changes in such numbers.
ARTICLE IV.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
Section 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except for Sections 10.5 and 16.2, Article XI and any surviving rights of conversion or registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or in the form of Security for such series), and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series, when:
(i) either
(A) all Securities of that series theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6, and (ii) Securities of such series for whose payment money in the Required Currency 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 10.3) have been canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
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(B) all such Securities of that series not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:
(1) have become due and payable, or
(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the Required Currency sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) 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;
(ii) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(iii) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to any series of Securities, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee with respect to that series under Section 6.7 shall survive and the obligations of the Company and the Trustee under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 10.2 and 10.3 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
It is understood that the Company may also elect to exercise its rights under this Section 4.1 to satisfy and discharge the Indenture with respect to all series of Securities.
Section 4.2. Application of Trust Money. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.3, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 or Section 4.3 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the series of Securities in respect of which it was deposited and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Paying Agent or the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or securities deposited with and held by it as provided in Section 4.1, Section 4.3 and this Section 4.2 which are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent satisfaction and discharge, Discharge (as defined below) or covenant defeasance, provided that the Paying Agent or Trustee shall not be required to liquidate any securities in order to comply with the provisions of this paragraph.
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The Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon the aforementioned Company Request and it shall not be required to investigate or otherwise confirm independently whether the funds requested by the Company are in excess of the amount required to satisfy its obligations at such time under this Indenture.
Section 4.3. Defeasance Upon Deposit of Funds or Government Obligations. Unless pursuant to Section 3.1 provision is made that this Section shall not be applicable to the Securities of any series, at the Company’s option, either (a) the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall be deemed to have been Discharged (as defined below) from their obligations with respect to any series of Securities after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied or (b) the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article VIII (and any other Sections or covenants applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision), the Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantees and Section 5.1(e) of this Indenture (and any other Events of Default applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision) shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default with respect to any series of Securities if at any time after the applicable conditions set forth below have been satisfied:
(i) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series, (1) money in an amount, or (2) the equivalent in securities of the government(s) which issued the currency in which the Securities are denominated or government agencies backed by the full faith and credit of such government(s) which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide freely available funds on or prior to the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (3) a combination of (1) and (2), sufficient, in the opinion (with respect to (2) and (3)) of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund payments) and any premium of, interest on and any repurchase or redemption obligations with respect to the outstanding Securities of such series on the dates such installments of interest or principal or repurchase or redemption obligations are due (before such a deposit, if the Securities of such series are then redeemable or may be redeemed in the future pursuant to the terms thereof, in either case at the option of the Company, the Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.2, a notice of its election to redeem all of the Securities of such series at a future date in accordance with Article XI);
(ii) no Event of Default or event (including such deposit) which with notice or lapse of time would become an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than an Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);
(iii) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the Company’s exercise of its option under this Section 4.3 and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such option had not been exercised, and, in the case of Securities being Discharged, accompanied by a ruling to that effect from the Internal Revenue Service, unless, as set forth in such Opinion of Counsel, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law since the date of this Indenture such that a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service is no longer required;
(iv) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit referred to in paragraph (i) above was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders over other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding creditors of the Company or others; and
(v) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the Discharge or defeasance of this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series have been complied with.
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If the Company, at its option, with respect to a series of Securities, satisfies the applicable conditions pursuant to either Clause (a) or (b) of the first sentence of this Section, then (x), in the event the Company satisfies the conditions to Clause (a) and elects Clause (a) to be applicable, the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities and the Guarantees of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities and the Guarantees of such series and (y) in either case, the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall cease to be under any obligation to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Article VIII (and any other covenants applicable to such Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision), the Guarantor shall be released from the Guarantees and Section 5.1(e) (and any other Events of Default applicable to such series of Securities that are determined pursuant to Section 3.1 to be subject to this provision) shall be deemed not to be an Event of Default with respect to such series of Securities at any time thereafter.
“Discharged” means that the Company and, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Securities of such series and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Securities of such series (and the Trustee, on receipt of a Company Request and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments (prepared by the Company) acknowledging the same), except (A) the rights of Holders of Securities to receive, from the trust fund described in Clause (i) above, payment of the principal and any premium of and any interest on such Securities when such payments are due; (B) the Company’s and the Guarantor’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.5, 3.6, 4.2, 6.7, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5 and 16.2; (C) the Company’s right of redemption, if any, with respect to any Securities of such series pursuant to Article XI, in which case the Company or the Guarantor may redeem the Securities of such series in accordance with Article XI by complying with such Article and depositing with the Trustee, in accordance with Section 11.5, an amount of money sufficient, together with all amounts held in trust pursuant to Section 4.1, Section 4.2 or this Section 4.3 with respect to Securities of such series, to pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities of such series to be redeemed; and (D) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder. A “Discharge” shall mean the meeting by the Company of the foregoing requirements.
Section 4.4. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or securities in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Indenture, by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s and, if applicable, the Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 4.1 or 4.3 of this Indenture, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or securities in accordance with Section 4.2 of this Indenture; provided that, if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
Section 4.5. Repayment of Moneys Held by Trustee. Any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed by the Holders for two years after the date upon which the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on such Security shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Company by the Trustee or such Paying Agent on demand; and the Holder of any of the Securities entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter look only to the Company for the payment thereof and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be delivered to each such Holder in accordance with Section 17.3, a notice that said moneys have not been so applied and that after a date named therein any unclaimed balance of said moneys then remaining will be returned to the Company.
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ARTICLE V.
REMEDIES
Section 5.1. Events of Default. “Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, shall mean 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), unless such event is either inapplicable to a particular series or it is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to the indenture supplemental hereto or Board Resolution creating such series of Securities or in the form of Security for such series:
(a) 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
(b) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(c) 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 five business days; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company or, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 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 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or
(e) a default under any bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor or under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall constitute a failure to pay the principal of indebtedness in excess of $120,000,000 when due and payable after the expiration of any applicable grace period with respect thereto or shall have resulted in indebtedness in excess of $120,000,000 becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged, or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have actual knowledge of such default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder of any such indebtedness or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or
(f) 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 series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar Federal or State law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or the 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, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the 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 the Guarantor or of any substantial part of its 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 60 consecutive days; or
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(g) the commencement by the Company or, if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantor of a voluntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar Federal or State 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 in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar Federal or State 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 similar official of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment 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
(h) if the series of Securities is guaranteed by the Guarantor, the Guarantee shall at any time cease to be in full force and effect, or the Company or the Guarantor or any Person acting on behalf of the Company or the Guarantor shall contest in any manner the validity, binding nature or enforceability of the Guarantee; or
(i) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
Section 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), 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 in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(i) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(ii) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and any sinking fund payments with respect to any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, interest upon overdue interest to the date of such payment or deposit at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities or, if no such rate or rates are so prescribed, at the rate borne by the Securities during the period of such default, and
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(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and
(b) 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 5.13.
No such waiver or rescission and annulment shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that (1) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security of any series, as and when the same shall become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days, or (2) in case default shall be made in the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Security of any series on its Maturity and such default shall have continued for a period of five business days, then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Company will pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series, the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) or interest, or both, as the case may be, with interest upon the overdue principal and (to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Securities during the period of such default; and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith.
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 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding and
(ii) 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 for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 6.7.
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Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities 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 the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, 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 5.6. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, 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 6.7;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company, its successors or assigns or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
Section 5.7. Limitation on Suits. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, under or with respect to this Indenture or the relevant Securities, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(i) such Holder shall have previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(ii) 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;
(iii) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(iv) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(v) no direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.12 during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable and common benefit of all of such Holders.
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Section 5.8. 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 premium, if any, on) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be) 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 5.9. 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 Guarantor (with respect to any series of Securities that are guaranteed by the Guarantor), 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 5.10. 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 3.6, 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 5.11. 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 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 5.12. Control by Holders. The Holders of a majority in aggregate 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, however, that
(i) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(ii) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction,
(iii) such direction is not unduly prejudicial to the rights of Holders not taking part in such direction, and
(iv) such direction would not involve the Trustee in personal liability, as the Trustee, upon being advised by counsel, shall reasonably determine.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, prior to taking any action under this Indenture at the direction of a Holder, the Trustee shall be entitled to reasonable indemnification against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
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Section 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate 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
(i) in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security of such series, or
(ii) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article IX cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of 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, and the Company, the Trustee and Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 5.14. 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
Section 5.15. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE VI.
THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default,
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
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(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that
(i) this Subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, determined as provided in Section 5.12, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such series; and
(iv) no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there shall be reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 6.2. Notice of Defaults. Within 90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit in accordance with Section 17.3, to all Holders of Securities of such series, notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series; and provided, further, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section 5.1(d) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default (not including periods of grace, if any) with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 6.1:
(a) 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, approval 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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(b) 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 may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) 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, such matter may be deemed conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate, and the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon such Officer’s Certificate;
(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in accordance therewith;
(e) 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 reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) except during the continuance of an Event of Default, 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;
(g) 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;
(h) except with respect to Section 10.1, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance of the Company with respect to the covenants contained in Article IV. In addition, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of an Event of Default except (i) any Default or Event of Default occurring pursuant to Sections 10.1, 5.1(a) or 5.1(b) or (ii) any Default or Event of Default of which the Trustee shall have received written notification or obtained actual knowledge;
(i) delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 7.4(a) is for informational purposes only and shall not imply a duty to review and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates);
(j) the permissive rights of the Trustee to take certain actions under this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein;
(k) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to institute any suit, or to undertake any proceeding under this Indenture, or to enter any appearance or in any way defend in any suit in which it may be made a defendant, or to take any steps in the execution of the trusts hereby created or in the enforcement of any rights and powers hereunder, until it shall be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction against any and all costs and expenses, outlays and counsel fees and other anticipated disbursements, and against all liability except to the extent determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been caused solely by its own negligence or willful misconduct;
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(l) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer, and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(m) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder;
(n) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be reasonably indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder; and
(o) the Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
Section 6.4. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals in Indenture or in Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
Section 6.5. May Hold Securities. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 6.8 and 6.13, may otherwise deal with the Company or, if any Guaranteed Securities are Outstanding, the Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 6.6. Money Held in Trust. Subject to the provisions of Section 4.4, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall pay such interest on any moneys received by it hereunder as it may agree with the Company to pay thereon. So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all interest allowed on any such moneys shall be paid from time to time upon the receipt of a Company Order with respect thereto.
Section 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement. The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and, except as otherwise expressly provided, the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents, attorneys and counsel and of all persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust, 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.
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The Company and, if any Guaranteed Securities are Outstanding, the Guarantor, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold the Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the reasonable costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company or the Guarantor (including this Section 6.7) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Company or any Guarantor, or any other Person or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder) (but excluding taxes imposed on such persons in connection with compensation for such administration or performance). The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuer’s expense in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence.
The obligations of the Company under this Section 6.7 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default, the expenses and compensation for the services (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interest.
(a) If the Trustee has or shall acquire any conflicting interest, as defined in this Section, with respect to the Securities of any series:
(i) then, within 90 days after ascertaining that it has such conflicting interest, and if the Event of Default to which such conflicting interest relates has not been cured or duly waived or otherwise eliminated before the end of such 90-day period, the Trustee shall either eliminate such conflicting interest or, except as otherwise provided below in this Section, resign, and the Company shall take prompt steps to have a successor appointed in the manner provided in Section 6.10;
(ii) in the event that the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Clause (i) of this Subsection, the Trustee shall, within 10 days after the expiration of such 90-day period, transmit notice of such failure to the Holders of the Securities of the applicable series in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 7.3(c); and
(iii) subject to the provisions of Section 5.14, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided below in this Section, any Holder of the Securities of the applicable series who has been a bona fide Holder of such Securities 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, and the appointment of a successor, if the Trustee fails, after written request thereof by such Holder to comply with the provisions of Clause (i) of this Subsection.
(b) For the purposes of this Section, a Trustee shall be deemed to have a conflicting interest if an Event of Default exists with respect to the Securities of the applicable series and:
(i) the Trustee is trustee under this Indenture with respect to the Outstanding Securities of any series other than the applicable series or is trustee under another indenture under which any other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in any other securities, of the Company are outstanding, unless such other indenture is a collateral trust indenture under which the only collateral consists of Securities issued under this Indenture; provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of this paragraph this Indenture with respect to the Securities of any series other than the applicable series and any indenture or indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest or participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding, if
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(A) this Indenture and such other indenture or indentures are wholly unsecured and rank equally, and such other indenture or indentures are hereafter qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, unless the Commission shall have found and declared by order pursuant to Section 305(b) or Section 307(c) of the Trust Indenture Act that differences exist between the provisions of this Indenture with respect to Securities of the applicable series and one or more other series or the provisions of such other indenture or indentures which are so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of the applicable series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures, or
(B) the Company shall have sustained the burden of proving, on application to the Commission and after opportunity for hearing thereon, that trusteeship under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of the applicable series and such other series or such other indenture or indentures is not so likely to involve a material conflict of interest as to make it necessary in the public interest or for the protection of investors to disqualify the Trustee from acting as such under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of that series and such other series or under such other indenture or indentures;
(ii) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is an underwriter for the Company;
(iii) the Trustee directly or indirectly controls or is directly or indirectly controlled by or is under direct or indirect common control with an underwriter for the Company;
(iv) the Trustee or any of its directors or executive officers is a director, officer, partner, employee, appointee or representative of the Company, or of an underwriter (other than the Trustee itself) for the Company who is currently engaged in the business of underwriting, except that (i) one individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Company, but may not be at the same time an executive officer of both the Trustee and the Company; (ii) if and so long as the number of directors of the Trustee in office is more than nine, one additional individual may be a director or an executive officer, or both, of the Trustee and a director of the Company; and (iii) the Trustee may be designated by the Company or by any underwriter for the Company to act in the capacity of transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent, escrow agent or depositary, or in any other similar capacity, or, subject to the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Subsection, to act as trustee, whether under an indenture or otherwise;
(v) 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by the Company or by any director, partner or executive officer thereof, or 20% or more of such voting securities is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more of such persons; or 10% or more of the voting securities of the Trustee is beneficially owned either by an underwriter for the Company or by any director, partner or executive officer thereof, or is beneficially owned, collectively, by any two or more such persons;
(vi) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this Subsection defined), (i) 5% or more of the voting securities, or 10% or more of any other class of security, of the Company not including the Securities issued under this Indenture and securities issued under any other indenture under which the Trustee is also trustee, or (ii) 10% or more of any class of security of an underwriter for the Company;
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(vii) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this Subsection defined), 5% or more of the voting securities of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 10% or more of the voting securities of, or controls directly or indirectly or is under direct or indirect common control with, the Company;
(viii) the Trustee is the beneficial owner of, or holds as collateral security for an obligation which is in default (as hereinafter in this Subsection defined), 10% or more of any class of security of any person who, to the knowledge of the Trustee, owns 50% or more of the voting securities of the Company;
(ix) the Trustee owns, on the date of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the applicable series or any anniversary of such Event of Default while such Event of Default remains outstanding, in the capacity of executor, administrator, testamentary or inter vivos trustee, guardian, committee or conservator, or in any other similar capacity, an aggregate of 25% or more of the voting securities, or of any class of security, of any person, the beneficial ownership of a specified percentage of which would have constituted a conflicting interest under paragraph (6), (7) or (8) of this Subsection. As to any such securities of which the Trustee acquired ownership through becoming executor, administrator or testamentary trustee of an estate which included them, the provisions of the preceding sentence shall not apply, for a period of two years from the date of such acquisition, to the extent that such securities included in such estate do not exceed 25% of such voting securities or 25% of any such class of security. Promptly after the dates of any such Event of Default with respect to the Securities of the applicable series and annually in each succeeding year that such Event of Default remains outstanding, the Trustee shall make a check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of such dates. If the Company fails to make payment in full of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any of the Securities when and as the same becomes due and payable, and such failure continues for 30 days thereafter, the Trustee shall make a prompt check of its holdings of such securities in any of the above-mentioned capacities as of the date of the expiration of such 30-day period, and after such date, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, all such securities so held by the Trustee, with sole or joint control over such securities vested in it, shall, but only so long as such failure shall continue, be considered as though beneficially owned by the Trustee for the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7) and (8) of this Subsection; or
(x) except under the circumstances described in paragraphs (1), (3), (4), (5) or (6) of Section 6.13(b), the Trustee shall become a creditor of the Company.
For purposes of paragraph (i) of this Subsection, and of Sections 5.12 and 5.13, the term “series of securities” and “series” means a series, class or group of securities issuable under an indenture pursuant to whose terms holders of one such series may vote to direct the indenture trustee, or otherwise take action pursuant to a vote of such holders, separately from holders of another such series; provided, however, that “series of securities” or “series” shall not include any series of securities issuable under an indenture if all such series rank equally and are wholly unsecured.
The specification of percentages in paragraphs (5) to (9), inclusive, of this Subsection shall not be construed as indicating that the ownership of such percentages of the securities of a person is or is not necessary or sufficient to constitute direct or indirect control for the purposes of paragraph (3) or (7) of this Subsection.
For the purposes of paragraphs (6), (7), (8) and (9) of this Subsection only, (i) the terms “security” and “securities” shall include only such securities as are generally known as corporate securities, but shall not include any note or other evidence of indebtedness issued to evidence an obligation to repay moneys lent to a person by one or more banks, trust companies or banking firms, or any certificate of interest or participation in any such note or evidence of indebtedness; (ii) except as expressly provided in paragraph (9) of this Subsection, an obligation shall be deemed to be “in default” when a default in payment of principal shall have continued for 30 days or more and shall not have been cured; and (iii) the Trustee shall not be deemed to be the owner or holder of (A) any security which it holds as collateral security, as trustee or otherwise, for an obligation which is not in default as defined in Clause (ii) above, or (B) any security which it holds as collateral security under this Indenture, irrespective of any default hereunder, or (C) any security which it holds as agent for collection, or as custodian, escrow agent or depositary, or in any similar representative capacity.
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Except as provided in the next preceding paragraph, the word “security” or “securities” as used in this Indenture shall mean any note, stock, treasury stock, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, pre-organization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas or other mineral rights, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a “security”, or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.
(c) For the purposes of this Section:
(i) The term “underwriter”, when used with reference to the Company, shall mean every person who, within one year prior to the time as of which the determination is made, has purchased from the Company with a view to, or has offered or sold for the Company in connection with, the distribution of any security of the Company outstanding at such time, or has participated or has had a direct or indirect participation in any such undertaking, or has participated or has had a participation in the direct or indirect underwriting of any such undertaking, but such term shall not include a person whose interest was limited to a commission from an underwriter or dealer not in excess of the usual and customary distributors’ or sellers’ commission.
(ii) The term “director” shall mean any director of a corporation or any individual performing similar functions with respect to any organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated.
(iii) The term “person” shall mean an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, a joint-stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or political subdivision thereof. As used in this paragraph, the term “trust” shall include only a trust where the interest or interests of the beneficiary or beneficiaries are evidenced by a security.
(iv) The term “voting security” shall mean any security presently entitling the owner or holder thereof to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person, or any security issued under or pursuant to any trust, agreement or arrangement whereby a trustee or trustees or agent or agents for the owner or holder of such security are presently entitled to vote in the direction or management of the affairs of a person.
(v) The term “Company” shall mean any obligor upon the Securities.
(vi) The term “Event of Default” shall mean an Event of Default pursuant to Section 5.1, but exclusive of any period of grace or requirement of notice.
(vii) The term “executive officer” shall mean the president, every vice president, every trust officer, the cashier, the secretary and the treasurer of a corporation, and any individual customarily performing similar functions with respect to any organization whether incorporated or unincorporated, but shall not include the chairman of the board of directors.
(d) The percentages of voting securities and other securities specified in this Section shall be calculated in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) A specified percentage of the voting securities of the Trustee, the Company or any other person referred to in this Section (each of whom is referred to as a “person” in this paragraph) means such amount of the outstanding voting securities of such person as entitles the holder or holders thereof to cast such specified percentage of the aggregate votes which the holders of all the outstanding voting securities of such person are entitled to cast in the direction or management of the affairs of such person.
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(ii) A specified percentage of a class of securities of a person means such percentage of the aggregate amount of securities of the class outstanding.
(iii) The term “amount”, when used in regard to securities, means the principal amount if relating to evidences of indebtedness, the number of shares if relating to capital shares and the number of units if relating to any other kind of security.
(iv) The term “outstanding” means issued and not held by or for the account of the issuer. The following securities shall not be deemed outstanding within the meaning of this definition:
(A) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to securities of the issuer of the same class;
(B) securities of an issuer held in a sinking fund relating to another class of securities of the issuer, if the obligation evidenced by such other class of securities is not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise;
(C) securities pledged by the issuer thereof as security for an obligation of the issuer not in default as to principal or interest or otherwise; and
(D) securities held in escrow if placed in escrow by the issuer thereof; provided, however, that any voting securities of an issuer shall be deemed outstanding if any person other than the issuer is entitled to exercise the voting rights thereof.
(e) A security shall be deemed to be of the same class as another security if both securities confer upon the holder or holders thereof substantially the same rights and privileges; provided, however, that, in the case of secured evidences of indebtedness, all of which are issued under a single indenture, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates of various series thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute such series different classes; and, provided, further, that, in the case of unsecured evidences of indebtedness, differences in the interest rates or maturity dates thereof shall not be deemed sufficient to constitute them securities of different classes, whether or not they are issued under a single indenture.
Section 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be an entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia or a corporation or other person permitted to act as Trustee by the Commission, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital and surplus of at least $5,000,000, and subject to supervision or examination by Federal, State or District of Columbia authority. If such corporation 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, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. No obligor upon the Securities or Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with such obligor shall serve as Trustee hereunder. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in Section 6.10.
Section 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
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(b) 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 and by delivering notice thereof to the Holders of Securities of such one or more series in accordance with Section 17.3. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been delivered to the resigning Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the Company or the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such one or more series or any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Security or Securities of such one or more series for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 5.14, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed and a successor Trustee appointed 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 so removed, to the successor Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 6.8(a) 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
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 6.9 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, one copy of which Board Resolution shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee, or (ii) subject to Section 5.14, 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. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. Within one year after such successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series may appoint a successor trustee to replace the successor trustee appointed by the Company, by Act of such Holders delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, and such successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11, 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 within 60 days after the retiring or removed Trustee resigns or is removed, and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, the retiring or removed Trustee, the Company or 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.
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Section 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(a) 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 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 pursuant to Section 6.7, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto 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.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
(e) Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this Section, the Company shall deliver notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to the Holders of the Securities of one or more or all series, as the case may be, to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates as their names and addresses appear on the Security Register. If the Company fails to deliver such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be delivered at the expense of the Company.
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Section 6.12. 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, 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 with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which the Securities or this Indenture provide that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
Section 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
(a) Subject to Subsection (b) of this Section, if the Trustee shall be or shall become a creditor, directly or indirectly, secured or unsecured, of the Company within three months prior to a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section, or subsequent to such a default, then, unless and until such default shall be cured, the Trustee shall set apart and hold in a special account for the benefit of the Trustee individually, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section:
(i) an amount equal to any and all reductions in the amount due and owing upon any claim as such creditor in respect of principal or interest, effected after the beginning of such three months’ period and valid as against the Company and its other creditors, except any such reduction resulting from the receipt or disposition of any property described in paragraph (2) of this Subsection, or from the exercise of any right of set-off which the Trustee could have exercised if a petition in bankruptcy had been filed by or against the Company upon the date of such default; and
(ii) all property received by the Trustee in respect of any claims as such creditor, either as security therefor, or in satisfaction or composition thereof, or otherwise, after the beginning of such three months’ period, or an amount equal to the proceeds of any such property, if disposed of, subject, however, to the rights, if any, of the Company and its other creditors in such property or such proceeds.
Nothing herein contained, however, shall affect the right of the Trustee:
(A) to retain for its own account (i) payments made on account of any such claim by any Person (other than the Company) who is liable thereon, and (ii) the proceeds of the bona fide sale of any such claim by the Trustee to a third Person, and (iii) distributions made in cash, securities or other property in respect of claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law;
(B) to realize, for its own account, upon any property held by it as security for any such claim, if such property was so held prior to the beginning of such three months’ period;
(C) to realize, for its own account, but only to the extent of the claim hereinafter mentioned, upon any property held by it as security for any such claim, if such claim was created after the beginning of such three months’ period and such property was received as security therefor simultaneously with the creation thereof, and if the Trustee shall sustain the burden of proving that at the time such property was so received the Trustee had no reasonable cause to believe that a default, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section, would occur within three months; or
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(D) to receive payment on any claim referred to in paragraph (B) or (C), against the release of any property held as security for such claim as provided in paragraph (B) or (C), as the case may be, to the extent of the fair value of such property.
For the purposes of paragraphs (B), (C) and (D), property substituted after the beginning of such three months’ period for property held as security at the time of such substitution shall, to the extent of the fair value of the property released, have the same status as the property released, and, to the extent that any claim referred to in any of such paragraphs is created in renewal of or in substitution for or for the purpose of repaying or refunding any pre-existing claim of the Trustee as such creditor, such claim shall have the same status as such pre-existing claim.
If the Trustee shall be required to account, the funds and property held in such special account and the proceeds thereof shall be apportioned among the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities in such manner that the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities realize, as a result of payments from such special account and payments of dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, the same percentage of their respective claims, figured before crediting to the claim of the Trustee anything on account of the receipt by it from the Company of the funds and property in such special account, and before crediting to the respective claims of the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities dividends on claims filed against the Company in bankruptcy or receivership or in proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, but after, crediting thereon receipts on account of the indebtedness represented by their respective claims from all sources other than from such dividends and from the funds and property so held in such special account. As used in this paragraph, with respect to any claim, the term “dividends” shall include any distribution with respect to such claim, in bankruptcy or receivership or proceedings for reorganization pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other similar applicable Federal or State law, whether such distribution is made in cash, securities or other property, but shall not include any such distribution with respect to the secured portion, if any, of such claim. The court in which such bankruptcy, receivership or proceedings for reorganization is pending shall have jurisdiction (i) to apportion among the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities, in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph, the funds and property held in such special account and proceeds thereof, or (ii) in lieu of such apportionment, in whole or in part, to give to the provisions of this paragraph due consideration in determining the fairness of the distributions to be made to the Trustee, the Holders and the holders of other indenture securities with respect to their respective claims, in which event it shall not be necessary to liquidate or to appraise the value of any securities or other property held in such special account or as security for any such claim, or to make a specific allocation of such distributions as between the secured and unsecured portions of such claims, or otherwise to apply the provisions of this paragraph as a mathematical formula.
Any Trustee which has resigned or been removed after the beginning of such three months’ period shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection as though such resignation or removal had not occurred. If any Trustee has resigned or been removed prior to the beginning of such three months’ period, it shall be subject to the provisions of this Subsection if and only if the following conditions exist:
(1) the receipt of property or reduction of claim which would have given rise to the obligation to account, if such Trustee had continued as Trustee, occurred after the beginning of such three months’ period; and
(2) such receipt of property or reduction of claim occurred within three months after such resignation or removal.
(b) There shall be excluded from the operation of Subsection (a) of this Section a creditor relationship arising from:
(i) the ownership or acquisition of securities issued under any indenture, or any security or securities having a maturity of one year or more at the time of acquisition by the Trustee;
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(ii) advances authorized by a receivership or bankruptcy court of competent jurisdiction or by this Indenture, for the purpose of preserving any property which shall at any time be subject to the lien of this Indenture or of discharging tax liens or other prior liens or encumbrances thereon, if notice of such advances and of the circumstances surrounding the making thereof is given to the Holders at the time and in the manner provided in Section 7.3 of this Indenture;
(iii) disbursements made in the ordinary course of business in the capacity of trustee under an indenture, transfer agent, registrar, custodian, paying agent, fiscal agent or depositary, or other similar capacity;
(iv) an indebtedness created as a result of services rendered or premises rented; or an indebtedness created as a result of goods or securities sold in a cash transaction, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section;
(v) the ownership of stock or of other securities of a corporation organized under the provisions of Section 25(a) of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, which is directly or indirectly a creditor of the Company; or
(vi) the acquisition, ownership, acceptance or negotiation of any drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances or obligations which fall within the classification of self-liquidating paper, as defined in Subsection (c) of this Section.
(c) For the purposes of this Section only:
(i) the term “default” shall mean any failure to make payment in full of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities or upon the other indenture securities when and as such principal or interest becomes due and payable;
(ii) the term “other indenture securities” shall mean securities upon which the Company is an obligor (as defined in the Trust Indenture Act) outstanding under any other indenture (i) under which the Trustee is also trustee, (ii) which contains provisions substantially similar to the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section, and (iii) under which a default exists at the time of the apportionment of the funds and property held in such special account;
(iii) the term “cash transaction” shall mean 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 or bankers and payable upon demand;
(iv) the term “self-liquidating paper” shall mean any draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation which is made, drawn, negotiated or incurred by the Company 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 arising from the making, drawing, negotiating or incurring of the draft, bill of exchange, acceptance or obligation; and
(v) the term “Company” shall mean any obligor upon the Securities.
ARTICLE VII.
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
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(a) Semi-annually, not later than [April 1 and October 1] in each year, commencing [ , 20 ], a list for each series of Outstanding Securities, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of such series as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided, however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.
Section 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities (1) contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 and (2) received by it in the capacity of Paying Agent or Security Registrar (if so acting) hereunder.
The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 7.1 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) In case three or more Holders of Securities of any series (hereinafter called “applicants”) apply in writing to the Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security of such series for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders of Securities of the same series or of all series, as the case may be, with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities of such series or of all series, as the case may be, and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which such applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee shall, within five business days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section 7.2, or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders of Securities of such series or of all series, as the case may be, whose names and addresses appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section 7.2, and as to the approximate cost of delivering to such Holders the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, deliver to each Holder of Securities of such series or of all series, as the case may be, whose name and address appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section 7.2, a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be delivered and of payment, or provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after such tender the Trustee shall deliver to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a copy of the material to be delivered, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the Trustee, such delivery would be contrary to the best interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or of all series, as the case may be, or would be in violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If said Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, said Commission shall find, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that all the objections so sustained have been met and shall enter an order so declaring, the Trustee shall deliver copies of such material to all such Holders with reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their application.
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(c) Each and every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that none of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee, any Security Registrar and any Paying Agent shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Holders in accordance with the provisions of Subsection (b) of this Section 7.2, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of delivering any material pursuant to a request made under said Subsection (b).
Section 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
(a) On or before October 1, 20 , and on or before October 1 in every year thereafter, so long as required by the Trust Indenture Act, as then amended, and so long as any Securities are Outstanding hereunder, the Trustee shall transmit to the Holders as hereinafter in this Section 7.3 provided and to the Company a brief report, dated as of the preceding [ __________, 20 ], with respect to any of the following events which may have occurred within the 12 months prior to the date of such report (but if no such event has occurred within such period no report need be transmitted):
(i) any change to its eligibility under Section 6.9, and its qualification under Section 6.8;
(ii) the creation of or any material change to a relationship specified in paragraphs (i) through (x) of Subsection (b) of Section 6.8;
(iii) the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) which remain unpaid on the date of such report, and for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge, prior to that of the Securities, on any property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee, except the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances so remaining unpaid aggregate not more than one-half of one per cent of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities on the date of such report;
(iv) the amount, interest rate, and maturity date of all other indebtedness owing by the Company (or by any other obligor on the Securities) to the Trustee in its individual capacity, on the date of such report, with a brief description of any property held as collateral security therefor, except an indebtedness based upon a creditor relationship arising in any manner described in paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5) of Subsection (b) of Section 6.13;
(v) any change to the property and funds, if any, physically in the possession of the Trustee (as such) on the date of such report;
(vi) any additional issue of Securities which it has not previously reported; and
(vii) any action taken by the Trustee in the performance of its duties under this Indenture which it has not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the Securities, except action in respect of a default, notice of which has been or is to be withheld by it in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.2.
(b) The Trustee shall transmit to the Holders, as hereinafter provided, and to the Company a brief report with respect to the character and amount of any advances (and if the Trustee elects so to state, the circumstances surrounding the making thereof) made by the Trustee (as such) since the date of the last report transmitted pursuant to the provisions of Subsection (a) of this Section 7.3 (or if no such report has yet been so transmitted, since the date of execution of this Indenture) for the reimbursement of which it claims or may claim a lien or charge prior to that of the Securities on property or funds held or collected by it as Trustee and which it has not previously reported pursuant to this Subsection, except that the Trustee shall not be required (but may elect) to report such advances if such advances remaining unpaid at any time aggregate ten per cent or less of the aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities at such time, such report to be transmitted within 90 days after such time.
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(c) Reports pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall be delivered to all Holders in accordance with Section 17.3.
(d) 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 of the Securities are listed and also with the Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when and as any of the Securities become listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.4. Reports by Company.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as said Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with said Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then to file with the Trustee and said Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission under the Trust Indenture Act, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations.
(b) The Company covenants and agrees to file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by said Commission, such additional information, documents, and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants provided for in this Indenture as may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations.
(c) The Company covenants and agrees to transmit to the Holders within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in Subsection (c) of Section 7.3, such summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Subsections (a) and (b) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission.
ARTICLE VIII.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Section 8.1. Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Guarantor Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions. Neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and neither the Company nor the Guarantor shall permit any Person to consolidate with or merge into the Company or the Guarantor or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company or the Guarantor, unless:
(a) 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 expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) 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 and shall have provided for conversion rights in any supplemental indenture hereto; or, in case the 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 the Guarantor is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Guarantor substantially as an entirety shall (i) be the Company or the Guarantor or (ii) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Guarantor to be performed or observed and shall have provided for conversion rights in any supplemental indenture hereto.
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(b) 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
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 8.2. Rights and Duties of Successor Person. Upon any consolidation of the Company or the Guarantor with, or merger of the Company or the Guarantor into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company or the 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, the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as the case may be, herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved, wound up or liquidated at any time thereafter.
Section 8.3. Guarantor Limitation. The terms of this Article VIII shall only apply to the Guarantor if there is any series of Guaranteed Securities Outstanding.
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ARTICLE IX.
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. The Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Guarantor and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of the execution thereof) for one or more of the following purposes:
(i) to evidence the succession of another corporation or entity to the Company or the Guarantor, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation or entity of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or the Guarantor pursuant to Article VIII hereof;
(ii) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantor or to add additional rights for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants or rights are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants or rights are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company or the Guarantor;
(iii) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) 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;
(iv) 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 to provide for exchangeability of such Securities with Securities issued hereunder in fully registered form;
(v) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such addition, change or elimination shall (A) neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) adversely affect the rights of the Holder of any such Security in any material respect or (B) become effective only when there is no Outstanding Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;
(vi) to secure the Securities;
(vii) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, or (unless prohibited by the terms of the Securities of any series set pursuant to Section 3.1) to provide for the re-opening of such series of Securities and for the issuance of Add On Securities of such series;
(viii) 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 6.11(b);
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(ix) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to make such other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series in any material respect;
(x) to comply with any requirement of the Commission in connection with the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to comply with the rules of any applicable Depositary;
(xi) to add additional guarantors in respect of the Securities;
(xii) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to permit the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(xiii) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights, if any, to holders of the Securities issued pursuant to the requirements of any such supplemental indenture.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 9.1 may be executed by the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Outstanding Securities, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.2.
Section 9.2. 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 each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, the Company when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Guarantor and the Trustee may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act as in force at the date of execution thereof) for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall (i) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any, on), or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon, or reduce the amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be), or amend or modify the terms of any of the Guarantees in a manner adverse to the Holders, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security so affected, (ii) reduce the aforesaid percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, without the consent of the Holders of all the Outstanding Securities of such series or (iii) adversely affect the right in any material respect to convert any Securities as provided in any supplemental indenture.
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.
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Upon receipt of a Company Order (accompanied by a copy of a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental indenture), an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the Guarantor in the execution of such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
Section 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 9.4. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith, and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 9.5. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE X.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 10.1. 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 or cause to be paid the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on the Securities of that series to each Holder in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 10.2. 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 as in this Indenture provided and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of each such office or agency. In case the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to give notice of the location or of any change thereof, presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. The Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee as its office or agency for such purpose.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies in any location 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.
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Section 10.3. Money for Securities Payments to be Held in Trust. If the Company or the Guarantor shall at any time act as the Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (or premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure by the Company to take such 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 premium, if any, on) or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (or premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, 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, that such Paying Agent will:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on Securities of that series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any other obligor on the Securities) in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto;
(ii) give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) to make any payment of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on the Securities of that series when the same shall be due and payable; and
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, 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.
Section 10.4. Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company and, if any Guaranteed Securities are Outstanding, the Guarantor will deliver to the Trustee, on or before a date not more than 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officer’s Certificate stating, as to each officer signing such certificate, whether or not to the best of his knowledge the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof, and, if the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature thereof of which he may have knowledge.
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Section 10.5. Additional Amounts. (a) The Company hereby agrees that any amounts to be paid by the Company with respect to each Security shall be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges whatsoever imposed, assessed, levied or collected by or for the account of (i)(x) Bermuda or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or (y) the jurisdiction of incorporation (other than the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) of a successor entity to the Company pursuant to Section 8.1, to the extent that such taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges first become applicable as a result of such successor entity becoming the obligor on the Securities, or (ii) any other jurisdiction (other than the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) from or through which any amount is paid by the Company hereunder or where it is resident or maintains a place of business or permanent establishment (each jurisdiction described in Clauses (i) and (ii) above is referred to herein as a “Taxing Jurisdiction” and such taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges are referred to as “Taxes”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Tax is compelled by laws of Bermuda or any other applicable Taxing Jurisdiction. If any deduction or withholding of any Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes, as defined below) is ever required by Bermuda or any other Taxing Jurisdiction, the Company shall (subject to compliance by the Holder or beneficial owner of each Security with any applicable administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) required to make the net amounts paid to each Holder of such Security or the Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Securities, after such deduction or withholding, equal to the amounts of principal, premium, if any, interest, if any, and sinking fund or analogous payments, if any, to which such Holder or the Trustee is entitled. However, the Company shall not be required to pay Additional Amounts in respect of the following Taxes (“Excluded Taxes”):
(1) any present or future Taxes imposed, assessed, levied or collected as a result of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Security (i) being organized under the laws of, or otherwise being or having been a citizen, domiciliary, national or resident of, (ii) being engaged or having been engaged in a trade or business in, (iii) having or having had its principal office located in, (iv) maintaining or having maintained a permanent establishment in, (v) being or having been physically present in, or (vi) otherwise having or having had some connection (other than any connection arising solely from the acquisition, ownership or disposition of such Security, the exercise or enforcement of rights under such Security, this Indenture or a Guarantee, or the receipt of payments in respect of such Security or a Guarantee) with Bermuda or any other applicable Taxing Jurisdiction;
(2) any present or future Taxes which would not have been so imposed, assessed, levied or collected but for the fact that, where presentation is required, the relevant Security was presented more than thirty days after the date the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder or beneficial owner (except to the extent that the Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Security been presented on the last day of such thirty day period);
(3) any present or future Taxes imposed pursuant to current Section 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with, any regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, any intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the United States (or any related law or administrative practices or procedures) implementing the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above);
(4) any present or future Taxes payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, any Security;
(5) any present or future Taxes imposed in connection with a Security presented for payment (where presentation is permitted or required for payment) by or on behalf of a Holder or beneficial owner of the Security to the extent such Taxes could have been avoided by presenting the relevant Security to, or otherwise accepting payment from, another Paying Agent;
(6) any present or future Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by the Company to the Holder of a Security if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that such Taxes would not have been imposed on such payments had such Holder been the sole beneficial owner of such Security;
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(7) any present or future Taxes which would not have been so imposed, assessed, levied or collected but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Security, following the Company's reasonable written request addressed to the Holder at least 60 days before any such withholding or deduction would be imposed, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Taxing Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Taxes imposed by the Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the Holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Taxing Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the Holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to provide such certification or documentation;
(8) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar Tax or duty; or
(9) any combination of Clauses (1) through (8) above;
In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall also pay and indemnify the Holder for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, value added, transfer, court or documentary Taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including penalties, interest and additions to tax related thereto) which are levied by any jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Securities, this Indenture, any Guarantee or any other document referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect thereto, or enforcement of, any of the Securities or any Guarantee (limited, solely in the case of Taxes attributable to the receipt of any payments, to any such Taxes imposed in a Taxing Jurisdiction that are not excluded under Clauses (1) through (3) or (5) through (9) above or any combination thereof).
The Company or any successor to the Company, as the case may be, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of a Security and upon written request reimburse each Holder for the amount of (i) any Taxes levied or imposed and paid by such Holder of a Security (other than Excluded Taxes) as a result of payments made with respect to such Security, (ii) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom with respect thereto, and (iii) any Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) with respect to payment of Additional Amounts or any reimbursement pursuant to this sentence, in each case, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed by the payment of any Additional Amount and not excluded from the requirement to pay Additional Amounts, as described above.
The Company or any successor to the Company, as the case may be, shall also (i) make such withholding or deduction to the extent required by applicable law and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law. The Company or any successor to the Company, as the case may be, shall furnish the Trustee within 60 days after the date the payment of any such Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment by the Company or any successor to the Company, as the case may be, or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. It is understood, however, that the Trustee is under no obligation to request such certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment.
At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the Company will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to those payments, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Additional Amounts will be payable, stating the amounts that will be payable and setting forth any other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders of the Securities on the payment date.
Whenever in this Indenture or any Security there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal, premium, if any, or interest, or sinking fund or analogous payment, if any, in respect of such Security or overdue principal or overdue interest or overdue sinking fund or analogous payment, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for herein to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention thereof in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made (if applicable).
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The obligations of the Company (and any successor entity to the Company pursuant to Section 8.1) under this Section 10.5 shall survive the termination of this Indenture, any transfer by a Holder or beneficial owner of its Securities, and the payment of all amounts under or with respect to the Securities.
(b) Each Holder of a Security, by acceptance of such Security, agrees that, with reasonable promptness after receiving written notice from the Company to the effect that such Holder is eligible for a refund in respect of Taxes actually paid by the Company pursuant to this Section 10.5, such Holder will sign and deliver, as reasonably directed by the Company, any form provided to such Holder by the Company to enable such Holder to obtain a refund in respect of such Taxes; and if such Holder thereafter receives such refund in respect of such Taxes, such Holder will promptly pay such refund to the Company (together with interest, if any, received by such Holder from the relevant taxing authority). If a Holder applies for a refund of such Taxes prior to a request by the Company to apply for such a refund, the Holder will, upon receipt of a request by the Company to apply for, or to turn over the proceeds of, any such refund, pay any such refund to the Company (together with interest, if any, received by such Holder from the relevant taxing authority), promptly upon receipt of such refund. The Company shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by a Holder in connection with obtaining such refund.
ARTICLE XI.
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 11.1. 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 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. The right of the Company to elect to redeem any Securities of any series shall be set forth in the terms of such Securities of such series established in accordance with Section 3.1. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In the case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least five days prior to the delivery of the notice of redemption pursuant to Section 11.4 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 11.3. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
Section 11.3. Selection by Trustee of Securities to be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than five days prior to the delivery of the notice of redemption pursuant to Section 11.4 by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by lot or such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and in accordance with the applicable procedures of the Depository; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of such Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any 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.
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Section 11.4. Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, to the Holders of the Securities to be redeemed, in accordance with Section 17.3, not less than 10 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, except that redemption notices may be delivered more than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Securities of such series or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date,
(ii) the Redemption Price (or manner of calculation if not then known),
(iii) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,
(iv) 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,
(v) in the case of certificated Securities, the place or places where such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(vi) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of any redemption may be given prior to the completion thereof, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, the completion of an equity or debt financing. If any redemption is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, the notice of redemption in respect thereof shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion), or that such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Issuer in its sole discretion) by the Redemption Date as stated in such notice, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed.
Section 11.5. Deposit of Redemption Price. On or before any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 10.3) 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 11.6. 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 3.1, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
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If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender therefor, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 11.7. 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 the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
Section 11.8. Optional Redemption or Assumption of Securities Under Certain Circumstances. (a)(i) Unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of any series, if as the result of:
(A) any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of Bermuda (or the jurisdiction of incorporation (other than the United States) of a successor entity to the Company pursuant to Section 8.1), or of any political subdivisions or taxing authorities thereof or therein affecting taxation, which change or amendment is announced and becomes effective on or after the original issuance date of such series (or, if the applicable Taxing Jurisdiction became a Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the original issuance date of such series, after such later date); or
(B) any change in, or amendment to, the official application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including by virtue of a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction or a change in published practice), which change or amendment is announced and becomes effective on or after the original issuance date of such series (or, if the applicable Taxing Jurisdiction became a Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the original issuance date of such series, after such later date)
(each of the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), a “Change in Tax Law”),
it is determined by the Company, based upon an opinion of independent counsel of recognized standing, that on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees, the Company or any Guarantor is or would be required to pay Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 10.5 herein) (but, in the case of a Guarantor, only if the payment giving rise to such requirement cannot be made by the Company or another Guarantor without the obligation to pay Additional Amounts), and the Company or the relevant Guarantor cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it (including, for the avoidance of doubt, appointment of a new Paying Agent but excluding the reincorporation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor), then the Company may, at its option, on giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' irrevocable notice, redeem such series of Securities in whole, but not in part, at any time (except in the case of Securities of a series having a variable rate of interest, which may be redeemed only on an Interest Payment Date) at a Redemption Price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date fixed by the Company for redemption (a “Tax Redemption Date”) and all Additional Amounts (if any) then due or which will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise (except in the case of outstanding Original Issue Discount Securities which may be redeemed at the Redemption Price specified by the terms of each series of such Securities) (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date and Additional Amounts (if any) in respect thereof); provided, however, that (i) no notice of redemption may be given more than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company or the relevant Guarantor would be obligated to make such payment of Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees were then due, and (ii) at the time that such notice of redemption is given, such obligation to pay Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
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(ii) Unless otherwise specified with respect to the Securities of any series, if as the result of:
(A) any change in, or amendment to, the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United Kingdom (or the jurisdiction of tax residence (other than the United States) of a successor entity to the Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.1), or of any political subdivisions or taxing authorities thereof or therein affecting taxation, which change or amendment is announced and becomes effective on or after the original issuance date of such series (or, if the applicable Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction became a Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the original issuance date of such series, after such later date); or
(B) any change in, or amendment to, the official application, administration or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including by virtue of a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction or a change in published practice), which change or amendment is announced and becomes effective on or after the original issuance date of such series (or, if the applicable Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction became a Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction on a date after the original issuance date of such series, after such later date)
(each of the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), a “Change in Tax Law”),
it is determined by the Guarantor, based upon an opinion of independent counsel of recognized standing, that on the next date on which any amount would be payable in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees, the Guarantor is or would be required to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts (as defined in Section 16.2 herein) (but only if the payment giving rise to such requirement cannot be made by the Company or another Guarantor without the obligation to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts), and the Guarantor cannot avoid any such payment obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it (including, for the avoidance of doubt, appointment of a new Paying Agent but excluding the reincorporation or reorganization of the Company or any Guarantor), then the Company or the Guarantor may, at its option, on giving not less than 10 nor more than 60 days' irrevocable notice, redeem such series of Securities in whole, but not in part, at any time (except in the case of Securities of a series having a variable rate of interest, which may be redeemed only on an Interest Payment Date) at a Redemption Price equal to 100 percent of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Tax Redemption Date and all Guarantor Additional Amounts (if any) then due or which will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of the redemption or otherwise (except in the case of outstanding Original Issue Discount Securities which may be redeemed at the Redemption Price specified by the terms of each series of such Securities) (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date and Guarantor Additional Amounts (if any) in respect thereof); provided, however, that (i) no notice of redemption may be given more than 60 days prior to the earliest date on which the Guarantor would be obligated to make such payment of Guarantor Additional Amounts if a payment in respect of the Securities or the Guarantees were then due, and (ii) at the time that such notice of redemption is given, such obligation to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts must remain in effect.
(b) Prior to the delivery of any notice of redemption of a series of Securities pursuant to paragraph (a) above, the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, shall deliver to the Trustee an opinion of independent tax counsel of recognized standing qualified under the laws of the relevant Taxing Jurisdiction or Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction, as applicable (which counsel shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) to the effect that there has been a Change in Tax Law which would entitle the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, to redeem the Securities hereunder. In addition, before the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, delivers a notice of redemption of the Securities as described above, it shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate to the effect that it cannot avoid its obligation to pay Additional Amounts or Guarantor Additional Amounts, as applicable, by the Company or the relevant Guarantor taking reasonable measures available to it. The Trustee will accept and shall be entitled to rely on such Officer's Certificate and opinion of counsel as sufficient evidence of the existence and satisfaction of the conditions as described above, in which event it will be conclusive and binding on all of the Holders.
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The foregoing provisions of this Section 11.8 will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any successor of the Company (or any Guarantor) with respect to a Change in Tax Law occurring after the time such Person becomes successor to the Company (or any Guarantor). For purposes of this Section, all references to the Company or the Guarantor in this Section shall include any successor entity thereto pursuant to Section 8.1.
Section 11.9. Rescission of Redemption. In the event that this Section 11.9 is specified to be applicable to a series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1 and a Redemption Rescission Event shall occur following any day on which a notice of redemption shall have been given pursuant to Section 11.4 hereof but at or prior to the time and date fixed for redemption as set forth in such notice of redemption, the Company may, at its sole option, at any time prior to the earlier of (i) the close of business on that day which is two Trading Days following such Redemption Rescission Event and (ii) the close of business on that day which is one Trading Day before the Redemption Date, rescind the redemption to which such notice of redemption shall have related by providing notice of such rescission to the Holders in accordance with Section 17.3 (the date on which such notice shall have been given being hereinafter referred to as the “Rescission Date”). From and after the delivery of such notice, the Company shall have no obligation to redeem Securities called for redemption pursuant to such notice of redemption or to pay the Redemption Price therefor and all rights of Holders of Securities shall be restored as if such notice of redemption had not been given. As promptly as practicable following the delivery of such notice, the Company shall telephonically notify the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such rescission. Each notice of rescission shall state that the redemption described in the notice of redemption has been rescinded.
ARTICLE XII.
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
Section 12.1. 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 3.1 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
Section 12.2. Repayment of Securities. Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in 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 10.3) 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, 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 12.3. 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, 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 30 days nor later than 15 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 $1,000 unless otherwise specified in the terms of such Security, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid must be specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
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Section 12.4. 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 and as provided by 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) interest on such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, shall cease to accrue.
Section 12.5. 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 XIII.
SINKING FUNDS
Section 13.1. Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 13.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
Section 13.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. The Company may (1) deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company and (2) receive credit for Securities of a series which have been previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company or for 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 the Securities of the same series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such Series, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 13.3. 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 Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 13.2 (which Securities will, if not previously delivered, accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Securities as provided in Section 13.2 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series.
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Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.3 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 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.
Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee in cash a sum equal to any interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption of Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 13.3.
ARTICLE XIV.
IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, SHAREHOLDERS, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS AND EMPLOYEES
Section 14.1. 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, shareholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor entity, 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, shareholders, officers, directors or employees, as such, of the Company or of any successor entity, 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, shareholder, 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 XV.
SUBORDINATION
Section 15.1. Agreement to Subordinate. The Company agrees, and each Holder of Securities by accepting a Security agrees, that the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities is subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in this Article, to the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt and that the subordination is for the benefit of the holders of Senior Debt.
The provisions of this Article 15 define the subordination of the Securities, as obligations of the Company, with respect to Senior Debt of the Company, as defined for the Company. All such provisions shall also be deemed to apply in the same way (mutatis mutandis) to the Guarantor, with appropriate corresponding references to the Senior Debt of the Guarantor.
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Section 15.2. Liquidation; Dissolution; Bankruptcy. Upon any distribution to creditors of the Company in a liquidation or dissolution of the Company or in a bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding relating to the Company or its property:
(i) holders of Senior Debt shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing after the commencement of any such proceeding) to the date of payment on the Senior Debt before Holders of Securities shall be entitled to receive any payment of principal of or interest on Securities; and
(ii) until the Senior Debt is paid in full in cash, any distribution to which Holders of Securities would be entitled but for this Article shall be made to holders of Senior Debt as their interests may appear, except that Holders of Securities may receive securities that are subordinated to Senior Debt to at least the same extent as the Securities.
Section 15.3. Default on Senior Debt. The Company may not pay principal of or interest on the Securities and may not acquire any Securities for cash or property other than capital shares of the Company if:
(i) a default on Senior Debt occurs and is continuing that permits holders of such Senior Debt to accelerate its maturity, and
(ii) the default is the subject of judicial proceedings or the Company receives a notice of the default from a person who may give it pursuant to Section 15.11. If the Company receives any such notice, a similar notice received within nine months thereafter relating to the same default on the same issue of Senior Debt shall not be effective for purposes of this Section.
The Company may resume payments on the Securities and may acquire them when:
(a) the default is cured or waived, or
(b) 120 days pass after the notice is given if the default is not the subject of judicial proceedings, if this Article otherwise permits the payment or acquisition at that time.
Section 15.4. Acceleration of Securities. If payment of the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Debt of the acceleration. The Company may pay the Securities when 120 days pass after the acceleration occurs if this Article permits the payment at that time.
Section 15.5. When Distribution Must Be Paid Over. If a distribution is made to Holders of Securities that because of this Article should not have been made to them, the Holders of Securities who receive the distribution shall hold it in trust for holders of Senior Debt and pay it over to them as their interests may appear.
Section 15.6. Notice by Company. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee and any Paying Agent of any facts known to the Company that would cause a payment of principal of or interest on Securities to violate this Article.
Section 15.7. Subrogation. After all Senior Debt is paid in full and until the Securities are paid in full, Holders of Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of holders of Senior Debt to receive distributions applicable to Senior Debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to the Holders of Securities have been applied to the payment of Senior Debt. A distribution made under this Article to holders of Senior Debt which otherwise would have been made to Holders of Securities is not, as between the Company and Holders of Securities, a payment by the Company on Senior Debt.
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Section 15.8. Relative Rights. This Article defines the relative rights of Holders of Securities and holders of Senior Debt. Nothing in this Indenture shall:
(i) impair, as between the Company and Holders of Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay principal of and interest on the Securities in accordance with their terms;
(ii) affect the relative rights of Holders of Securities and creditors of the Company other than holders of Senior Debt; or
(iii) prevent the Trustee or any Holders of Securities from exercising its available remedies upon an Event of Default, subject to the rights of holders of Senior Debt to receive distributions otherwise payable to Holders of Securities.
If the Company fails because of this Article to pay principal of or interest on a Security on the due date, the failure is still an Event of Default as provided elsewhere herein.
Section 15.9. Subordination May Not Be Impaired By Trust. No right of any holder of Senior Debt to enforce the subordination of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities shall be impaired by any act or failure to act by the Company or by its failure to comply with this Indenture.
Section 15.10. Distribution or Notice to Representative. Whenever a distribution is to be made or a notice given to holders of Senior Debt, the distribution may be made and the notice given to their Representative.
Section 15.11. Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. The Trustee or any Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Securities until it receives notice of facts that would cause a payment of principal of or interest on the Securities to violate this Article. Only the Company, a Representative or a holder of an issue of Senior Debt that has no Representative may give the notice.
ARTICLE XVI.
GUARANTEES
Section 16.1. Guarantees. To the extent any Guaranteed Securities are Outstanding, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably, unconditionally, and absolutely guarantees, jointly and severally and on a continuing basis, to each Holder of such Guaranteed Securities as and for the Guarantor’s own debt, until final and indefeasible payment of the amounts referred to in Clause (a) below have been made:
(a) the due and punctual payment of principal of and interest on the Guaranteed Securities at any time outstanding and the due and punctual payment of all other amounts payable, and all other amounts owing, by the Company to the Holders of the Guaranteed Securities under this Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities (including, without limitation, any Additional Amounts which may be owing to any of the Holders of Guaranteed Securities pursuant to the terms of Section 10.5 hereof), in each case when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise and all other monetary obligations of the Company hereunder, all in accordance with the terms and provisions hereof and thereof; and
(b) the punctual and faithful performance, keeping, observance and fulfillment by the Company of all duties, agreements, covenants and obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities.
All of the obligations set forth in Clause (a) and Clause (b) of this Section 16.1 are referred to herein as the “Guarantees.” Such Guarantees will constitute guarantees of payment, performance and compliance and not merely of collection.
(c) The Guarantor further agrees to waive presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Company or any other Person, and also waives diligence, notice of acceptance of its Guarantee, presentment, demand for payment, notice of protest for nonpayment, the filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Company or any other Person and any right to require a proceeding first against the Company or any other Person. The obligations of the Guarantor shall not be affected by any failure or policy on the part of the Trustee to exercise any right or remedy under this Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities of any series.
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(d) The obligation of the Guarantor to make any payment hereunder may be satisfied by causing the Company or any other Person to make such payment. If any Holder of any Guaranteed Security or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or the Guarantor, or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to any of the Company or the Guarantor, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee of the Guarantor, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
(e) The Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder of Guaranteed Securities in enforcing any of their respective rights under its Guarantees.
(f) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guarantees shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the Guarantor without rendering the Guarantee under this Indenture voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.
Section 16.2. Guarantor Gross-up.
(a) All payments with respect to this Indenture and the Guaranteed Securities made by the Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantees shall be governed by this Section 16.2, and the Guarantor shall cause all such payments to be paid without deduction or withholding for any and all present and future taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges whatsoever imposed, assessed, levied or collected by or for the account of (i)(x) the United Kingdom or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or (y) the jurisdiction of tax residence (other than the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) of a successor entity to the Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.1, to the extent that such taxes, levies, imposts or other governmental charges first become applicable as a result of such successor entity becoming the obligor on the Guarantee, as applicable, or (ii) any other jurisdiction (other than the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof) from or through which any amount is paid by the Guarantor hereunder or where it is resident or maintains a place of business or permanent establishment (each jurisdiction described in Clauses (i) and (ii) above is referred to herein as a “Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction” and such taxes, levies, imposts and other governmental charges are referred to as “Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes”), unless the withholding or deduction of such Guarantor Jurisdiction Tax is compelled by laws of the United Kingdom, or any other applicable Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction. If any deduction or withholding of any Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes (other than Guarantor Excluded Taxes, as defined below) is ever required by the United Kingdom or any other Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction, the Guarantor shall (subject to compliance by the Holder or beneficial owner of each Guaranteed Security with any applicable administrative requirements) pay such additional amounts (“Guarantor Additional Amounts”) required to make the net amounts paid to each Holder of such Guaranteed Security or the Trustee pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Guaranteed Securities, after such deduction or withholding, equal to the amounts then due and payable under the terms of this Indenture or the Securities. However, the Guarantor shall not be required to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts in respect of the following Taxes (“Guarantor Excluded Taxes”):
(1) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed, assessed, levied or collected as a result of the Holder or beneficial owner of a Guaranteed Security (i) being organized under the laws of, or otherwise being or having been a citizen, domiciliary, national or resident of, (ii) being engaged or having been engaged in a trade or business in, (iii) having or having had its principal office located in, (iv) maintaining or having maintained a permanent establishment in, (v) being or having been physically present in, or (vi) otherwise having or having had some connection (other than any connection arising solely from the acquisition, ownership or disposition of such Guaranteed Security, the exercise or enforcement of rights under such Guaranteed Security, this Indenture or a Guarantee, or the receipt of payments in respect of such Guaranteed Security) with the United Kingdom or any other applicable Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction;
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(2) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes which would not have been so imposed, assessed, levied or collected but for the fact that, where presentation is required, the relevant Guaranteed Security was presented more than thirty days after the date the relevant payment is first made available for payment to the Holder or beneficial owner (except to the extent that the Holder or beneficial owner would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Guaranteed Security been presented on the last day of such thirty day period);
(3) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed pursuant to current Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with, any regulations promulgated thereunder, any official interpretations thereof, any intergovernmental agreement between a non-U.S. jurisdiction and the United States (or any related law or administrative practices or procedures) implementing the foregoing or any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above);
(4) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes which would not have been so imposed, assessed, levied or collected but for the failure of the Holder or beneficial owner of such Guaranteed Security, following the Guarantor's reasonable written request addressed to the Holder at least 60 days before any such withholding or deduction would be imposed, to comply with any certification, identification, information or other reporting requirements, whether required by statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of a Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction, as a precondition to exemption from, or reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed by the Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction (including, without limitation, a certification that the Holder or beneficial owner is not resident in the Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction), but in each case, only to the extent the Holder or beneficial owner is legally eligible to provide such certification or documentation;
(5) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes payable other than by deduction or withholding from payments under, or with respect to, any Guaranteed Security;
(6) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed in connection with a Guaranteed Security presented to a Paying Agent for payment (where presentation is permitted or required for payment) by or on behalf of a Holder or beneficial owner of the Guaranteed Security to the extent such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes could have been avoided by presenting the relevant Guaranteed Security to, or otherwise accepting payment from, another Paying Agent;
(7) any estate, inheritance, gift, sale, transfer, personal property or similar Guarantor Jurisdiction Tax or duty;
(8) any present or future Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed on or with respect to any payment by the Guarantor to the Holder of a Guaranteed Security if such Holder is a fiduciary or partnership or any person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent that such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes would not have been imposed on such payments had such Holder been the sole beneficial owner of such Guaranteed Security; or
(9) any combination of Clauses (1) through (8) above;
In addition to the foregoing, the Guarantor shall also pay and indemnify the Holder for any present or future stamp, issue, registration, value added, transfer, court or documentary Taxes, or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (including penalties, interest and additions to tax related thereto) which are levied by any jurisdiction on the execution, delivery, issuance, or registration of any of the Guaranteed Securities, this Indenture, any Guarantee or any other document referred to therein, or the receipt of any payments with respect thereto, or enforcement of, any of the Guaranteed Securities or any Guarantee (limited, solely in the case of Taxes attributable to the receipt of any payments, to any such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes imposed in a Guarantor Taxing Jurisdiction that are not excluded under Clauses (1) through (4) or (6) through (9) above or any combination thereof).
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The Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of a Guaranteed Security and upon written request reimburse each Holder for the amount of (i) any Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes levied or imposed and paid by such Holder of a Guaranteed Security (other than Guarantor Excluded Taxes) as a result of payments made with respect to such Security, (ii) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom with respect thereto, and (iii) any Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes (other than Guarantor Excluded Taxes) with respect to payment of Guarantor Additional Amounts or any reimbursement pursuant to this sentence, in each case, to the extent not otherwise reimbursed by the payment of any Guarantor Additional Amount and not excluded from the requirement to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts as described above. The Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall also (i) make such withholding or deduction to the extent required by applicable law and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant authority in accordance with applicable law.
The Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish the Trustee within 60 days after the date the payment of any such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment by the Guarantor or any successor to the Guarantor, as the case may be, or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. It is understood, however, that the Trustee is under no obligation to request such certified copies of tax receipts evidencing the payment.
At least 30 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Guaranteed Securities is due and payable by the Guarantor under the Guarantees, if the Guarantor will be obligated to pay Guarantor Additional Amounts with respect to those payments, the Guarantor shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Guarantor Additional Amounts will be payable, stating the amounts that will be payable, and setting forth any other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Guarantor Additional Amounts to Holders of the Guaranteed Securities on the payment date.
The obligations of the Guarantor (and any successor entity to the Guarantor pursuant to Section 8.1) under this Section 16.2 shall survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture, any transfer by a Holder or beneficial owner of its Guaranteed Securities, and the payment of all amounts under or with respect to the Guaranteed Securities and the Guarantees, and will apply, mutatis mutandis, to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Guarantor is incorporated, engaged in business, organized or resident for tax purposes, or any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made under or with respect to the Guaranteed Securities or any Guarantee by or on behalf of such Person and, in each case, any political subdivision thereof or therein.
(b) Each Holder of a Guaranteed Security, by acceptance of such Guaranteed Security, agrees that, with reasonable promptness after receiving written notice from the Guarantor to the effect that such Holder is eligible for a refund in respect of Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes actually paid by the Guarantor pursuant to this Section 16.2, such Holder will sign and deliver, as reasonably directed by the Guarantor, any form provided to such Holder by the Guarantor to enable such Holder to obtain a refund in respect of such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes; and if such Holder thereafter receives such refund in respect of such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes, such Holder will promptly pay such refund to the Guarantor (together with interest, if any, received by such Holder from the relevant taxing authority). If a Holder applies for a refund of such Guarantor Jurisdiction Taxes prior to a request by the Guarantor to apply for such a refund, the Holder will, upon receipt of a request by the Guarantor to apply for, or to turn over the proceeds of, any such refund, pay any such refund to the Guarantor (together with interest, if any, received by such Holder from the relevant taxing authority), promptly upon receipt of such refund. The Guarantor shall pay all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by a Holder in connection with obtaining such refund.
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ARTICLE XVII.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 17.1. Successors and Assigns of Company or Guarantor Bound by Indenture. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements in this Indenture contained by or in behalf of the Company or the Guarantor shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 17.2. Acts of Board, Committee or Officer of Successor Person Valid. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or officer of the Company or the Guarantor shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at that time be the successor of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable.
Section 17.3. Required Notices or Demands. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders to or on the Company may, except as otherwise provided in Section 5.1(d), be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee), as follows: Carnival Corporation Ltd., 3655 N.W. 87th Avenue, Miami, Florida 33178-2428, Attention: Treasurer. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders to or on the Guarantor may be given or served by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed (until another address is filed by the Guarantor with the Trustee), as follows: Carnival UK Ltd., Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton SO15 1ST, United Kingdom, Attention: Treasurer. Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Company or by any Holder to or upon the Trustee may be given or made, for all purposes, by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, as follows: 60 Livingston Avenue, EP-MN-WS3C, St. Paul, Minnesota 55107, Attn: Corporate Trust Office.
Any notice required or permitted to be mailed to a Holder by the Company or the Trustee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture shall be deemed to be properly mailed by being deposited postage prepaid in a post office letter box in the United States addressed to such Holder at the address of such Holder as shown on the Security Register. 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. For so long as the relevant Securities are in the form of a Global Security, notices to Holders may be delivered via the relevant clearing systems in lieu of the aforesaid mailing. In addition, for so long as the relevant Securities are listed on a securities exchange and the rules of such securities exchange so require, notices to Holders may be delivered to the extent and in the manner permitted by such rules.
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 or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice.
Section 17.4. Indenture and Securities to be Construed in Accordance with the Laws of the State of New York. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH SECURITY SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND FOR ALL PURPOSES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF SAID STATE.
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Section 17.5. Indenture may be Executed in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
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U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, the party of the third part, hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions hereinabove set forth.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, CARNIVAL CORPORATION LTD., the party of the first part, has caused this Indenture to be duly signed and acknowledged by its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board or its President or an Executive Vice President or a Vice President or its Treasurer or its Controller or its Secretary or its Assistant Secretary thereunto duly authorized; CARNIVAL UK LTD., the party of the second part, has caused this Indenture to be duly signed and acknowledged by its Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Board or its President or an Executive Vice President or a Vice President or its Treasurer or its Controller or its Secretary or its Assistant Secretary or one of its directors thereunto duly authorized; and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, the party of the third part, has caused this Indenture to be duly signed and acknowledged by one of its Vice Presidents or Assistant Vice Presidents thereunto duly authorized and the same to be attested by one of its Trust Officers.
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Exhibit 5.1
September 29, 2026
Carnival Corporation Ltd.
3655 N.W. 87th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33178-2428
U.S.A.
Registration Statement on Form S-3 ASR
Ladies and Gentlemen:
In connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-3 ASR (the “Registration Statement”) of Carnival Corporation Ltd. (formerly known as Carnival Corporation) (the “Company”) and Carnival UK Ltd. (formerly known as Carnival plc) (“Carnival UK Ltd.”) filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “Rules”), you have asked us to furnish our opinion as to the legality of the securities being registered under the Registration Statement. The Registration Statement relates to the registration under the Act of:
1. the following securities of the Company (together, the “Company Securities”):
A. senior debt securities (the “Company Senior Debt Securities”) and subordinated debt securities (the “Company Subordinated Debt Securities” and, together with the Company Senior Debt Securities, the “Company Debt Securities”);
B. preference shares (including shares issued upon conversion of the Company Debt Securities) of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company Preferred Shares”);
C. common shares (including shares issued upon conversion of the Company Debt Securities or Company Preferred Shares) of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Company Common Shares”);
D. warrants to purchase Company Debt Securities, Company Preferred Shares, Company Common Shares or any combination of them (the “Company Warrants”);
E. purchase contracts obligating holders to purchase from the Company and the Company to sell to the holders a specified principal amount of Company Debt Securities (and any related Guarantees (as defined below)), Company Common Shares, Company Preferred Shares, Company Warrants, government securities or any of the other securities that the Company may sell under the Registration Statement from time to time (the “Company Purchase Contracts”);
F. units consisting of any combination of one or more of Company Debt Securities, Company Preferred Shares, Company Common Shares, Company Warrants, Company Purchase Contracts or debt obligations of third parties, including government securities (the “Company Units”); and
2. guarantees by Carnival UK Ltd. of Company Debt Securities (the “Guarantees”).
The Company Securities and the Guarantees (collectively, the “Securities”) are being registered for offering and sale from time to time as provided by Rule 415 under the Act.
The Company Senior Debt Securities and the related Guarantees, if any, are to be issued under the indenture to be entered into by and among the Company, Carnival UK Ltd., as guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (“U.S. Bank”), as Trustee (the “Company Senior Debt Indenture”). The Company Subordinated Debt Securities and the related Guarantees, if any, are to be issued under an indenture to be entered into by and among the Company, Carnival UK Ltd., as guarantor, and U.S. Bank, as Trustee (the “Company Subordinated Debt Indenture” and, together with the Company Senior Debt Indenture, the “Company Indentures”). The Company Warrants are to be issued under warrant agreements, each between the Company and a warrant agent to be identified in the applicable agreement (each, a “Warrant Agreement”). The Company Purchase Contracts are to be issued under purchase contract agreements, each between the Company and a purchase contract agent to be identified in the applicable agreement (each, a “Purchase Contract Agreement”). The Company Units are to be issued under unit agreements, each between the Company and a unit agent to be identified in the applicable agreement (each, a “Unit Agreement”).
In connection with the furnishing of this opinion, we have examined originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the following documents:
1. the Registration Statement; and
2. the forms of the Company Senior Debt Indenture and the Company Subordinated Debt Indenture (in each case, including the forms of Securities included therein) filed as Exhibits 4.1 and 4.2 to the Registration Statement, respectively.
In addition, we have examined such other certificates, agreements and documents that we deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below. We have also relied upon the factual matters contained in the representations and warranties of the Company and Carnival UK Ltd. made in the documents reviewed by us and upon certificates of public officials and the officers of the Company and Carnival UK Ltd.
In our examination of the documents referred to above, we have assumed, without independent investigation, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all individuals who have executed any of the documents reviewed by us, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted to us as certified, photostatic, reproduced or conformed copies of valid existing agreements or other documents, the authenticity of all such latter documents and that the statements regarding matters of fact in the certificates, records, agreements, instruments and documents that we have examined are accurate and complete.
We have also assumed, without independent investigation, that (i) the Company Indentures will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties to them in substantially the forms filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement and will be duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, (ii) each of the Warrant Agreements, the Purchase Contract Agreements, the Unit Agreements and any other agreement entered into, or officer’s certificates or board resolutions delivered, in connection with the issuance of the Securities will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties to such agreements (such agreements and documents, together with the Company Indentures, are referred to collectively as the “Operative Agreements”), (iii) each Operative Agreement, when so authorized, executed and delivered, will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of Carnival Corporation Ltd. under the laws of Bermuda, to the extent a party thereto, Carnival UK Ltd. under the laws of England and Wales, to the extent a party thereto, and the other parties thereto, (iv) the Company Warrants, the Company Purchase Contracts, the Company Units and any related Operative Agreements will be governed by the laws of the State of New York, (v) in the case of Company Purchase Contracts or Company Units consisting at least in part of debt obligations of third parties, such debt obligations at all relevant times constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof enforceable against the issuers thereof in accordance with their terms, (vi) the Company and Carnival UK Ltd. are each validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, (vii) each of the Company and Carnival UK Ltd. has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute and deliver, and perform its obligations under, the Operative Agreements and the Securities, (viii) the execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Agreements and the Securities by each of the Company and Carnival UK Ltd. does not violate any organizational documents of the Company or Carnival UK Ltd. or the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or organization and (ix) the execution, delivery and performance of the Operative Agreements and the Securities and issuance of the Securities do not conflict with or constitute a breach of the terms of any agreement or instrument to which the Company or Carnival UK Ltd. is subject or violate applicable law or contravene any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company or Carnival UK Ltd.
With respect to the Securities of a particular series or issuance, we have assumed that (i) the issuance, sale, number or amount, as the case may be, and terms of the Securities to be offered from time to time will be duly authorized and established, in accordance with the organizational documents of the Company and Carnival UK Ltd., the laws of the State of New York and their jurisdictions of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, and any applicable Operative Agreement, (ii) the Securities will be duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered by the Company or Carnival UK Ltd., as applicable, and, in the case of Company Debt Securities, Company Warrants, Company Purchase Contracts and Company Units, duly authenticated or delivered by the applicable trustee or agent, in each case, against payment by the purchaser at the agreed-upon consideration and (iii) the Securities will be issued and delivered as contemplated by the Registration Statement and the applicable prospectus supplement.
Based upon the above, and subject to the stated assumptions, exceptions and qualifications, we are of the opinion that:
1. When the specific terms of a particular issuance of Company Debt Securities (including any Company Debt Securities duly issued upon exercise, exchange or conversion of any Security in accordance with its terms) have been duly authorized by the Company and such Company Debt Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, and, if applicable, upon exercise, exchange or conversion of any Security in accordance with its terms, such Company Debt Securities will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
2. When the specific terms of a particular issuance of Company Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company and such Company Warrants have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, such Company Warrants will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
3. When any Company Purchase Contracts have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, such Company Purchase Contracts will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
4. When the Company Units have been duly authorized, issued and delivered by the Company, the Company Units will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms.
5. When the specific terms of a particular issuance of Company Debt Securities and any related Guarantees have been duly authorized by the Company and Carnival UK Ltd. and such Company Debt Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered, such Guarantees will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Carnival UK Ltd. enforceable against Carnival UK Ltd. in accordance with their terms.
The opinions expressed above as to enforceability may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) requirements that a claim with respect to any Securities in denominations other than in United States dollars (or a judgment denominated other than into United States dollars in respect of the claim) be converted into United States dollars at a rate of exchange prevailing on a date determined by applicable law.
The opinions expressed above are limited to the laws of the State of New York. Our opinion is rendered only with respect to the laws, and the rules, regulations and orders under those laws, that are currently in effect.
We hereby consent to use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the use of our name under the heading “Legal Matters” contained in the prospectus included in the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Act or the Rules.
| Very truly yours, | |
| /s/ PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP | |
| PAUL, WEISS, RIFKIND, WHARTON & GARRISON LLP |
Exhibit 5.2
| CONYERS DILL & PEARMAN LIMITED | |
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Richmond House, 12 Par-la-Ville Road Hamilton HM 08, Bermuda Mail: PO Box HM 666, Hamilton HM CX, Bermuda T +1 441 295 1422 |
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29 September 2026
Matter No.: 1020539
+1 441 299 4926
Victor.Richards@conyers.com
Carnival Corporation Ltd.
Richmond House
12 Par-la-Ville Road
Hamilton HM 08
Dear Sir/Madame
Re: Carnival Corporation Ltd. (the "Company")
We have acted as special Bermuda legal counsel to the Company in connection with a registration statement on form S-3 filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on 29 September 2026 (the "Registration Statement", which term does not include any other instrument or agreement whether or not specifically referred to therein or attached as an exhibit or schedule thereto) relating to the shelf registration under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (the "Securities Act") of common shares, par value US$0.01 each ("Common Shares"), preference shares, par value US$0.01 each ("Preference Shares" and, together with Common Shares, "Equity Securities", which term includes any common shares or preference shares to be issued pursuant to the conversion, exchange or exercise of any other Securities), senior debt securities ("Senior Debt Securities"), subordinated debt securities ("Subordinated Debt Securities" and, together with Senior Debt Securities, "Debt Securities"), warrants ("Warrants"), purchase contracts ("Purchase Contracts") and units consisting of any combination of the foregoing securities ("Units") of the Company (collectively, the "Securities").
| 1. | DOCUMENTS REVIEWED |
For the purposes of giving this opinion, we have examined a copy of the Registration Statement. We have also reviewed:
| 1.1. | copies of the memorandum of continuance and the bye-laws of the Company (together, the "Constitutional Documents"), each certified by the Resident Representative of the Company on 29 September 2026; |
| 1.2. | copies of minutes of a meeting of the Company’s directors held on January 23, 2026 (the "Resolutions"); |
| 1.3. | such other documents and made such enquiries as to questions of law as we have deemed necessary in order to render the opinion set forth below. |
| 2. | ASSUMPTIONS |
We have assumed:
| 2.1. | the genuineness and authenticity of all signatures and the conformity to the originals of all copies (whether or not certified) examined by us and the accuracy, authenticity and completeness of the originals from which such copies were taken; |
| 2.2. | that where a document has been examined by us in draft form, it will be or has been executed and/or filed in the form of that draft, and where a number of drafts of a document have been examined by us all changes thereto have been marked or otherwise drawn to our attention; |
| 2.3. | the accuracy and completeness of all factual representations made in the Registration Statement and other documents reviewed by us; |
| 2.4. | that the Resolutions were passed at one or more duly convened, constituted and quorate meetings, or by unanimous written resolutions, remain in full force and effect and have not been rescinded or amended; |
| 2.5. | that the Company will issue the Securities in furtherance of its objects as set out in its memorandum of continuance; |
| 2.6. | that the Constitutional Documents will not be amended in any manner that would affect the opinions expressed herein; |
| 2.7. | that there is no provision of the law of any jurisdiction, other than Bermuda, which would have any implication in relation to the opinions expressed herein; |
| 2.8. | that the Company will have sufficient authorised capital to effect the issue of any of the Equity Securities at the time of issuance, whether as a principal issue or on the conversion, exchange or exercise of any Securities; |
| 2.9. | that the form and terms of any and all Securities (including, without limitation, the designation, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions of Preference Shares) or other securities (or other obligations, rights, currencies, commodities or other subject matter) comprising the same or subject thereto (in the case of the Warrants and Units), the issuance and sale thereof by the Company, and the Company’s incurrence and performance of its obligations thereunder or in respect thereof (including, without limitation, its obligations under any related agreement, indenture or supplement thereto) in accordance with the terms thereof will not violate the Constitutional Documents nor any applicable law, regulation, order or decree in Bermuda; |
| 2.10. | that all necessary corporate action will be taken to authorise and approve any issuance of Securities (including, if Preference Shares are to be issued, all necessary corporate action to establish one or more series of Preference Shares and fix the designation, powers, preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof), the terms of the offering thereof and related matters, and that the applicable definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement and, if Debt Securities are to be issued, the applicable indenture and any applicable supplements thereto, will be duly approved, executed and delivered by or on behalf of the Company and all other parties thereto; |
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| 2.11. | that the applicable purchase, underwriting or similar agreement, any Debt Security, any indenture and any supplement thereto and any other agreement or other document relating to any Security will be valid and binding in accordance with its terms pursuant to its governing law; |
| 2.12. | that the issuance and sale of and payment for the Securities will be in accordance with the applicable purchase, underwriting or similar agreement duly approved by the Board of Directors, the Registration Statement (including the prospectus set forth therein and any applicable supplement thereto) and, if Debt Securities are to be issued, the applicable indenture and any applicable supplements thereto; |
| 2.13. | that, upon the issue of any Equity Securities, the Company will receive consideration for the full issue price thereof which shall be equal to at least the par value thereof; |
| 2.14. | that the Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Part III of the Companies Act 1981, as amended (the "Act"), entitled "Prospectuses and Public Offers"; and |
| 2.15. | the capacity, power and authority of all parties other than the Company to enter into and perform their obligations under any and all documents entered into by such parties in connection with the issuance of the Securities, and the due execution and delivery thereof by each party thereto. |
| 3. | QUALIFICATIONS |
| 3.1. | The obligations of the Company in connection with any Security and any indenture or other agreement or document relating thereto: |
| (a) | will be subject to the laws from time to time in effect relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, possessory liens, rights of set off, reorganisation, amalgamation, merger, consolidation, moratorium, bribery, corruption, money laundering, terrorist financing, proliferation financing or any other laws or legal procedures, whether of a similar nature or otherwise, generally affecting the rights of creditors as well as applicable international sanctions; |
| (b) | will be subject to statutory limitation of the time within which proceedings may be brought; |
| (c) | will be subject to general principles of equity and, as such, specific performance and injunctive relief, being equitable remedies, may not be available; |
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| (d) | may not be given effect to by a Bermuda court if and to the extent they constitute the payment of an amount which is in the nature of a penalty; and |
| (e) | may not be given effect by a Bermuda court to the extent that they are to be performed in a jurisdiction outside Bermuda and such performance would be illegal under the laws of that jurisdiction. Notwithstanding any contractual submission to the exclusive or non-exclusive jurisdiction of specific courts, a Bermuda court has inherent discretion to stay or allow proceedings in the Bermuda courts. |
| 3.2. | We have made no investigation of and express no opinion in relation to the laws of any jurisdiction other than Bermuda. This opinion is to be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda and is limited to and is given on the basis of the current law and practice in Bermuda. This opinion is issued solely for your benefit and use for the purposes of the filing of the Registration Statement and the issuance of the Securities by the Company as described in the Registration Statement and is not to be relied upon by any other person, firm or entity or in respect of any other matter. |
| 4. | OPINIONS |
On the basis of and subject to the foregoing we are of the opinion that:
| 4.1. | The Company is duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Bermuda in good standing (meaning solely that it has not failed to make any filing with any Bermuda governmental authority under the Act, or to pay any Bermuda government fee or tax, which would make it liable to be struck off the Register of Companies and thereby cease to exist under the laws of Bermuda). |
| 4.2. | Upon the due issuance of Common Shares and/or Preference Shares and payment of the consideration therefor, such Common Shares and/or Preference Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable (which term means when used herein that no further sums are required to be paid by the holders thereof in connection with the issue of such shares). |
| 4.3. | Upon the due issuance of: |
| (a) | Senior Debt Securities of any series; |
| (b) | Subordinated Debt Securities of any series; |
| (c) | Warrants; |
| (d) | Purchase Contracts; and/or |
| (e) | Units, |
and payment of the consideration therefor, such Securities will be validly issued and (except in the case of any Equity Securities forming part of a Unit) will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company in accordance with the terms thereof.
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We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm under the caption "Legal Matters" in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are experts within the meaning of Section 11 of the Securities Act or that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.
Yours faithfully,
/s/ Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
Conyers Dill & Pearman Limited
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Exhibit 5.3

Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP
London Fruit & Wool Exchange
1 Duval Square
London E1 6PW
Tel +44 20 7638 1111
www.ashurstperkinscoie.com
Our
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LCHAN\538C.1000-145-060\435377995
| 29 September 2026 |
Carnival Corporation Ltd. 3655 N.W. 87th Avenue Miami, Florida 33178-2428
Carnival UK Ltd. Carnival House 100 Harbour Parade Southampton United Kingdom SO15 1ST |
| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR |
| 1. | Introduction |
| 1.1 | In connection with the registration statement filed on 29 September 2026 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act), on Form S-3ASR (the Registration Statement) of Carnival Corporation Ltd., a corporation organised under the laws of Bermuda as an exempted company limited by shares (Carnival Corporation Ltd.), we have been requested by you to render our opinion on certain matters in connection with the Registration Statement. |
| 1.2 | The Registration Statement relates to the registration under the Act of the issuance of, among other things, (i) Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s senior debt securities (Senior Debt Securities) and subordinated debt securities (Subordinated Debt Securities and, together with the Senior Debt Securities, the Debt Securities), consisting of notes, debentures and/or other evidences of indebtedness denominated in United States dollar or any other currency, (ii) Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s warrants, (iii) Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s purchase contracts, (iv) Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s units, (v) common shares of Carnival Corporation Ltd., par value of US$0.01 per common share, (vi) preference shares (including shares to be issued upon conversion of the Debt Securities) of Carnival Corporation Ltd., par value of US$0.01 per preference share, and (vii) guarantees by Carnival UK Ltd., a private limited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (Carnival UK), of Carnival Corporation Ltd.'s contractual monetary obligations under the Debt Securities pursuant to sections 15.1 and 15.2 of the Senior Indenture (as defined below) and sections 16.1 and 16.2 of the Subordinated Indenture (as defined below) governing the Debt Securities (the Guarantees). |
Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales under number OC330252 and is part of the Ashurst Perkins Coie Group. It is a law firm authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority of England and Wales under number 468653. A list of members of Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP and their professional qualifications is open to inspection at its registered office London Fruit & Wool Exchange, 1 Duval Square, London E1 6PW. The term "partner" in relation to Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP is used to refer to a member of Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP or to an employee or consultant with equivalent standing and qualifications. Ashurst Perkins Coie is a global group of separate legal entities, some providing legal services and some non-legal services. Different legal entities in the group may operate in the same jurisdictions.
| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR | 29 September 2026 |
| 1.3 | We are acting as legal advisers as to English law to Carnival UK for the purposes of giving this opinion. In so acting, we have examined the following documents: |
| (a) | the Registration Statement; |
| (b) | the form of (i) the senior indenture to be entered into between Carnival Corporation Ltd., Carnival UK, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association (U.S. Bank), as Trustee (the Senior Indenture) and (ii) the subordinated indenture to be entered into between Carnival Corporation Ltd., Carnival UK, as guarantor, and U.S. Bank as Trustee (the Subordinated Indenture and, together with the Senior Indenture, the Indentures); |
| (c) | copies of the resolutions passed at (i) a meeting of the boards of directors of Carnival Corporation Ltd. (previously, Carnival Corporation, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Republic of Panama) and Carnival UK (previously, Carnival plc) in relation to, among other matters, the Registration Statement; and (ii) a meeting of the boards of directors of Carnival Corporation Ltd. and Carnival UK in relation to, among other matters, financing transactions (together, the Board Meetings); |
| (d) | a copy of the articles of association of Carnival UK in force as at 29 September 2026 (the Articles); |
| (e) | a copy of Carnival UK's Certificate of Incorporation dated 19 July 2000 issued by the Registrar of Companies of England and Wales; |
| (f) | a copy of Carnival UK's Certificate of Incorporation on Re-registration of a Public Company as a Private Company dated 21 May 2026 issued by the Registrar of Companies of England and Wales; |
| (g) | a copy of Carnival UK's Certificate of Incorporation on Change of Name dated 21 May 2026 issued by the Registrar of Companies of England and Wales; |
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| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR | 29 September 2026 |
| (h) | a search carried out on 25 September 2026 (carried out by us or by an information service provider (ISP) on our behalf) of the public documents of Carnival UK kept at Companies House in Cardiff (the Company Search); |
| (i) | a search carried out at 11:45 a.m. (London time) on 25 September 2026 (carried out by us or an ISP on our behalf) of the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions in respect of Carnival UK (the Winding Up Enquiry); and |
| (j) | a certificate issued to us by an officer of Carnival UK dated 29 September 2026 (the Officer's Certificate). |
| 1.4 | The documents listed in paragraphs 1.3(a) to 1.3(j) above are referred to in this opinion as the Documents and we have relied upon the statements as to factual matters contained in or made pursuant to each of the Documents. |
| 1.5 | Except as stated in paragraph 1.3 above, we have not, for the purpose of this opinion: |
| (a) | examined any other contracts, agreements, instruments or documents and we have not made any search at the High Court, Strand, London or any other court in the United Kingdom in respect of winding up, administration or similar petitions; |
| (b) | examined any corporate or other records of or affecting Carnival UK; |
| (c) | investigated whether Carnival UK is or will be by reason of any of the transactions and matters contemplated by the Documents in breach of any of its obligations under any other contract, agreement, instrument or document; or |
| (d) | made any other enquiries concerning Carnival UK or conducted any form of due diligence into Carnival UK. |
| 2. | Assumptions |
In considering the Documents and rendering this opinion we have with your consent and without any further enquiry assumed:
| 2.1 | Authenticity: the genuineness of all signatures (which, in this paragraph 2, includes electronic signatures), stamps and seals on, and the authenticity, accuracy and completeness of, all documents submitted to us whether as originals or copies (including electronic copies); |
| 2.2 | Copies: the conformity to originals and completeness of all documents supplied to us as photocopies, portable document format (PDF) copies, digital photographs, facsimile copies or e-mail conformed copies (including electronic copies or electronic conformed copies); |
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| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR | 29 September 2026 |
| 2.3 | Drafts: that, where a document has been examined by us in draft or specimen form, it will be or has been duly executed and delivered in the form of that draft or specimen; |
| 2.4 | Indentures: that, at the time of issuance of any Debt Securities, each of the Indentures will have been duly authorised, executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto in accordance with all applicable laws (other than in the case of Carnival UK, the laws of England); |
| 2.5 | Directors' Duties: that the directors of Carnival UK in authorising the execution of the Indentures (including the giving of the Guarantees) and the filing of the Registration Statement exercised and will exercise their powers in accordance with their duties under all applicable laws and the articles of association of Carnival UK in force at the relevant time; |
| 2.6 | Binding nature of Guarantees: that the specific terms of the Guarantees have been and will be duly authorised by Carnival UK and such Guarantees have been or will be duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered in accordance with the terms of the Indentures and constitute or will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Carnival UK thereto enforceable under all applicable laws including the laws of the State of New York by which they are expressed to be governed (other than in the case of Carnival UK, the laws of England); |
| 2.7 | Arm's length nature: that the Indentures (including the Guarantees) have been and/or will be entered into for bona fide commercial reasons and on arm's length terms by each of the parties thereto; |
| 2.8 | Performance: that the Indentures and Guarantees have been and/or will be performed in accordance with their terms, and that the terms and performance of each obligation under the Indentures and Guarantees is not and will not be illegal or contrary to public policy in any place outside England and Wales in which it is going to be performed; |
| 2.9 | Good Conduct: that the grant of guarantee and other surety obligations by Carnival UK under the Indentures (including the Guarantees) does not at the time of the grant result in any reduction in Carnival UK's net assets or (to the extent that it does) that reduction is covered by and made out of distributable reserves available for that purpose, and none of the proposed transactions under the Indentures (including, without limitation, the provision of the guarantees and/or security) contravenes section 678 or section 679 of the Companies Act 2006; |
| 2.10 | Effect of provisions: the Indentures (including the Guarantees) have the same meaning and effect as if they were governed by English law; |
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| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR | 29 September 2026 |
| 2.11 | Officer's Certificate: that each of the statements contained in the Officer's Certificate (and in the schedules to the Officer's Certificate) was true and correct as at the date thereof and remains true and correct; |
| 2.12 | Company Search and Winding Up Enquiry: that the information revealed by the Company Search and the Winding Up Enquiry was accurate, complete and up-to-date and included all relevant information which had been properly submitted to the Registrar of Companies or the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions (as applicable), and no additional matters would have been disclosed by searches or enquiries carried out since the carrying out of the Company Search and the Winding Up Enquiry; |
| 2.13 | Board Meetings: that each of the Board Meetings was properly constituted and convened, that a quorum of properly appointed directors of Carnival UK (holding the necessary offices and meeting the other requirements for the purposes of forming a quorum) was present throughout each such meeting, that the resolutions referred to therein were properly passed at each such meeting, that all provisions contained in the Companies Act 2006 and the articles of association of Carnival UK and the articles of incorporation and by-laws of Carnival Corporation Ltd., each, as in force at the date of each such meeting, were duly observed, and that such resolutions have not been amended, revoked or rescinded and are in full force and effect; |
| 2.14 | Bad faith, fraud etc.: that there has been, and will be, no bad faith, fraud, coercion, duress or undue influence on the part of any of the parties to the Documents and their respective directors, employees, agents and advisers; |
| 2.15 | Unknown Facts: that there are no facts or circumstances (and no documents, agreements, instruments or correspondence) which are not apparent from the face of the Documents or which have not been disclosed to us that may affect the validity or enforceability of the Documents or any obligation therein or otherwise affect the opinions expressed in this opinion; |
| 2.16 | Representations: that the representations and warranties by the parties in the Documents in any case (other than as to matters of law on which we opine in this opinion) are or were, as applicable, true, correct, accurate and complete in all respects on the date such representations and warranties were expressed to be made and that the terms of the Documents have been and will be observed and performed by the parties thereto; |
| 2.17 | Anti-terrorism, money laundering: that the parties to the Documents have complied (and will continue to comply) with all applicable anti-terrorism, anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, anti-tax evasion, other financial crime, civil or criminal antitrust, cartel, competition, public procurement, state aid, sanctions and human rights laws and regulations, and that performance and enforcement of the Documents is, and will continue to be, consistent with all such laws and regulations; |
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| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR | 29 September 2026 |
| 2.18 | Secondary Legislation: that all UK secondary legislation relevant to this opinion is valid, effective and enacted within the scope of the powers of the relevant rule-making authorities; |
| 2.19 | Filings under all laws: that all consents, licences, approvals, notices, filings, recordations, publications and registrations which are necessary under any applicable laws in order to permit the execution, delivery or performance of the Documents, or to perfect, protect or preserve any of the interests created by the Documents, have been made or obtained, or will be made or obtained within the period permitted or required by such laws or regulations; and |
| 2.20 | Amendments: no amendments (whether oral, in writing or by conduct of the parties) have been made to the Documents. |
| 3. | Opinion |
Based on the foregoing and subject to the matters set out in paragraphs 4 and 5 below and to any matters not disclosed to us, we are of the opinion that:
| (a) | Carnival UK was duly incorporated under the Companies Act 1985, as amended, as a limited liability company on 19 July 2000, and was re-registered as a private limited company on 21 May 2026; |
| (b) | the Company Search did not reveal any order or resolution for the winding up of Carnival UK, any order for the administration of Carnival UK or any notice of appointment in respect of Carnival UK of a liquidator, receiver or administrator; |
| (c) | the Winding Up Enquiry did not indicate that any petition for the winding up of Carnival UK has been presented; |
| (d) | Carnival UK has the corporate power and capacity (which has not been revoked) to enter into the Indentures and perform its obligations under the terms of the Guarantees; and the execution of the Indentures and the performance of the terms of the Guarantees would not violate (i) the Articles or (ii) the laws of England and Wales in force as at the date of this opinion and applicable thereto. |
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| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR | 29 September 2026 |
| 4. | Qualifications |
Our opinion is subject to the following qualifications:
| 4.1 | Company Search: the Company Search is not capable of revealing conclusively whether or not: |
| (a) | a winding up order has been made or a resolution passed for the winding-up of a company; or |
| (b) | an administration order has been made; or |
| (c) | a receiver, administrative receiver, administrator or liquidator has been appointed; or |
| (d) | a court order has been made under the Cross-Border Insolvency Regulations 2006, since notice of these matters may not be filed with the Registrar of Companies immediately and, when filed, may not be entered on the public microfiche of the relevant company immediately. |
In addition, the Company Search is not capable of revealing, prior to the making of the relevant order or the appointment of an administrator otherwise taking effect, whether or not a winding-up petition or an application for an administration order has been presented or notice of intention to appoint an administrator under paragraphs 14 or 22 of Schedule B1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 has been filed with the court;
| 4.2 | Winding Up Enquiry: the Winding Up Enquiry relates only to the presentation of: (i) a petition for the making of a winding-up order or the making of a winding-up order by the Court, (ii) an application to the High Court of Justice in London for the making of an administration order and the making by such court of an administration order, (iii) a notice of intention to appoint an administrator or a notice of appointment of an administrator filed at the High Court of Justice in London; and (iv) a notice of a moratorium under Part A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986. It is not capable of revealing conclusively whether or not such a winding-up petition, application for an administration order, notice of intention, notice of appointment or notice of a moratorium has been presented or winding-up or administration order granted, because: |
| (a) | details of a winding-up petition or application for an administration order may not have been entered on the records of the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions immediately; |
| (b) | in the case of an application for the making of an administration order and such order and the presentation of a notice of intention to appoint or notice of appointment and a notice of moratorium, if such application is made to, order made by or notice filed with, a Court other than the High Court of Justice in London, no record of such application, order or notice will be kept by the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions; |
| (c) | a winding up order or administration order may be made before the relevant petition or application has been entered on the records of the Central Registry, and the making of such order may not have been entered on the records immediately; |
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| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR | 29 September 2026 |
| (d) | details of a notice of intention to appoint an administrator or a notice of appointment of an administrator under paragraphs 14 and 22 of Schedule B1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 and details of a notice of moratorium under Part A1 of the Insolvency Act 1986 may not be entered on the records immediately (or, in the case of a notice of intention to appoint, at all); and |
| (e) | with regard to winding-up petitions, the Central Registry of Winding Up Petitions may not have records of winding up petitions issued prior to 1994; |
| 4.3 | Jurisdiction: no opinion is given as to whether or not any court will take jurisdiction, or whether the English courts would grant a stay of any proceedings commenced in England, or whether the English courts would grant any relief ancillary to proceedings commenced in a foreign court; |
| 4.4 | Foreign Courts: we express no opinion as to whether or not a foreign court, including the chosen court (applying its own conflict of laws rules), will act in accordance with the parties' agreement as to jurisdiction and/or choice of law; and |
| 4.5 | Insolvency: this opinion is subject to all applicable laws relating to insolvency, bankruptcy, administration, moratorium, reorganisation, liquidation or analogous circumstances and other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting generally the enforcement of creditors' rights and remedies from time to time. |
| 5. | Observations |
We should also like to make the following observations, it should be understood that:
| 5.1 | Factual Statements: we have not been responsible for verifying whether any statements of fact (including as to foreign law) or any statement of opinion or intention contained in or relevant to the Documents or any related documents are accurate, complete or reasonable or that no material facts have been omitted therefrom; |
| 5.2 | Tax: we express no opinion as to any liability to tax or to make any tax filing which may arise as a result of or in connection with any Document; |
| 5.3 | Company Search: we have not conducted any further searches since the date of the Company Search and the Winding Up Enquiry; |
| 5.4 | Enforceability: we express no opinion on whether the obligations of Carnival UK under the Documents are enforceable against it in the English courts; |
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| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR | 29 September 2026 |
| 5.5 | Nature of Role: we have not been involved in the preparation or negotiation of the Documents, and have reviewed them only for the limited purpose of giving this opinion. Accordingly, we express no view as to the suitability of the Documents or of their provisions or their general compliance with market practice or any commercial aspects of the Documents; and |
| 5.6 | Operational Licences: we have not investigated whether Carnival UK has obtained any of the operational licences, permits and consents which it may require for the purpose of carrying on its business. |
| 6. | Limitations of Liability |
| 6.1 | Where you have received advice from a number of advisers in connection with the matters on which we opine in this opinion or any related matter in respect of which we could be potentially jointly or severally liable with any such other advisers for losses suffered by you, our liability will not be affected by any limitation of liability which you may agree with any other advisers. Accordingly, our liability to you will be limited to such proportion of the losses suffered by you as is finally determined to be just and equitable, having regard to the relative responsibility of ourselves and any other person who is jointly or severally liable for such losses. If you have received advice from any other advisers with respect to matters on which we opine in this opinion which qualifies such opinions then, to the extent that such advice is correct, you will not place any reliance on the unqualified opinions contained in this opinion, and we will have no liability to you in connection therewith. |
| 6.2 | This opinion is limited to English law as currently in force and applied by the English courts and is given on the basis that it and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in relation to this opinion will be governed by and construed in accordance with current English law. Accordingly, we express no opinion with regard to any system of law other than the law of England as currently applied by the English courts. In particular, we express no opinion on European Union law as it affects any jurisdiction other than England. |
| 6.3 | We hereby consent to the use of our name in the Registration Statement and to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.3 to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Act or by the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. |
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| Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR | 29 September 2026 |
| 7. | Benefit of Opinion |
This opinion is given by Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP and by no other person for the sole benefit of the persons to whom it is addressed (each a Recipient) in relation to the Registration Statement to be filed under the Act. It is not to be relied upon by or communicated to any other person or for any other purpose, nor is its contents to be quoted or referred to in any public document without our prior written consent, except that we consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. We accept no liability in respect of this opinion to any person other than a Recipient.
| 8. | Governing Law and Jurisdiction |
| 8.1 | This opinion and any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in relation to this opinion are governed by English law. |
| 8.2 | The English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction, to which you and we submit, in relation to all disputes (including claims for set-off and counterclaims) arising out of or in connection with this opinion, including, without limitation, disputes arising out of or in connection with: (i) the creation, effect or interpretation of, or the legal relationships established by, this opinion; and (ii) any non-contractual obligations arising out of or in connection with this opinion. |
Yours faithfully
/s/ Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP
Ashurst Perkins Coie UK LLP
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Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of Carnival Corporation Ltd. of our report dated January 26, 2024, except for the change in the manner in which the Company accounts for segments discussed in Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements, as to which the date is January 27, 2026, relating to the financial statements, which appears in Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended November 30, 2025. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Miami, Florida
September 29, 2026
Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated January 27, 2026 relating to the financial statements of Carnival Corporation & plc (comprising Carnival Corporation and Carnival plc and their respective subsidiaries, the “Company”) and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2025. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
Miami, Florida
September 29, 2026
Exhibit 25.1
securities and exchange commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
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) ¨
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)
91-1821036
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
|
200 South 6th Street Minneapolis, Minnesota |
55402 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Brandon Bonfig
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
(651) 466-6619
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Carnival Corporation Ltd.*
(Issuer with respect to the Securities)
| Bermuda | 59-1562976 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
|
3655 N.W. 87th Avenue Miami, Florida |
33178 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Senior Debt Securities
(Title of the Indenture Securities)
*See Table for Additional Obligor
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGOR
| Exact Name of Obligor as Specified in its Charter |
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization | I.R.S. Employer Identification No. | ||
| Carnival UK Ltd.(1) | England and Wales | 98-0357772 |
| (1) | Obligor’s address is Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton SO15 1ST, United Kingdom, 011 44 23 8065 5000 |
FORM T-1
| Item 1. | GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee. |
| a) | Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D.C.
| b) | Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes
| Item 2. | AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation. |
None
| Items 3-15 | Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee's knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee. |
| Item 16. | LIST OF EXHIBITS: List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification. |
| 1. | A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 1. |
| 2. | A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2. |
| 3. | A copy of the authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, included as Exhibit 2. |
| 4. | A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 4. |
| 5. | A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable. |
| 6. | The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 6. |
| 7. | Report of Condition of the Trustee as of June 30, 2026, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national 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 St. Paul, State of Minnesota on the 29th of September, 2026.
| By: | /s/ Brandon Bonfig | |
| Brandon Bonfig | ||
| Vice President |
Exhibit 1
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
U. S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
For the purpose of organizing an association (the “Association”) to perform any lawful activities of national banks, the undersigned enter into the following Articles of Association:
FIRST. The title of this Association shall be U. S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.
SECOND. The main office of the Association shall be in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, state of Oregon. The business of the Association will be limited to fiduciary powers and the support of activities incidental to the exercise of those powers. The Association may not expand or alter its business beyond that stated in this article without the prior approval of the Comptroller of the Currency.
THIRD. The board of directors of the Association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. Each director shall own common or preferred stock of the Association or of a holding company owning the Association, with an aggregate par, fair market, or equity value of not less than $1,000, as of either (i) the date of purchase, (ii) the date the person became a director, or (iii) the date of that person's most recent election to the board of directors, whichever is more recent. Any combination of common or preferred stock of the Association or holding company may be used.
Any vacancy in the board of directors may be filled by action of a majority of the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The board of directors may increase the number of directors up to the maximum permitted by law. Terms of directors, including directors selected to fill vacancies, shall expire at the next regular meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected, unless the directors resign or are removed from office. Despite the expiration of a director's term, the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors and his or her position is eliminated.
Honorary or advisory members of the board of directors, without voting power or power of final decision in matters concerning the business of the Association, may be appointed by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors, or by resolution of shareholders at any annual or special meeting. Honorary or advisory directors shall not be counted to determined the number of directors of the Association or the presence of a quorum in connection with any board action, and shall not be required to own qualifying shares.
FOURTH. There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact whatever other business may be brought before the meeting. It shall be held at the main office or any other convenient place the board of directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the Bylaws, or if that day falls on a legal holiday in the state in which the Association is located, on the next following banking day. If no election is held on the day fixed or in the event of a legal holiday on the following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the day fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the day, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares issued and outstanding. In all cases, at least 10 days’ advance notice of the meeting shall be given to the shareholders by first-class mail.
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In all elections of directors, the number of votes each common shareholder may cast will be determined by multiplying the number of shares he or she owns by the number of directors to be elected. Those votes may be cumulated and cast for a single candidate or may be distributed among two or more candidates in the manner selected by the shareholder. On all other questions, each common shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him or her.
A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairperson, or to the Association, which resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.
A director may be removed by the shareholders at a meeting called to remove him or her, when notice of the meeting stating that the purpose or one of the purposes is to remove him or her is provided, if there is a failure to fulfill one of the affirmative requirements for qualification, or for cause; provided, however, that a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him or her under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal.
FIFTH. The authorized amount of capital stock of the Association shall be 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the par value of ten dollars ($10) each; but said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to time, according to the provisions of the laws of the United States. The Association shall have only one class of capital stock.
No holder of shares of the capital stock of any class of the Association shall have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to any shares of any class of stock of the Association, whether now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations convertible into stock of the Association, issued, or sold, nor any right of subscription to any thereof other than such, if any, as the board of directors, in its discretion, may from time to time determine and at such price as the board of directors may from time to time fix.
Transfers of the Association's stock are subject to the prior written approval of a federal depository institution regulatory agency. If no other agency approval is required, the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency must be obtained prior to any such transfers.
Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, (1) all matters requiring shareholder action, including amendments to the Articles of Association must be approved by shareholders owning a majority voting interest in the outstanding voting stock, and (2) each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote per share.
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Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, all shares of voting stock shall be voted together as a class, on any matters requiring shareholder approval.
Unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting is the close of business on the day before the first notice is mailed or otherwise sent to the shareholders, provided that in no event may a record date be more than 70 days before the meeting.
The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and issue debt obligations, whether subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders. Obligations classified as debt, whether subordinated, which may be issued by the Association without the approval of shareholders, do not carry voting rights on any issue, including an increase or decrease in the aggregate number of the securities, or the exchange or reclassification of all or part of securities into securities of another class or series.
SIXTH. The board of directors shall appoint one of its members president of this Association and one of its members chairperson of the board and shall have the power to appoint one or more vice presidents, a secretary who shall keep minutes of the directors' and shareholders' meetings and be responsible for authenticating the records of the Association, and such other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of this Association. A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the board of directors in accordance with the Bylaws.
The board of directors shall have the power to:
| (1) | Define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents of the Association. |
| (2) | Delegate the performance of its duties, but not the responsibility for its duties, to the officers, employees, and agents of the Association. |
| (3) | Fix the compensation and enter employment contracts with its officers and employees upon reasonable terms and conditions consistent with applicable law. |
| (4) | Dismiss officers and employees. |
| (5) | Require bonds from officers and employees and to fix the penalty thereof. |
| (6) | Ratify written policies authorized by the Association's management or committees of the board. |
| (7) | Regulate the manner any increase or decrease of the capital of the Association shall be made; provided that nothing herein shall restrict the power of shareholders to increase or decrease the capital of the Association in accordance with law, and nothing shall raise or lower from two-thirds the percentage required for shareholder approval to increase or reduce the capital. |
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| (8) | Manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. |
| (9) | Adopt initial Bylaws, not inconsistent with law or the Articles of Association, for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the Association. |
| (10) | Amend or repeal Bylaws, except to the extent that the Articles of Association reserve this power in whole or in part to the shareholders. |
| (11) | Make contracts. |
| (12) | Generally perform all acts that are legal for a board of directors to perform. |
SEVENTH. The board of directors shall have the power to change the location of the main office to any authorized branch within the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, without the approval of the shareholders, or with a vote of shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of the Association for a location outside such limits and upon receipt of a certificate of approval from the Comptroller of the Currency, to any other location within or outside the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, but not more than thirty miles beyond such limits. The board of directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any office or offices of the Association to any other location permitted under applicable law, without approval of shareholders, subject to approval by the Comptroller of the Currency.
EIGHTH. The corporate existence of this Association shall continue until termination according to the laws of the United States.
NINTH. The board of directors of the Association, or any shareholder owning, in the aggregate, not less than 25 percent of the stock of the Association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws or the laws of the United States, or waived by shareholders, a notice of the time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the shareholders shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed at least 10, and no more than 60, days prior to the date of the meeting to each shareholder of record at his/her address as shown upon the books of the Association. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws, any action requiring approval of shareholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting.
TENTH. These Articles of Association may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Association, unless the vote of the holders of a greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case by the vote of the holders of such greater amount; provided, that the scope of the Association's activities and services may not be expanded without the prior written approval of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Association's board of directors may propose one or more amendments to the Articles of Association for submission to the shareholders.
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In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 11th of June, 1997.
| /s/ Jeffrey T. Grubb | |
| Jeffrey T. Grubb | |
| /s/ Robert D. Sznewajs | |
| Robert D. Sznewajs | |
| /s/ Dwight V. Board | |
| Dwight V. Board | |
| /s/ P. K. Chatterjee | |
| P. K. Chatterjee | |
| /s/ Robert Lane | |
| Robert Lane |
Exhibit 2
Exhibit 4
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
Meetings of Shareholders
Section 1.1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders, for the election of directors and the transaction of any other proper business, shall be held at a time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. Notice of such meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) days or more than sixty (60) days prior to the date thereof, to each shareholder of the Association, unless the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) determines that an emergency circumstance exists. In accordance with applicable law, the sole shareholder of the Association is permitted to waive notice of the meeting. If, for any reason, an election of directors is not made on the designated day, the election shall be held on some subsequent day, as soon thereafter as practicable, with prior notice thereof. Failure to hold an annual meeting as required by these Bylaws shall not affect the validity of any corporate action or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Association.
Section 1.2. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise specially provided by law, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose, at any time by a majority of the board of directors (the “Board”), or by any shareholder or group of shareholders owning at least ten percent of the outstanding stock.
Every such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be called upon not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice stating the purpose of the meeting.
Section 1.3. Nominations for Directors. Nominations for election to the Board may be made by the Board or by any shareholder.
Section 1.4. Proxies. Shareholders may vote at any meeting of the shareholders by proxies duly authorized in writing. Proxies shall be valid only for one meeting and any adjournments of such meeting and shall be filed with the records of the meeting.
Section 1.5. Record Date. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice and to vote at any meeting will be thirty days before the date of such meeting, unless otherwise determined by the Board.
Section 1.6. Quorum and Voting. A majority of the outstanding capital stock, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders, unless otherwise provided by law, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. A majority of the votes cast shall decide every question or matter submitted to the shareholders at any meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Association.
Section 1.7. Inspectors. The Board may, and in the event of its failure so to do, the Chairman of the Board may appoint Inspectors of Election who shall determine the presence of quorum, the validity of proxies, and the results of all elections and all other matters voted upon by shareholders at all annual and special meetings of shareholders.
Section 1.8. Waiver and Consent. The shareholders may act without notice or a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all shareholders.
Section 1.9. Remote Meetings. The Board shall have the right to determine that a shareholder meeting not be held at a place, but instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner and to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE II
Directors
Section 2.1. Board of Directors. The Board shall have the power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the Board.
Section 2.2. Term of Office. The directors of this Association shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
Section 2.3. Powers. In addition to the foregoing, the Board shall have and may exercise all of the powers granted to or conferred upon it by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws and by law.
Section 2.4. Number. As provided in the Articles of Association, the Board of this Association shall consist of no less than five nor more than twenty-five members, unless the OCC has exempted the Association from the twenty-five-member limit. The Board shall consist of a number of members to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of the Board or the shareholders at any meeting thereof, in accordance with the Articles of Association. Between meetings of the shareholders held for the purpose of electing directors, the Board by a majority vote of the full Board may increase the size of the Board but not to more than a total of twenty-five directors, and fill any vacancy so created in the Board; provided that the Board may increase the number of directors only by up to two directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was fifteen or fewer, and by up to four directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was sixteen or more. Each director shall own a qualifying equity interest in the Association or a company that has control of the Association in each case as required by applicable law. Each director shall own such qualifying equity interest in his or her own right and meet any minimum threshold ownership required by applicable law.
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Section 2.5. Organization Meeting. The newly elected Board shall meet for the purpose of organizing the new Board and electing and appointing such officers of the Association as may be appropriate. Such meeting shall be held on the day of the election or as soon thereafter as practicable, and, in any event, within thirty days thereafter, at such time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. If, at the time fixed for such meeting, there shall not be a quorum present, the directors present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is obtained.
Section 2.6. Regular Meetings. The regular meetings of the Board shall be held, without notice, as the Chairman or President may designate and deem suitable.
Section 2.7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time, at any place and for any purpose by the Chairman of the Board or the President of the Association, or upon the request of a majority of the entire Board. Notice of every special meeting of the Board shall be given to the directors at their usual places of business, or at such other addresses as shall have been furnished by them for the purpose. Such notice shall be given at least twelve hours (three hours if meeting is to be conducted by conference telephone) before the meeting by telephone or by being personally delivered, mailed, or electronically delivered. Such notice need not include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any such meeting.
Section 2.8. Quorum and Necessary Vote. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board, except when otherwise provided by law; but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Articles or Bylaws of this Association, once a quorum is established, any act by a majority of those directors present and voting shall be the act of the Board.
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Section 2.9. Written Consent. Except as otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations, the Board may act without a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all directors, to be filed with the Secretary of the Association as part of the corporate records.
Section 2.10. Remote Meetings. Members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone, video or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.11. Vacancies. When any vacancy occurs among the directors, the remaining members of the Board may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any regular meeting of the Board, or at a special meeting called for that purpose.
ARTICLE III
Committees
Section 3.1. Advisory Board of Directors. The Board may appoint persons, who need not be directors, to serve as advisory directors on an advisory board of directors established with respect to the business affairs of either this Association alone or the business affairs of a group of affiliated organizations of which this Association is one. Advisory directors shall have such powers and duties as may be determined by the Board, provided, that the Board's responsibility for the business and affairs of this Association shall in no respect be delegated or diminished.
Section 3.2. Trust Audit Committee. At least once during each calendar year, the Association shall arrange for a suitable audit (by internal or external auditors) of all significant fiduciary activities under the direction of its trust audit committee, a function that will be fulfilled by the Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association. The Association shall note the results of the audit (including significant actions taken as a result of the audit) in the minutes of the Board. In lieu of annual audits, the Association may adopt a continuous audit system in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 9.9(b).
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The Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association, fulfilling the function of the trust audit committee:
(1) Must not include any officers of the Association or an affiliate who participate significantly in the administration of the Association’s fiduciary activities; and
(2) Must consist of a majority of members who are not also members of any committee to which the Board has delegated power to manage and control the fiduciary activities of the Association.
Section 3.3. Executive Committee. The Board may appoint an Executive Committee which shall consist of at least three directors and which shall have, and may exercise, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all the powers of the Board between meetings of the Board or otherwise when the Board is not meeting.
Section 3.4. Trust Management Committee. The Board of this Association shall appoint a Trust Management Committee to provide oversight of the fiduciary activities of the Association. The Trust Management Committee shall determine policies governing fiduciary activities. The Trust Management Committee or such sub-committees, officers or others as may be duly designated by the Trust Management Committee shall oversee the processes related to fiduciary activities to assure conformity with fiduciary policies it establishes, including ratifying the acceptance and the closing out or relinquishment of all trusts. The Trust Management Committee will provide regular reports of its activities to the Board.
Section 3.5. Other Committees. The Board may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more persons who need not be directors, for such purposes and with such powers as the Board may determine; however, the Board will not delegate to any committee any powers or responsibilities that it is prohibited from delegating under any law or regulation. In addition, either the Chairman or the President may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more officers, employees, agents or other persons, for such purposes and with such powers as either the Chairman or the President deems appropriate and proper. Whether appointed by the Board, the Chairman, or the President, any such committee shall at all times be subject to the direction and control of the Board.
Section 3.6. Meetings, Minutes and Rules. An advisory board of directors and/or committee shall meet as necessary in consideration of the purpose of the advisory board of directors or committee, and shall maintain minutes in sufficient detail to indicate actions taken or recommendations made; unless required by the members, discussions, votes or other specific details need not be reported. An advisory board of directors or a committee may, in consideration of its purpose, adopt its own rules for the exercise of any of its functions or authority.
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ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 4.1 Who Shall Constitute. The Officers of the Association shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, and other officers such as Vice Chair, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Trust Officers, Assistant Trust Officers, Controller, and Assistant Controller, as the Board may appoint from time to time. The Board may appoint or elect a person as a Vice Chair without regard to whether such person is a member of the Board. The Board may choose to delegate authority to elect officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Vice Chairs and Senior Executive Vice Presidents, to the President. Any person may hold two offices. The President shall at all times be a member of the Board of Directors.
Section 4.2 Term of Office. All officers shall be elected for and shall hold office until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, subject to the right of the Board of Directors in its sole discretion to discharge any officer at any time. The Board may choose to delegate authority to remove officers other than the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Vice Chair and Senior Executive Vice Presidents, to the President.
Section 4.3. Chairman of the Board. The Board may appoint one of its members to be Chairman of the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Chairman shall supervise the carrying out of the policies adopted or approved by the Board; shall have general executive powers, as well as the specific powers conferred by these Bylaws; and shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned by the Board.
Section 4.4. President. The Board may appoint one of its members to be President of the Association. In the absence of the Chairman, the President shall preside at any meeting of the Board. The President shall have general executive powers, and shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the office of President, or imposed by these Bylaws. The President shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred or assigned by the Board.
Section 4.5. Vice President. The Board may appoint one or more Vice Presidents who shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned by the Board and to perform the duties of the President on those occasions when the President is absent, including presiding at any meeting of the Board in the absence of both the Chairman and President.
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Section 4.6. Secretary. The Board shall appoint a Secretary, or other designated officer who shall be Secretary of the Board and of the Association, and shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of all notices required by these Bylaws to be given; shall be custodian of the corporate seal, records, documents and papers of the Association; shall provide for the keeping of proper records of all transactions of the Association; shall, upon request, authenticate any records of the Association; shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the Secretary, or imposed by these Bylaws; and shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board. The Board may appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries with such powers and duties as the Board, the President or the Secretary shall from time to time determine.
Section 4.7. Other Officers. The Board may appoint, and may authorize the Chairman, the President or any other officer to appoint, any officer as from time to time may appear to the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other officer to be required or desirable to transact the business of the Association.
Such officers shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as pertain to their several offices, or as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by these Bylaws, the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other authorized officer. Any person may hold two offices.
ARTICLE V
Stock
Section 5.1. The Board may authorize the issuance of stock either in certificated or in uncertificated form. Certificates for shares of stock shall be in such form as the Board may from time to time prescribe. If the Board issues certificated stock, the certificate shall be signed by the President, Secretary or any other such officer as the Board so determines. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Association, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to such person's shares, succeed to all rights of the prior holder of such shares. Each certificate of stock shall recite on its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books of the Association properly endorsed. The Board may impose conditions upon the transfer of the stock reasonably calculated to simplify the work of the Association for stock transfers, voting at shareholder meetings, and related matters, and to protect it against fraudulent transfers.
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ARTICLE VI
Corporate Seal
Section 6.1. The Association shall have no corporate seal; provided, however, that if the use of a seal is required by, or is otherwise convenient or advisable pursuant to, the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the following seal may be used, and the Chairman, the President, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix such seal:
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7.1. Execution of Instruments. All agreements, checks, drafts, orders, indentures, notes, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, endorsements, assignments, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, guarantees, proxies and other instruments or documents may be signed, countersigned, executed, acknowledged, endorsed, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the Association, whether in a fiduciary capacity or otherwise, by any officer of the Association, or such employee or agent as may be designated from time to time by the Board by resolution, or by the Chairman or the President by written instrument, which resolution or instrument shall be certified as in effect by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Association. The provisions of this section are supplementary to any other provision of the Articles of Association or Bylaws.
Section 7.2. Records. The Articles of Association, the Bylaws as revised or amended from time to time and the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the Board, and standing committees of the Board, shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for the purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the Secretary, or other officer appointed to act as Secretary of the meeting.
Section 7.3. Trust Files. There shall be maintained in the Association files all fiduciary records necessary to assure that its fiduciary responsibilities have been properly undertaken and discharged.
Section 7.4. Trust Investments. Funds held in a fiduciary capacity shall be invested according to the instrument establishing the fiduciary relationship and according to law. Where such instrument does not specify the character and class of investments to be made and does not vest in the Association a discretion in the matter, funds held pursuant to such instrument shall be invested in investments in which corporate fiduciaries may invest under law.
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Section 7.5. Notice. Whenever notice is required by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws or law, such notice shall be by mail, postage prepaid, e-mail, in person, or by any other means by which such notice can reasonably be expected to be received, using the address of the person to receive such notice, or such other personal data, as may appear on the records of the Association.
Except where specified otherwise in these Bylaws, prior notice shall be proper if given not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days prior to the event for which notice is given.
ARTICLE VIII
Indemnification
Section 8.1. The Association shall indemnify such persons for such liabilities in such manner under such circumstances and to such extent as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as now enacted or hereafter amended. The Board may authorize the purchase and maintenance of insurance and/or the execution of individual agreements for the purpose of such indemnification, and the Association shall advance all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding to all persons entitled to indemnification under this Section 8.1. Such insurance shall be consistent with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. § 7.2014 and shall exclude coverage of liability for a formal order assessing civil money penalties against an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u).
Section 8.2. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, however, (a) any indemnification payments to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), for an administrative proceeding or civil action initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be reasonable and consistent with the requirements of 12 U.S.C. § 1828(k) and the implementing regulations thereunder; and (b) any indemnification payments and advancement of costs and expenses to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), in cases involving an administrative proceeding or civil action not initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be in accordance with Delaware General Corporation Law and consistent with safe and sound banking practices.
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ARTICLE IX
Bylaws: Interpretation and Amendment
Section 9.1. These Bylaws shall be interpreted in accordance with and subject to appropriate provisions of law, and may be added to, altered, amended, or repealed, at any regular or special meeting of the Board.
Section 9.2. A copy of the Bylaws and all amendments shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the principal office of the Association, and shall be open for inspection to all shareholders during Association hours.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 10.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of December following.
Section 10.2. Governing Law. This Association designates the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, as the governing law for its corporate governance procedures, to the extent not inconsistent with Federal banking statutes and regulations or bank safety and soundness.
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(November 6, 2025)
Exhibit 6
CONSENT
In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Dated: September 29, 2026
| By: | /s/ Brandon Bonfig | |
| Brandon Bonfig | ||
| Vice President |
Exhibit 7
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
Statement of Financial Condition
as of 6/30/2026
($000’s)
| 6/30/2026 | ||||
| Assets | ||||
| Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions | $ | 2,474,094 | ||
| Securities | 4,673 | |||
| Federal Funds | 0 | |||
| Loans & Lease Financing Receivables | 0 | |||
| Fixed Assets | 447 | |||
| Intangible Assets | 573,109 | |||
| Other Assets | 154,375 | |||
| Total Assets | $ | 3,206,698 | ||
| Liabilities | ||||
| Deposits | $ | 0 | ||
| Fed Funds | 0 | |||
| Treasury Demand Notes | 0 | |||
| Trading Liabilities | 0 | |||
| Other Borrowed Money | 0 | |||
| Acceptances | 0 | |||
| Subordinated Notes and Debentures | 0 | |||
| Other Liabilities | 268,325 | |||
| Total Liabilities | $ | 268,325 | ||
| Equity | ||||
| Common and Preferred Stock | 200 | |||
| Surplus | 1,171,635 | |||
| Undivided Profits | 1,766,538 | |||
| Minority Interest in Subsidiaries | 0 | |||
| Total Equity Capital | $ | 2,938,373 | ||
| Total Liabilities and Equity Capital | $ | 3,206,698 | ||
Exhibit 25.2
securities and exchange commission
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM T-1
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) ¨
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(Exact name of Trustee as specified in its charter)
91-1821036
I.R.S. Employer Identification No.
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200 South 6th Street Minneapolis, Minnesota |
55402 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
Brandon Bonfig
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55107
(651) 466-6619
(Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)
Carnival Corporation Ltd.*
(Issuer with respect to the Securities)
| Bermuda | 59-1562976 |
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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3655 N.W. 87th Avenue Miami, Florida |
33178 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | (Zip Code) |
Subordinated Debt Securities
(Title of the Indenture Securities)
*See Table for Additional Obligor
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL OBLIGOR
| Exact Name of Obligor as Specified in its Charter |
State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization | I.R.S. Employer Identification No. | ||
| Carnival UK Ltd.(1) | England and Wales | 98-0357772 |
| (1) | Obligor’s address is Carnival House, 100 Harbour Parade, Southampton SO15 1ST, United Kingdom, 011 44 23 8065 5000 |
FORM T-1
| Item 1. | GENERAL INFORMATION. Furnish the following information as to the Trustee. |
| a) | Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject. |
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D.C.
| b) | Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers. |
Yes
| Item 2. | AFFILIATIONS WITH THE OBLIGOR. If the obligor is an affiliate of the Trustee, describe each such affiliation. |
None
| Items 3-15 | Items 3-15 are not applicable because to the best of the Trustee's knowledge, the obligor is not in default under any Indenture for which the Trustee acts as Trustee. |
| Item 16. | LIST OF EXHIBITS: List below all exhibits filed as a part of this statement of eligibility and qualification. |
| 1. | A copy of the Articles of Association of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 1. |
| 2. | A copy of the certificate of authority of the Trustee to commence business, attached as Exhibit 2. |
| 3. | A copy of the authorization of the Trustee to exercise corporate trust powers, included as Exhibit 2. |
| 4. | A copy of the existing bylaws of the Trustee, attached as Exhibit 4. |
| 5. | A copy of each Indenture referred to in Item 4. Not applicable. |
| 6. | The consent of the Trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, attached as Exhibit 6. |
| 7. | Report of Condition of the Trustee as of June 30, 2026, published pursuant to law or the requirements of its supervising or examining authority, attached as Exhibit 7. |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, the Trustee, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national 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 St. Paul, State of Minnesota on the 29th of September, 2026.
| By: | /s/ Brandon Bonfig | |
| Brandon Bonfig | ||
| Vice President |
Exhibit 1
ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
OF
U. S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
For the purpose of organizing an association (the “Association”) to perform any lawful activities of national banks, the undersigned enter into the following Articles of Association:
FIRST. The title of this Association shall be U. S. Bank Trust Company, National Association.
SECOND. The main office of the Association shall be in the city of Portland, county of Multnomah, state of Oregon. The business of the Association will be limited to fiduciary powers and the support of activities incidental to the exercise of those powers. The Association may not expand or alter its business beyond that stated in this article without the prior approval of the Comptroller of the Currency.
THIRD. The board of directors of the Association shall consist of not less than five nor more than twenty-five persons, the exact number to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors or by resolution of a majority of the shareholders at any annual or special meeting thereof. Each director shall own common or preferred stock of the Association or of a holding company owning the Association, with an aggregate par, fair market, or equity value of not less than $1,000, as of either (i) the date of purchase, (ii) the date the person became a director, or (iii) the date of that person's most recent election to the board of directors, whichever is more recent. Any combination of common or preferred stock of the Association or holding company may be used.
Any vacancy in the board of directors may be filled by action of a majority of the remaining directors between meetings of shareholders. The board of directors may increase the number of directors up to the maximum permitted by law. Terms of directors, including directors selected to fill vacancies, shall expire at the next regular meeting of shareholders at which directors are elected, unless the directors resign or are removed from office. Despite the expiration of a director's term, the director shall continue to serve until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until there is a decrease in the number of directors and his or her position is eliminated.
Honorary or advisory members of the board of directors, without voting power or power of final decision in matters concerning the business of the Association, may be appointed by resolution of a majority of the full board of directors, or by resolution of shareholders at any annual or special meeting. Honorary or advisory directors shall not be counted to determined the number of directors of the Association or the presence of a quorum in connection with any board action, and shall not be required to own qualifying shares.
FOURTH. There shall be an annual meeting of the shareholders to elect directors and transact whatever other business may be brought before the meeting. It shall be held at the main office or any other convenient place the board of directors may designate, on the day of each year specified therefor in the Bylaws, or if that day falls on a legal holiday in the state in which the Association is located, on the next following banking day. If no election is held on the day fixed or in the event of a legal holiday on the following banking day, an election may be held on any subsequent day within 60 days of the day fixed, to be designated by the board of directors, or, if the directors fail to fix the day, by shareholders representing two-thirds of the shares issued and outstanding. In all cases, at least 10 days’ advance notice of the meeting shall be given to the shareholders by first-class mail.
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In all elections of directors, the number of votes each common shareholder may cast will be determined by multiplying the number of shares he or she owns by the number of directors to be elected. Those votes may be cumulated and cast for a single candidate or may be distributed among two or more candidates in the manner selected by the shareholder. On all other questions, each common shareholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of stock held by him or her.
A director may resign at any time by delivering written notice to the board of directors, its chairperson, or to the Association, which resignation shall be effective when the notice is delivered unless the notice specifies a later effective date.
A director may be removed by the shareholders at a meeting called to remove him or her, when notice of the meeting stating that the purpose or one of the purposes is to remove him or her is provided, if there is a failure to fulfill one of the affirmative requirements for qualification, or for cause; provided, however, that a director may not be removed if the number of votes sufficient to elect him or her under cumulative voting is voted against his or her removal.
FIFTH. The authorized amount of capital stock of the Association shall be 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the par value of ten dollars ($10) each; but said capital stock may be increased or decreased from time to time, according to the provisions of the laws of the United States. The Association shall have only one class of capital stock.
No holder of shares of the capital stock of any class of the Association shall have any preemptive or preferential right of subscription to any shares of any class of stock of the Association, whether now or hereafter authorized, or to any obligations convertible into stock of the Association, issued, or sold, nor any right of subscription to any thereof other than such, if any, as the board of directors, in its discretion, may from time to time determine and at such price as the board of directors may from time to time fix.
Transfers of the Association's stock are subject to the prior written approval of a federal depository institution regulatory agency. If no other agency approval is required, the approval of the Comptroller of the Currency must be obtained prior to any such transfers.
Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, (1) all matters requiring shareholder action, including amendments to the Articles of Association must be approved by shareholders owning a majority voting interest in the outstanding voting stock, and (2) each shareholder shall be entitled to one vote per share.
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Unless otherwise specified in the Articles of Association or required by law, all shares of voting stock shall be voted together as a class, on any matters requiring shareholder approval.
Unless otherwise provided in the Bylaws, the record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice of and to vote at any meeting is the close of business on the day before the first notice is mailed or otherwise sent to the shareholders, provided that in no event may a record date be more than 70 days before the meeting.
The Association, at any time and from time to time, may authorize and issue debt obligations, whether subordinated, without the approval of the shareholders. Obligations classified as debt, whether subordinated, which may be issued by the Association without the approval of shareholders, do not carry voting rights on any issue, including an increase or decrease in the aggregate number of the securities, or the exchange or reclassification of all or part of securities into securities of another class or series.
SIXTH. The board of directors shall appoint one of its members president of this Association and one of its members chairperson of the board and shall have the power to appoint one or more vice presidents, a secretary who shall keep minutes of the directors' and shareholders' meetings and be responsible for authenticating the records of the Association, and such other officers and employees as may be required to transact the business of this Association. A duly appointed officer may appoint one or more officers or assistant officers if authorized by the board of directors in accordance with the Bylaws.
The board of directors shall have the power to:
| (1) | Define the duties of the officers, employees, and agents of the Association. |
| (2) | Delegate the performance of its duties, but not the responsibility for its duties, to the officers, employees, and agents of the Association. |
| (3) | Fix the compensation and enter employment contracts with its officers and employees upon reasonable terms and conditions consistent with applicable law. |
| (4) | Dismiss officers and employees. |
| (5) | Require bonds from officers and employees and to fix the penalty thereof. |
| (6) | Ratify written policies authorized by the Association's management or committees of the board. |
| (7) | Regulate the manner any increase or decrease of the capital of the Association shall be made; provided that nothing herein shall restrict the power of shareholders to increase or decrease the capital of the Association in accordance with law, and nothing shall raise or lower from two-thirds the percentage required for shareholder approval to increase or reduce the capital. |
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| (8) | Manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. |
| (9) | Adopt initial Bylaws, not inconsistent with law or the Articles of Association, for managing the business and regulating the affairs of the Association. |
| (10) | Amend or repeal Bylaws, except to the extent that the Articles of Association reserve this power in whole or in part to the shareholders. |
| (11) | Make contracts. |
| (12) | Generally perform all acts that are legal for a board of directors to perform. |
SEVENTH. The board of directors shall have the power to change the location of the main office to any authorized branch within the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, without the approval of the shareholders, or with a vote of shareholders owning two-thirds of the stock of the Association for a location outside such limits and upon receipt of a certificate of approval from the Comptroller of the Currency, to any other location within or outside the limits of the city of Portland, Oregon, but not more than thirty miles beyond such limits. The board of directors shall have the power to establish or change the location of any office or offices of the Association to any other location permitted under applicable law, without approval of shareholders, subject to approval by the Comptroller of the Currency.
EIGHTH. The corporate existence of this Association shall continue until termination according to the laws of the United States.
NINTH. The board of directors of the Association, or any shareholder owning, in the aggregate, not less than 25 percent of the stock of the Association, may call a special meeting of shareholders at any time. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws or the laws of the United States, or waived by shareholders, a notice of the time, place, and purpose of every annual and special meeting of the shareholders shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed at least 10, and no more than 60, days prior to the date of the meeting to each shareholder of record at his/her address as shown upon the books of the Association. Unless otherwise provided by the Bylaws, any action requiring approval of shareholders must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting.
TENTH. These Articles of Association may be amended at any regular or special meeting of the shareholders by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Association, unless the vote of the holders of a greater amount of stock is required by law, and in that case by the vote of the holders of such greater amount; provided, that the scope of the Association's activities and services may not be expanded without the prior written approval of the Comptroller of the Currency. The Association's board of directors may propose one or more amendments to the Articles of Association for submission to the shareholders.
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In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands this 11th of June, 1997.
| /s/ Jeffrey T. Grubb | |
| Jeffrey T. Grubb | |
| /s/ Robert D. Sznewajs | |
| Robert D. Sznewajs | |
| /s/ Dwight V. Board | |
| Dwight V. Board | |
| /s/ P. K. Chatterjee | |
| P. K. Chatterjee | |
| /s/ Robert Lane | |
| Robert Lane |
Exhibit 2

Exhibit 4
U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS
ARTICLE I
Meetings of Shareholders
Section 1.1. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the shareholders, for the election of directors and the transaction of any other proper business, shall be held at a time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. Notice of such meeting shall be given not less than ten (10) days or more than sixty (60) days prior to the date thereof, to each shareholder of the Association, unless the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (the “OCC”) determines that an emergency circumstance exists. In accordance with applicable law, the sole shareholder of the Association is permitted to waive notice of the meeting. If, for any reason, an election of directors is not made on the designated day, the election shall be held on some subsequent day, as soon thereafter as practicable, with prior notice thereof. Failure to hold an annual meeting as required by these Bylaws shall not affect the validity of any corporate action or work a forfeiture or dissolution of the Association.
Section 1.2. Special Meetings. Except as otherwise specially provided by law, special meetings of the shareholders may be called for any purpose, at any time by a majority of the board of directors (the “Board”), or by any shareholder or group of shareholders owning at least ten percent of the outstanding stock.
Every such special meeting, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be called upon not less than ten (10) days nor more than sixty (60) days prior notice stating the purpose of the meeting.
Section 1.3. Nominations for Directors. Nominations for election to the Board may be made by the Board or by any shareholder.
Section 1.4. Proxies. Shareholders may vote at any meeting of the shareholders by proxies duly authorized in writing. Proxies shall be valid only for one meeting and any adjournments of such meeting and shall be filed with the records of the meeting.
Section 1.5. Record Date. The record date for determining shareholders entitled to notice and to vote at any meeting will be thirty days before the date of such meeting, unless otherwise determined by the Board.
Section 1.6. Quorum and Voting. A majority of the outstanding capital stock, represented in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of shareholders, unless otherwise provided by law, but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. A majority of the votes cast shall decide every question or matter submitted to the shareholders at any meeting, unless otherwise provided by law or by the Articles of Association.
Section 1.7. Inspectors. The Board may, and in the event of its failure so to do, the Chairman of the Board may appoint Inspectors of Election who shall determine the presence of quorum, the validity of proxies, and the results of all elections and all other matters voted upon by shareholders at all annual and special meetings of shareholders.
Section 1.8. Waiver and Consent. The shareholders may act without notice or a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all shareholders.
Section 1.9. Remote Meetings. The Board shall have the right to determine that a shareholder meeting not be held at a place, but instead be held solely by means of remote communication in the manner and to the extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
ARTICLE II
Directors
Section 2.1. Board of Directors. The Board shall have the power to manage and administer the business and affairs of the Association. Except as expressly limited by law, all corporate powers of the Association shall be vested in and may be exercised by the Board.
Section 2.2. Term of Office. The directors of this Association shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly elected and qualified, or until their earlier resignation or removal.
Section 2.3. Powers. In addition to the foregoing, the Board shall have and may exercise all of the powers granted to or conferred upon it by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws and by law.
Section 2.4. Number. As provided in the Articles of Association, the Board of this Association shall consist of no less than five nor more than twenty-five members, unless the OCC has exempted the Association from the twenty-five-member limit. The Board shall consist of a number of members to be fixed and determined from time to time by resolution of the Board or the shareholders at any meeting thereof, in accordance with the Articles of Association. Between meetings of the shareholders held for the purpose of electing directors, the Board by a majority vote of the full Board may increase the size of the Board but not to more than a total of twenty-five directors, and fill any vacancy so created in the Board; provided that the Board may increase the number of directors only by up to two directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was fifteen or fewer, and by up to four directors, when the number of directors last elected by shareholders was sixteen or more. Each director shall own a qualifying equity interest in the Association or a company that has control of the Association in each case as required by applicable law. Each director shall own such qualifying equity interest in his or her own right and meet any minimum threshold ownership required by applicable law.
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Section 2.5. Organization Meeting. The newly elected Board shall meet for the purpose of organizing the new Board and electing and appointing such officers of the Association as may be appropriate. Such meeting shall be held on the day of the election or as soon thereafter as practicable, and, in any event, within thirty days thereafter, at such time and place as the Chairman or President may designate. If, at the time fixed for such meeting, there shall not be a quorum present, the directors present may adjourn the meeting until a quorum is obtained.
Section 2.6. Regular Meetings. The regular meetings of the Board shall be held, without notice, as the Chairman or President may designate and deem suitable.
Section 2.7. Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time, at any place and for any purpose by the Chairman of the Board or the President of the Association, or upon the request of a majority of the entire Board. Notice of every special meeting of the Board shall be given to the directors at their usual places of business, or at such other addresses as shall have been furnished by them for the purpose. Such notice shall be given at least twelve hours (three hours if meeting is to be conducted by conference telephone) before the meeting by telephone or by being personally delivered, mailed, or electronically delivered. Such notice need not include a statement of the business to be transacted at, or the purpose of, any such meeting.
Section 2.8. Quorum and Necessary Vote. A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Board, except when otherwise provided by law; but less than a quorum may adjourn any meeting, from time to time, and the meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice. Unless otherwise provided by law or the Articles or Bylaws of this Association, once a quorum is established, any act by a majority of those directors present and voting shall be the act of the Board.
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Section 2.9. Written Consent. Except as otherwise required by applicable laws and regulations, the Board may act without a meeting by a unanimous written consent by all directors, to be filed with the Secretary of the Association as part of the corporate records.
Section 2.10. Remote Meetings. Members of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may participate in a meeting of such Board or committee by means of conference telephone, video or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other and such participation shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.
Section 2.11. Vacancies. When any vacancy occurs among the directors, the remaining members of the Board may appoint a director to fill such vacancy at any regular meeting of the Board, or at a special meeting called for that purpose.
ARTICLE III
Committees
Section 3.1. Advisory Board of Directors. The Board may appoint persons, who need not be directors, to serve as advisory directors on an advisory board of directors established with respect to the business affairs of either this Association alone or the business affairs of a group of affiliated organizations of which this Association is one. Advisory directors shall have such powers and duties as may be determined by the Board, provided, that the Board's responsibility for the business and affairs of this Association shall in no respect be delegated or diminished.
Section 3.2. Trust Audit Committee. At least once during each calendar year, the Association shall arrange for a suitable audit (by internal or external auditors) of all significant fiduciary activities under the direction of its trust audit committee, a function that will be fulfilled by the Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association. The Association shall note the results of the audit (including significant actions taken as a result of the audit) in the minutes of the Board. In lieu of annual audits, the Association may adopt a continuous audit system in accordance with 12 C.F.R. § 9.9(b).
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The Audit Committee of the financial holding company that is the ultimate parent of this Association, fulfilling the function of the trust audit committee:
(1) Must not include any officers of the Association or an affiliate who participate significantly in the administration of the Association’s fiduciary activities; and
(2) Must consist of a majority of members who are not also members of any committee to which the Board has delegated power to manage and control the fiduciary activities of the Association.
Section 3.3. Executive Committee. The Board may appoint an Executive Committee which shall consist of at least three directors and which shall have, and may exercise, to the extent permitted by applicable law, all the powers of the Board between meetings of the Board or otherwise when the Board is not meeting.
Section 3.4. Trust Management Committee. The Board of this Association shall appoint a Trust Management Committee to provide oversight of the fiduciary activities of the Association. The Trust Management Committee shall determine policies governing fiduciary activities. The Trust Management Committee or such sub-committees, officers or others as may be duly designated by the Trust Management Committee shall oversee the processes related to fiduciary activities to assure conformity with fiduciary policies it establishes, including ratifying the acceptance and the closing out or relinquishment of all trusts. The Trust Management Committee will provide regular reports of its activities to the Board.
Section 3.5. Other Committees. The Board may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more persons who need not be directors, for such purposes and with such powers as the Board may determine; however, the Board will not delegate to any committee any powers or responsibilities that it is prohibited from delegating under any law or regulation. In addition, either the Chairman or the President may appoint, from time to time, committees of one or more officers, employees, agents or other persons, for such purposes and with such powers as either the Chairman or the President deems appropriate and proper. Whether appointed by the Board, the Chairman, or the President, any such committee shall at all times be subject to the direction and control of the Board.
Section 3.6. Meetings, Minutes and Rules. An advisory board of directors and/or committee shall meet as necessary in consideration of the purpose of the advisory board of directors or committee, and shall maintain minutes in sufficient detail to indicate actions taken or recommendations made; unless required by the members, discussions, votes or other specific details need not be reported. An advisory board of directors or a committee may, in consideration of its purpose, adopt its own rules for the exercise of any of its functions or authority.
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ARTICLE IV
Officers
Section 4.1 Who Shall Constitute. The Officers of the Association shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a President, a Secretary, and other officers such as Vice Chair, Executive Vice Presidents, Senior Vice Presidents, Vice Presidents, Assistant Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries, Trust Officers, Assistant Trust Officers, Controller, and Assistant Controller, as the Board may appoint from time to time. The Board may appoint or elect a person as a Vice Chair without regard to whether such person is a member of the Board. The Board may choose to delegate authority to elect officers other than the Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Vice Chairs and Senior Executive Vice Presidents, to the President. Any person may hold two offices. The President shall at all times be a member of the Board of Directors.
Section 4.2 Term of Office. All officers shall be elected for and shall hold office until their respective successors are elected and qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, subject to the right of the Board of Directors in its sole discretion to discharge any officer at any time. The Board may choose to delegate authority to remove officers other than the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President, Secretary, Vice Chair and Senior Executive Vice Presidents, to the President.
Section 4.3. Chairman of the Board. The Board may appoint one of its members to be Chairman of the Board to serve at the pleasure of the Board. The Chairman shall supervise the carrying out of the policies adopted or approved by the Board; shall have general executive powers, as well as the specific powers conferred by these Bylaws; and shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred upon or assigned by the Board.
Section 4.4. President. The Board may appoint one of its members to be President of the Association. In the absence of the Chairman, the President shall preside at any meeting of the Board. The President shall have general executive powers, and shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the office of President, or imposed by these Bylaws. The President shall also have and may exercise such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred or assigned by the Board.
Section 4.5. Vice President. The Board may appoint one or more Vice Presidents who shall have such powers and duties as may be assigned by the Board and to perform the duties of the President on those occasions when the President is absent, including presiding at any meeting of the Board in the absence of both the Chairman and President.
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Section 4.6. Secretary. The Board shall appoint a Secretary, or other designated officer who shall be Secretary of the Board and of the Association, and shall keep accurate minutes of all meetings. The Secretary shall attend to the giving of all notices required by these Bylaws to be given; shall be custodian of the corporate seal, records, documents and papers of the Association; shall provide for the keeping of proper records of all transactions of the Association; shall, upon request, authenticate any records of the Association; shall have and may exercise any and all other powers and duties pertaining by law, regulation or practice, to the Secretary, or imposed by these Bylaws; and shall also perform such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the Board. The Board may appoint one or more Assistant Secretaries with such powers and duties as the Board, the President or the Secretary shall from time to time determine.
Section 4.7. Other Officers. The Board may appoint, and may authorize the Chairman, the President or any other officer to appoint, any officer as from time to time may appear to the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other officer to be required or desirable to transact the business of the Association.
Such officers shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as pertain to their several offices, or as may be conferred upon or assigned to them by these Bylaws, the Board, the Chairman, the President or such other authorized officer. Any person may hold two offices.
ARTICLE V
Stock
Section 5.1. The Board may authorize the issuance of stock either in certificated or in uncertificated form. Certificates for shares of stock shall be in such form as the Board may from time to time prescribe. If the Board issues certificated stock, the certificate shall be signed by the President, Secretary or any other such officer as the Board so determines. Shares of stock shall be transferable on the books of the Association, and a transfer book shall be kept in which all transfers of stock shall be recorded. Every person becoming a shareholder by such transfer shall, in proportion to such person's shares, succeed to all rights of the prior holder of such shares. Each certificate of stock shall recite on its face that the stock represented thereby is transferable only upon the books of the Association properly endorsed. The Board may impose conditions upon the transfer of the stock reasonably calculated to simplify the work of the Association for stock transfers, voting at shareholder meetings, and related matters, and to protect it against fraudulent transfers.
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ARTICLE VI
Corporate Seal
Section 6.1. The Association shall have no corporate seal; provided, however, that if the use of a seal is required by, or is otherwise convenient or advisable pursuant to, the laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the following seal may be used, and the Chairman, the President, the Secretary and any Assistant Secretary shall have the authority to affix such seal:
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 7.1. Execution of Instruments. All agreements, checks, drafts, orders, indentures, notes, mortgages, deeds, conveyances, transfers, endorsements, assignments, certificates, declarations, receipts, discharges, releases, satisfactions, settlements, petitions, schedules, accounts, affidavits, bonds, undertakings, guarantees, proxies and other instruments or documents may be signed, countersigned, executed, acknowledged, endorsed, verified, delivered or accepted on behalf of the Association, whether in a fiduciary capacity or otherwise, by any officer of the Association, or such employee or agent as may be designated from time to time by the Board by resolution, or by the Chairman or the President by written instrument, which resolution or instrument shall be certified as in effect by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Association. The provisions of this section are supplementary to any other provision of the Articles of Association or Bylaws.
Section 7.2. Records. The Articles of Association, the Bylaws as revised or amended from time to time and the proceedings of all meetings of the shareholders, the Board, and standing committees of the Board, shall be recorded in appropriate minute books provided for the purpose. The minutes of each meeting shall be signed by the Secretary, or other officer appointed to act as Secretary of the meeting.
Section 7.3. Trust Files. There shall be maintained in the Association files all fiduciary records necessary to assure that its fiduciary responsibilities have been properly undertaken and discharged.
Section 7.4. Trust Investments. Funds held in a fiduciary capacity shall be invested according to the instrument establishing the fiduciary relationship and according to law. Where such instrument does not specify the character and class of investments to be made and does not vest in the Association a discretion in the matter, funds held pursuant to such instrument shall be invested in investments in which corporate fiduciaries may invest under law.
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Section 7.5. Notice. Whenever notice is required by the Articles of Association, the Bylaws or law, such notice shall be by mail, postage prepaid, e-mail, in person, or by any other means by which such notice can reasonably be expected to be received, using the address of the person to receive such notice, or such other personal data, as may appear on the records of the Association.
Except where specified otherwise in these Bylaws, prior notice shall be proper if given not more than 30 days nor less than 10 days prior to the event for which notice is given.
ARTICLE VIII
Indemnification
Section 8.1. The Association shall indemnify such persons for such liabilities in such manner under such circumstances and to such extent as permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as now enacted or hereafter amended. The Board may authorize the purchase and maintenance of insurance and/or the execution of individual agreements for the purpose of such indemnification, and the Association shall advance all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending any action, suit or proceeding to all persons entitled to indemnification under this Section 8.1. Such insurance shall be consistent with the requirements of 12 C.F.R. § 7.2014 and shall exclude coverage of liability for a formal order assessing civil money penalties against an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u).
Section 8.2. Notwithstanding Section 8.1, however, (a) any indemnification payments to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), for an administrative proceeding or civil action initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be reasonable and consistent with the requirements of 12 U.S.C. § 1828(k) and the implementing regulations thereunder; and (b) any indemnification payments and advancement of costs and expenses to an institution-affiliated party, as defined at 12 U.S.C. § 1813(u), in cases involving an administrative proceeding or civil action not initiated by a federal banking agency, shall be in accordance with Delaware General Corporation Law and consistent with safe and sound banking practices.
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ARTICLE IX
Bylaws: Interpretation and Amendment
Section 9.1. These Bylaws shall be interpreted in accordance with and subject to appropriate provisions of law, and may be added to, altered, amended, or repealed, at any regular or special meeting of the Board.
Section 9.2. A copy of the Bylaws and all amendments shall at all times be kept in a convenient place at the principal office of the Association, and shall be open for inspection to all shareholders during Association hours.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous Provisions
Section 10.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Association shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the thirty-first day of December following.
Section 10.2. Governing Law. This Association designates the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended from time to time, as the governing law for its corporate governance procedures, to the extent not inconsistent with Federal banking statutes and regulations or bank safety and soundness.
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(November 6, 2025)
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Exhibit 6
CONSENT
In accordance with Section 321(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, the undersigned, U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION hereby consents that reports of examination of the undersigned by Federal, State, Territorial or District authorities may be furnished by such authorities to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request therefor.
Dated: September 29, 2026
| By: | /s/ Brandon Bonfig | |
| Brandon Bonfig | ||
| Vice President |
Exhibit 7
U.S. Bank Trust Company, National Association
Statement of Financial Condition
as of 6/30/2026
($000’s)
| 6/30/2026 | ||||
| Assets | ||||
| Cash and Balances Due From Depository Institutions | $ | 2,474,094 | ||
| Securities | 4,673 | |||
| Federal Funds | 0 | |||
| Loans & Lease Financing Receivables | 0 | |||
| Fixed Assets | 447 | |||
| Intangible Assets | 573,109 | |||
| Other Assets | 154,375 | |||
| Total Assets | $ | 3,206,698 | ||
| Liabilities | ||||
| Deposits | $ | 0 | ||
| Fed Funds | 0 | |||
| Treasury Demand Notes | 0 | |||
| Trading Liabilities | 0 | |||
| Other Borrowed Money | 0 | |||
| Acceptances | 0 | |||
| Subordinated Notes and Debentures | 0 | |||
| Other Liabilities | 268,325 | |||
| Total Liabilities | $ | 268,325 | ||
| Equity | ||||
| Common and Preferred Stock | 200 | |||
| Surplus | 1,171,635 | |||
| Undivided Profits | 1,766,538 | |||
| Minority Interest in Subsidiaries | 0 | |||
| Total Equity Capital | $ | 2,938,373 | ||
| Total Liabilities and Equity Capital | $ | 3,206,698 | ||
