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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 1, 2008
Registration Nos. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Lennox International Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
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42-0991521
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
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2140 Lake Park Boulevard
Richardson, Texas 75080
(972) 497-5000
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrants principal executive offices)
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Kenneth C. Fernandez
Associate General Counsel
Lennox International Inc.
2140 Lake Park Boulevard
Richardson, Texas 75080
(972) 497-5000
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service) |
Copy to:
Douglass M. Rayburn
Baker Botts L.L.P.
2001 Ross Avenue
Dallas, Texas 75201
(214) 953-6500
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the
effective date of this registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box: o
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or
continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities
offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following
box:
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If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a
post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission
pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. þ
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to
General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated
filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of large
accelerated filer, accelerated filer and smaller reporting company in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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Large accelerated filer
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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of Securities to be Registered |
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Registration Fee(2) |
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Debt Securities |
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Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share (3) |
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Preferred Stock, $0.01 par value per share |
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Warrants |
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Units |
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There is being registered hereunder such indeterminate number or amount of debt securities,
common stock, preferred stock, warrants, depositary shares and units of Lennox International
Inc. as may from time to time be issued at indeterminate prices and as may be issuable upon
conversion, redemption, exchange, exercise or settlement of any securities registered
hereunder, including under any applicable antidilution provisions. |
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In accordance with Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r), the registrant is deferring payments of the
registration fee required in connection with this Registration Statement except for $23,000
that has previously been paid by Lennox International Inc. in connection with the registration
of an aggregate initial offering price of $250,000,000 of senior and subordinated debt
securities, common stock, preferred stock, warrants, stock purchase contracts and other
securities pursuant to the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-102881),
initially filed with the Commission on January 31, 2003 (the Prior Registration Statement).
Based on this offset, the Prior Registration Statement is terminated with respect to the
unsold securities thereunder. |
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Each share of common stock includes one preferred share purchase right. No separate
consideration is payable for the preferred share purchase rights. |
Prospectus
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
Debt Securities
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Warrants
Depositary Shares
Units
We will provide the specific terms of the securities in one or more supplements to this
prospectus. You should read this prospectus and any related prospectus supplement carefully
before you invest in our securities. No person may use this prospectus to offer and sell our
securities unless a prospectus supplement accompanies this prospectus.
We may offer from time to time:
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Debt Securities; |
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Common Stock; |
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Preferred Stock; |
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Warrants; |
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Depositary Shares; and |
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Units. |
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LII.
Investing in our securities involves risks. See Risk Factors on page 3 of this
prospectus.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or determined whether this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is December 1, 2008.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the SEC) utilizing a shelf registration process. Under this process, we
may offer any combination of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings.
This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time
we use this prospectus to offer securities, we will file a prospectus supplement with the SEC that
will describe the specific terms of the offering. The prospectus supplement may also add to,
update or change the information contained in this prospectus. Before you invest, you should
carefully read this prospectus, the applicable prospectus supplement and the information contained
in the documents we refer to under the heading Where You Can Find More Information.
You should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference into this
prospectus and any prospectus supplement. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with
different information. You should assume that the information appearing in or incorporated by
reference into this prospectus and any prospectus supplement is accurate only as of the date on its
cover page and that any information we have incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the
date of the document incorporated by reference. Our business, financial condition, results of
operations and prospects may have changed since such dates.
Generally, whenever we use the terms we, our, us and Lennox, we are referring to
Lennox International Inc. and its subsidiaries. However, for purposes of the Description of Our
Debt Securities, the Description of Our Capital Stock, the Description of Our Warrants, the
Description of Our Depositary Shares and the Description of Our Units sections of this
prospectus, and when the context otherwise requires, the terms we, our, us, and Lennox
refer only to Lennox International Inc.
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ABOUT LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
Through our subsidiaries, we are a leading global provider of climate control solutions. We
design, manufacture and market a broad range of products for the heating, ventilation, air
conditioning and refrigeration (HVACR) markets. We have leveraged our expertise to become an
industry leader known for innovation, quality and reliability. Our products and services are sold
through multiple distribution channels under well-established brand names including Lennox,
Armstrong Air, Ducane, Bohn, Larkin, Advanced Distributor Products, Service Experts and
others.
Our principal executive offices are located at 2140 Lake Park Boulevard, Richardson, Texas
75080. Our telephone number at that location is 972-497-5000.
RISK FACTORS
An investment in our securities involves risks. You should carefully consider the risks
described in our filings with the SEC referred to under the heading Where You Can Find More
Information, as well as the risks included and incorporated by reference in this prospectus,
including the risk factors incorporated by reference herein from our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the year ended December 31, 2007, as updated by annual, quarterly and other reports and documents
we file with the SEC after the date of this prospectus and that are incorporated by reference
herein.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
In this prospectus, including the information we incorporate by reference, we make statements
concerning our expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or
performance and underlying assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts. These
statements are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by these
statements. You can generally identify our forward-looking statements by the words anticipate,
believe, continue, could, estimate, expect, forecast, goal, intend, may,
objective, plan, potential, predict, projection, should, will or other similar words.
We have based our forward-looking statements on our managements beliefs and assumptions based
on information available to our management at the time the statements are made. We caution you
that assumptions, beliefs, expectations, intentions and projections about future events may and
often do vary materially from actual results. Therefore, we cannot assure you that actual results
will not differ materially from those expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements.
The following are some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those expressed or implied in forward-looking statements:
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general economic conditions in the United States and abroad; |
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the impact of the weather on our business; |
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increases in the prices of components and raw materials; |
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warranty and product liability claims; |
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competition in the HVACR business; |
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our ability to successfully develop and manage new products; |
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our ability to successfully complete and integrate acquisitions; |
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labor relations problems; |
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environmental risks; and |
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foreign currency fluctuations and changes in local government regulation associated
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You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Each forward-looking
statement speaks only as of the date of the particular statement, and we undertake no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed charges for each of the periods
indicated. We had no preferred stock outstanding for any period presented, and accordingly, our
ratio of earnings to combined fixed charges and preferred stock dividends is the same as our ratio
of earnings to fixed charges.
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Nine Months Ended |
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Fiscal Years Ended December 31, |
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(1) Earnings
were inadequate to cover fixed charges by $71.3 million for the
year ended December 31, 2004.
Earnings consist of income (loss) before income taxes and fixed charges, excluding minority
interest. Fixed charges consist of the total of interest expense, amortization of loan origination
costs and that portion of rental expense considered to represent interest cost.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, we anticipate using any net
proceeds from the sale of our securities offered by this prospectus for general corporate purposes.
These purposes may include, but are not limited to:
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the repayment or refinancing of debt securities; and |
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the repurchase or redemption of securities. |
Pending any specific application, we may initially invest funds in short-term marketable
securities or apply them to the reduction of short-term indebtedness.
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DESCRIPTION OF OUR DEBT SECURITIES
Our debt securities, consisting of notes, debentures or other evidences of indebtedness, may
be issued from time to time in one or more series pursuant to, in the case of senior debt
securities, a senior indenture to be entered into between us and a trustee to be named therein, and
in the case of subordinated debt securities, a subordinated indenture to be entered into between us
and a trustee to be named therein. The terms of our debt securities will include those set forth
in the indentures and those made a part of the indentures by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
Because the following is only a summary of selected provisions of the indentures and the debt
securities, it does not contain all information that may be important to you. This summary is not
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the base indentures and any supplemental
indentures thereto or officers certificate or board resolution related thereto. We urge you to
read the indentures because the indentures, not this description, define the rights of the holders
of the debt securities. The senior indenture and the subordinated indenture will be substantially
in the forms included as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part.
General
The senior debt securities will constitute unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of ours
and will rank pari passu with our other unsecured and unsubordinated obligations. The subordinated
debt securities will constitute our unsecured and subordinated obligations and will be junior in
right of payment to our Senior Indebtedness (including senior debt securities), as described under
the heading Certain Terms of the Subordinated Debt SecuritiesSubordination.
We conduct all of our operations through subsidiaries. Consequently, our ability to pay our
obligations, including our obligation to pay principal or interest on the debt securities, to pay
the debt securities at maturity or upon redemption or to buy the debt securities will depend on our
subsidiaries repaying investments and advances we have made to them, and on our subsidiaries
earnings and their distributing those earnings to us. The debt securities will be effectively
subordinated to all obligations (including trade payables and preferred stock obligations) of our
subsidiaries. Our subsidiaries are separate and distinct legal entities and have no obligation,
contingent or otherwise, to pay any amounts due on the debt securities or to make funds available
to us to do so. Our subsidiaries ability to pay dividends or make other payments or advances to
us will depend on their operating results and will be subject to applicable laws and contractual
restrictions. The indentures generally will not limit our subsidiaries ability to enter into
other agreements that prohibit or restrict dividends or other payments or advances to us.
The debt securities will be our unsecured obligations. Our secured debt and other secured
obligations will be effectively senior to the debt securities to the extent of the value of the
assets securing such debt or other obligations.
You should look in the prospectus supplement for any additional or different terms of the debt
securities being offered, including the following terms:
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the debt securities designation; |
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the aggregate principal amount of the debt securities; |
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the percentage of the principal amount (i.e., price) at which the debt securities
will be issued; |
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the date or dates on which the debt securities will mature and the right, if any, to
extend such date or dates; |
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the rate or rates, if any, per year, at which the debt securities will bear
interest, or the method of determining such rate or rates; |
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the date or dates from which such interest will accrue, the interest payment dates
on which such interest will be payable or the manner of determination of such interest
payment dates and the record dates for the determination of holders to whom interest is
payable on any interest payment date; |
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the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of that
extension; |
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the manner of paying principal and interest and the place or places where principal
and interest will be payable; |
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provisions for a sinking fund purchase or other analogous fund, if any; |
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the period or periods, if any, within which, the price or prices at which, and the
terms and conditions upon which the debt securities may be redeemed, in whole or in
part, at our option or at your option; |
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the form of the debt securities; |
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any provisions for payment of additional amounts for taxes and any provision for
redemption, if we must pay such additional amounts in respect of any debt security; |
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the terms and conditions, if any, upon which we may have to repay the debt
securities early at your option; |
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the currency, currencies or currency units for which you may purchase the debt
securities and the currency, currencies or currency units in which principal and
interest, if any, on the debt securities may be payable; |
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the terms and conditions upon which conversion or exchange of the debt securities
may be effected, if any, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate and
any adjustments thereto and the period or periods when a conversion or exchange may be
effected; |
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whether and upon what terms the debt securities may be defeased; |
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any events of default or covenants in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in
the indenture; |
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provisions for electronic issuance of debt securities or for debt securities in
uncertificated form; and |
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any other terms of the debt securities, including any terms which may be required by
or advisable under applicable laws or regulations or advisable in connection with the
marketing of the debt securities. |
We may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of any series of
debt securities, create and issue further debt securities of any such series ranking equally with
the debt securities of such series in all respects (or in all respects other than the payment of
interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further debt securities or except for the first
payment of interest following the issue date of such further debt securities). Such further debt
securities may be consolidated and form a single series with the debt securities of such series and
have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the debt securities of such series.
You may present debt securities for exchange and you may present debt securities for transfer
in the manner, at the places and subject to the restrictions set forth in the debt securities and
the applicable prospectus supplement. We will provide you those services without charge, although
you may have to pay any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection with any exchange or
transfer, as set forth in the indenture.
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Debt securities will bear interest at a fixed rate or a floating rate. Debt securities
bearing no interest or interest at a rate that at the time of issuance is below the prevailing
market rate (original issue discount securities) may be sold at a discount below their stated
principal amount. Special U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to any such discounted
debt securities or to certain debt securities issued at par which are treated as having been issued
at a discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes will be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
We may issue debt securities with the principal amount payable on any principal payment date,
or the amount of interest payable on any interest payment date, to be determined by reference to
one or more currency exchange rates, securities or baskets of securities, commodity prices or
indices. You may receive a payment of principal on any principal payment date, or a payment of
interest on any interest payment date, that is greater than or less than the amount of principal or
interest otherwise payable on such dates, depending on the value on such dates of the applicable
currency, security or basket of securities, commodity or index. Information as to the methods for
determining the amount of principal or interest payable on any date, the currencies, securities or
baskets of securities, commodities or indices to which the amount payable on such date is linked
and certain additional tax considerations will be set forth in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
Certain Terms of the Senior Debt Securities
Covenants
Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, the senior debt securities will not
contain any financial or restrictive covenants, including covenants restricting either us or any of
our subsidiaries from incurring, issuing, assuming or guarantying any indebtedness secured by a
lien on any of our or our subsidiaries property or capital stock, or restricting either us or any
of our subsidiaries from entering into sale and leaseback transactions.
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
Unless we indicate otherwise in a prospectus supplement, we may not consolidate with or merge
into any other person, in a transaction in which we are not the surviving corporation, or convey,
transfer or lease our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person, unless:
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the successor entity, if any, is a U.S. corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or trust (subject to certain exceptions provided for in the senior
indenture); |
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the successor entity assumes our obligations on the senior debt securities and under
the senior indenture; |
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immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no default or event of default
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certain other conditions are met. |
No Protection in the Event of a Change of Control
Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement with respect to a particular series of
senior debt securities, the senior debt securities will not contain any provisions which may afford
holders of the senior debt securities protection in the event we have a change in control or in the
event of a highly leveraged transaction (whether or not such transaction results in a change in
control).
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Events of Default
An event of default for any series of senior debt securities is defined under the senior
indenture as being:
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our default in the payment of principal or premium on the senior debt securities of
such series when due and payable whether at maturity, upon acceleration, redemption, or
otherwise, if that default continues for a period of five days (or such other period as
may be specified for such series); |
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our default in the payment of interest on any senior debt securities of such series
when due and payable, if that default continues for a period of 60 days (or such other
period as may be specified for such series); |
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our default in the performance of or breach of any of our other covenants or
agreements in the senior indenture applicable to senior debt securities of such series,
other than a covenant breach which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in the senior
indenture, and that default or breach continues for a period of 90 consecutive days
after we receive written notice from the trustee or from the holders of 25% or more in
aggregate principal amount of the senior debt securities of such series; |
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there occurs any other event of default provided for in such series of senior debt
securities; |
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a court having jurisdiction enters a decree or order for: |
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relief in respect of us in an involuntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect; |
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appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee,
sequestrator or similar official of us or for all or substantially all of our
property and assets; or |
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the winding up or liquidation of our affairs and such decree or order
shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days. |
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commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law; |
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consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of ours
for all or substantially all of our property and assets; or |
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The default by us under any other debt, including any other series of debt securities, is not
a default under the senior indenture.
If an event of default other than an event of default specified in the last two bullet points
above occurs with respect to a series of senior debt securities and is continuing under the senior
indenture, then, and in each and every such case, either the trustee or the holders of not less
than 25% in aggregate principal amount of such series then outstanding under the senior indenture
(each such series voting as a separate class) by written notice to us and to the trustee, if such
notice is given by the holders, may, and the trustee at the request of such holders shall, declare
the principal amount of and accrued interest, if any, on such senior debt securities to be
immediately due and payable.
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If an event of default specified in the last two bullet points above occurs with respect to us
and is continuing, either the trustee or the holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the senior debt securities of all series then outstanding under the senior indenture
(treated as one class) may, by written notice to us and to the trustee, if such notice is given by
the holders, declare the entire principal amount of, and accrued interest, if any, on each series
of senior debt securities then outstanding to be immediately due and payable.
Upon a declaration of acceleration, the principal amount of and accrued interest, if any, on
such senior debt securities shall be immediately due and payable. Unless otherwise specified in
the prospectus supplement relating to a series of senior debt securities originally issued at a
discount, the amount due upon acceleration shall include only the original issue price of the
senior debt securities, the amount of original issue discount accrued to the date of acceleration
and accrued interest, if any.
Upon certain conditions, declarations of acceleration may be rescinded and annulled and past
defaults may be waived by the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the senior
debt securities of such series affected by the default, each series voting as a separate class (or,
of all the senior debt securities, as the case may be, voting as a single class). Furthermore,
subject to various provisions in the senior indenture, the holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of a series of senior debt securities, by notice to the trustee, may
waive an existing default or event of default with respect to such senior debt securities and its
consequences, except a default in the payment of principal of or interest on such senior debt
securities or in respect of a covenant or provision of the senior indenture which cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the holders of each such senior debt security. Upon any
such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any event of default with respect to such
senior debt securities shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of the senior
indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or event of default
or impair any right consequent thereto. For information as to the waiver of defaults, see
Modification and Waiver.
The holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of a series of senior debt
securities may 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
such senior debt securities. However, the trustee may refuse to follow any direction that
conflicts with law or the senior indenture, that may involve the trustee in personal liability, or
that the trustee determines in good faith may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of holders of
such series of senior debt securities not joining in the giving of such direction and may take any
other action it deems proper that is not inconsistent with any such direction received from holders
of such series of senior debt securities. A holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to the
senior indenture or any series of senior debt securities unless:
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the holder gives the trustee written notice of a continuing event of default; |
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the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of such series of senior debt
securities make a written request to the trustee to pursue the remedy in respect of such
event of default; |
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the requesting holder or holders offer the trustee indemnity satisfactory to the trustee
against any costs, liability, or expense; |
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the trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request
and the offer of indemnity; and |
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during such 60-day period, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
such series of senior debt securities do not give the trustee a direction that is
inconsistent with the request. |
These limitations, however, do not apply to the right of any holder of a senior debt security
to receive payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on such senior debt security, or to
bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment, on or after the due date for the senior debt
securities, which right shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the holder.
The senior indenture requires certain of our officers to certify, on or before a fixed date in
each year in which any senior debt security is outstanding, as to their knowledge of our compliance
with all conditions and covenants under the senior indenture.
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Defeasance and Discharge
Defeasance. When we use the term defeasance, we mean discharge from some or all of our
obligations under the senior indenture. If we deposit with the trustee under the senior indenture
any combination of money or government securities sufficient to make payments on the senior debt
securities of a series issued under that indenture on the dates those payments are due, then, at
our option, either of the following will occur:
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we will be discharged from our obligations with respect to the senior debt
securities of that series (legal defeasance); |
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we will no longer have any obligation to comply with any specified restrictive
covenants with respect to the senior debt securities of that series, the covenant
described under Consolidation, Merger and Sales of Assets and other specified
covenants under the applicable indenture, and the related events of default will no
longer apply (covenant defeasance). |
If a series of senior debt securities is defeased, the holders of the senior debt securities of
that series will not be entitled to the benefits of the senior indenture, except for obligations to
register the transfer or exchange of debt securities, replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt
securities or maintain paying agencies and hold money for payment in trust. In the case of
covenant defeasance, our obligation to pay principal, premium and interest on the senior debt
securities of that series will also survive.
Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, we will be required to deliver to
the trustee an opinion of counsel that the deposit and related defeasance would not cause the
holders of the senior debt securities to recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax
purposes and that the holders would be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in
the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the deposit and related
defeasance had not occurred. If we elect legal defeasance, that opinion of counsel must be based
upon a ruling from the United States Internal Revenue Service or a change in law to that effect.
Satisfaction and Discharge. In addition, unless the terms of any series of senior debt
securities provides otherwise, we may discharge our obligations with respect to a series of senior
debt securities and the senior indenture with respect to such series of senior debt securities
when:
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we pay or cause to be paid, as and when due and payable, the principal of and any
interest on all senior debt securities of such series outstanding under the senior
indenture; |
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all senior debt securities of such series previously authenticated and delivered
with certain exceptions, have been delivered to the trustee for cancellation and we
have paid all sums payable by us under the senior indenture; or |
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the senior debt securities of such series mature within one year or all of them are
to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the
trustee for giving the notice of redemption, and we irrevocably deposit in trust with
the trustee, as trust funds solely for the benefit of the holders of the senior debt
securities of such series, for that purpose, the entire amount in cash or, in the case
of any series of senior debt securities payments on which may only be made in U.S.
dollars, U.S. government obligations (maturing as to principal and interest in such
amounts and at such times as will insure the availability of cash sufficient), after
payment of all federal, state and local taxes or other charges and assessments in
respect thereof payable by the trustee, to pay principal of and interest on the senior
debt securities of such series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and to
pay all other sums payable by us under the senior indenture. |
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With respect to the first and second bullet points, only our obligations to compensate and
indemnify the trustee and our right to recover unclaimed money held by the trustee under the senior
indenture shall survive. With respect to the third bullet point, certain rights and obligations
under the senior indenture (such as our obligation to maintain an office or agency in respect of
such senior debt securities, to have moneys held for payment in trust, to register the transfer or
exchange of such senior debt securities, to deliver such senior debt securities for replacement or
to be canceled, to compensate and indemnify the trustee and to appoint a successor trustee, and our
right to recover unclaimed money held by the trustee) shall survive until such senior debt
securities are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only our obligations to compensate and indemnify
the trustee and our right to recover unclaimed money held by the trustee shall survive.
Modification and Waiver
We and the trustee may amend or supplement the senior indenture or the senior debt securities
without the consent of any holder:
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to convey, mortgage or pledge any assets as security for the senior debt securities
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to evidence the succession of another corporation to us, and the assumption by such
successor corporation of our covenants, agreements and obligations under the senior
indenture; |
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to cure any ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency in the senior indenture or in any
supplemental indenture; provided that such amendments or supplements shall not
adversely affect the interests of the holders of the senior debt securities of any
series in any material respect, or to conform the senior indenture or the senior debt
securities to the description of senior debt securities of such series set forth in
this prospectus or a prospectus supplement; |
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to comply with the provisions described under Certain CovenantsConsolidation,
Merger and Sale of Assets; |
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to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
trustee, or to make such changes as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts in the senior indenture by more than one trustee; |
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to provide for or add guarantors with respect to the senior debt securities of any
series; |
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to establish the form or forms or terms of the senior debt securities as permitted
by the senior indenture; |
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to make any change that is necessary or desirable provided that such change shall
not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the senior debt securities of any
series in any material respect; |
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to add to our covenants such new covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions
for the protection of the holders, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and
continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or
provisions an event of default; |
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to make any change to the senior debt securities of any series so long as no senior
debt securities of such series are outstanding; or |
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to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder. |
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Other amendments and modifications of the senior indenture or the senior debt securities
issued may be made, and our compliance with any provision of the senior indenture with respect to
any series of senior debt securities may be waived, with the consent of the holders of not less
than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding senior debt securities of all
series affected by the amendment or modification (voting as one class); provided, however, that
each affected holder must consent to any modification, amendment or waiver that:
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changes the stated maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on,
any senior debt securities of such series; |
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reduces the principal amount of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any senior debt
securities of such series; |
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changes the place or currency of payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or
interest on, any senior debt securities of such series; |
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changes the provisions for calculating the optional redemption price, including the
definitions relating thereto; |
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changes the provisions relating to the waiver of past defaults or changes or impairs
the right of holders to receive payment or to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment of any senior debt securities of such series on or after the due date therefor; |
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reduces the above-stated percentage of outstanding senior debt securities of such
series the consent of whose holders is necessary to modify or amend or to waive certain
provisions of or defaults under the senior indenture; |
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waives a default in the payment of principal of or interest on the senior debt
securities; |
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adversely affects the rights of such holder under any mandatory redemption or
repurchase provision or any right of redemption or repurchase at the option of such
holder; or |
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modifies any of the provisions of this paragraph, except to increase any required
percentage or to provide that certain other provisions cannot be modified or waived
without the consent of the holder of each senior debt security of such series affected
by the modification. |
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the holders under this section of the senior
indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it
shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After an amendment, supplement
or waiver under this section of the senior indenture becomes effective, the trustee must give to
the holders affected thereby certain notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver.
We will mail supplemental indentures to holders upon request. Any failure by the trustee to give
such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of
any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
No Personal Liability of Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers or Directors
The senior indenture provides that no recourse shall be had under or upon any obligation,
covenant, or agreement of ours in the senior indenture or any supplemental indenture, or in any of
the senior debt securities or because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby,
against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director of ours or of any successor person
thereof under any law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment
or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise. Each holder, by accepting the senior debt
securities, waives and releases all such liability.
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Concerning the Trustee
The senior indenture provides that, except during the continuance of a default, the trustee
will not be liable, except for the performance of such duties as are specifically set forth in the
senior indenture. If an event of default has occurred and is continuing, the trustee will exercise
such rights and powers vested in it under the senior indenture and will use the same degree of care
and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise under the circumstances in the conduct
of such persons own affairs.
We may have normal banking relationships with the trustee under the senior indenture in the
ordinary course of business.
Unclaimed Funds
All funds deposited with the trustee or any paying agent for the payment of principal, interest,
premium or additional amounts in respect of the senior debt securities that remain unclaimed for
two years after the maturity date of such senior debt securities will be repaid to us upon our
request. Thereafter, any right of any noteholder to such funds shall be enforceable only against
us, and the trustee and paying agents will have no liability therefor.
Governing Law
The senior indenture and the debt securities will be governed by, and construed in accordance
with, the internal laws of the State of New York.
Certain Terms of the Subordinated Debt Securities
Other than the terms of the subordinated indenture and subordinated debt securities relating
to subordination, or otherwise as described in the prospectus supplement relating to a particular
series of subordinated debt securities, the terms of the subordinated indenture and subordinated
debt securities are identical in all material respects to the terms of the senior indenture and
senior debt securities. Additional or different subordination terms may be specified in the
prospectus supplement applicable to a particular series.
Subordination
The indebtedness evidenced by the subordinated debt securities is subordinate to the prior
payment in full of all our Senior Indebtedness, as defined in the subordinated indenture. During
the continuance beyond any applicable grace period of any default in the payment of principal,
premium, interest or any other payment due on any of our Senior Indebtedness, we may not make any
payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the subordinated debt securities. In
addition, upon any payment or distribution of our assets upon any dissolution, winding up,
liquidation or reorganization, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on
the subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to the extent provided in the subordinated
indenture in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all our Senior Indebtedness. Because
of this subordination, if we dissolve or otherwise liquidate, holders of our subordinated debt
securities may receive less, ratably, than holders of our Senior Indebtedness. The subordination
provisions do not prevent the occurrence of an event of default under the subordinated indenture.
The term Senior Indebtedness of a person means with respect to such person the principal of,
premium, if any, interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether
outstanding on the date of the subordinated indenture or incurred by that person in the future:
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all of the indebtedness of that person for money borrowed, including any
indebtedness secured by a mortgage or other lien which is (1) given to secure all or
part of the purchase price of property subject to the mortgage or lien, whether given
to the vendor of that property or to another lender, or (2) existing on property at the
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all of the indebtedness of that person evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or
other securities sold by that person for money; |
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all of the lease obligations which are capitalized on the books of that person in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
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all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in the first two bullet points
above and all lease obligations of others of the kind described in the third bullet
point above that the person, in any manner, assumes or guarantees or that the person in
effect guarantees through an agreement to purchase, whether that agreement is
contingent or otherwise; and |
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all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in the
first, second or fourth bullet point above and all renewals or extensions of leases of
the kinds described in the third or fourth bullet point above; |
unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or refunding, the
instrument or lease creating or evidencing it or the assumption or guarantee relating to it
expressly provides that such indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or refunding is not superior
in right of payment to the subordinated debt securities. Our senior debt securities constitute
Senior Indebtedness for purposes of the subordinated debt indenture.
DESCRIPTION OF OUR CAPITAL STOCK
Our authorized capital stock consists of 200,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01
per share, and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. Of the 200,000,000
shares of common stock authorized, 55,360,383 were outstanding as of September 30, 2008, 28,455,830
shares were held in treasury and 9,801,050 shares have been reserved for issuance under our
incentive plans and employee stock purchase program. None of the preferred stock was outstanding
as of September 30, 2008.
Common Stock
The holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted
on by stockholders. Generally, all matters to be voted on by stockholders must be approved by a
majority (or, in the case of election of directors, by a plurality) of the votes entitled to be
cast by all shares of common stock present in person or represented by proxy, voting together as a
single class, except as may be required by law and subject to any voting rights granted to holders
of any preferred stock. However, the removal of a director from office, the approval and
authorization of specified business combinations and amendments to specified provisions of our
certificate of incorporation each require the approval of not less than 80% of the combined voting
power of our outstanding shares of stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors,
voting together as a single class. See Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaw Provisions. The
common stock does not have cumulative voting rights.
Subject to the prior rights of the holders of any shares of our preferred stock, the holders
of our common stock shall be entitled to receive, to the extent permitted by law, such dividends as
may be declared from time to time by our board of directors. On our liquidation, dissolution or
winding up, after payment in full of the amounts required to be paid to holders of preferred stock,
if any, all holders of common stock are entitled to share ratably in any assets available for
distribution to holders of shares of common stock.
The outstanding shares of our common stock are legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
The common stock does not have any preemptive, subscription or conversion rights. Additional
shares of authorized common stock may be issued, as authorized by our board of directors from time
to time, without stockholder approval, except as may be required by applicable stock exchange
requirements.
Preferred Stock
Our board of directors may authorize the issuance of preferred stock in one or more series and
may determine, for the series, the designations, powers, preferences and rights of such series, and
the qualifications, limitations and restrictions of the series, including:
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the consideration for which the shares of any such series are to be issued; |
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the rate or amount per annum, if any, at which holders of the shares of such series
shall be entitled to receive dividends, the dates on which such dividends shall be
payable, whether the dividends shall be cumulative or noncumulative, and if cumulative,
the date or dates from which such dividends shall be cumulative; |
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the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for shares of the series; |
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the amounts payable on and the preferences, if any, of shares of the series in the
event of dissolution or upon distribution of our assets; |
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whether the shares of the series will be convertible into or exchangeable for other
of our securities, and the price or prices or rate or rates at which conversion or
exchange shall be exercised; |
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the terms and amounts of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of
shares of the series; |
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the voting rights, if any, of the holders of shares of the series; and |
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such other preferences and rights, privileges and restrictions applicable to any
such series as may be permitted by law. |
Although our board of directors has no intention at the present time of doing so, it could
issue a series of preferred stock that could, depending on the terms of such series, impede the
completion of a merger, tender offer or other takeover attempt. Our board of directors will make
any determination to issue such shares based on its judgment as to our best interests and the best
interests of our stockholders. Our board of directors, in so acting, could issue preferred stock
having terms that could discourage a potential acquiror from making, without first negotiating with
our board of directors, an acquisition attempt through which such acquiror may be able to change
the composition of our board of directors, including a tender offer or other transaction that some,
or a majority, of our stockholders might believe to be in their best interests or in which
stockholders might receive a premium for their stock over the then current market price of such
stock.
Business Combination Statute
As a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, we are subject to Section
203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, which restricts specified business combinations
between us and an interested stockholder or its affiliates or associates for a period of three
years following the time that the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. In general, an
interested stockholder is defined as a stockholder owning 15% or more of our outstanding voting
stock. The restrictions do not apply if:
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prior to an interested stockholder becoming such, our board of directors approved
either the business combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder
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upon completion of the transaction which resulted in any person becoming an
interested stockholder, such interested stockholder owns at least 85% of our voting
stock outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding shares owned by
employee stock ownership plans and persons who are both directors and officers of
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at or subsequent to the time an interested stockholder becomes such, the business
combination is both approved by our board of directors and authorized at an annual or
special meeting of our stockholders, not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of
at least 662/3% of the outstanding voting stock not owned by the
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Under some circumstances, Section 203 makes it more difficult for a person who would be an
interested stockholder to effect various business combinations with a corporation for a
three-year period, although the stockholders may elect to exclude a corporation from the
restrictions imposed under Section 203. Our certificate of incorporation does not exclude us from
the restrictions imposed under Section 203.
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaw Provisions
The summary below describes provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws. The
provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws discussed below may have the effect,
either alone or in combination with the provisions of Section 203 of the Delaware General
Corporation Law discussed above, of making more difficult or discouraging a tender offer, proxy
contest or other takeover attempt that is opposed by our board of directors but that a stockholder
might consider to be in such stockholders best interest. Those provisions include:
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restrictions on the rights of stockholders to remove directors; |
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prohibitions against stockholders calling a special meeting of stockholders or
acting by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting; |
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requirements for advance notice of actions proposed by stockholders for
consideration at meetings of the stockholders; and |
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restrictions on business combination transactions with any person, entity or group
that beneficially owns at least 10% of our aggregate voting stock such person, entity
or group is sometimes referred to as a Related Person. |
Classified Board of Directors; Removal; Number of Directors; Filling Vacancies
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that our board of directors shall be
divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III, with the classes to be as
nearly equal in number as possible. The term of office of each class shall expire at the third
annual meeting of stockholders for the election of directors following the election of such class.
Each director is to hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until
his or her earlier resignation or removal.
Our bylaws provide that the number of directors will be fixed from time to time by a
resolution adopted by our board of directors; provided that the number so fixed shall not be more
than 15 nor less than three directors. Our bylaws also provide that any vacancies will be filled
only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors, even if less than a quorum.
Accordingly, absent an amendment to the bylaws, our board of directors could prevent any
stockholder from enlarging our board of directors and filling the new directorships with such
stockholders own nominees. Moreover, our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that
directors may be removed only for cause and only upon the affirmative vote of holders of at least
80% of our voting stock at a special meeting of stockholders called expressly for that purpose.
The classification of directors could have the effect of making it more difficult for
stockholders to change the composition of our board of directors. At least two annual meetings of
stockholders, instead of one, are generally required to effect a change in a majority of our board
of directors. Such a delay may help ensure that our directors, if confronted by a holder
attempting to force a proxy contest, a tender or exchange offer, or an extraordinary corporate
transaction, would have sufficient time to review the proposal as well as any available
alternatives to the proposal and to act in what they believe to be the best interest of the
stockholders. The classification provisions will apply to every election of directors, however,
regardless of whether a change in the composition of our board of directors would be beneficial to
us and our stockholders and whether or not a majority of our stockholders believe that such a
change would be desirable.
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The classification provisions could also have the effect of discouraging a third party from
initiating a proxy contest, making a tender offer or otherwise attempting to obtain control of us,
even though such an attempt might be beneficial to us and our stockholders. The classification of
our board of directors could thus increase the likelihood that incumbent directors will retain
their positions. In addition, because the classification provisions may discourage accumulations
of large blocks of our stock by purchasers whose objective is to take control of us and remove a
majority of our board of directors, the classification of our board of directors could tend to
reduce the likelihood of fluctuations in the market price of the common stock that might result
from accumulations of large blocks. Accordingly, stockholders could be deprived of opportunities
to sell their shares of common stock at a higher market price than might otherwise be the case.
No Stockholder Action by Written Consent; Special Meetings
Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that stockholder action can be taken only
at an annual or special meeting of stockholders and stockholder action may not be taken by written
consent in lieu of a meeting. Special meetings of stockholders can be called only by our board of
directors by a resolution adopted by a majority of our board of directors, or by the chairman of
the board, vice chairman or the president. Moreover, the business permitted to be conducted at any
special meeting of stockholders is limited to the business brought before the meeting under the
notice of meeting given by us.
The provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws prohibiting stockholder action
by written consent and permitting special meetings to be called only by the chairman, vice chairman
or president, or at the request of a majority of our board or directors, may have the effect of
delaying consideration of a stockholder proposal until the next annual meeting. The provisions
would also prevent the holders of a majority of our voting stock from unilaterally using the
written consent procedure to take stockholder action. Moreover, a stockholder could not force
stockholder consideration of a proposal over the opposition of the chairman, vice chairman or
president, or a majority of our board of directors, by calling a special meeting of stockholders
prior to the time such parties believe such consideration to be appropriate.
Advance Notice Provisions for Stockholder Nominations and Stockholder Proposals
Our bylaws establish an advance notice procedure for stockholders to make nominations of
candidates for election as directors or bring other business before an annual meeting of
stockholders.
The stockholder notice procedure provides that only persons who are nominated by, or at the
direction of, our board of directors, or by a stockholder who has given timely written notice
containing specified information to our secretary prior to the meeting at which directors are to be
elected, will be eligible for election as our directors. The stockholder notice procedure also
provides that at an annual meeting only such business may be conducted as has been brought before
the meeting by, or at the direction of, the chairman of the board of directors, or in the absence
of the chairman of the board, the president, or by a stockholder who has given timely written
notice containing specified information to our secretary of such stockholders intention to bring
such business before such meeting. Under the stockholder notice procedure, for notice of
stockholder nominations or proposals to be made at an annual meeting to be timely, such notice must
be received by us not less than 60 days nor more than 90 days in advance of such meeting. For
notice of stockholder nominations or proposals to be made at a special meeting of stockholders to
be timely, such notice must be received by us not later than the close of business on the tenth day
following the date on which notice of such meeting is first given to stockholders. However, in the
event that less than 70 days notice or prior public disclosure of the date of the meeting of
stockholders is given or made to the stockholders, to be timely, notice of a nomination or proposal
delivered by the stockholder must be received by our secretary not later than the close of business
on the tenth day following the day on which notice of the date of the meeting of stockholders was
mailed or such public disclosure was made to the stockholders. If our board of directors or,
alternatively, the presiding officer at a meeting, in the case of a stockholder proposal, or the
chairman of the meeting, in the case of a stockholder nomination to our board of directors,
determines at or prior to the meeting that business was not brought before the meeting or a person
was not nominated in accordance with the stockholder notice procedure, such business will not be
conducted at such meeting, or such person will not be eligible for election as a director, as the
case may be.
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By requiring advance notice of nominations by stockholders, the stockholder notice procedure
will afford our board of directors an opportunity to consider the qualifications of the proposed
nominees and, to the extent considered necessary or desirable by our board of directors, to inform
stockholders about such qualifications. By requiring advance notice of other proposed business,
the stockholder notice procedure will also provide a more orderly procedure for conducting annual
meetings of stockholders and, to the extent considered necessary or desirable by our board of
directors, will provide our board of directors with an opportunity to inform stockholders, prior to
such meetings, of any business proposed to be conducted at such meetings, together with any
recommendations as to our board of directors position regarding action to be taken regarding such
business, so that stockholders can better decide whether to attend such a meeting or to grant a
proxy regarding the disposition of any such business.
Although our bylaws do not give our board of directors any power to approve or disapprove
stockholder nominations for the election of directors or proposals for action, they may have the
effect of precluding a contest for the election of directors or the consideration of stockholder
proposals if the proper procedures are not followed, and of discouraging or deterring a third party
from conducting a solicitation of proxies to elect its own slate of directors or to approve its own
proposal, without regard to whether consideration of such nominees or proposals might be harmful or
beneficial to us and our stockholders.
Fair Price Provision
Our certificate of incorporation contains a fair price provision that applies to specified
business combination transactions involving any person, entity or group that beneficially owns at
least 10% of our aggregate voting stock such person, entity or group is sometimes referred to as
a related person. This provision requires the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than
80% of our voting stock to approve specified transactions between a related person and us or our
subsidiaries, including:
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any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of our
assets, or the assets of any of our subsidiaries having a fair market value of more
than 10% of our total consolidated assets, or assets representing more than 10% of our
earning power and our subsidiaries taken as a whole, which is referred to as a
substantial part; |
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any sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition to or
with us or any of our subsidiaries of all or a substantial part of the assets of a
related person; |
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the issuance or transfer of any of our securities or any of our subsidiaries by us
or any of our subsidiaries to a related person; |
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any reclassification of securities, recapitalization, or any other transaction
involving us or any of our subsidiaries that would have the effect of increasing the
voting power of a related person; |
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the adoption of a plan or proposal for our liquidation or dissolution proposed by or
on behalf of a related person; |
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the acquisition by or on behalf of a related person of shares constituting a
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the entering into of any agreement, contract or other arrangement providing for any
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This voting requirement will not apply to certain transactions, including:
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any transaction approved by a two-thirds vote of the continuing directors; or |
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the consideration to be received by the holders of common stock, other than the
related person involved in the business combination, is not less in amount than the
highest per share price paid by the related person in acquiring any of its holdings
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if necessary, a proxy statement complying with the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 shall have been mailed at least 30 days prior to
any vote on such business combination to all of our stockholders for the purpose of
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This provision could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change in control of us in a
transaction or series of transactions that did not satisfy the fair price criteria.
Liability of Directors; Indemnification
Our certificate of incorporation provides that a director will not be personally liable for
monetary damages to us or our stockholders for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except for
liability:
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for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a
knowing violation of law; |
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for paying a dividend or approving a stock repurchase in violation of Section 174 of
the Delaware General Corporation Law; or |
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Any amendment or repeal of such provision shall not adversely affect any right or protection
of a director existing under such provision for any act or omission occurring prior to such
amendment or repeal.
Our bylaws provide that each person who at any time serves or served as one of our directors
or officers, or any person who, while one of our directors or officers, is or was serving at our
request as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other
enterprise, shall be entitled to indemnification and the advancement of expenses from us, and to
the fullest extent, permitted by Section 145 of the Delaware General Corporation Law or any
successor statutory provision. We will indemnify any person who was or is a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding because he or she is or was one of our
directors or officers, or is or was serving at our request as a director or officer of another
corporation, partnership or other enterprise. However, as provided in Section 145, this
indemnification will only be provided if the indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or
she reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, our best interests.
Amendments
Our certificate of incorporation provides that we reserve the right to amend, alter, change,
or repeal any provision contained in our certificate of incorporation, and all rights conferred to
stockholders are granted subject to such reservation. The affirmative vote of holders of not less
than 80% of our voting stock, voting together as a single class, shall be required to alter, amend,
adopt any provision inconsistent with or repeal specified provisions of our certificate of
incorporation, including those provisions discussed in this section. In addition, the 80% vote
described in the prior sentence shall not be required for any alteration, amendment, adoption of
inconsistent provision or repeal of the fair price provision discussed under Fair Price
Provision above which is recommended to the stockholders by two-thirds of our continuing directors
and such alteration, amendment, adoption of inconsistent provision or repeal shall require the
vote, if any, required under the applicable provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law and
our certificate of incorporation. In addition, our certificate of incorporation provides that
stockholders may only adopt, amend or repeal our bylaws by the affirmative vote of holders of not
less than 80% of our voting stock, voting together as a single class. Our bylaws may be amended by
our board of directors.
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Rights Plan
On July 27, 2000, our board of directors declared a dividend of one preferred stock purchase
right (individually, a right and collectively, the rights) to stockholders of record at the
close of business on August 7, 2000 and approved the further issuance of rights with respect to all
shares of common stock that are subsequently issued. The rights expire on July 27, 2010. Each
right entitles the holder, under certain circumstances, to purchase from us one one-hundredth of a
share of our Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock at an exercise price of $75.00 per
fractional share subject to certain adjustments.
Initially, the rights are attached to outstanding certificates representing our common stock,
and no separate certificates representing the rights are distributed. The rights will separate
from our common stock and will become exercisable upon the earlier of
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ten days following a public announcement or disclosure that a person or group (an
acquiring person) becomes the beneficial owner of 15% or more of our outstanding
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ten days following the commencement of a tender offer or exchange offer which would
result in the offeror becoming an acquiring person. |
Lineal descendants of D.W. Norris (and their spouses) and trusts established primarily for the
benefit of such lineal descendants (and their spouses) will not become an acquiring person and will
not be counted as affiliates or associates of any other person in determining whether such person
is an acquiring person, in each case as long as the primary purpose for holding shares in us is not
to effect an extraordinary corporate transaction. In addition, holders of 1% or more of our common
stock which are identified in the prospectus relating to our initial public offering are also
excluded from becoming an acquiring person.
If the rights become exercisable, each right (other than rights held by the acquiring person)
will entitle the holder to purchase, at a price equal to the exercise price of the right, a number
of shares of our common stock having a then-current market value of twice the exercise price of the
right. If at any time from and after the time an acquiring person becomes such we agree to merge
into another entity or we sell more than 50% of our assets, each right (other than rights held by
the acquiring person) will entitle the holder to purchase, at a price equal to the exercise price
of the right, a number of shares of common stock of such entity having a then-current market value
of twice the exercise price.
We will generally be entitled to redeem the rights at a price of $0.01 per right at any time
prior to the day a person becomes an acquiring person. The description and terms of the rights are
set forth in a Rights Agreement dated as of July 27, 2000 entered into between us and the rights
agent named therein. The Rights Agreement was filed as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form
8-K dated July 27, 2000, filed with the SEC.
The Rights Agreement approved by our board of directors is designed to protect and maximize
the value of our outstanding equity interests in the event of an unsolicited attempt to acquire us
in a manner or on terms not approved by our board of directors and that prevent our stockholders
from realizing the full value of their shares of our common stock. However, the rights may have
the effect of rendering more difficult or discouraging an acquisition of us that is deemed
undesirable by our board of directors. The rights may cause substantial dilution to a person or
group that attempts to acquire us on terms or in a manner not approved by our board of directors,
except pursuant to an offer conditioned upon the negation, purchase or redemption of the rights.
Rights To Purchase Securities And Other Property
Our certificate of incorporation authorizes our board of directors to create and issue rights,
warrants and options entitling the holders of them to purchase from us shares of any class or
classes of our capital stock or other securities or property upon such terms and conditions as our
board of directors may deem advisable.
Listing
Our common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol LII.
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Transfer Agent And Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for the common stock is Mellon Investor Services LLC.
DESCRIPTION OF OUR WARRANTS
We may issue warrants to purchase any combination of debt securities, common stock, preferred
stock, rights or other securities of Lennox or any other entity. Warrants may be issued warrants
independently or together with other securities and may be attached to or separate from other
securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be
entered into between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent. The warrant agent will act
solely as our agent in connection with the warrants and will not have any obligation or
relationship of agency or trust for or with any holders or beneficial owners of warrants. A copy
of the warrant agreement will be filed with the SEC in connection with any offering of warrants.
The prospectus supplement relating to a particular issue of warrants to issue debt securities,
preferred stock or common stock will describe the terms of those warrants, including the following:
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the offering price for the warrants, if any; |
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the aggregate number of warrants offered; |
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the designation and terms of the debt securities, common stock, preferred stock,
rights or other securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants, and procedures by
which the number of securities purchasable may be adjusted; |
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the dates or periods during which the warrants are exercisable; |
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the designation and terms of any securities with which the warrants are issued; |
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if applicable, the date from and after which the warrants and any securities issued
with them will be separately transferable; |
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the principal amount of debt securities that may be purchased upon exercise of a
warrant and the price at which the debt securities may be purchased upon exercise; |
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the number of shares of preferred stock or common stock that may be purchased upon
exercise of a warrant and the price at which the shares may be purchased upon exercise; |
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the dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and expire; |
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if applicable, the minimum or maximum amount of the warrants that may be exercised
at any one time; |
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whether the warrants represented by the warrant certificates or debt securities that
may be issued upon exercise of the warrants will be issued in registered or bearer
form; |
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information relating to book-entry procedures, if any; |
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the currency or currency units in which the offering price, if any, and the exercise
price are payable; |
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if applicable, a discussion of material United States federal income tax
considerations; |
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anti-dilution provisions of the warrants, if any; |
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redemption or call provisions, if any, applicable to the warrants; |
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any additional terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures and limitations
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DESCRIPTION OF OUR DEPOSITARY SHARES
General
At our option, we may elect to offer fractional shares of preferred stock, rather than full
shares of preferred stock. If we do elect to offer fractional shares of preferred stock, we will
issue to the public receipts for depositary shares and each of these depositary shares will
represent a fraction of a share of a particular series of preferred stock, as specified in the
applicable prospectus supplement. Each owner of a depositary share will be entitled, in proportion
to the applicable fractional interest in shares of preferred stock underlying that depositary
share, to all rights and preferences of the preferred stock underlying that depositary share.
These rights may include dividend, voting, redemption and liquidation rights.
The shares of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares will be deposited with a bank
or trust company selected by us to act as depositary, under a deposit agreement between us, the
depositary and the holders of the depositary receipts. The depositary will be the transfer agent,
registrar and dividend disbursing agent for the depositary shares.
The depositary shares will be evidenced by depositary receipts issued pursuant to the
depositary agreement. Holders of depositary receipts agree to be bound by the deposit agreement,
which requires holders to take certain actions such as filing proof of residence and paying certain
charges.
The summary of terms of the depositary shares contained in this prospectus is not complete.
You should refer to the forms of the deposit agreement, our certificate of incorporation and the
certificate of designation for the applicable series of preferred stock that are, or will be, filed
with the SEC.
Dividends
The depositary will distribute cash dividends or other cash distributions, if any, received in
respect of the series of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares to the record holders of
depositary receipts in proportion to the number of depositary shares owned by those holders on the
relevant record date. The relevant record date for depositary shares will be the same date as the
record date for the preferred stock. In the event of a distribution other than in cash, the
depositary will distribute property received by it to the record holders of depositary receipts
that are entitled to receive the distribution, unless the depositary determines that it is not
feasible to make the distribution. If this occurs, the depositary, with our approval, may adopt
another method for the distribution, including selling the property and distributing the net
proceeds to the holders.
Liquidation Preference
If a series of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares has a liquidation preference,
in the event of the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Lennox,
holders of depositary shares will be entitled to receive the fraction of the liquidation preference
accorded each share of the applicable series of preferred stock, as set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement.
Redemption
If a series of preferred stock underlying the depositary shares is subject to redemption, the
depositary shares will be redeemed from the proceeds received by the depositary resulting from the
redemption, in whole or in part, of the preferred stock held by the depositary. Whenever we redeem
any preferred stock held by the depositary, the depositary will redeem, as of the same redemption
date, the number of depositary shares representing the preferred stock so redeemed. The depositary
will mail the notice of redemption to the record holders of the depositary receipts promptly upon
receiving the notice from, unless otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, prior
to the date fixed for redemption of the preferred stock.
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Voting
Upon receipt of notice of any meeting at which the holders of preferred stock are entitled to
vote, the depositary will mail the information contained in the notice of meeting to the record
holders of the depositary receipts underlying the preferred stock. Each record holder of those
depositary receipts on the record date will be entitled to instruct the depositary as to the
exercise of the voting rights pertaining to the amount of preferred stock underlying that holders
depositary shares. The record date for the depositary will be the same date as the record date for
the preferred stock. The depositary will try, as far as practicable, to vote the preferred stock
underlying the depositary shares in accordance with these instructions. We will agree to take all
action that may be deemed necessary by the depositary in order to enable the depositary to vote the
preferred stock in accordance with these instructions. The depositary will not vote the preferred
stock to the extent that it does not receive specific instructions from the holders of depositary
receipts.
Withdrawal of Preferred Stock
Owners of depositary shares will be entitled to receive upon surrender of depositary receipts
at the principal office of the depositary and payment of any unpaid amount due to the depositary,
the number of whole shares of preferred stock underlying their depositary shares. Partial shares
of preferred stock will not be issued. Holders of preferred stock will not be entitled to deposit
the shares under the deposit agreement or to receive depositary receipts evidencing depositary
shares for the preferred stock.
Amendment and Termination of Deposit Agreement
The form of depositary receipt evidencing the depositary shares and any provision of the
deposit agreement may be amended by agreement between us and the depositary. However, any
amendment which materially and adversely alters the rights of the holders of depositary shares,
other than fee changes, will not be effective unless the amendment has been approved by at least a
majority of the outstanding depositary shares. The deposit agreement may be terminated by the
depositary or us only if:
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there has been a final distribution of the preferred stock in connection with our
dissolution and such distribution has been made to all the holders of depositary
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Charges of Depositary
We will pay all transfer and other taxes and governmental charges arising solely from the
existence of the depositary arrangement. We will also pay charges of the depositary in connection
with:
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the initial issuance of the depositary shares; |
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Holders of depositary receipts will pay transfer, income and other taxes and governmental
charges and other specified charges as provided in the deposit agreement for their accounts. If
these charges have not been paid, the depositary may:
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refuse to transfer depositary shares; |
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Miscellaneous
The depositary will forward to the holders of depositary receipts all reports and
communications we deliver to the depositary that we are required to furnish to the holders of the
preferred stock. In addition, the depositary will make available for inspection by holders of
depositary receipts at the principal office of the depositary, and at such other places as it may
from time to time deem advisable, any reports and communications we deliver to the depositary as
the holder of preferred stock. Neither the depositary nor Lennox will be liable if either the
depositary or Lennox is prevented or delayed by law or any circumstance beyond either the
depositary or Lennoxs control in performing their respective obligations under the deposit
agreement. Our obligations and the depositarys obligations will be limited to the performance in
good faith of our or the depositarys respective duties under the deposit agreement. Neither the
depositary nor Lennox will be obligated to prosecute or defend any legal proceeding in respect of
any depositary shares or preferred stock unless satisfactory indemnity is furnished.
We and the depositary may rely on:
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written advice of counsel or accountants; |
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information provided by holders of depositary receipts or other persons believed in
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documents believed to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper
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Resignation and Removal of Depositary
The depositary may resign at any time by delivering a notice to us. We may remove the
depositary at any time. Any such resignation or removal will take effect upon the appointment of a
successor depositary and its acceptance of such appointment. The successor depositary must be
appointed within 60 days after delivery of the notice for resignation or removal. The successor
depositary must be a bank and trust company having its principal office in the United States of
America and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $150,000,000.
Federal Income Tax Consequences
Owners of the depositary shares will be treated for federal income tax purposes as if they
were owners of the preferred stock underlying the depositary shares. As a result, owners will be
entitled to take into account for federal income tax purposes and deductions to which they would be
entitled if they were holders of such preferred stock. No gain or loss will be recognized for
federal income tax purposes upon the withdrawal of preferred stock in exchange for depositary
shares. The tax basis of each share of preferred stock to an exchanging owner of depositary shares
will, upon such exchange, be the same as the aggregate tax basis of the depositary shares
exchanged. The holding period for preferred stock in the hands of an exchanging owner of
depositary shares will include the period during which such person owned such depositary shares.
DESCRIPTION OF OUR UNITS
As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may issue units consisting of one or
more warrants, debt securities, shares of preferred stock, shares of common stock or any
combination of such securities. The applicable prospectus supplement will describe:
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the terms of the units and of the warrants, debt securities, preferred stock and
common stock comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the
securities comprising the units may be traded separately; |
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a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the offered securities in and outside the United States (1) through underwriters
or dealers, (2) directly to purchasers, including our affiliates, (3) through agents or (4) through
a combination of any of these methods. The prospectus supplement will include the following
information:
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the terms of the offering; |
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the names of any underwriters or agents; |
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the name or names of any managing underwriter or underwriters; |
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the purchase price of the securities from us; |
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the net proceeds to us from the sale of the securities; |
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any delayed delivery arrangements; |
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any underwriting discounts, commissions and other items constituting underwriters
compensation; |
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Sale through Underwriters or Dealers
If we use underwriters in the sale, the underwriters will acquire the securities for their own
account. The underwriters may resell the securities from time to time in one or more transactions,
including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined
at the time of sale. Underwriters may offer securities to the public either through underwriting
syndicates represented by one or more managing underwriters or directly by one or more firms acting
as underwriters. Unless we inform you otherwise in the prospectus supplement, the obligations of
the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject to certain conditions, and the
underwriters will be obligated to purchase all the offered securities if they purchase any of them.
The underwriters may change from time to time any initial public offering price and any discounts
or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers.
During and after an offering through underwriters, the underwriters may purchase and sell the
securities in the open market. These transactions may include overallotment and stabilizing
transactions and purchases to cover syndicate short positions created in connection with the
offering. The underwriters may also impose a penalty bid, which means that selling concessions
allowed to syndicate members or other broker-dealers for the offered securities sold for their
account may be reclaimed by the syndicate if the offered securities are repurchased by the
syndicate in stabilizing or covering transactions. These activities may stabilize, maintain or
otherwise affect the market price of the offered securities, which may be higher than the price
that might otherwise prevail in the open market. If commenced, the underwriters may discontinue
these activities at any time.
If we use dealers in the sale of securities, we will sell the securities to them as
principals. They may then resell those securities to the public at varying prices determined by
the dealers at the time of resale. The dealers participating in any sale of the securities may be
deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to any sale
of those securities. We will include in the prospectus supplement the names of the dealers and the
terms of the transaction.
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Direct Sales and Sales Through Agents
We may sell the securities directly. In that event, no underwriters or agents would be
involved. We may also sell the securities through agents we designate from time to time. In the
prospectus supplement, we will name any agent involved in the offer or sale of the offered
securities, and we will describe any commissions payable by us to the agent. Unless we inform you
otherwise in the prospectus supplement, any agent will agree to use its reasonable best efforts to
solicit purchases for the period of its appointment.
We may sell the securities directly to institutional investors or others who may be deemed to
be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 with respect to any sale of those
securities. We will describe the terms of any such sales in the prospectus supplement.
Delayed Delivery Contracts
If we so indicate in the prospectus supplement, we may authorize agents, underwriters or
dealers to solicit offers from certain types of institutions to purchase securities from us at the
public offering price under delayed delivery contracts. These contracts would provide for payment
and delivery on a specified date in the future. The contracts would be subject only to those
conditions described in the prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will describe the
commission payable for solicitation of those contracts.
Remarketing
We may offer and sell any of the offered securities in connection with a remarketing upon
their purchase, in accordance with a redemption or repayment by their terms or otherwise by one or
more remarketing firms acting as principals for their own accounts or as our agents. We will
identify any remarketing firm, the terms of any remarketing agreement and the compensation to be
paid to the remarketing firm in the prospectus supplement. Remarketing firms may be deemed
underwriters under the Securities Act of 1933.
Derivative Transactions
We may enter into derivative transactions with third parties, or sell securities not covered
by this prospectus to third parties in privately negotiated transactions. If the applicable
prospectus supplement indicates, in connection with those derivatives, the third parties may sell
securities covered by this prospectus and the applicable prospectus supplement, including in short
sale transactions. If so, the third parties may use securities pledged by us or borrowed from us
or others to settle those sales or to close out any related open borrowings of stock, and may use
securities received from us in settlement of those derivatives to close out any related open
borrowings of stock. The third parties in these sale transactions will be underwriters and, if not
identified in this prospectus, will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement or in a
post-effective amendment to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
General Information
We may have agreements with the remarketing firms, agents, dealers and underwriters to
indemnify them against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of
1933, or to contribute with respect to payments that the agents, dealers or underwriters may be
required to make. Such firms, agents, dealers and underwriters may be customers of, engage in
transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of their businesses.
Each series of offered securities will be a new issue, and other than the common stock, which
is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, will have no established trading market. We may elect to
list any series of offered securities on an exchange, but we are not obligated to do so. It is
possible that one or more underwriters may make a market in a series of offered securities.
However, they will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue market making at any time without
notice. We cannot assure you that a liquid trading market for any of our offered securities will
develop.
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LEGAL MATTERS
The validity of the securities described in this prospectus will be passed upon for us by
Baker Botts L.L.P., Dallas, Texas.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and the related financial statement schedule,
incorporated in this prospectus by reference to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007, and the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting, have
been audited by KPMG LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their
report, which is incorporated herein by reference. Such consolidated financial statements and
financial statement schedule have been so incorporated in reliance upon the reports of such firm
given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing. KPMG LLPs audit report dated
February 27, 2008, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Lennox International Inc. as
of December 31, 2007 and 2006, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders
equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2007 and
the related financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2007, refers to, effective January 1, 2006, the adoption of the
provisions of Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108, Considering the
Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial
Statements, effective December 31, 2006, the adoption of the provisions of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other
Postretirement Plans, and effective January 1, 2007, the adoption of FASB Interpretation No. 48,
Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an Interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports and other information with the SEC. You may
read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SECs public reference room located at 100 F
Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may obtain further information regarding the operation
of the SECs public reference room by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. Our filings are also
available to the public on the SECs Internet site located at http://www.sec.gov. You can obtain
information about us at the offices of the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New
York 10005.
This prospectus, which includes information we have incorporated by reference (see
Incorporation by Reference below), is part of a registration statement we have filed with the SEC
relating to the securities we may offer. As permitted by SEC rules, this prospectus does not
contain all of the information we have included in the registration statement and the accompanying
exhibits and schedules we file with the SEC. You may refer to the registration statement, the
exhibits and the schedules for more information about us and our securities. The registration
statement, exhibits and schedules are available at the SECs public reference room or through its
Internet site.
INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
We are incorporating by reference into this prospectus certain information we file with the
SEC. This means we are disclosing important information to you by referred you to the documents
containing the information. The information we incorporate by reference is considered to be a part
of this prospectus. Information that we file later with the SEC that is deemed incorporated by
reference into this prospectus (but not information deemed to be furnished to and not filed with
the SEC) will automatically update and supersede information previously included.
We are incorporating by reference into this prospectus the documents listed below and any
subsequent filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (excluding information deemed to be furnished and not filed with the SEC)
until all the securities are sold:
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our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007; |
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our Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2008,
June 30, 2008 and September 30, 2008; |
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our Current Reports on Form 8-K dated February 12, 2008, June 3, 2008, July 23,
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You may also obtain a copy of our filings with the SEC at no cost by writing to or telephoning
us at the following address:
Investor Relations
Lennox International Inc.
2140 Lake Park Boulevard
Richardson, Texas 75080
(972) 497-5000
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth expenses payable by Lennox in connection with the issuance and
distribution of the securities being registered, other than underwriting fees and commissions. All
of the amounts shown are estimates.
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20,000 |
|
Miscellaneous |
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10,000 |
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|
|
|
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Total |
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$ |
100,000 |
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(1) |
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In accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r), we are deferring payment of all of the
registration fee. |
ITEM 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
Set forth below is a description of certain provisions of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the Certificate) of Lennox International Inc. (the Company), the Amended and
Restated Bylaws (the Bylaws) of the Company, Indemnification Agreements (the Indemnification
Agreements) the Company has entered into with its directors and certain of its officers (the
Indemnitees) and the Delaware General Corporation Law (the DGCL). This description is intended
as a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Certificate, the Bylaws, the
Indemnification Agreements and the DGCL.
Delaware General Corporation Law
Section 145 of the DGCL provides that a corporation may indemnify any person who was or is a
party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or
proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in
the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that the person is or was a director, officer,
employee or agent of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a
director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership or other enterprise,
against all expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement
actually and reasonably incurred by them in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he
or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interest of the corporation and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, if he
or she had no reasonable cause to believe their conduct was unlawful. Section 145 further provides
that a corporation similarly may indemnify any such person serving in any such capacity who was or
is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or
suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, against expenses
(including attorneys fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or
settlement of the action or suit if he or she acted in good faith and in a manner he or she
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, except that
no indemnification may be made against expenses in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to
which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation, unless and only to the
extent that the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application
that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such
person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court shall deem
proper.
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The Certificate
Article Eighth of the Certificate provides that a director of the Company shall not be liable
to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director,
except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the
DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any repeal or modification of Article Eighth
shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Company existing thereunder
with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or modification.
The Bylaws
Article VI of the Bylaws provides that each person who at any time shall serve or shall have
served as a director or officer of the Company, or any person who, while a director or officer of
the Company, is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director or officer of another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be entitled to (a)
indemnification and (b) the advancement of expenses incurred by such person from the Company as,
and to the fullest extent, permitted by Section 145 of the DGCL or any successor statutory
provision, as from time to time amended. The Company may indemnify any other person, to the same
extent and subject to the same limitations specified in the immediately preceding sentence, by
reason of the fact that such other person is or was an employee or agent of the Company or another
corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise.
The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, Article
VI shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or
advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw of the Company, agreement, vote of
stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such persons official
capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. All rights to
indemnification under Article VI shall be deemed to be provided by a contract between the Company
and the director, officer, employee or agent who served in such capacity at any time while the
bylaws of the Company and other relevant provisions of the DGCL and other applicable law, if any,
are in effect. Any repeal or modification thereof shall not affect any rights or obligations then
existing. Without limiting the provisions of Article VI, the Company is authorized from time to
time, without further action by the stockholders of the Company, to enter into agreements with any
director or officer of the Company providing such rights of indemnification as the Company may deem
appropriate, up to the maximum extent permitted by law. Any agreement entered into by the Company
with a director may be authorized by the other directors, and such authorization shall not be
invalid on the basis that similar agreements may have been or may thereafter be entered into with
other directors.
Insurance
The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the
Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint
venture, trust or other enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person and incurred
by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such persons status as such, whether or not
the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the
applicable provisions of Article VI of the Bylaws or the DGCL.
Indemnification Agreements
The Company has entered into indemnification agreements (the Indemnification Agreements)
with its directors and certain of its executive officers (collectively, the Indemnitees). Under
the terms of the Indemnification Agreements, the Company has generally agreed to indemnify, and
advance expenses to, each Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law on the date
of the agreements and to such greater extent as applicable law may thereafter permit. In addition,
the Indemnification Agreements contain specific provisions pursuant to which the Company has agreed
to indemnify each Indemnitee (i) if such person is, by reason of his or her status as a director,
nominee for director, officer, agent or fiduciary of the Company or of any other corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise with which such person
was serving at the request of the Company (any such status being referred to as a Corporate
Status) made or threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit, arbitration, alternative dispute resolution mechanism,
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investigation or other proceeding (each, a Proceeding), other than a proceeding by or in the
right of the Company; (ii) if such person is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, made or
threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding brought by or in the right of the Company to
procure a judgment in its favor, except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any
claim, issue or matter in such Proceeding as to which such Indemnitee shall have been adjudged to
be liable to the Company if applicable law prohibits such indemnification, unless and only to the
extent that a court shall otherwise determine; (iii) against expenses actually and reasonably
incurred by such person or on his or her behalf in connection with any Proceeding to which such
Indemnitee was or is a party by reason of his or her Corporate Status and in which such Indemnitee
is successful, on the merits or otherwise; (iv) against expenses actually and reasonably incurred
by such person or on his or her behalf in connection with a Proceeding to the extent that such
Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a witness or otherwise participates in any
Proceeding at a time when such person is not a party in the Proceeding; and (v) against expenses
actually and reasonably incurred by such person in any judicial adjudication of or any award in
arbitration to enforce his or her rights under the Indemnification Agreements.
In addition, under the terms of the Indemnification Agreements, the Company has agreed to pay
all reasonable expenses incurred by or on behalf of an Indemnitee in connection with any
Proceeding, whether brought by or in the right of the Company or otherwise, in advance of any
determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification and within 15 days after the receipt
by the Company of a written request from such Indemnitee for such payment. In the Indemnification
Agreements, each Indemnitee has agreed that he or she will reimburse and repay the Company for any
expenses so advanced to the extent that it shall ultimately be determined that he or she is not
entitled to be indemnified by the Company against such expenses.
The Indemnification Agreements also include provisions that specify the procedures and
presumptions which are to be employed to determine whether an Indemnitee is entitled to
indemnification thereunder. In some cases, the nature of the procedures specified in the
Indemnification Agreements varies depending on whether there has occurred a Change in Control (as
defined in the Indemnification Agreements) of the Company.
ITEM 16. Exhibits
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Exhibit Number |
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Description of Exhibit |
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1.1 |
* |
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Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities. |
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3.1 |
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lennox International Inc. (LII) (filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to LIIs Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-75725)
filed on April 6, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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3.2 |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of LII (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to LIIs Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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4.1 |
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Specimen Stock Certificate for the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of LII (filed
as Exhibit 4.1 to LIIs Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration
No. 333-75725) filed on June 16, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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4.2 |
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Rights Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2000, between LII and ChaseMellon Shareholder
Services, L.L.C., as Rights Agent, which includes as Exhibit A the form of Certificate of
Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock setting forth the terms of
the Preferred Stock, as Exhibit B the form of Rights Certificate and as Exhibit C the
Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to LIIs Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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4.3 |
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Form of Senior Indenture. |
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4.4 |
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Form of Senior Note. |
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Exhibit Number |
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Description of Exhibit |
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4.5 |
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Form of Subordinated Indenture. |
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4.6 |
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Form of Subordinated Note. |
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4.7 |
* |
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Form of Deposit Agreement. |
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4.8 |
* |
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Form of Deposit Receipt (contained in Exhibit 4.5). |
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4.9 |
* |
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Form of Warrant Agreement. |
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4.10 |
* |
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Form of Unit Agreement. |
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LII is a party to several debt instruments under which the total amount of securities
authorized under any such instrument does not exceed 10% of the total assets of LII and
its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Pursuant to paragraph 4(iii)(A) of Item 601(b)
of Regulation S-K, LII agrees to furnish a copy of such instruments to the Securities and
Exchange Commission upon request. |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. |
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12.1 |
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Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. |
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23.1 |
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Consent of KPMG LLP. |
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23.2 |
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Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1 |
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Powers of Attorney (set forth on signature page). |
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25.1 |
* |
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Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
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* |
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To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit with a subsequent Current Report on Form 8-K in
connection with a specific offering. |
ITEM 17. Undertakings
(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
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(1) |
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
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To include any prospectus required by section
10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
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(ii) |
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or
events arising after the effective date of the registration statement
(or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which,
individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the
information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered
(if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that
which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the
aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20%
change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration
statement; and |
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(iii) |
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To include any material information with
respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to such information in
the registration statement; |
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do
not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective
amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or
furnished to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to section 13 or
section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated
by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration
statement.
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to
be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and
the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof. |
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To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the
termination of the offering. |
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(4) |
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That, for the purpose of determining liability under the
Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
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Each prospectus filed by the registrant
pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed
part of and included in the registration statement; and |
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Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration
statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made
pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of
providing the information required by section 10(a) of the Securities
Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of and included in the
registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of
prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first
contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the
prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the
issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date
shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration
statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to
which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at
that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;
provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement
or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a
document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration
statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior
to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made
in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the
registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior
to such effective date. |
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial
distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a
primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the
securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such
purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned
registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or
sell such securities to such purchaser: |
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Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the
undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed
pursuant to Rule 424; |
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(ii) |
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Any free writing prospectus relating to the
offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
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(iii) |
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The portion of any other free writing
prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about the registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the
undersigned registrant; and |
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Any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(b) The
undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any
liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant
to section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable,
each filing of an employee benefit plans annual report pursuant to section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering
thereof.
(c) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be
permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in
the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against
such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a
director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with
the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the
question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
(d) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application for the purpose of
determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust
Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the SEC under Section
305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Lennox International Inc.
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Richardson, State of Texas, on December
1, 2008.
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LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
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By: |
/s/
Todd M. Bluedorn
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Todd M. Bluedorn |
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Chief Executive Officer |
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KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned directors and officers of Lennox
International Inc., a Delaware corporation, which is filing a Registration Statement on Form S-3
with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the Securities Act), hereby constitutes and appoints Todd M. Bluedorn and Susan K.
Carter, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power
of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, and in
any and all capacities, to sign and file (i) any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, and (ii) a registration statement, and any and all amendments thereto,
relating to the offering covered hereby filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act,
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, it being understood that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents, and each of them, shall have full power and authority to do and perform each and every act
and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and
purposes as he or she might or could do in person and that each of the undersigned hereby ratifies
and confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact as agents or any of them, or their substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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SIGNATURE |
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TITLE |
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DATE |
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/s/ Todd M. Bluedorn
Todd M. Bluedorn
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Chief Executive Officer and
Director (Principal Executive
Officer)
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ Susan K. Carter
Susan K. Carter
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Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ Roy A. Rumbough
Roy A. Rumbough
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Vice President, Controller and
Chief Accounting Officer
(Principal Accounting Officer)
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ Richard L. Thompson
Richard L. Thompson
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Chairman of the Board of Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ Linda G. Alvarado
Linda G. Alvarado
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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SIGNATURE |
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TITLE |
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DATE |
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/s/ Steven R. Booth
Steven R. Booth
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ James J. Byrne
James J. Byrne
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ Janet K. Cooper
Janet K. Cooper
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ C.L. (Jerry) Henry
C.L. (Jerry) Henry
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ John E. Major
John E. Major
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ John W. Norris, III
John W. Norris, III
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ Paul W. Schmidt
Paul W. Schmidt
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ Terry D. Stinson
Terry D. Stinson
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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/s/ Jeffrey D. Storey, MD
Jeffrey D. Storey, MD
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Director
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December 1, 2008 |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit Number |
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Description of Exhibit |
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1.1 |
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Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities. |
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3.1 |
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Lennox International Inc. (LII) (filed as
Exhibit 3.1 to LIIs Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-75725)
filed on April 6, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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3.2 |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of LII (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to LIIs Current Report on
Form 8-K filed on July 23, 2008 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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4.1 |
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Specimen Stock Certificate for the Common Stock, par value $.01 per share, of LII (filed
as Exhibit 4.1 to LIIs Amendment to Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (Registration
No. 333-75725) filed on June 16, 1999 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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4.2 |
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Rights Agreement, dated as of July 27, 2000, between LII and ChaseMellon Shareholder
Services, L.L.C., as Rights Agent, which includes as Exhibit A the form of Certificate of
Designations of Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock setting forth the terms of
the Preferred Stock, as Exhibit B the form of Rights Certificate and as Exhibit C the
Summary of Rights to Purchase Preferred Stock (filed as Exhibit 4.1 to LIIs Current
Report on Form 8-K filed on July 28, 2000 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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4.3 |
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Form of Senior Indenture. |
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4.4 |
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Form of Senior Note. |
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4.5 |
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Form of Subordinated Indenture. |
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4.6 |
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Form of Subordinated Note. |
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4.7 |
* |
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Form of Deposit Agreement. |
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4.8 |
* |
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Form of Deposit Receipt (contained in Exhibit 4.5). |
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4.9 |
* |
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Form of Warrant Agreement. |
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4.10 |
* |
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Form of Unit Agreement. |
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LII is a party to several debt instruments under which the total amount of securities
authorized under any such instrument does not exceed 10% of the total assets of LII and
its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. Pursuant to paragraph 4(iii)(A) of Item 601(b)
of Regulation S-K, LII agrees to furnish a copy of such instruments to the Securities and
Exchange Commission upon request. |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of Baker Botts L.L.P. |
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12.1 |
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Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges. |
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23.1 |
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Consent of KPMG LLP. |
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23.2 |
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Consent of Baker Botts L.L.P. (contained in Exhibit 5.1). |
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24.1 |
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Powers of Attorney (set forth on signature page). |
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Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility and Qualification under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
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To be filed by amendment or as an exhibit with a subsequent Current Report on Form
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exv4w3
Exhibit
4.3
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
and
Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.01 Certain Terms Defined |
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ARTICLE 2 SECURITIES |
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Section 2.01 Forms Generally |
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Section 2.02 Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
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Section 2.03 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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Section 2.04 Authentication and Delivery of Securities |
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Section 2.05 Execution of Securities |
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Section 2.06 Certificate of Authentication |
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Section 2.07 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest |
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Section 2.08 Registration, Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.09 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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Section 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof |
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Section 2.11 Temporary Securities |
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ARTICLE 3 COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER |
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Section 3.01 Payment of Principal and Interest |
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Section 3.02 Offices for Payments, Etc. |
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Section 3.03 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee |
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Section 3.04 Paying Agents |
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Section 3.05 Written Statement to Trustee |
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ARTICLE 4 SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 4.01 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and
Addresses of Securityholders |
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Section 4.02 Reports by the Issuer |
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Section 4.03 Reports by the Trustee |
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ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT |
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Section 5.01 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity;
Waiver of Default |
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Section 5.02 Collection of Debt by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt |
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Section 5.03 Application of Proceeds |
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Section 5.04 Suits for Enforcement |
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Section 5.05 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings |
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Section 5.06 Limitations on Suits by Securityholders |
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Section 5.07 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute Certain Suits |
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Section 5.08 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission
Not Waiver of Default |
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Section 5.09 Control by Holders of Securities |
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Section 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults |
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Section 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default |
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Section 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs |
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ARTICLE 6 CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 6.01 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee;
During Default; Prior to Default |
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Section 6.02 Certain Rights of the Trustee |
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Section 6.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of
Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof |
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Section 6.04 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, Etc. |
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Section 6.05 Moneys Held by Trustee |
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Section 6.06 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and
Its Prior Claim |
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Section 6.07 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers Certificate, Etc. |
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Section 6.08 Indentures Creating Potential Conflicting Interests for the Trustee |
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Section 6.09 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee |
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Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee |
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Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee |
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Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business of Trustee |
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ARTICLE 7 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS |
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Section 7.01 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders |
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Section 7.02 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities |
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Section 7.03 Holders to Be Treated as Owners |
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Section 7.04 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding |
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Section 7.05 Right of Revocation of Action Taken |
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ARTICLE 8 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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Section 8.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders |
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Section 8.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders |
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Section 8.03 Effect of Supplemental Indenture |
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Section 8.04 Documents to Be Given to Trustee |
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Section 8.05 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE 9 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE |
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Section 9.01 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms |
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Section 9.02 Successor Issuer Substituted |
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ARTICLE 10 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
UNCLAIMED MONEYS |
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Section 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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Section 10.02 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities |
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Section 10.03 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent |
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Section 10.04 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent
Unclaimed for Two Years |
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Section 10.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations |
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ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 11.01 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors
of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability |
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Section 11.02 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties
and Holders of Securities |
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Section 11.03 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture |
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Section 11.04 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Holders of Securities |
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Section 11.05 Officers Certificates and Opinions of Counsel;
Statements to Be Contained Therein |
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Section 11.06 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays |
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Section 11.07 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture With Trust Indenture Act of 1939 |
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Section 11.08 New York Law to Govern |
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Section 11.09 Counterparts |
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Section 11.10 Effect of Headings |
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Section 11.11 Securities in a Foreign Currency |
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Section 11.12 Judgment Currency |
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ARTICLE 12 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS |
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Section 12.01 Applicability of Article |
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Section 12.02 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions |
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Section 12.03 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption |
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Section 12.04 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for
Selection for Redemption |
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Section 12.05 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds |
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LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and Indenture, dated as of ,
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Trust Indenture Act |
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Indenture |
Section |
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310(a)(1) |
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(a)(2) |
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6.09 |
(a)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
(a)(4) |
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Not Applicable |
(b) |
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6.08, 6.10, 6.11 |
(c) |
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Not Applicable |
311(a) |
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Not Applicable |
(b) |
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Not Applicable |
(c) |
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Not Applicable |
312(a) |
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4.01 |
(b) |
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Not Applicable |
(c) |
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Not Applicable |
313(a) |
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Not Applicable |
(b)(1) |
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Not Applicable |
(b)(2) |
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4.03 |
(c) |
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4.03 |
(d) |
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4.03 |
314(a) |
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4.02 |
(a)(4) |
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3.05 |
(b) |
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Not Applicable |
(c)(1) |
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11.05 |
(c)(2) |
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11.05 |
(c)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
(d) |
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Not Applicable |
(e) |
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11.05 |
315(a) |
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6.01, 6.02 |
(b) |
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(c) |
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6.01 |
(d) |
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6.01 |
(e) |
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5.09 |
316(a) |
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1.01 |
(a)(1)(A) |
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5.09 |
(a)(1)(B) |
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5.10 |
(a)(2) |
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(b) |
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5.07 |
(c) |
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7.02 |
317(a)(1) |
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5.02; 5.04 |
(a)(2) |
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5.02 |
(b) |
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6.05 |
318(a) |
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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of , is made between LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., a
Delaware corporation (the Issuer),
and , a (the
Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Issuer may from time to time duly authorize the issue of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series (the
Securities) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery and administration of the Securities;
and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according
to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the holders thereof,
the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of
the respective holders from time to time of the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and
of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or the
definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933 are referred to in the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, including terms defined therein by reference to the Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly 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. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and the term generally accepted accounting principles means such accounting
principles as are generally accepted at the time of any computation. The words herein, hereof
and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article have the
meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular.
Board of Directors means either the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any committee of
such Board duly authorized to act on its behalf.
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Board Resolution means a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the Issuer to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in
full force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means, with respect to any Security, a day that in the city (or in any of the
cities, if more than one) in which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of such Security,
is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to
close.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or if at any time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, then the body performing such duties on such date.
Common Stock means shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer as the
same exists at the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture or as such stock may be
reconstituted from time to time.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business
of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the
date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at
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Debt of any Person means any debt for money borrowed which is created, assumed, incurred or
guaranteed in any manner by such Person or for which such Person is otherwise responsible or
liable, and shall expressly include any such guaranty thereof by such Person. For the purpose of
computing the amount of the Debt of any Person there shall be excluded all Debt of such Person for
the payment or redemption or satisfaction of which money or securities (or evidences of such Debt,
if permitted under the terms of the instrument creating such Debt) in the necessary amount shall
have been deposited in trust with the proper depositary, whether upon or prior to the maturity or
the date fixed for redemption of such Debt; and, in any instance where Debt is so excluded, for the
purpose of computing the assets of such Person there shall be excluded the money, securities or
evidences of Debt deposited by such Person in trust for the purpose of paying or satisfying such
Debt.
Depositary means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the
form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Issuer pursuant
to Section 2.04 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Depositary shall mean or include each Person who is
then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Depositary as
used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to
the Global Securities of that series.
Dollar means the currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
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Event of Default means any event or condition specified as such in Section 5.01.
Foreign Currency means a currency issued by the government of a country other than the
United States.
Global Security, means a Security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities, issued
to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 2.04, and bearing the legend
prescribed in Section 2.04.
Holder, holder of Securities, Securityholder or other similar terms mean the Person in
whose name such Security is registered in the Security register kept by the Issuer for that purpose
in accordance with the terms hereof.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed and delivered or, if amended or
supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented or both, and shall include the forms
and terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
interest, unless the context otherwise requires, refers to interest, and when used with
respect to non-interest bearing Securities, refers to interest payable after maturity, if any.
Issuer means Lennox International Inc. and, subject to Article 9, its successors and
assigns.
Issuer Order means a written statement, request or order of the Issuer signed in its name by
the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or any vice president of the Issuer.
Market Exchange Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 11.11.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by the chief executive officer, any vice
president, the chief financial officer, the controller, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
secretary or any assistant secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and shall include the
statements provided for in Section 11.05.
Opinion of Counsel means an opinion in writing signed by the general counsel or such other
legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and shall include the statements provided for in Section 11.05, if and to the extent required
hereby.
original issue date of any Security (or portion thereof) means the earlier of (a) the date
of such Security or (b) the date of any Security (or portion thereof) for which such Security was
issued (directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
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Original Issue Discount Security means any Security that provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.01.
Outstanding, when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys or
U.S. Government Obligations (as provided for in Section 10.01) in the necessary amount shall
have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the
Issuer) or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Issuer for the
Holders of such Securities (if the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent); provided, that
if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof,
notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated
and delivered, or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.09 (except
with respect to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented
that such Security is held by a Person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Issuer), Securities converted into Common Stock pursuant hereto
and Securities not deemed outstanding pursuant to Section 12.02.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of any or all series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due
and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.01.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
principal whenever used with reference to the Securities or any Security or any portion
thereof, shall be deemed to include and premium, if any.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman of the board
of directors, any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the
chairman of the executive committee, any vice chairman of the executive committee, the president,
any vice president, the cashier, the secretary, the treasurer, any trust officer, any assistant
trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant cashier, any assistant
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secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be
such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or
her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Security or Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or,
as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Subsidiary means a corporation of which stock having a majority of the voting power under
ordinary circumstances is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer or by one or more
subsidiaries of the Issuer, or by the Issuer and one or more subsidiaries of the Issuer.
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (except as otherwise provided in Sections 8.01 and 8.02) means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was originally
executed.
Trustee means the Person identified as Trustee in the first paragraph hereof and, subject
to the provisions of Article 6, shall also include any successor trustee. Trustee shall also mean
or include each Person who is then a trustee hereunder and if at any time there is more than one
such Person, Trustee as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
U.S. Government Obligations shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.01(a).
vice president, when used with respect to the Issuer or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
of vice president.
Yield to Maturity means the yield to maturity on a series of securities, calculated at the
time of issuance of such series, or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest
on such series, and calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be substantially in such
form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions (as set forth in a Board Resolution or, to the extent established pursuant to
(rather than set forth in) a Board Resolution, an Officers Certificate detailing such
establishment) 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 imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends or
endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply
with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities
exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such
Securities as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
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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 2.02 Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication. The Trustees certificate of
authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Section 2.03 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The
Securities may be issued in one or more series. The terms of a series of Securities shall be
established prior to the initial issuance thereof in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions
of the Board of Directors and set forth in a Board Resolution, or, to the extent established
pursuant to (rather than set forth in) a Board Resolution, in an Officers Certificate detailing
such establishment and/or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The terms of
such series reflected in such Board Resolution, Officers Certificate, or supplemental indenture
may include the following or any additional or different terms:
(a) the designation of the Securities of the series (which may be part of a series of
Securities previously issued);
(b) the terms and conditions, if applicable, upon which conversion or exchange of the
Securities into Common Stock will be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange
price or rate and any adjustments thereto, the conversion or exchange period and other
provisions in addition to or in lieu of those described herein;
(c) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 8.05 or 12.03);
(d) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of that series
are denominated;
(e) any date on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(f) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, the record date or dates for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable,
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the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue and on which such interest
shall be payable and/or the method by which such rate or rates or date or dates shall be
determined;
(g) the place or places where the principal of and any interest on Securities of the
series shall be payable (if other than as provided in Section 3.02);
(h) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within 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 Issuer, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
(i) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of
the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at
the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or periods
within which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(j) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(k) 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;
(l) if other than the currency in which the Securities of that series are denominated,
the currency in which payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series shall be payable;
(m) if the principal of or interest on the Securities of the series is to be payable,
at the election of the Issuer or a Holder thereof, in a currency other than that in which
the Securities are denominated, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(n) if the amount of payments of principal of and interest on the Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index based on a currency other than that in
which the Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which such amounts shall
be determined;
(o) whether and upon what terms the Securities may be defeased;
(p) whether and under what circumstances the Issuer will pay additional amounts on the
Securities of any series in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld
or deducted and, if so, whether the Issuer will have the option to redeem such Securities
rather than pay such additional amounts;
(q) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether
upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series)
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only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other
conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(r) any trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or any
other agents with respect to the Securities of such series;
(s) any other events of default or covenants with respect to the Securities of such
series in addition to or in lieu of those contained in this Indenture;
(t) if the Securities of the series may be issued in exchange for surrendered
Securities of another series, or for other securities of the Issuer, pursuant to the terms
of such Securities or securities or of any agreement entered into by the Issuer, the ratio
of the principal amount of the Securities of the series to be issued to the principal amount
of the Securities or securities to be surrendered in exchange, and any other material terms
of the exchange; and
(u) any other terms of the series.
The Issuer may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of any
series of Securities, create and issue further Securities of any such series ranking equally with
the Securities of such series in all respects (or in all respects other than the payment of
interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further Securities or except for the first
payment of interest following the issue date of such further Securities). Such further Securities
may be consolidated and form a single series with the Securities of such series and have the same
terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Securities of such series.
Section 2.04 Authentication and Delivery of Securities. The Issuer may deliver Securities of
any series executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication together with the applicable
documents referred to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver such Securities to or upon the order of the Issuer (contained in the Issuer Order referred
to below in this Section) or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee and to such
recipients as may be specified from time to time by an Issuer Order. The maturity date, original
issue date, interest rate and any other terms of the Securities of such series shall be determined
by or pursuant to such Issuer Order and procedures. If provided for in such procedures, such
Issuer Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral instructions from the
Issuer or its duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. 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 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(a) an Issuer Order requesting such authentication and setting forth delivery
instructions if the Securities are not to be delivered to the Issuer;
(b) any Board Resolution, Officers Certificate and/or executed supplemental indenture
referred to in Sections 2.01 and 2.03 by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the
Securities were established;
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(c) an Officers Certificate setting forth the form or forms and terms of the
Securities stating that the form or forms and terms of the Securities have been established
pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 and comply with this Indenture, and covering such other
matters as the Trustee may reasonably request; and
(d) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(i) the form or forms and terms of such Securities have been established
pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 and comply with this Indenture,
(ii) the authentication and delivery of such Securities by the Trustee are
authorized under the provisions of this Indenture,
(iii) such Securities when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, and
(iv) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the
Issuer of the Securities have been complied with,
and covering such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under
this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully
be taken by the Issuer or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of
trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or Responsible
Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to
existing Holders or would affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities, this Indenture or otherwise.
The Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section with respect
to the Securities of a series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that
(i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of all of the Securities of such series issued and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such
Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositarys instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form,
this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary
or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
Each Depositary designated pursuant to this Section must, at the time of its designation and
at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable statute or regulation.
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Section 2.05 Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Issuer
by its chief executive officer, its chief financial officer, its controller or any vice president.
Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such
officers. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of any such
signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to
be such officer before the Security so signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
or disposed of by the Issuer, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or
disposed of as though the person who signed such Security had not ceased to be such officer of the
Issuer; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual
date of the execution of such Security, shall be the proper officers of the Issuer, although at the
date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such an officer.
Section 2.06 Certificate of Authentication. Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, executed by the
Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. The execution of such
certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence
that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the
Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.07 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. The Securities of
each series shall be issuable in denominations established as contemplated by Section 2.03 or, if
not so established, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The Securities
of each series shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in
accordance with such plan as the officers of the Issuer executing the same may determine with the
approval of the Trustee, as evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof. Unless
otherwise indicated in a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture for a
particular series, interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities of each series
shall bear interest, if any, from the date, and such interest shall be payable on the dates,
established as contemplated by Section 2.03.
The Person in whose name any Security of any series is registered at the close of business on
any record date applicable to a particular series with respect to any interest payment date for
such series shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest payment
date notwithstanding any transfer, exchange or conversion of such Security subsequent to the record
date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default
in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case
such defaulted interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names Outstanding Securities for such
series are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which shall be not less
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than five Business Days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted interest) established
by notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of Securities not less than 15
days preceding such subsequent record date. The term record date as used with respect to any
interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) for the Securities of any
series shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the Securities of such series
established as contemplated by Section 2.03, or, if no such date is so established, if such
interest payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the 15th day of the next preceding
calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the 15th day of a calendar month, the first day
of such calendar month, whether or not such record date is a Business Day.
Section 2.08 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer will keep at each office or
agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.02 for each series of Securities a
register or registers in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it will
provide for the registration of Securities of such series and the registration of transfer of
Securities of such series. Such register shall be in written form in the English language or in
any other form capable of being converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all
reasonable times such register or registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at any such
office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.02, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees
a new Security or Securities of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue
date in authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder thereof, Securities of any series (except a Global Security) may
be exchanged for a Security or Securities of such series having authorized denominations and an
equal aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the agency
of the Issuer that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 3.02 and upon
payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. All Securities surrendered upon any exchange or transfer provided for in this Indenture
shall be promptly cancelled and disposed of by the Trustee and the Trustee will deliver a
certificate of disposition thereof to the Issuer.
All Securities presented for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall
(if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing.
The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of transfer
of Securities. No service charge shall be made for any such transaction.
The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities of
any series for a period of 15 days next preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of
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Securities of such series to be redeemed or (b) any Securities selected, called or being
called for redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in
part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.08, unless and until it is exchanged in
whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, a Global Security representing all
or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to
such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to
a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Issuer that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time
the Depositary for the Securities of a series shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.04, the
Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a
successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Issuer within 90
days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Issuers
election pursuant to Section 2.03 that the Securities of such series be represented by a Global
Security shall no longer be effective and the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of
an Officers Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in
any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Security or Securities representing the Securities of such series, in exchange for such
Global Security or Securities.
The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any
series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a
Global Security or Securities. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of an Officers Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of
such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered
form, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series, in exchange for such Global
Security or Securities.
The Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in
whole or in part for Securities of the same series in definitive registered form on such terms as
are acceptable to the Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(i) to the Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations as requested by such Person, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Persons beneficial
interest in the Global Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the
difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global
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Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities authenticated and
delivered pursuant to clause (i) above.
Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in definitive registered form, in
authorized denominations, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities in
definitive registered form issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.08
shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such
Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the
Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations
of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Section 2.09 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. In case any temporary
or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer
in its discretion may execute, and upon the written request of any officer of the Issuer, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a new Security of the same series, maturity date, interest
rate and original issue date, bearing a number or other distinguishing symbol not contemporaneously
outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and
substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a
substitute Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to indemnify and defend and to
save each of them harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof and in
the case of mutilation or defacement shall surrender the Security to the Trustee.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Issuer 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. In
case any Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption in
full, or is being surrendered for conversion in full, shall become mutilated or defaced or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Security (with the
Holders consent, in the case of convertible Securities), pay or authorize the payment of the same
or convert, or authorize conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer and
to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them
may require to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the
applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of
the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by
virtue of the fact that any such Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen
Security shall be
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at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be
subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately
with any and all other Securities of such series duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All
Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law,
the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or conversion of
mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude any and all other
rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary
with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without
their surrender.
Section 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof. All Securities surrendered for
exchange for Securities of the same series or for payment, redemption, registration of transfer,
conversion or for credit against any payment in respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if
surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no
Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions
of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Securities held by it and deliver a
certificate of disposition to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Securities, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Debt represented by such
Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities for any
series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities
for such series (printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form
satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be issuable in any
authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of such series
but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities,
all as may be determined by the Issuer with the concurrence of the Trustee as evidenced by the
execution and authentication thereof. Temporary Securities may contain such reference to any
provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be executed by
the Issuer and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the
same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay the
Issuer shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon temporary
Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or
agency to be maintained by the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.02 and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such series an equal
aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series having authorized
denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the
same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series, unless the benefits of
the temporary Securities are limited pursuant to Section 2.03.
ARTICLE 3
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
Section 3.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer 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 interest on, each of the Securities of such series (together with any additional
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amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) at the place or places, at the
respective times and in the manner provided in such Securities and in this Indenture. The interest
on Securities (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such
Securities) shall be payable only to or upon the written order of the Holders thereof and at the
option of the Issuer may be paid by mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written
order of such Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the Security register of the
Issuer.
Section 3.02 Offices for Payments, Etc. The Issuer will maintain (i) in ,
an agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for payment, an agency where the
Securities of each series may be presented for exchange and conversion, if applicable, as provided
in this Indenture and an agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for
registration of transfer as in this Indenture provided and (ii) such further agencies in such
places as may be determined for the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 2.03.
The Issuer will maintain in , an agency where notices and demands
to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of any series or this Indenture may be served.
The Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of each such agency and of
any change of location thereof. In case the Issuer shall fail to maintain any agency required by
this Section to be located in , or shall fail to give such notice of
the location or of any change in the location of any of the above agencies, presentations and
demands may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Issuer may from time to time designate one or more additional agencies where the
Securities of a series may be presented for payment, where the Securities of that series may be
presented for exchange or conversion, if applicable, as provided in this Indenture and pursuant to
Section 2.03 and where the Securities of that series may be presented for registration of transfer
as in this Indenture provided, and the Issuer may from time to time rescind any such designation,
as the Issuer may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain the agencies
provided for in this Section. The Issuer will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any
such designation or rescission thereof.
Section 3.03 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee. The Issuer, whenever
necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided
in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each
series of Securities hereunder.
Section 3.04 Paying Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a paying agent other than the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, it will cause such paying agent to execute
and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject
to the provisions of this Section,
(a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent for the payment of the
principal of or interest on the Securities of such series (whether such sums have been
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paid to it by the Issuer or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) in
trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series or of the Trustee,
(b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Issuer (or by any other
obligor on the Securities of such series) to make any payment of the principal of or
interest on the Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable, and
(c) that at any time during the continuance of any such failure, upon the written
request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by
such paying agent.
The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on the
Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or
interest so becoming due, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly
notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Securities of any series,
it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of
such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. The Issuer will
promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, but subject to Section 10.01, the
Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to
one or more or all series of Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid
to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer or any paying agent
hereunder, as required by this Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
contained.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust
as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Sections 10.03 and 10.04.
Section 3.05 Written Statement to Trustee. So long as any Securities are Outstanding
hereunder, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Issuer ending after the date hereof, a written statement covering the previous fiscal
year, signed by two of its officers (which need not comply with Section 11.05), stating that in the
course of the performance of their duties as officers of the Issuer they would normally have
knowledge of any default by the Issuer in the performance or fulfillment of any covenant, agreement
or condition contained in this Indenture, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such
default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature
thereof.
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ARTICLE 4
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY
THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
Section 4.01 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of
Securityholders. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Trustee a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of
the Holders of the Securities of each series pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939:
(a) semiannually and not more than 15 days after each record date for the payment of
interest on such Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of such record date and on dates
to be determined pursuant to Section 2.03 for non-interest
bearing Securities in each year;
and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after
receipt by the Issuer of any such request as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such information is furnished, provided, that, if and so long as the Trustee shall be
the Security registrar for such series, such list shall not be required to be furnished.
Section 4.02 Reports by the Issuer. The Issuer covenants to comply with Section 314(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act insofar as it relates to information, documentations, and other reports which
the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act.
Section 4.03 Reports by the Trustee. Any Trustees report required under Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be transmitted on or before in each year
following the date hereof, so long as any Securities are Outstanding hereunder, and shall be dated
as of a date convenient to the Trustee but no more than 60 nor less than 45 days prior thereto.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS
ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 5.01 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default. Event of
Default, with respect to Securities of any series wherever used herein, means each one of the
following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (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):
(a) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of
such series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such
default for a period of 60 days (or such other period as may be established for the
Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.03); or
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(b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal on any of the Securities
of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon
redemption, by declaration or otherwise, and the continuance of such default for five days
(or such other period as may be established for the Securities of such series as
contemplated by Section 2.03); or
(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer in
respect of the Securities of such series (other than a covenant or warranty in respect of
the Securities of such series a default in the performance or breach of which is elsewhere
in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a
period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer
by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby, 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
(d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer
or for all or substantially all of its property and assets or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for
a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(e) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator
(or similar official) of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property and assets,
or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(f) any other Event of Default provided for in such series of Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, if the terms of any Securities so
provide, at the election of the Issuer, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the
failure to comply with Section 4.02 of this Indenture or Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, will, for the period specified for the Securities of such series, consist exclusively
of the right to receive additional interest on the Securities accruing at a rate specified for the
Securities of such series. Such additional interest will accrue on all outstanding Securities of
such series from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to
comply with the reporting obligations in the Indenture first occurs to, but not including, the date
on which such Event of Default is cured or waived. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph will
not affect the rights of Securityholders in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of
Default. In the event the Issuer does not elect to pay such additional interest specified upon an
Event of Default in accordance with this paragraph, the Securities will be subject to acceleration
as provided below.
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If an Event of Default described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (f) occurs and is continuing,
then, and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series
shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding hereunder (each
such series voting as a separate class) by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if
given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or, if the Securities of such series
are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in
the terms of such series) of all Securities of such series and the interest accrued thereon, if
any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (d) or (e) occurs and is
continuing, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities shall
have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one class),
by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare
the entire principal (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of
the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding and
interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration
the same shall become immediately due and payable.
The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any time after the
principal (or, if the Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of the Securities of any series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any
judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of such series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any and all Securities of such series (or of
all the Securities, as the case may be) which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration
(with interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest
or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the
Securities of such series, (or at the respective rates of interest or Yields to Maturity of all the
Securities, as the case may be) to the date of such payment or deposit) and such 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 negligence or bad faith, and if any and all Events of Default under the Indenture, other
than the non-payment of the principal of Securities which shall have become due by acceleration,
shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided hereinthen and in every such case
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of such series, each
series voting as a separate class (or of all the Securities, as the case may be, voting as a single
class), then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all
defaults with respect to such series (or with respect to all the Securities, as the case may be)
and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and
annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right
consequent thereon.
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For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of any Original Issue
Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and declared due and payable pursuant to the
provisions hereof, then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been
rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be
deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and
payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as
shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon
and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue
Discount Securities.
Section 5.02 Collection of Debt by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt. The Issuer covenants that
(a) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the
Securities of any series when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such default
shall have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall be made in the payment of
all or any part of the principal of any of the Securities of any series when the same shall have
become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of five days, whether
upon maturity of the Securities of such series or upon any redemption or by declaration or
otherwisethen, upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee for the benefit of
the Holders of the Securities of such series the whole amount that then shall have become due and
payable on all Securities of such series for principal or interest, as the case may be (with
interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of
such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at the same
rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount
Securities) specified in the Securities of such series); and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable
compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each
predecessor trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith.
In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any
action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities and collect in
the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities,
wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon
the Securities under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or its
property, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other
obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such
other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Securities shall then be
due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether
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the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be
entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and
interest (or, if the Securities of any series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of
such series) owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities of any series, 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 reasonable compensation to
the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, except as a result of
negligence or bad faith) and of the Securityholders allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities of any
series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other
obligor;
(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of
the Holders of the Securities of any series in any election of a trustee or a
standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings or person performing similar functions in comparable
proceedings; and
(iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect
to the claims of the Securityholders and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any
trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other similar official is hereby
authorized by each of the Securityholders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in
the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the
Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor trustee and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor trustee except
as a result of negligence or bad faith and all other amounts due to the Trustee or
any predecessor trustee pursuant to Section 6.06.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any
Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder
in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar person.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the
Securities of any series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities of such series or the production thereof on any trial or other proceedings relative
thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
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name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of
the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor trustee and their
respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
in respect of which such action was taken.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the
Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Securities in respect to which such
action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of such Securities parties to
any such proceedings.
Section 5.03 Application of Proceeds. Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this
Article in respect of any series shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates fixed
by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal or interest,
upon presentation of the several Securities in respect of which monies have been collected and
stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing Securities of such series in reduced
principal amounts in exchange for the presented Securities of like series if only partially paid,
or upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee or any predecessor trustee
pursuant to Section 6.06;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which
moneys have been collected shall not have become and be then due and payable, to the payment
of interest on the Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of the
installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been
collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the
rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled
thereto, without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which
moneys have been collected shall have become and shall be then due and payable, to the
payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for
principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent that
such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at
the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys
shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities
of such series, then to the payment of such principal and interest or Yield to Maturity,
without preference or priority of principal over interest or Yield to Maturity, or of
interest or Yield to Maturity over principal, or of any installment of interest over any
other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other Security of
such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest or
Yield to Maturity; and
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FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other Person
lawfully entitled thereto.
Section 5.04 Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of Default has occurred, has not been
waived and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the
rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, either at law or in equity or in
bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture or to
enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Section 5.05 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings. In case the Trustee shall
have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee,
then and in every such case the Issuer and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their
former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Issuer, the
Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken.
Section 5.06 Limitations on Suits by Securityholders. No Holder of any Security of any series
shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any
action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with
respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or
other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have
given to the Trustee written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore
provided, and unless also the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder and shall have offered to
the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities
to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding and no
direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 5.09; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the Holder of
every Security with every other Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities
of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of
Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or
to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal,
ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of the applicable series. For the
protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Section 5.07 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute Certain Suits.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and any provision of any Security, the right
of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Security
on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to institute suit for the
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enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, or for the enforcement of
such conversion right, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.08 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default. Except
as provided in Section 5.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or
to the Holders of Securities 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.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of Securities to exercise any right or
power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any
such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 5.06, every power and remedy given by this Indenture
or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities.
Section 5.09 Control by Holders of Securities. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of each series affected (with each series voting as a separate
class) at the time Outstanding 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 by this Indenture; provided,
that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this
Indenture and provided, further, that (subject to the provisions of Section 6.01) the Trustee shall
have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the
Trustee in good faith by its board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of
directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so
directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so
determine that the actions or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be
unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Securities of all series so affected not
joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 6.01) the
Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly
prejudicial to such Holders.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its discretion to take any
action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction or directions
by Securityholders.
Section 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the
maturity of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 5.01, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding may on behalf
of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default or Event of Default
described in clause Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) of Section 5.01 (or, in the case of an event
specified in clause Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) of Section 5.01 which relates to less than
all
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series of Securities then Outstanding, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities then Outstanding affected thereby (each series voting as a separate class) may
waive any such default or Event of Default, or, in the case of an event specified in clause
Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) (if the Event of Default under clause Section 5.01(c) or
Section 5.01(f) relates to all series of Securities then Outstanding), Section 5.01(d) or
Section 5.01(e) of Section 5.01 the Holders of Securities of a majority in principal amount of all
the Securities then Outstanding (voting as one class) may waive any such default or Event of
Default), and its consequences except a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected. In the
case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series
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.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and
not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
cured, and not to have occurred for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities of any series, give notice of all defaults
with respect to that series known to the Trustee to all Holders of Securities of such series in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 4.03, unless in each case such defaults shall have
been cured before the mailing or publication of such notice (the term defaults for the purpose of
this Section being hereby defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default); provided, that, except in the case of default
in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in the
payment of any sinking fund installment on 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 or trustees and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such
series.
Section 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to
this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his or her 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 Trustee,
to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or group of Securityholders of any series holding in
the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series, or, in
the case of any suit relating to or arising under clause Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) of
Section 5.01 (if the suit relates to Securities of more than one but less than all series), 10% in
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aggregate principal amount of Securities then Outstanding and affected thereby, or in the case
of any suit relating to or arising under Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) (if the suit under
Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) relates to all the Securities then Outstanding), Section 5.01(d)
or Section 5.01(e) of Section 5.01, 10% in aggregate principal amount of all Securities then
Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of
the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the due date expressed in such Security or
any date fixed for redemption or for the enforcement of a right to convert any Security in
accordance with the terms thereof.
ARTICLE 6
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default.
With respect to the Holders of any series of Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee, prior to the
occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular series and after
the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred with respect to such series,
undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this
Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred
(which has not been cured or waived), 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 person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own
affairs.
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.
Section 6.02 Certain Rights of the Trustee. In furtherance of and subject to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 and subject to Section 6.01:
(a) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such
statements, 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) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) 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 pursuant to
Section 5.09 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;
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(d) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there
shall be reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it;
(e) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, Officers Certificate or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, security or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(f) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof
be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the secretary or an assistant
secretary of the Issuer;
(g) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or
Opinion of Counsel;
(h) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the
Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby;
(i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith
and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Indenture;
(j) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the curing or
waiving of all Events 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, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture,
note, security, or other paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all
series affected then Outstanding; provided, that, if the payment within a reasonable time to
the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making
of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the
Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to
proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the Issuer
or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor trustee, shall be repaid by the Issuer upon
demand; and
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(k) 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 not regularly in its employ
and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 6.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of
Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities or of the proceeds
thereof.
Section 6.04 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, Etc. The Trustee or any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such
agent and may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive, collect, hold and retain collections from
the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.
Section 6.05 Moneys Held by Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.04 hereof, 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 mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by it
hereunder.
Section 6.06 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim. The Issuer
covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to,
reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or
reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the
provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ)
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor trustee for, and to hold it
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or
the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against or investigating any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer
under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor trustee and to pay
or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances
shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities
upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held
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in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities, and the Securities are
hereby subordinated to such senior claim.
Section 6.07 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers Certificate, Etc. Subject to Sections 6.01
and 6.02, whenever in the administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or
omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers Certificate delivered to the
Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under
the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 6.08 Indentures Creating Potential Conflicting Interests for the Trustee. No
indentures are hereby specifically described for the purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939.
Section 6.09 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee. The Trustee for each series of
Securities hereunder shall at all times be a corporation having a combined capital and surplus of
at least $50,000,000 and shall be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal, State or District of Columbia
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.
Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign
with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by giving written notice of
resignation to the Issuer and by mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders of then
Outstanding Securities of each series affected at their addresses as they shall appear on
the Security register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly
appoint a successor trustee or trustees with respect to the applicable series by written
instrument in duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee
or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed with respect to any
series and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of
resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Security or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to
the provisions of Section 5.12, on behalf of himself or herself 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.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
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(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect to any series of Securities after
written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series
of Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver or
liquidator 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, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the applicable
series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such series by written instrument, in
duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to
Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months may on behalf of himself
or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series.
Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove
the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each
series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to Securities
of such series and appoint a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
by delivering to the Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the
Issuer the evidence provided for in Section 7.01 of the action in that regard taken by the
Securityholders.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to any series and any
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series pursuant to any of the
provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee as provided in Section 6.11.
Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed
as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee
an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series shall become effective and such
successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all
rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder,
with like effect as if originally named as trustee for such series hereunder; but, nevertheless, on
the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon
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payment of its charges then unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to
Section 10.04, pay over to the successor trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and
shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such rights,
powers, duties and obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall
execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall,
nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to
secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06.
If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not
all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the
Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities of
any series as to which the predecessor trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the
predecessor trustee, and 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 under separate indentures.
No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall accept appointment as
provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible
under the provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided in this Section 6.11, the
Issuer shall mail notice thereof to the Holders of Securities of each series affected, by mailing
such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register. If
the acceptance of appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the resignation, then the
notice called for by the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by
Section 6.10. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be given at
the expense of the Issuer.
Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee. 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 the corporate trust business of the Trustee,
shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided, that such corporation shall be qualified
under the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible under the
provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding.
In case, at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture, any of the Securities of any series shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any
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such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor
trustee and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the
Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the 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 certificate shall have the full force which it is
anywhere in the Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the
Trustee shall have; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any
predecessor trustee or to authenticate Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor
trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
ARTICLE 7
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
Section 7.01 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders. Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by a specified percentage in principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all series may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
specified percentage of Securityholders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and,
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in
the manner provided in this Article.
Section 7.02 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities. Subject to
Sections 6.01 and 6.02, the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy may be
proved in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee
or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities shall be
proved by the Register or by a certificate of the registrar thereof. The Issuer may set a record
date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of any series entitled to vote or consent
to any action referred to in Section 7.01, which record date may be set at any time or from time to
time by notice to the Trustee, for any date or dates (in the case of any adjournment or
reconsideration) not more than 60 days nor less than five days prior to the proposed date of such
vote or consent, and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, only Holders of such
series of record on such record date shall be entitled to so vote or give such consent or revoke
such vote or consent. Notice of such record date may be given before or after any request for any
action referred to in Section 7.01 is made by the Issuer.
Section 7.03 Holders to Be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security shall be registered
upon the Security register for such series as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not
such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, and, subject to
the provisions of this Indenture, interest on, such Security and for all other purposes; and
neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any such Person, or upon
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his or her order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to
satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable.
Section 7.04 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding. In determining whether the
Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series
have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned
by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination is
being made or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to
which such determination is being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for
the purpose of any such determination, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the
Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, 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 pledgees right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Person directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any
other obligor on the Securities. In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel
shall be full protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in accordance with such
advice. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officers
Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known by the Issuer to be owned or held
by or for the account of any of the above-described Persons; and, subject to Sections 6.01 and
6.02, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers Certificate as conclusive evidence of
the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Securities not listed therein are Outstanding
for the purpose of any such determination.
Section 7.05 Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time prior to (but not after) the
evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 7.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders
of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case
may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security the
serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the
Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice at the
Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action so
far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of
such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration
of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any
such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all
the Securities affected by such action.
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 8.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders. The Issuer, when
authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time
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and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto in form satisfactory
to the Trustee for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as security for the
Securities of one or more series any property or assets;
(b) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Issuer, or successive
successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation of the covenants, agreements
and obligations of the Issuer pursuant to Article 9;
(c) to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further covenants, restrictions,
conditions or provisions as its Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for
the protection of the Holders of Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence
and continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or
provisions an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several
remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, that in respect of any
such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision 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 an Event of Default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee
upon such an Event of Default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series to waive such an Event of
Default;
(d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or
in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to conform this Indenture or
any supplemental indenture to the description of the Securities set forth in any prospectus
or prospectus supplement related to such series of Securities;
(e) to provide for or add guarantors for the Securities of one or more series;
(f) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections
2.01 and 2.03;
(g) 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;
(h) to make any other change that is necessary or desirable; provided, that no such
action shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities in any material
respect;
(i) to make any change to the Securities of any series so long as no Securities of such
series are Outstanding; and
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(j) to make any other change to the Securities of any series that does not adversely
affect the rights of any Holder.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer 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, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed
without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 8.02.
Section 8.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders. With the consent
(evidenced as provided in Article 7) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its
Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture
or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series;
provided, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Security so affected, (a) extend the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount
payable on redemption thereof, or make the principal thereof (including any amount in respect of
original issue discount) or interest thereon payable in any currency other than that provided in
the Securities or in accordance with the terms thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.01 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 5.02, or alter the provisions of Section 11.11 or 11.12, or impair or affect the right of
any Securityholder to institute suit for the payment or conversion thereof or, in the case of
convertible or exchangeable Securities, materially and adversely affect the right to convert or
exchange the Securities in accordance with their terms or, if the Securities provide therefor, any
right of repayment at the option of the Securityholder, or modify any of the provisions of this
paragraph except to increase any required percentage or to provide that certain other provisions
cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected;
provided, that no consent of any Holder of any Security shall be necessary under this Section 8.02
to permit the Trustee and the Issuer to execute supplemental indentures pursuant to Section 8.01(e)
of this Indenture, or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series, the consent
of the Holders of which is required for any such 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 Holders of Securities of such series with
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respect to such covenant or provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a resolution of the Board of
Directors certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of
the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid and other documents, if any, required by Section 7.01,
the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such
supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into such supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section to approve
the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall give a notice thereof to the Holders
of then Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby, by mailing a notice thereof by
first-class mail to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register,
and in each case such notice shall set forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
Section 8.03 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, 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 Issuer and the Holders of Securities
of each series affected thereby 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 8.04 Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Sections 6.01 and 6.02, may receive an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article 8 complies
with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
Section 8.05 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any
series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series
as to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action taken by
Securityholders. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities of any series so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any
modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the
Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of such series
then Outstanding.
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ARTICLE 9
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Section 9.01 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms. The Issuer shall not consolidate
with or merge into any other Person (in a transaction in which the Issuer is not the surviving
corporation) or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, unless (a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged
or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets
of the Issuer substantially as an entirety shall be (i) a corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or trust, (ii) shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (iii) shall expressly assume,
by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all
the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of
the Issuer to be performed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed
and delivered to the Trustee, by the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by such consolidation
or into which the Issuer shall have been merged or by the Person which shall have acquired the
Issuers assets; (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any
indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Issuer or any Subsidiary as a result of such
transaction as having been incurred by the Issuer or such Subsidiary at the time of 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 Issuer has delivered
to the Trustee an Officers 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.
The conditions of (a)(ii) above shall not apply in the case of a corporation or entity not
organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia which shall agree, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) to subject itself to the
jurisdiction of the United States district court for the Southern District of New York and (ii) to
indemnify and hold harmless the holders of all Securities against (A) any tax, assessment or
governmental charge imposed on such holders by a jurisdiction other than the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to, and withheld on the
making of, any payment of principal or interest on such Securities and which would not have been so
imposed and withheld had such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance not been made and (B) any
tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on or relating to, and any costs or expenses
involved in, such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
The restrictions in this Section 9.01 shall not apply to (i) the merger or consolidation of
the Issuer with one of its affiliates, if the Board of Directors determines in good faith that the
purpose of such transaction is principally to change the Issuers State of incorporation or convert
the Issuers form of organization to another form, or (ii) the merger of the Issuer with or into a
single direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary pursuant to Section 251(g) (or any successor
provision) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
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Section 9.02 Successor Issuer Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Issuer with, or
merger of the Issuer into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties
and assets of the Issuer substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 9.01, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer 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 Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Issuer herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, such changes in
phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued
as may be appropriate.
ARTICLE 10
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
Section 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
(a) If at any time (i) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal of
and interest on all the Securities of any series Outstanding hereunder (other than
Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09) as and when the same shall have become due and
payable, or (ii) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all
Securities of any series theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities of such series
which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.09) or (iii) in the case of any series of Securities the exact
amount (including the currency of payment) of principal of and interest due on which on the
dates referred to in clause (B) below can be determined at the time of making the deposit
referred to in such clause, (A) all the Securities of such series not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to
become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and
(B) the Issuer shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
as trust funds the entire amount in cash (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any
paying agent to the Issuer in accordance with Section 10.04) or, in the case of any series
of Securities the payments on which may only be made in Dollars, direct obligations of the
United States of America, backed by its full faith and credit (U.S. Government
Obligations), maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as
will insure the availability of cash sufficient to pay on any subsequent interest payment
date all interest due on such interest payment date on the Securities of such series and to
pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series (in each case other than
any Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09) not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due or to become due to such
date of maturity, as the case may be, and if, in
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any such case, the Issuer shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Issuer, including amounts due the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06, with
respect to Securities of such series, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further
effect with respect to Securities of such series (except as to (1) rights of registration of
transfer, conversion and exchange of Securities of such series and the Issuers right of
optional redemption, (2) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen
Securities, (3) rights of Holders of Securities to receive payments of principal thereof and
interest thereon upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration) and
remaining rights of the Holders to receive mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (4) the
rights (including the Trustees rights under Section 10.05) and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and the Trustees obligations under Sections 10.02 and 10.04, (5) the rights of
the Holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the
property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them and (6) the obligations
of the Issuer under Section 3.02), and the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer accompanied by
an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel which complies with Section 11.05 and at
the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging such
satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such series; provided, that
the rights of Holders of the Securities to receive amounts in respect of principal of and
interest on the Securities held by them shall not be delayed longer than required by
then-applicable mandatory rules or policies of any securities exchange upon which the
Securities are listed. The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses
thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for any services
thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with this Indenture
or the Securities of such series.
(b) Unless this Section 10.01(b) is specified as not being applicable to Securities of
a series as contemplated by Section 2.03, the Issuer may, at its option, terminate certain
of its obligations under this Indenture (covenant defeasance) with respect to the
Securities of a series if:
(1) the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of
Securities of such series, (i) money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of
such series is to be made in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations with respect to
such series, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such amounts as will
ensure the availability of money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of such
series is to be made in an amount or (iii) a combination thereof, that is sufficient, in the
opinion (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay the principal of and interest on all Securities of such series on each date
that such principal or interest is due and payable and (at the stated maturity date thereof
or upon redemption as provided in Section 10.01(e)) to pay all other sums payable by it
hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such
money and/or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of said
principal and interest with respect to the Securities of such series as the same shall
become due;
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(2) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same
effect;
(3) no default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
(4) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a
nationally recognized counsel acceptable to the Trustee or a private letter ruling issued by
the United States Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders will not recognize
income, gain or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
Issuers exercise of its option under this Section 10.01(b) and will be subject to United
States 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;
(5) the Issuer has complied with any additional conditions specified pursuant to
Section 2.03 to be applicable to the discharge of Securities of such series pursuant to this
Section 10.01; and
(6) such deposit and discharge shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting
interest as defined in TIA Section 310(b).
In such event, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as set forth
in this paragraph), and the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge under this Indenture. However, the
Issuers obligations in Sections 2.08, 2.09, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 4.01, 6.06 and 6.10, the
Trustees and Paying Agents obligations in Section 10.04 and the rights, powers,
protections and privileges accorded the Trustee under Article 6 shall survive until all
Securities of such series are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only the Issuers
obligations in Section 6.06 and the Trustees and Paying Agents obligations in Section
10.04 shall survive with respect to Securities of such series.
After such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to this Section 10.01(b) and satisfaction
of the other conditions set forth herein, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in
writing the discharge of the Issuers obligations under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series except for those surviving obligations specified above.
In order to have money available on a payment date to pay principal of or interest on
the Securities, the U.S. Government Obligations shall be payable as to principal or interest
on or before such payment date in such amounts as will provide the necessary money. U. S.
Government Obligations shall not be callable at the issuers option.
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(c) If the Issuer has previously complied or is concurrently complying with Section
10.01(b) (other than any additional conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.03 that are
expressly applicable only to covenant defeasance) with respect to Securities of a series,
then, unless this Section 10.01(c) is specified as not being applicable to Securities of
such series as contemplated by Section 2.03, the Issuer may elect that its obligations to
make payments with respect to Securities of such series be discharged (legal defeasance),
if:
(1) no default or Event of Default under Section 5.01(d) and Section 5.01(e) hereof
shall have occurred at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of
deposit contemplated by Section 10.01(b) (it being understood that this condition shall not
be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);
(2) unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of such series as
contemplated by Section 2.03, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
from a nationally recognized counsel acceptable to the Trustee to the effect referred to in
Section 10.01(b)(4) with respect to such legal defeasance, which opinion is based on (i) a
private letter ruling issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service addressed to the
Issuer, (ii) a published ruling of the United States Internal Revenue Service pertaining to
a comparable form of transaction or (iii) a change in the applicable United States Federal
income tax law (including regulations) after the date of this Indenture;
(3) the Issuer has complied with any other conditions specified pursuant to Section
2.03 to be applicable to the legal defeasance of Securities of such series pursuant to this
Section 10.01(c); and
(4) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Issuer Order requesting such legal
defeasance of the Securities of such series and an Officers Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent with respect to such legal defeasance of the Securities of such series
have been complied with, together with an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect.
In such event, the Issuer will be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture
and the Securities of such series to pay principal of and interest on and any additional
amounts on the Securities of any series in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge withheld or deducted with respect to Securities of such series, the Issuers
obligations under Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall terminate with respect to such Securities,
and the entire indebtedness of the Issuer evidenced by such Securities shall be deemed paid
and discharged.
(d) If and to the extent additional or alternative means of satisfaction, discharge or
defeasance of Securities of a series are specified to be applicable to such series as
contemplated by Section 2.03, the Issuer may terminate any or all of its obligations under
this Indenture with respect to Securities of a series and any or all of its obligations
under the Securities of such series if it fulfills such other means of satisfaction
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and discharge as may be so specified, as contemplated by Section 2.03, to be applicable
to the Securities of such series.
(e) If Securities of any series subject to subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this
Section 10.01 are to be redeemed prior to the stated maturity date of such Securities,
whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory
or optional sinking fund provisions, the terms of the applicable trust arrangement shall
provide for such redemption, and the Issuer shall make such arrangements as are reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Issuer.
Section 10.02 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities. Subject to
Section 10.04, all moneys deposited with the Trustee (or other trustee) pursuant to Section 10.01
shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying
agent (including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular
Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited
with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such
money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 10.03 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, all moneys then held by
any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities
shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying
agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
Section 10.04 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years. Any
moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the principal
of or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years
after the date upon which such principal or interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon
the written request of the Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of
applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee
for such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Securities of such series shall, unless
otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to
collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any 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 with respect to moneys deposited with it for any payment in respect of
Securities of any series, shall at the expense of the Issuer mail by first-class mail to Holders of
such Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register notice that such
moneys remain and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to the Issuer.
Section 10.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Issuer shall pay and indemnify
the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the
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U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 10.01 or the principal or interest
received in respect of such obligations.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Issuer Exempt from
Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in
this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer or
director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer or any
successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any
assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly
waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof and as part of the
consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 11.02 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of
Securities. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be
construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their
successors and the Holders of the Securities any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and
provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders
of the Securities.
Section 11.03 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture. All the covenants,
stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Indenture by or on behalf of the Issuer
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 11.04 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Holders of Securities. 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 of Securities to or on the Issuer may be given or served by being
deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein)
addressed (until another address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to Lennox
International Inc., 2140 Lake Park Boulevard, Richardson, Texas 75080, Attn: Secretary. Any
notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any Holder of Securities to or upon the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made
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Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled thereto, at his or her last address as it
appears in the Security register. In any case where notice to such 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.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be
impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer when such notice is required to be given pursuant to
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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.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be
impracticable to mail notice of any event to Holders of Securities when said notice is required to
be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or of the Securities, 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. Neither the failure to give notice, nor any defect in any notice so given,
to any particular Holder of a Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders of Securities given as provided above.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
Section 11.05 Officers Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained
Therein. Upon any application or demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any
of the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent 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 have been complied with, except that in the case of any
such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by
any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition, (b) 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, (c) a
statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation
as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the
opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless
such officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters
upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or
in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate,
statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, information
with respect to which is in the possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or
opinion of or representations by an officer or officers of the Issuer, unless such counsel knows
that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his or
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her certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the
exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by
an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel,
as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are
erroneous.
Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with and
directed to the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.
Section 11.06 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If the date of maturity of
interest on or principal of the Securities of any series or the date fixed for redemption or
repayment of any such Security, or the last day on which a Holder has the right to convert any
Security, shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal, or any conversion,
need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption or on such
last day for conversion, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.
Section 11.07 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture With Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If and
to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision included in this Indenture by operation of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, such incorporated provision shall control.
Section 11.08 New York Law to Govern. This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be
a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of such State, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions
of law.
Section 11.09 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 11.10 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 11.11 Securities in a Foreign Currency. Unless otherwise specified in an Officers
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.03 of this Indenture with respect to a particular
series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the
Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series or all
series affected by a particular action at the time Outstanding and, at such time, there are
Outstanding Securities of any series which are denominated in a currency other than Dollars, then
the principal amount of Securities of such series which shall be deemed to be Outstanding for the
purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for
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such amount at the Market Exchange Rate. For purposes of this Section 11.11, Market Exchange
Rate shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate for that currency for cable transfers quoted in The
City of New York as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If
such Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such currency, the
Trustee shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or
more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question, or
such other quotations as the Trustee shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph
shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a series
denominated in a currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of
Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any
alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion
and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding
upon the Issuer and all Holders.
Section 11.12 Judgment Currency. The Issuer 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 interest 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
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 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.
ARTICLE 12
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to
the Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified, as contemplated by
Section 2.03 for Securities of such series.
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Section 12.02 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of redemption to the Holders
of Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Issuer shall
be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30
days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities
of such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security register. Any notice
which is given in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice or any defect in the
notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part
shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such
series.
The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify the principal amount of each
Security of such series held by such Holder to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the
redemption price, the place or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and
surrender of such Securities, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking
fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be
paid as specified in such notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the
portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue and shall also specify, if applicable, the
conversion price then in effect and the date on which the right to convert such Securities or the
portions thereof to be redeemed will expire. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in
part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion thereof will be issued.
The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at the option of the
Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuers request, by the Trustee in the name and at
the expense of the Issuer.
On or before the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in
this Section, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if
the Issuer is acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 3.04) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities of
such series so called for redemption (other than those theretofore surrendered for conversion into
Common Stock) at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed
for redemption. If any Security called for redemption is converted pursuant hereto, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent or so segregated and held in trust for the
redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Issuer upon the Issuers request, or, if then held
by the Issuer, shall be discharged from such trust. The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at
least 70 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (unless a shorter time period shall be
acceptable to the Trustee) an Officers Certificate (which need not comply with Section 11.05)
stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. In case of a redemption at the
election of the Issuer prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption, the Issuer
shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of any notice of redemption to Holders pursuant
to this Section, an Officers Certificate stating that such restriction has been complied with.
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If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in
such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, Securities of such series to be redeemed in
whole or in part. Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the
case of any Securities of such series 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 of any series shall relate, in the case of any
Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such
Security which has been or is to be redeemed. If any Security selected for partial redemption is
surrendered for conversion after such selection, the converted portion of such Security shall be
deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Upon any redemption of less
than all the Securities, the Issuer and the Trustee may treat as Outstanding Securities surrendered
for conversion during the period of 15 days next preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption,
and need not treat as Outstanding any Security authenticated and delivered during such period in
exchange for the unconverted portion of any Security converted in part during such period.
Section 12.03 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption has been
given as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities specified in such notice shall
become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after
said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption
price, together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of
Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and, except as provided in Sections 6.05
and 10.04, such Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be
convertible into Common Stock, if applicable, and to be entitled to any benefit or security under
this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except
the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed for
redemption. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in
said notice, said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the
Issuer at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed
for redemption; provided, that payment of interest becoming due on or prior to the date fixed for
redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant
record date subject to the terms and provisions of Sections 2.03 and 2.07 hereof.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed
for redemption at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security) borne by such Security and, if applicable, such Security shall remain
convertible into Common Stock until the principal of such Security shall have been paid or duly
provided for.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of
the Issuer, a new Security or Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
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Section 12.04 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption.
Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they are identified
by registration and certificate number in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee at
least 40 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given as being owned of
record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer or (b) an
entity specifically identified in such written statement as directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer.
Section 12.05 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum amount of any sinking fund
payment provided for by the terms of the 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 the Securities of any series is herein referred to as an optional sinking fund
payment. The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made is herein referred to as the
sinking fund payment date.
In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any
series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of
such series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the
mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such series (not
previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except as aforesaid) by the
Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10 and, if applicable,
receive credit for Securities (not previously so credited) converted into Common Stock and so
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, (b) receive credit for optional sinking fund payments
(not previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section, or (c) receive credit for Securities of
such series (not previously so credited) redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption
provision contained in the terms of such series. Securities so delivered or credited shall be
received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption price specified in such
Securities.
On or before the 60th day next preceding each sinking fund payment date for any series, the
Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate (which need not contain the statements
required by Section 11.05) (a) specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit of Securities of such series
and the basis for such credit, (b) stating that none of the Securities of such series has
theretofore been so credited, (c) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or Events of
Default with respect to such series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured) and are
continuing and (d) stating whether or not the Issuer intends to exercise its right to make an
optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series and, if so, specifying the amount of such
optional sinking fund payment which the Issuer intends to pay on or before the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date. Any Securities of such series to be credited and required to be
delivered to the Trustee in order for the Issuer to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid
which have not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancellation
pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee with such Officers Certificate (or reasonably promptly
thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such Officers Certificate shall be irrevocable and upon
its receipt by the Trustee the Issuer shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash
payments or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
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payment date. Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such 60th day, to deliver such
Officers Certificate and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a
default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable election of the Issuer
(i) that the mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of
such series in respect thereof and (ii) that the Issuer will make no optional sinking fund payment
with respect to such series as provided in this Section.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or both) to be made in cash on
the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund
payments made in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency or a
lesser sum in Dollars or in any Foreign Currency if the Issuer shall so request) with respect to
the Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding sinking
fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking fund redemption
price together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be
$50,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency) or less and the Issuer makes no such
request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $50,000 (or the equivalent thereof
in any Foreign Currency) is available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in
Section 12.02, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal amount of
Securities of such series to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall (if requested in
writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial numbers of the Securities of such series (or
portions thereof) so selected. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for redemption under
this Section if they are identified by registration and certificate number in an Officers
Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to the sinking fund payment date as
being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer
or (b) an entity specifically identified in such Officers Certificate as directly or indirectly
controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer. The
Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it shall so request the
Trustee in writing), shall cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series to be given
in substantially the manner provided in Section 12.02 (and with the effect provided in
Section 12.03) for the redemption of Securities of such series in part at the option of the Issuer.
The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied or allocated to the redemption of Securities
of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together
with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section. Any and all
sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the Securities of any particular series (or
earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are not held for the payment or redemption of
particular Securities of such series, shall be applied, together with other moneys, if necessary,
sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Securities of
such series at maturity. The Issuers obligation to make a mandatory or optional sinking fund
payment shall automatically be reduced by an amount equal to the sinking fund redemption price
allocable to any Securities or portions thereof called for redemption pursuant to the preceding
paragraph on any sinking fund payment date and converted into Common Stock; provided, that, if the
Trustee is not the conversion agent for the Securities, the Issuer or such conversion agent shall
give the Trustee written notice prior to the date fixed for redemption of the principal amount of
Securities or portions thereof so converted.
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On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall pay to the Trustee in cash or
shall otherwise provide for the payment of all interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on
Securities to be redeemed on the next following sinking fund payment date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any Securities of a series with sinking
fund moneys or give any notice of redemption of Securities for such series by operation of the
sinking fund during the continuance of a default in payment of interest on such Securities or of
any Event of Default except that, where the mailing of notice of redemption of any Securities shall
theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities,
provided that it shall have received from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except
as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or
Event of Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund, shall, during
the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article
5 and held for the payment of all such Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have been
waived as provided in Section 5.10, or the default cured on or before the 60th day preceding the
sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on the next
succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this Section to the redemption of such
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of
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exv4w4
Exhibit 4.4
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM,
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
[ ]% Note Due [ ]
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LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (Issuer, which term includes any successor
corporation), for value received promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal
sum of on ___, 20___.
Interest Payment Dates: and (each, an Interest Payment Date),
commencing on .
Interest Record Dates: and (each, an Interest Record Date).
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security contained herein, which will for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile
by its duly authorized officer under its corporate seal.
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Attest:
This is one of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: [ ]
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
[ ]% Note Due [ ]
1. Interest.
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the Issuer), promises to pay interest on
the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. Cash interest on the
Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest
has been paid, from . The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date, commencing . Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate
borne by the Securities and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable
grace periods) to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment.
The Issuer shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the persons who
are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Interest Record Date immediately
preceding the Interest Payment Date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security
subsequent to such Interest Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date. Holders must
surrender Securities to the Trustee to collect principal payments. The Issuer shall pay Principal
and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts (U.S. Legal Tender). However, the payments of interest, and any
portion of the Principal (other than interest payable at maturity or on any redemption or repayment
date or the final payment of Principal) shall be made by the Paying Agent, upon receipt from the
Issuer of immediately available funds by [a./p.m.], New York City time (or such other time as
may be agreed to between the Issuer and the Paying Agent or the Issuer), directly to a Holder (by
Federal funds wire transfer or otherwise) if the Holder has delivered written instructions to the
Trustee 15 days prior to such payment date requesting that such payment will be so made and
designating the bank account to which such payments shall be so made and in the case of payments of
Principal surrenders the same to the Trustee in exchange for a Security or Securities aggregating
the same principal amount as the unredeemed principal amount of the Securities surrendered.
3. Paying Agent.
Initially, (the Trustee) will act as Paying Agent. The Issuer may change any
Paying Agent without notice to the Holders.
4. Indenture.
The
Issuer issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of ___, 20___ (the
Indenture), between the Issuer and the Trustee. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in
the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in
the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA), as in effect on the date of the Indenture until such
time as the Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which
the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Securities are subject to all such terms, and holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Security
are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.
5. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and
multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance
with the Indenture. The Issuer may
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require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection
therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not issue, authenticate, register the
transfer of or exchange any Securities or portions thereof for a period of 15 days before such
series is selected for redemption, nor need the Issuer register the transfer or exchange of any
security selected for redemption in whole or in part.
6. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
7. Unclaimed Funds.
If funds for the payment of principal or interest remain unclaimed for two years, the Trustee
and the Paying Agent will repay the funds to the Issuer at its written request. After that, all
liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such funds shall cease.
8. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
The Issuer may be discharged from its obligations under the Securities and under the Indenture
with respect to the Securities except for certain provisions thereof, and may be discharged from
obligations to comply with certain covenants contained in the Securities and in the Indenture with
respect to the Securities, in each case upon satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the
Indenture.
9. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Securities and the provisions of the Indenture relating to
the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then outstanding affected by
such amendment or supplement (voting as one class), and any existing Default or Event of Default or
compliance with certain provisions may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of such series, each series voting as a separate
class (or of all the Securities, as the case may be, voting as a single class), then outstanding.
Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the
Indenture and the Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities, or
make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security.
10. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default (other than certain bankruptcy Events of Default with respect to the
Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series then outstanding (voting as a separate class) may declare all
of the Securities to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture. If a bankruptcy Event of Default with respect to the Issuer occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of all series
of Securities then outstanding (treated as one class) may declare all of the Securities to be due
and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of
Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it has received
indemnity satisfactory to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein
provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to
direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of
Securities notice of certain continuing Defaults or Events of Default if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
11. Trustee Dealings with Issuer.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer as if it were not the Trustee.
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12. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as such, of the Issuer or any
successor Person thereof shall have any liability for any obligation under the Securities or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Securities.
13. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of
authentication on this Security.
14. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such
as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants
with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (=
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
15. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to
the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as
printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
16. Governing Law.
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Security thereof.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee or transferee)
(Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
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Exhibit 4.5
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
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Trustee
INDENTURE
Dated as of
SUBORDINATED DEBT SECURITIES
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS |
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Section 2.02 Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
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Section 2.03 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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ARTICLE 9 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE |
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Section 9.01 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms |
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Section 9.02 Successor Issuer Substituted |
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ARTICLE 10 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS |
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Section 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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Section 10.02 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities |
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Section 10.03 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent |
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Section 10.04 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years |
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Section 10.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations |
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ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 11.01 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Issuer Exempt from Individual Liability |
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Section 11.02 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Securities |
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Section 11.03 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture |
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Section 11.04 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Holders of Securities |
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Section 11.05 Officers Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein |
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Section 11.06 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays |
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Section 11.07 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture With Trust Indenture Act of 1939 |
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Section 11.08 New York Law to Govern |
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Section 11.09 Counterparts |
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Section 11.10 Effect of Headings |
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Section 11.11 Securities in a Foreign Currency |
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Section 11.12 Judgment Currency |
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ARTICLE 12 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS |
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Section 12.02 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions |
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Section 12.03 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption |
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Section 12.04 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption |
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Section 12.05 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds |
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ARTICLE 13 SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES |
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Section 13.01 Agreement of Subordination |
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Section 13.02 Payments to Securityholders |
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Section 13.03 Subrogation of Securities |
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Section 13.04 Authorization by Securityholders |
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Section 13.05 Notice to Trustee |
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Section 13.06 Trustees Relation to Senior Indebtedness |
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Section 13.07 No Impairment of Subordination |
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Section 13.08 Rights of Trustee |
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LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and Indenture, dated as of ,
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Trust Indenture Act |
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Indenture |
Section |
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310(a)(1) |
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6.09 |
(a)(2) |
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6.09 |
(a)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
(a)(4) |
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Not Applicable |
(b) |
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6.08, 6.10, 6.11 |
(c) |
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Not Applicable |
311(a) |
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Not Applicable |
(b) |
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Not Applicable |
(c) |
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Not Applicable |
312(a) |
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4.01 |
(b) |
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Not Applicable |
(c) |
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Not Applicable |
313(a) |
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Not Applicable |
(b)(1) |
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Not Applicable |
(b)(2) |
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4.03 |
(c) |
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4.03 |
(d) |
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4.03 |
314(a) |
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4.02 |
(a)(4) |
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3.05 |
(b) |
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(c)(1) |
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11.05 |
(c)(2) |
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11.05 |
(c)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
(d) |
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Not Applicable |
(e) |
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11.05 |
315(a) |
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6.01, 6.02 |
(b) |
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5.11 |
(c) |
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6.01 |
(d) |
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6.01 |
(e) |
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5.09 |
316(a) |
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1.01 |
(a)(1)(A) |
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5.09 |
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5.10 |
(a)(2) |
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(b) |
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5.07 |
(c) |
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7.02 |
317(a)(1) |
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5.02; 5.04 |
(a)(2) |
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5.02 |
(b) |
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6.05 |
318(a) |
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10.07 |
This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.
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THIS INDENTURE, dated as of , is made between LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., a
Delaware corporation (the Issuer), and
, a (the
Trustee).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Issuer may from time to time duly authorize the issue of its unsecured
subordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more
series (the Securities) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be
authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery and administration of the Securities;
and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and agreement according
to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the holders thereof,
the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of
the respective holders from time to time of the Securities as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01 Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and
of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or the
definitions of which in the Securities Act of 1933 are referred to in the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, including terms defined therein by reference to the Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein
otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly 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. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall
have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and the term generally accepted accounting principles means such accounting
principles as are generally accepted at the time of any computation. The words herein, hereof
and hereunder and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article have the
meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular.
Board of Directors means either the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any committee of
such Board duly authorized to act on its behalf.
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Board Resolution means a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the Issuer to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in
full force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee.
Business Day means, with respect to any Security, a day that in the city (or in any of the
cities, if more than one) in which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of such Security,
is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to
close.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted,
created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or if at any time after the execution and
delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned
to it under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, then the body performing such duties on such date.
Common Stock means shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Issuer as the
same exists at the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture or as such stock may be
reconstituted from time to time.
Corporate Trust Office means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business
of the Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the
date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at .
Debt of any Person means any debt for money borrowed which is created, assumed, incurred or
guaranteed in any manner by such Person or for which such Person is otherwise responsible or
liable, and shall expressly include any such guaranty thereof by such Person. For the purpose of
computing the amount of the Debt of any Person there shall be excluded all Debt of such Person for
the payment or redemption or satisfaction of which money or securities (or evidences of such Debt,
if permitted under the terms of the instrument creating such Debt) in the necessary amount shall
have been deposited in trust with the proper depositary, whether upon or prior to the maturity or
the date fixed for redemption of such Debt; and, in any instance where Debt is so excluded, for the
purpose of computing the assets of such Person there shall be excluded the money, securities or
evidences of Debt deposited by such Person in trust for the purpose of paying or satisfying such
Debt.
Depositary means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the
form of one or more Global Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Issuer pursuant
to Section 2.04 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable
provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter Depositary shall mean or include each Person who is
then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Depositary as
used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to
the Global Securities of that series.
Dollar means the currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
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Event of Default means any event or condition specified as such in Section 5.01.
Foreign Currency means a currency issued by the government of a country other than the
United States.
Global Security, means a Security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities, issued
to the Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 2.04, and bearing the legend
prescribed in Section 2.04.
Holder, holder of Securities, Securityholder or other similar terms mean the Person in
whose name such Security is registered in the Security register kept by the Issuer for that purpose
in accordance with the terms hereof.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed and delivered or, if amended or
supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented or both, and shall include the forms
and terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.
interest, unless the context otherwise requires, refers to interest, and when used with
respect to non-interest bearing Securities, refers to interest payable after maturity, if any.
Issuer means Lennox International Inc. and, subject to Article 9, its successors and
assigns.
Issuer Order means a written statement, request or order of the Issuer signed in its name by
the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president or any vice president of the Issuer.
Market Exchange Rate has the meaning set forth in Section 11.11.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by the chief executive officer, any vice
president, the chief financial officer, the controller, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the
secretary or any assistant secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. Each such
certificate shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and shall include the
statements provided for in Section 11.05.
Opinion of Counsel means an opinion in writing signed by the general counsel or such other
legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
and shall include the statements provided for in Section 11.05, if and to the extent required
hereby.
original issue date of any Security (or portion thereof) means the earlier of (a) the date
of such Security or (b) the date of any Security (or portion thereof) for which such Security was
issued (directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
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Original Issue Discount Security means any Security that provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.01.
Outstanding, when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of
Section 7.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(b) Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which moneys or
U.S. Government Obligations (as provided for in Section 10.01) in the necessary amount shall
have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the
Issuer) or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust by the Issuer for the
Holders of such Securities (if the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent); provided, that
if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof,
notice of such redemption shall have been given as herein provided, or provision
satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and
(c) Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated
and delivered, or which shall have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.09 (except
with respect to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented
that such Security is held by a Person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Issuer), Securities converted into Common Stock pursuant hereto
and Securities not deemed outstanding pursuant to Section 12.02.
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of any or all series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed
to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due
and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.01.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited
liability company, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
principal whenever used with reference to the Securities or any Security or any portion
thereof, shall be deemed to include and premium, if any.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman of the board
of directors, any vice chairman of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the
chairman of the executive committee, any vice chairman of the executive committee, the president,
any vice president, the cashier, the secretary, the treasurer, any trust officer, any assistant
trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant cashier, any assistant
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secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the persons who at the time shall be
such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or
her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Security or Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or,
as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer means the principal of, interest on and any other payment
due pursuant to any of the following, whether outstanding at the date hereof or hereafter incurred
or created:
(a) all of the indebtedness of that person for money borrowed, including any
indebtedness secured by a mortgage or other lien which is (1) given to secure all or part of
the purchase price of property subject to the mortgage or lien, whether given to the vendor
of that property or to another lender, or (2) existing on property at the time that person
acquires it;
(b) all of the indebtedness of that person evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or
other securities sold by that person for money;
(c) all of the lease obligations which are capitalized on the books of that person in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
(d) all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in either of the preceding
clauses (a) or (b) above and all lease obligations of others of the kind described in the
preceding clause (c) above that the person, in any manner, assumes or guarantees or that the
person in effect guarantees through an agreement to purchase, whether that agreement is
contingent or otherwise; and
(e) all renewals, extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in
any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (d) and all renewals or extensions of leases of
the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (c) or (d) above;
unless, in the case of any particular indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or refunding,
the instrument or lease creating or evidencing it or the assumption or guarantee relating to it
expressly provides that such indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or refunding is not superior
in right of payment to the Securities. Senior Indebtedness shall not include indebtedness of the
Issuer owed or owing to any Subsidiary or to any officer, director or employee of the Issuer or any
Subsidiary, indebtedness to trade creditors or any liability for taxes owed or owing by the Issuer
or any Subsidiary.
Subsidiary means a corporation of which stock having a majority of the voting power under
ordinary circumstances is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer or by one or more
subsidiaries of the Issuer, or by the Issuer and one or more subsidiaries of the Issuer.
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Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (except as otherwise provided in Sections 8.01 and 8.02) means
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was originally
executed.
Trustee means the Person identified as Trustee in the first paragraph hereof and, subject
to the provisions of Article 6, shall also include any successor trustee. Trustee shall also mean
or include each Person who is then a trustee hereunder and if at any time there is more than one
such Person, Trustee as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
U.S. Government Obligations shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.01(a).
vice president, when used with respect to the Issuer or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
of vice president.
Yield to Maturity means the yield to maturity on a series of securities, calculated at the
time of issuance of such series, or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest
on such series, and calculated in accordance with accepted financial practice.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES
Section 2.01 Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be substantially in such
form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions (as set forth in a Board Resolution or, to the extent established pursuant to
(rather than set forth in) a Board Resolution, an Officers Certificate detailing such
establishment) 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 imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends or
endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply
with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities
exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined by the officers executing such
Securities as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
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 2.02 Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication. The Trustees certificate of
authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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Section 2.03 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. The aggregate principal amount of
Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. The terms of a series of Securities shall
be established prior to the initial issuance thereof in or pursuant to one or more Board
Resolutions of the Board of Directors and set forth in a Board Resolution, or, to the extent
established pursuant to (rather than set forth in) a Board Resolution, in an Officers Certificate
detailing such establishment and/or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The
terms of such series reflected in such Board Resolution, Officers Certificate, or supplemental
indenture may include the following or any additional or different terms:
(a) the designation of the Securities of the series (which may be part of a series of
Securities previously issued);
(b) the terms and conditions, if applicable, upon which conversion or exchange of the
Securities into Common Stock will be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange
price or rate and any adjustments thereto, the conversion or exchange period and other
provisions in addition to or in lieu of those described herein;
(c) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 8.05 or 12.03);
(d) if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of that series
are denominated;
(e) any date on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(f) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, the record date or dates for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable,
the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue and on which such interest shall be
payable and/or the method by which such rate or rates or date or dates shall be determined;
(g) the place or places where the principal of and any interest on Securities of the
series shall be payable (if other than as provided in Section 3.02);
(h) the price or prices at which, the period or periods within 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 Issuer, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
(i) the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of
the series pursuant to any mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions
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or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or
periods within which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall
be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(j) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(k) 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;
(l) if other than the currency in which the Securities of that series are denominated,
the currency in which payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series shall be payable;
(m) if the principal of or interest on the Securities of the series is to be payable,
at the election of the Issuer or a Holder thereof, in a currency other than that in which
the Securities are denominated, the period or periods within which, and the terms and
conditions upon which, such election may be made;
(n) if the amount of payments of principal of and interest on the Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to an index based on a currency other than that in
which the Securities of the series are denominated, the manner in which such amounts shall
be determined;
(o) whether and upon what terms the Securities may be defeased;
(p) whether and under what circumstances the Issuer will pay additional amounts on the
Securities of any series in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld
or deducted and, if so, whether the Issuer will have the option to redeem such Securities
rather than pay such additional amounts;
(q) if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether
upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon
receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then
the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(r) any trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or registrars or any
other agents with respect to the Securities of such series;
(s) any other events of default or covenants with respect to the Securities of such
series in addition to or in lieu of those contained in this Indenture;
(t) if the Securities of the series may be issued in exchange for surrendered
Securities of another series, or for other securities of the Issuer, pursuant to the terms
of such Securities or securities or of any agreement entered into by the Issuer, the ratio
of the principal amount of the Securities of the series to be issued to the principal amount
of
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the Securities or securities to be surrendered in exchange, and any other material
terms of the exchange;
(u) the extent to which payments on the Securities will be subordinated to the payment
of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer; and
(v) any other terms of the series.
The Issuer may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of any
series of Securities, create and issue further Securities of any such series ranking equally with
the Securities of such series in all respects (or in all respects other than the payment of
interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further Securities or except for the first
payment of interest following the issue date of such further Securities). Such further Securities
may be consolidated and form a single series with the Securities of such series and have the same
terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Securities of such series.
Section 2.04 Authentication and Delivery of Securities. The Issuer may deliver Securities of
any series executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication together with the applicable
documents referred to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver such Securities to or upon the order of the Issuer (contained in the Issuer Order referred
to below in this Section) or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee and to such
recipients as may be specified from time to time by an Issuer Order. The maturity date, original
issue date, interest rate and any other terms of the Securities of such series shall be determined
by or pursuant to such Issuer Order and procedures. If provided for in such procedures, such
Issuer Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral instructions from the
Issuer or its duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. 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 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(a) an Issuer Order requesting such authentication and setting forth delivery
instructions if the Securities are not to be delivered to the Issuer;
(b) any Board Resolution, Officers Certificate and/or executed supplemental indenture
referred to in Sections 2.01 and 2.03 by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the
Securities were established;
(c) an Officers Certificate setting forth the form or forms and terms of the
Securities stating that the form or forms and terms of the Securities have been established
pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 and comply with this Indenture, and covering such other
matters as the Trustee may reasonably request; and
(d) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:
(i) the form or forms and terms of such Securities have been established
pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 and comply with this Indenture,
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(ii) the authentication and delivery of such Securities by the Trustee are
authorized under the provisions of this Indenture,
(iii) such Securities when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such
Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, and
(iv) all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the
Issuer of the Securities have been complied with,
and covering such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under
this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully
be taken by the Issuer or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of
trustees, executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or Responsible
Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to
existing Holders or would affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the
Securities, this Indenture or otherwise.
The Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section with respect
to the Securities of a series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that
(i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount
of all of the Securities of such series issued and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in
the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such
Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositarys instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form,
this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the
Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary
or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary.
Each Depositary designated pursuant to this Section must, at the time of its designation and
at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable statute or regulation.
Section 2.05 Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Issuer
by its chief executive officer, its chief financial officer, its controller or any vice president.
Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such
officers. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of any such
signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
In case any officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to
be such officer before the Security so signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee
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or disposed of by the Issuer, such Security nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or
disposed of as though the person who signed such Security had not ceased to be such officer of the
Issuer; and any Security may be signed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual
date of the execution of such Security, shall be the proper officers of the Issuer, although at the
date of the execution and delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such an officer.
Section 2.06 Certificate of Authentication. Only such Securities as shall bear thereon a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, executed by the
Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. The execution of such
certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence
that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the
Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.07 Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. The Securities of
each series shall be issuable in denominations established as contemplated by Section 2.03 or, if
not so established, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The Securities
of each series shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in
accordance with such plan as the officers of the Issuer executing the same may determine with the
approval of the Trustee, as evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof. Unless
otherwise indicated in a Board Resolution, Officers Certificate or supplemental indenture for a
particular series, interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Securities of each series
shall bear interest, if any, from the date, and such interest shall be payable on the dates,
established as contemplated by Section 2.03.
The Person in whose name any Security of any series is registered at the close of business on
any record date applicable to a particular series with respect to any interest payment date for
such series shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest payment
date notwithstanding any transfer, exchange or conversion of such Security subsequent to the record
date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default
in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case
such defaulted interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names Outstanding Securities for such
series are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which shall be not less
than five Business Days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted interest) established by
notice given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of Securities not less than 15
days preceding such subsequent record date. The term record date as used with respect to any
interest payment date (except a date for payment of defaulted interest) for the Securities of any
series shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the Securities of such series
established as contemplated by Section 2.03, or, if no such date is so established, if such
interest payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the 15th day of the next preceding
calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the 15th day of a calendar month, the first day
of such calendar month, whether or not such record date is a Business Day.
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Section 2.08 Registration, Transfer and Exchange. The Issuer will keep at each office or
agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.02 for each series of Securities a
register or registers in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, it will
provide for the registration of Securities of such series and the registration of transfer of
Securities of such series. Such register shall be in written form in the English language or in any
other form capable of being converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable
times such register or registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee.
Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at any such
office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.02, the Issuer shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees
a new Security or Securities of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue
date in authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder thereof, Securities of any series (except a Global Security) may
be exchanged for a Security or Securities of such series having authorized denominations and an
equal aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the agency
of the Issuer that shall be maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 3.02 and upon
payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any
Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive. All Securities surrendered upon any exchange or transfer provided for in this Indenture
shall be promptly cancelled and disposed of by the Trustee and the Trustee will deliver a
certificate of disposition thereof to the Issuer.
All Securities presented for registration of transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall
(if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written
instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing.
The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any stamp or other tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of transfer
of Securities. No service charge shall be made for any such transaction.
The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities of
any series for a period of 15 days next preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of
Securities of such series to be redeemed or (b) any Securities selected, called or being called for
redemption, in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the
portion thereof not so to be redeemed.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.08, unless and until it is exchanged in
whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, a Global Security representing all
or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to
such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to
a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor Depositary.
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If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Issuer that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time
the Depositary for the Securities of a series shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.04, the
Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a
successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Issuer within 90
days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Issuers
election pursuant to Section 2.03 that the Securities of such series be represented by a Global
Security shall no longer be effective and the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of
an Officers Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in
any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
Global Security or Securities representing the Securities of such series, in exchange for such
Global Security or Securities.
The Issuer may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any
series issued in the form of one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by a
Global Security or Securities. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of an Officers Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of
such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered
form, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series, in exchange for such Global
Security or Securities.
The Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange in
whole or in part for Securities of the same series in definitive registered form on such terms as
are acceptable to the Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge,
(i) to the Person specified by such Depositary a new Security or Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations as requested by such Person, in an
aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Persons beneficial
interest in the Global Security; and
(ii) to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the
difference, if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered Global Security
and the aggregate principal amount of Securities authenticated and delivered
pursuant to clause (i) above.
Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in definitive registered form, in
authorized denominations, such Global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities in
definitive registered form issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.08
shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such
Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the
Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
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All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations
of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Section 2.09 Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. In case any temporary
or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer
in its discretion may execute, and upon the written request of any officer of the Issuer, the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a new Security of the same series, maturity date, interest
rate and original issue date, bearing a number or other distinguishing symbol not contemporaneously
outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and
substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a
substitute Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or
the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to indemnify and defend and to
save each of them harmless and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof and in
the case of mutilation or defacement shall surrender the Security to the Trustee.
Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Issuer 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. In
case any Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption in
full, or is being surrendered for conversion in full, shall become mutilated or defaced or be
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Security (with the
Holders consent, in the case of convertible Securities), pay or authorize the payment of the same
or convert, or authorize conversion of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a
mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer and
to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them
may require to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the
applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of
the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Security of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by
virtue of the fact that any such Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an
additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, 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
(but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of such series duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent
permitted by law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment
or conversion of mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude any
and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted
to the contrary with respect to the replacement or payment of negotiable instruments or other
securities without their surrender.
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Section 2.10 Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof. All Securities surrendered for
exchange for Securities of the same series or for payment, redemption, registration of transfer,
conversion or for credit against any payment in respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if
surrendered to the Issuer or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no
Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions
of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Securities held by it and deliver a
certificate of disposition to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Securities, such
acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Debt represented by such
Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.11 Temporary Securities. Pending the preparation of definitive Securities for any
series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities
for such series (printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form
satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be issuable in any
authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of such series
but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities,
all as may be determined by the Issuer with the concurrence of the Trustee as evidenced by the
execution and authentication thereof.
Temporary Securities may contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be
appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the
Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the
definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay the Issuer shall execute and shall furnish
definitive Securities of such series and thereupon temporary Securities of such series may be
surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by the
Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.02 and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in
exchange for such temporary Securities of such series an equal aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities of the same series having authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the
temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
definitive Securities of such series, unless the benefits of the temporary Securities are limited
pursuant to Section 2.03.
ARTICLE 3
COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER
Section 3.01 Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer 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 interest on, each of the Securities of such series (together with any additional
amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) at the place or places, at the respective
times and in the manner provided in such Securities and in this Indenture. The interest on
Securities (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities)
shall be payable only to or upon the written order of the Holders thereof and at the option of the
Issuer may be paid by mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written order of such
Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the Security register of the Issuer.
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Section 3.02 Offices for Payments, Etc. The Issuer will maintain (i) in ,
an agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for payment, an agency where the
Securities of each series may be presented for exchange and conversion, if applicable, as provided
in this Indenture and an agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for
registration of transfer as in this Indenture provided and (ii) such further agencies in such
places as may be determined for the Securities of such series pursuant to Section 2.03.
The Issuer will maintain in , an agency where notices and demands
to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of any series or this Indenture may be served.
The Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the location of each such agency and of
any change of location thereof. In case the Issuer shall fail to maintain any agency required by
this Section to be located in , or shall fail to give such notice of
the location or of any change in the location of any of the above agencies, presentations and
demands may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Issuer may from time to time designate one or more additional agencies where the
Securities of a series may be presented for payment, where the Securities of that series may be
presented for exchange or conversion, if applicable, as provided in this Indenture and pursuant to
Section 2.03 and where the Securities of that series may be presented for registration of transfer
as in this Indenture provided, and the Issuer may from time to time rescind any such designation,
as the Issuer may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain the agencies
provided for in this Section. The Issuer will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any
such designation or rescission thereof.
Section 3.03 Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee. The Issuer, whenever
necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided
in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each
series of Securities hereunder.
Section 3.04 Paying Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a paying agent other than the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, it will cause such paying agent to execute
and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject
to the provisions of this Section,
(a) that it will hold all sums received by it as such agent for the payment of the
principal of or interest on the Securities of such series (whether such sums have been paid
to it by the Issuer or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series or of the Trustee,
(b) that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Issuer (or by any other
obligor on the Securities of such series) to make any payment of the principal of or
interest on the Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable, and
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(c) that at any time during the continuance of any such failure, upon the written
request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by
such paying agent.
The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on the
Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or
interest so becoming due, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly
notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Securities of any series,
it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such
series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of
such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. The Issuer will
promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, but subject to Section 10.01, the
Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to
one or more or all series of Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid
to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer or any paying agent
hereunder, as required by this Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein
contained.
Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust
as provided in this Section is subject to the provisions of Sections 10.03 and 10.04.
Section 3.05 Written Statement to Trustee. So long as any Securities are Outstanding
hereunder, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Issuer ending after the date hereof, a written statement covering the previous fiscal
year, signed by two of its officers (which need not comply with Section 11.05), stating that in the
course of the performance of their duties as officers of the Issuer they would normally have
knowledge of any default by the Issuer in the performance or fulfillment of any covenant, agreement
or condition contained in this Indenture, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such
default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature
thereof.
ARTICLE 4
SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS
BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE
Section 4.01 Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of
Securityholders. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Trustee a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of
the Holders of the Securities of each series pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of
1939:
(a) semiannually and not more than 15 days after each record date for the payment of
interest on such Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of such record date
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and on dates to be determined pursuant to Section 2.03 for non-interest bearing
Securities in each year, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after
receipt by the Issuer of any such request as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such information is furnished, provided, that, if and so long as the Trustee shall be
the Security registrar for such series, such list shall not be required to be furnished.
Section 4.02 Reports by the Issuer. The Issuer covenants to comply with Section 314(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act insofar as it relates to information, documentations, and other reports which
the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the Exchange Act.
Section 4.03 Reports by the Trustee. Any Trustees report required under Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be transmitted on or before in each year
following the date hereof, so long as any Securities are Outstanding hereunder, and shall be dated
as of a date convenient to the Trustee but no more than 60 nor less than 45 days prior thereto.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND
SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT
Section 5.01 Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default. Event of
Default, with respect to Securities of any series wherever used herein, means each one of the
following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (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):
(a) default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of
such series as and when the same shall become due and payable, and continuance of such
default for a period of 60 days (or such other period as may be established for the
Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.03); or
(b) default in the payment of all or any part of the principal on any of the Securities
of such series as and when the same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon
redemption, by declaration or otherwise, and the continuance of such default for five days
(or such other period as may be established for the Securities of such series as
contemplated by Section 2.03); or
(c) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer in
respect of the Securities of such series (other than a covenant or warranty in respect of
the Securities of such series a default in the performance or breach of which is elsewhere
in this Section specifically dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a
period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer
by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby, a written
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notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating
that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder; or
(d) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for
relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official) of the Issuer
or for all or substantially all of its property and assets or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for
a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(e) the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an
order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of
or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator
(or similar official) of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property and assets,
or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(f) any other Event of Default provided for in such series of Securities.
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Indenture, if the terms of any Securities so
provide, at the election of the Issuer, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the
failure to comply with Section 4.02 of this Indenture or Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, will, for the period specified for the Securities of such series, consist exclusively
of the right to receive additional interest on the Securities accruing at a rate specified for the
Securities of such series. Such additional interest will accrue on all outstanding Securities of
such series from and including the date on which an Event of Default relating to a failure to
comply with the reporting obligations in the Indenture first occurs to, but not including, the date
on which such Event of Default is cured or waived. The foregoing provisions of this paragraph will
not affect the rights of Securityholders in the event of the occurrence of any other Event of
Default. In the event the Issuer does not elect to pay such additional interest specified upon an
Event of Default in accordance with this paragraph, the Securities will be subject to acceleration
as provided below.
If an Event of Default described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (f) occurs and is continuing,
then, and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series
shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding hereunder (each
such series voting as a separate class) by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if
given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or, if the Securities of such series
are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in
the terms of such series) of all Securities of such series and the interest accrued thereon, if
any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clause (d) or (e) occurs and is
continuing, then and in each and every such case, unless the principal of all the Securities shall
have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
aggregate principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding hereunder (treated as one
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class), by notice in writing to the Issuer (and to the Trustee if given by Securityholders),
may declare the entire principal (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities,
such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then
Outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any
such declaration the same shall become immediately due and payable.
The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any time after the
principal (or, if the Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of the Securities of any series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any
judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as
hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to
pay all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of such series (or of all the
Securities, as the case may be) and the principal of any and all Securities of such series (or of
all the Securities, as the case may be) which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration
(with interest upon such principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable
under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest
or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the
Securities of such series, (or at the respective rates of interest or Yields to Maturity of all the
Securities, as the case may be) to the date of such payment or deposit) and such 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 negligence or bad faith, and if any and all Events of Default under the Indenture, other
than the non-payment of the principal of Securities which shall have become due by acceleration,
shall have been cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided hereinthen and in every such case
the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of such series, each
series voting as a separate class, (or of all the Securities, as the case may be, voting as a
single class) then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the Trustee, may waive all
defaults with respect to such series (or with respect to all the Securities, as the case may be)
and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and
annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right
consequent thereon.
For all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of any Original Issue
Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and declared due and payable pursuant to the
provisions hereof, then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been
rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be
deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and
payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as
shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if any, thereon
and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue
Discount Securities.
Section 5.02 Collection of Debt by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt. The Issuer covenants that
(a) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest on any of the
Securities of any series when such interest shall have become due and payable, and
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such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall be made
in the payment of all or any part of the principal of any of the Securities of any series when the
same shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of five
days, whether upon maturity of the Securities of such series or upon any redemption or by
declaration or otherwisethen, upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will pay to the Trustee for
the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series the whole amount that then shall have
become due and payable on all Securities of such series for principal or interest, as the case may
be (with interest to the date of such payment upon the overdue principal and, to the extent that
payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest
at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series); and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, their respective agents,
attorneys and counsel, and any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the
Trustee and each predecessor trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith.
In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in
its own name and as trustee of an express trust, shall be entitled and empowered to institute any
action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may
prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities and collect in
the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities,
wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable.
In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon
the Securities under Title 11 of the United States Code or any other applicable Federal or state
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in
bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or its
property, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other
obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such
other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any 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 pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled
and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and
interest (or, if the Securities of any series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of
such series) owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities of any series, 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 reasonable compensation to
the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, and their respective agents, attorneys and
counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all
advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, except as a result of
negligence or bad faith) and of the Securityholders allowed in any judicial
proceedings relative to the Issuer or other
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obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of
the Issuer or such other obligor,
(ii) unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of
the Holders of the Securities of any series in any election of a trustee or a
standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings or person performing similar functions in comparable
proceedings, and
(iii) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute all amounts received with respect
to the claims of the Securityholders and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any
trustee, receiver, or liquidator, custodian or other similar official is hereby
authorized by each of the Securityholders to make payments to the Trustee, and, in
the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the
Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover
reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each predecessor trustee and their
respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities
incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor trustee except
as a result of negligence or bad faith and all other amounts due to the Trustee or
any predecessor trustee pursuant to Section 6.06.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any
Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder
in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or
similar person.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the
Securities of any series, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the
Securities of such series or the production thereof on any trial or other proceedings relative
thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own
name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the
expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor trustee and their
respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
in respect of which such action was taken.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any proceedings involving the
interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the
Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Securities in respect to which such
action was taken, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of such Securities parties to
any such proceedings.
Section 5.03 Application of Proceeds. Any moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this
Article in respect of any series shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates fixed
by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal or
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interest, upon presentation of the several Securities in respect of which monies have been
collected and stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing Securities of such
series in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the presented Securities of like series if only
partially paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee or any predecessor trustee
pursuant to Section 6.06;
SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which
moneys have been collected shall not have become and be then due and payable, to the payment
of interest on the Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of the
installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been
collected by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the
rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities)
specified in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled
thereto, without discrimination or preference;
THIRD: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which
moneys have been collected shall have become and shall be then due and payable, to the
payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for
principal and interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent that
such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest at
the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys
shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities
of such series, then to the payment of such principal and interest or Yield to Maturity,
without preference or priority of principal over interest or Yield to Maturity, or of
interest or Yield to Maturity over principal, or of any installment of interest over any
other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other Security of
such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest or
Yield to Maturity; and
FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other Person
lawfully entitled thereto.
Section 5.04 Suits for Enforcement. In case an Event of Default has occurred, has not been
waived and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the
rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, either at law or in equity or in
bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement
contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture or to
enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Section 5.05 Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings. In case the Trustee shall
have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee,
then and in every such case the Issuer and the Trustee shall be restored
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respectively to their former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and
powers of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though no such
proceedings had been taken.
Section 5.06 Limitations on Suits by Securityholders. No Holder of any Security of any series
shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any
action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under or with
respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or
other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have
given to the Trustee written notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore
provided, and unless also the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series then Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to
institute such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder and shall have offered to
the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses and liabilities
to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding and no
direction inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to
Section 5.09; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the Holder of
every Security with every other Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities
of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of
Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder or
to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal,
ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of the applicable series. For the
protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the
Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Section 5.07 Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute Certain Suits.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and any provision of any Security, the right
of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Security
on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, or for the enforcement of such
conversion right, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 5.08 Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default. Except
as provided in Section 5.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or
to the Holders of Securities 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.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of Securities to exercise any right or
power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any
such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Event of Default or an
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acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 5.06, every power and remedy given by this
Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities may be exercised from time to
time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities.
Section 5.09 Control by Holders of Securities. The Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities of each series affected (with each series voting as a separate
class) at the time Outstanding 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 by this Indenture; provided,
that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this
Indenture and provided, further, that (subject to the provisions of Section 6.01) the Trustee shall
have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel,
shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the
Trustee in good faith by its board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of
directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so
directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so
determine that the actions or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be
unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Securities of all series so affected not
joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 6.01) the
Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly
prejudicial to such Holders.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its discretion to take any
action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction or directions
by Securityholders.
Section 5.10 Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to the declaration of the acceleration of the
maturity of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 5.01, the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding may on behalf
of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default or Event of Default
described in clause Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) of Section 5.01 (or, in the case of an event
specified in clause Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) of Section 5.01 which relates to less than
all series of Securities then Outstanding, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Securities then Outstanding affected thereby (each series voting as a separate class) may
waive any such default or Event of Default, or, in the case of an event specified in clause
Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) (if the Event of Default under clause Section 5.01(c) or
Section 5.01(f) relates to all series of Securities then Outstanding), Section 5.01(d) or
Section 5.01(e) of Section 5.01 the Holders of Securities of a majority in principal amount of all
the Securities then Outstanding (voting as one class) may waive any such default or Event of
Default), and its consequences except a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which
cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Security affected. In the
case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities of such series
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.
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Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and
not to have occurred, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been
cured, and not to have occurred for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall
extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent
thereon.
Section 5.11 Trustee to Give Notice of Default. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the
occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities of any series, give notice of all defaults
with respect to that series known to the Trustee to all Holders of Securities of such series in the
manner and to the extent provided in Section 4.03, unless in each case such defaults shall have
been cured before the mailing or publication of such notice (the term defaults for the purpose of
this Section being hereby defined to mean any event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse
of time or both would become, an Event of Default); provided, that, except in the case of default
in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in the
payment of any sinking fund installment on 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 or trustees and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith
determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such
series.
Section 5.12 Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to
this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his or her 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 Trustee,
to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or group of Securityholders of any series holding in
the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series, or, in
the case of any suit relating to or arising under clause Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) of
Section 5.01 (if the suit relates to Securities of more than one but less than all series), 10% in
aggregate principal amount of Securities then Outstanding and affected thereby, or in the case of
any suit relating to or arising under Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) (if the suit under
Section 5.01(c) or Section 5.01(f) relates to all the Securities then Outstanding), Section 5.01(d)
or Section 5.01(e) of Section 5.01, 10% in aggregate principal amount of all Securities then
Outstanding, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of
the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the due date expressed in such Security or
any date fixed for redemption or for the enforcement of a right to convert any Security in
accordance with the terms thereof.
ARTICLE 6
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
Section 6.01 Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default.
With respect to the Holders of any series of Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee,
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prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular
series and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred with
respect to such series, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically
set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a
series has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), 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 person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
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.
Section 6.02 Certain Rights of the Trustee. In furtherance of and subject to the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 and subject to Section 6.01:
(a) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may
conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee
and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such
statements, 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) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a
Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that
the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) 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 pursuant to
Section 5.09 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;
(d) none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there
shall be reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate
indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it;
(e) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, Officers Certificate or any other certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, security or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(f) any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by an Officers Certificate (unless other evidence in
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respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of
Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the secretary or an
assistant secretary of the Issuer;
(g) the Trustee may consult with counsel and any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or
Opinion of Counsel;
(h) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the
Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities which might be incurred therein or thereby;
(i) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by it in good faith
and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred
upon it by this Indenture;
(j) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the curing or
waiving of all Events 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, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture,
note, security, or other paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the
Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all
series affected then Outstanding; provided, that, if the payment within a reasonable time to
the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making
of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the
Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may
require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to
proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the Issuer
or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor trustee, shall be repaid by the Issuer upon
demand; and
(k) 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 not regularly in its employ
and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any
such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 6.03 Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of
Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees
certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as
to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of any of the Securities or of the proceeds
thereof.
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Section 6.04 Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, Etc. The Trustee or any
agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such
agent and may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive, collect, hold and retain collections from
the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent.
Section 6.05 Moneys Held by Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 10.04 hereof, 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 mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by it
hereunder.
Section 6.06 Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim. The Issuer
covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to,
reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust) and the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or
reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the
provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and
disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ)
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith.
The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor trustee for, and to hold it
harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or
the trusts hereunder and its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against or investigating any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer
under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and each predecessor trustee and to pay
or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances
shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture. Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities
upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust
for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities, and the Securities are hereby subordinated
to such senior claim.
Section 6.07 Right of Trustee to Rely on Officers Certificate, Etc. Subject to Sections 6.01
and 6.02, whenever in the administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or
omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein
specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee,
be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers Certificate delivered to the
Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the
Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under
the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
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Section 6.08 Indentures Creating Potential Conflicting Interests for the Trustee. No
indentures are hereby specifically described for the purposes of Section 310(b)(1) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939.
Section 6.09 Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee. The Trustee for each series of
Securities hereunder shall at all times be a corporation having a combined capital and surplus of
at least $50,000,000 and shall be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal, State or District of Columbia
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.
Section 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee.
(a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign
with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by giving written notice of
resignation to the Issuer and by mailing notice of such resignation to the Holders of then
Outstanding Securities of each series affected at their addresses as they shall appear on
the Security register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly
appoint a successor trustee or trustees with respect to the applicable series by written
instrument in duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which
instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee
or trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed with respect to any
series and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of
resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor trustee, or any Securityholder who has been a bona fide Holder of
a Security or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, subject to
the provisions of Section 5.12, on behalf of himself or herself 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.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with respect to any series of Securities after
written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months; or
(ii) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and shall fail to resign after
written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Securityholder; or
(iii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series
of Securities, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver or
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liquidator 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, the Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the applicable
series of Securities and appoint a successor trustee for such series by written instrument, in
duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, one copy of which instrument
shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to
Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, any Securityholder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months may on behalf of himself
or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series.
Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove
the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.
(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each
series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to Securities
of such series and appoint a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of such series
by delivering to the Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the
Issuer the evidence provided for in Section 7.01 of the action in that regard taken by the
Securityholders.
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to any series and any
appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series pursuant to any of the
provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the
successor trustee as provided in Section 6.11.
Section 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed
as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee
an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series shall become effective and such
successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all
rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such series of its predecessor hereunder,
with like effect as if originally named as trustee for such series hereunder; but, nevertheless, on
the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon payment of its charges then
unpaid, the trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to Section 10.04, pay over to the successor
trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers, duties and obligations. Upon
request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing
for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights
and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property
or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the
provisions of Section 6.06.
If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not
all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor trustee and each successor trustee with respect to the
Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
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which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that
all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series as to which the predecessor trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in
the predecessor trustee, and 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 under separate indentures.
No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall accept appointment as
provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be
qualified under the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible
under the provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided in this Section 6.11, the
Issuer shall mail notice thereof to the Holders of Securities of each series affected, by mailing
such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register. If
the acceptance of appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the resignation, then the
notice called for by the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by
Section 6.10. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of
appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be given at
the expense of the Issuer.
Section 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee. 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 the corporate trust business of the Trustee,
shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided, that such corporation shall be qualified
under the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible under the
provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
contrary notwithstanding.
In case, at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this
Indenture, any of the Securities of any series shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any
such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor
trustee and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the
Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the 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 certificate shall have the full force which it is
anywhere in the Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the
Trustee shall have; provided, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any
predecessor trustee or to authenticate Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor
trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
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ARTICLE 7
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
Section 7.01 Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders. Any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken
by a specified percentage in principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all series may be
embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such
specified percentage of Securityholders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and,
except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and
(subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in
the manner provided in this Article.
Section 7.02 Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities. Subject to
Sections 6.01 and 6.02, the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy may be
proved in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee
or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Securities shall be
proved by the Register or by a certificate of the registrar thereof. The Issuer may set a record
date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of any series entitled to vote or consent
to any action referred to in Section 7.01, which record date may be set at any time or from time to
time by notice to the Trustee, for any date or dates (in the case of any adjournment or
reconsideration) not more than 60 days nor less than five days prior to the proposed date of such
vote or consent, and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, only Holders of such
series of record on such record date shall be entitled to so vote or give such consent or revoke
such vote or consent. Notice of such record date may be given before or after any request for any
action referred to in Section 7.01 is made by the Issuer.
Section 7.03 Holders to Be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the
Issuer or the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security shall be registered
upon the Security register for such series as the absolute owner of such Security (whether or not
such Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing
thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, and, subject to
the provisions of this Indenture, interest on, such Security and for all other purposes; and
neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by
any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any such Person, or upon his or her
order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and
discharge the liability for moneys payable.
Section 7.04 Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding. In determining whether the
Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series
have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned
by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination is
being made or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to
which such determination is being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for
the purpose of any such determination, except that, for the purpose of
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determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, 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 pledgees right so to act with respect to such
Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any
Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities. In case of a dispute as to such
right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in respect of any decision made by the
Trustee in accordance with such advice. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall furnish to
the Trustee promptly an Officers Certificate listing and identifying all Securities, if any, known
by the Issuer to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above-described Persons; and,
subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officers
Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all
Securities not listed therein are Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
Section 7.05 Right of Revocation of Action Taken. At any time prior to (but not after) the
evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 7.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders
of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case
may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security the
serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the
Securities the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice at the
Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action so
far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any
Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of
such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration
of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any
such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection
with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all
the Securities affected by such action.
ARTICLE 8
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 8.01 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders. The Issuer, when
authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time and at
any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto in form satisfactory to the
Trustee for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as security for the
Securities of one or more series any property or assets;
(b) to evidence the succession of another corporation to the Issuer, or successive
successions, and the assumption by the successor corporation of the covenants, agreements
and obligations of the Issuer pursuant to Article 9;
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(c) to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further covenants, restrictions,
conditions or provisions as its Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for
the protection of the Holders of Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence
and continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or
provisions an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several
remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, that in respect of any
such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision 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 an Event of Default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee
upon such an Event of Default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series to waive such an Event of
Default;
(d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or
in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture, or to conform this Indenture or
any supplemental indenture to the description of the Securities set forth in any prospectus
or prospectus supplement related to such series of Securities;
(e) to provide for or add guarantors for the Securities of one or more series;
(f) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections
2.01 and 2.03;
(g) 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;
(h) to make any other change that is necessary or desirable; provided, that no such
action shall adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities in any material
respect;
(i) to make any change to the Securities of any series so long as no Securities of such
series are Outstanding; and
(j) to make any other change to the Securities of any series that does not adversely
affect the rights of any Holder.
The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer 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, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
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Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed
without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding,
notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 8.02.
Section 8.02 Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders. With the consent
(evidenced as provided in Article 7) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of all series affected by such
supplemental indenture (voting as one class), the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its
Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture
or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any
manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or
of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such series;
provided, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each
Security so affected, (a) extend the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount
thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or reduce any amount
payable on redemption thereof, or make the principal thereof (including any amount in respect of
original issue discount) or interest thereon payable in any currency other than that provided in
the Securities or in accordance with the terms thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.01 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 5.02, or alter the provisions of Section 11.11 or 11.12, or impair or affect the right of
any Securityholder to institute suit for the payment or conversion thereof or, in the case of
convertible or exchangeable Securities, materially and adversely affect the right to convert or
exchange the Securities in accordance with their terms or, if the Securities provide therefor, any
right of repayment at the option of the Securityholder, or modify any of the provisions of this
paragraph except to increase any required percentage or to provide that certain other provisions
cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected;
provided, that no consent of any Holder of any Security shall be necessary under this Section 8.02
to permit the Trustee and the Issuer to execute supplemental indentures pursuant to Section 8.01(e)
of this Indenture, or (b) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series, the consent
of the Holders of which is required for any such 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 Holders of Securities of such series with respect to
such covenant or provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the
Holders of Securities of any other series.
Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a copy of a resolution of the Board of
Directors certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer authorizing the
execution of any such supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of
the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid and other documents, if any, required by Section 7.01,
the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such
supplemental indenture affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture
or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter
into such supplemental indenture.
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It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section to approve
the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such
consent shall approve the substance thereof.
Promptly after the execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall give a notice thereof to the Holders
of then Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby, by mailing a notice thereof by
first-class mail to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register,
and in each case such notice shall set forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental
indenture. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not,
however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
Section 8.03 Effect of Supplemental Indenture. Upon the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, 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 Issuer and the Holders of Securities
of each series affected thereby 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 8.04 Documents to Be Given to Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of
Sections 6.01 and 6.02, may receive an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as
conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article 8 complies
with the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
Section 8.05 Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any
series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to
the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series
as to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action taken by
Securityholders. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities of any series so
modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any
modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the
Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of such series
then Outstanding.
ARTICLE 9
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
Section 9.01 Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms. The Issuer shall not consolidate
with or merge into any other Person (in a transaction in which the Issuer is not the surviving
corporation) or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to
any Person, unless (a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged
or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets
of the Issuer substantially as an entirety shall be (i) a corporation, limited liability company,
partnership or trust, (ii) shall be organized and validly existing under the laws
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of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (iii) shall
expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium
and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this
Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form
to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the Person (if other than the Issuer)
formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer shall have been merged or by the Person which
shall have acquired the Issuers assets; (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction
and treating any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Issuer or any Subsidiary as a
result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Issuer or such Subsidiary at the time of
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 Issuer has
delivered to the Trustee an Officers 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.
The conditions of (a)(ii) above shall not apply in the case of a corporation or entity not
organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of
Columbia which shall agree, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) to subject itself to the
jurisdiction of the United States district court for the Southern District of New York and (ii) to
indemnify and hold harmless the holders of all Securities against (A) any tax, assessment or
governmental charge imposed on such holders by a jurisdiction other than the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with respect to, and withheld on the
making of, any payment of principal or interest on such Securities and which would not have been so
imposed and withheld had such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance not been made and (B) any
tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on or relating to, and any costs or expenses
involved in, such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
The restrictions in this Section 9.01 shall not apply to (i) the merger or consolidation of
the Issuer with one of its affiliates, if the Board of Directors determines in good faith that the
purpose of such transaction is principally to change the Issuers State of incorporation or convert
the Issuers form of organization to another form, or (ii) the merger of the Issuer with or into a
single direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary pursuant to Section 251(g) (or any successor
provision) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Section 9.02 Successor Issuer Substituted. Upon any consolidation of the Issuer with, or
merger of the Issuer into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties
and assets of the Issuer substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 9.01, the
successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer 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 Issuer under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Issuer herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities.
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In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, such changes in
phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be issued
as may be appropriate.
ARTICLE 10
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF
INDENTURE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
Section 10.01 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
(a) If at any time (i) the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal of
and interest on all the Securities of any series Outstanding hereunder (other than
Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been
replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09) as and when the same shall have become due and
payable, or (ii) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all
Securities of any series theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities of such series
which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 2.09) or (iii) in the case of any series of Securities the exact
amount (including the currency of payment) of principal of and interest due on which on the
dates referred to in clause (B) below can be determined at the time of making the deposit
referred to in such clause, (A) all the Securities of such series not theretofore delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable, or are by their terms to
become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and
(B) the Issuer shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
as trust funds the entire amount in cash (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any
paying agent to the Issuer in accordance with Section 10.04) or, in the case of any series
of Securities the payments on which may only be made in Dollars, direct obligations of the
United States of America, backed by its full faith and credit (U.S. Government
Obligations), maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as
will insure the availability of cash sufficient to pay on any subsequent interest payment
date all interest due on such interest payment date on the Securities of such series and to
pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series (in each case other than
any Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09) not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due or to become due to such
date of maturity, as the case may be, and if, in any such case, the Issuer shall also pay or
cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer, including amounts due the
Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06, with respect to Securities of such series, then this
Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to Securities of such series
(except as to (1) rights of registration of transfer, conversion and exchange of Securities
of such series and the Issuers right of optional redemption, (2) substitution of mutilated,
defaced, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities, (3) rights of Holders of Securities to
receive payments of principal thereof and interest thereon upon the original stated due
dates therefor (but not upon acceleration) and remaining rights of the Holders to receive
mandatory sinking fund payments, if any, (4) the rights (including the Trustees rights
under Section 10.05) and immunities of the
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Trustee hereunder and the Trustees obligations under Sections 10.02 and 10.04, (5) the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series as beneficiaries hereof with respect to
the property so deposited with the Trustee payable to all or any of them and (6) the
obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.02), and the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer
accompanied by an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel which complies with
Section 11.05 and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to such
series; provided, that the rights of Holders of the Securities to receive amounts in respect
of principal of and interest on the Securities held by them shall not be delayed longer than
required by then-applicable mandatory rules or policies of any securities exchange upon
which the Securities are listed. The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs
or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for
any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with
this Indenture or the Securities of such series.
(b) Unless this Section 10.01(b) is specified as not being applicable to Securities of
a series as contemplated by Section 2.03, the Issuer may, at its option, terminate certain
of its obligations under this Indenture (covenant defeasance) with respect to the
Securities of a series if:
(1) the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited with the
Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of
Securities of such series, (i) money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of
such series is to be made in an amount, or (ii) U.S. Government Obligations with respect to
such series, maturing as to principal and interest at such times and in such amounts as will
ensure the availability of money in the currency in which payment of the Securities of such
series is to be made in an amount or (iii) a combination thereof, that is sufficient, in the
opinion (in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii)) of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the
Trustee, to pay the principal of and interest on all Securities of such series on each date
that such principal or interest is due and payable and (at the stated maturity date thereof
or upon redemption as provided in Section 10.01(e)) to pay all other sums payable by it
hereunder; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such
money and/or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of said
principal and interest with respect to the Securities of such series as the same shall
become due;
(2) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same
effect;
(3) no default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall
have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
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(4) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from a
nationally recognized counsel acceptable to the Trustee or a private letter ruling issued by
the United States Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders will not recognize
income, gain or loss for United States Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
Issuers exercise of its option under this Section 10.01(b) and will be subject to United
States 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;
(5) the Issuer has complied with any additional conditions specified pursuant to
Section 2.03 to be applicable to the discharge of Securities of such series pursuant to this
Section 10.01; and
(6) such deposit and discharge shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting
interest as defined in TIA Section 310(b).
In such event, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as set forth
in this paragraph), and the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge under this Indenture. However, the
Issuers obligations in Sections 2.08, 2.09, 3.01, 3.02, 3.04, 4.01, 6.06 and 6.10, the
Trustees and Paying Agents obligations in Section 10.04 and the rights, powers,
protections and privileges accorded the Trustee under Article 6 shall survive until all
Securities of such series are no longer outstanding. Thereafter, only the Issuers
obligations in Section 6.06 and the Trustees and Paying Agents obligations in Section
10.04 shall survive with respect to Securities of such series.
After such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to this Section 10.01(b) and satisfaction
of the other conditions set forth herein, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in
writing the discharge of the Issuers obligations under this Indenture with respect to the
Securities of such series except for those surviving obligations specified above.
In order to have money available on a payment date to pay principal of or interest on
the Securities, the U.S. Government Obligations shall be payable as to principal or interest
on or before such payment date in such amounts as will provide the necessary money. U. S.
Government Obligations shall not be callable at the issuers option.
(c) If the Issuer has previously complied or is concurrently complying with Section
10.01(b) (other than any additional conditions specified pursuant to Section 2.03 that are
expressly applicable only to covenant defeasance) with respect to Securities of a series,
then, unless this Section 10.01(c) is specified as not being applicable to Securities of
such series as contemplated by Section 2.03, the Issuer may elect that its obligations to
make payments with respect to Securities of such series be discharged (legal defeasance),
if:
(1) no default or Event of Default under Section 5.01(d) and Section 5.01(e) hereof
shall have occurred at any time during the period ending on the 91st day
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after the date of deposit contemplated by Section 10.01(b) (it being understood that
this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period);
(2) unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities of such series as
contemplated by Section 2.03, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel
from a nationally recognized counsel acceptable to the Trustee to the effect referred to in
Section 10.01(b)(4) with respect to such legal defeasance, which opinion is based on (i) a
private letter ruling issued by the United States Internal Revenue Service addressed to the
Issuer, (ii) a published ruling of the United States Internal Revenue Service pertaining to
a comparable form of transaction or (iii) a change in the applicable United States Federal
income tax law (including regulations) after the date of this Indenture;
(3) the Issuer has complied with any other conditions specified pursuant to Section
2.03 to be applicable to the legal defeasance of Securities of such series pursuant to this
Section 10.01(c); and
(4) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Issuer Order requesting such legal
defeasance of the Securities of such series and an Officers Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent with respect to such legal defeasance of the Securities of such series
have been complied with, together with an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect.
In such event, the Issuer will be discharged from its obligations under this Indenture
and the Securities of such series to pay principal of and interest on and any additional
amounts on the Securities of any series in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental
charge withheld or deducted with respect to Securities of such series, the Issuers
obligations under Sections 3.01 and 3.02 shall terminate with respect to such Securities,
and the entire indebtedness of the Issuer evidenced by such Securities shall be deemed paid
and discharged.
(d) If and to the extent additional or alternative means of satisfaction, discharge or
defeasance of Securities of a series are specified to be applicable to such series as
contemplated by Section 2.03, the Issuer may terminate any or all of its obligations under
this Indenture with respect to Securities of a series and any or all of its obligations
under the Securities of such series if it fulfills such other means of satisfaction and
discharge as may be so specified, as contemplated by Section 2.03, to be applicable to the
Securities of such series.
(e) If Securities of any series subject to subsections (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this
Section 10.01 are to be redeemed prior to the stated maturity date of such Securities,
whether pursuant to any optional redemption provisions or in accordance with any mandatory
or optional sinking fund provisions, the terms of the applicable trust arrangement shall
provide for such redemption, and the Issuer shall make such arrangements as are reasonably
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the
name, and at the expense, of the Issuer.
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Section 10.02 Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities. Subject to
Section 10.04, all moneys deposited with the Trustee (or other trustee) pursuant to Section 10.01
shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying
agent (including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular
Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited
with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due thereon for principal and interest; but such
money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Section 10.03 Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, all moneys then held by
any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities
shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying
agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys.
Section 10.04 Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years. Any
moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the principal
of or interest on any Security of any series and not applied but remaining unclaimed for two years
after the date upon which such principal or interest shall have become due and payable, shall, upon
the written request of the Issuer and unless otherwise required by mandatory provisions of
applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property law, be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee
for such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the Securities of such series shall, unless
otherwise required by mandatory provisions of applicable escheat or abandoned or unclaimed property
laws, thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to
collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any 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 with respect to moneys deposited with it for any payment in respect of
Securities of any series, shall at the expense of the Issuer mail by first-class mail to Holders of
such Securities at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register notice that such
moneys remain and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from
the date of such mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be
repaid to the Issuer.
Section 10.05 Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations. The Issuer shall pay and indemnify
the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government
Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 10.01 or the principal or interest received in respect of
such obligations.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 11.01 Incorporators, Stockholders, Officers and Directors of Issuer Exempt from
Individual Liability. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in
this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had
against any incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future stockholder, officer
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or director, as such, of the Issuer or of any successor, either directly or through the Issuer
or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement
of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being
expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof and as
part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
Section 11.02 Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of
Securities. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be
construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their
successors and the Holders of the Securities any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under
this Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and
provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their successors and of the Holders
of the Securities.
Section 11.03 Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture. All the covenants,
stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Indenture by or on behalf of the Issuer
shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 11.04 Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Holders of Securities. 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 of Securities to or on the Issuer may be given or served by being
deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein)
addressed (until another address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to Lennox
International Inc., 2140 Lake Park Boulevard, Richardson, Texas 75080, Attn: Secretary. Any
notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any Holder of Securities to or upon the
Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made
at , , Attn: .
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled thereto, at his or her last address as it
appears in the Security register. In any case where notice to such 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.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be
impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer 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.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be
impracticable to mail notice of any event to Holders of Securities when said notice is required to
be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or of the Securities, 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. Neither the failure to give notice, nor any defect in any notice so given,
to any particular Holder of a Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to
other Holders of Securities given as provided above.
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Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
Section 11.05 Officers Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained
Therein. Upon any application or demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any
of the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent 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 have been complied with, except that in the case of any
such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by
any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include
(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or
condition, (b) 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, (c) a
statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation
as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such
covenant or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the
opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer may be based, insofar as it
relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by counsel, unless
such officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters
upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or
in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate,
statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, information
with respect to which is in the possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or
opinion of or representations by an officer or officers of the Issuer, unless such counsel knows
that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon
which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in
the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous.
Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or of counsel may be based,
insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of or representations by
an accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Issuer, unless such officer or counsel,
as the case may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the
accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are
erroneous.
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Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of public accountants filed with and
directed to the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is independent.
Section 11.06 Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays. If the date of maturity of
interest on or principal of the Securities of any series or the date fixed for redemption or
repayment of any such Security, or the last day on which a Holder has the right to convert any
Security, shall not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal, or any conversion,
need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same
force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed for redemption or on such
last day for conversion, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date.
Section 11.07 Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture With Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If and
to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision included in this Indenture by operation of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939, such incorporated provision shall control.
Section 11.08 New York Law to Govern. This Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be
a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in
accordance with the laws of such State, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions
of law.
Section 11.09 Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 11.10 Effect of Headings. The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of
Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 11.11 Securities in a Foreign Currency. Unless otherwise specified in an Officers
Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.03 of this Indenture with respect to a particular
series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the
Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all series or all
series affected by a particular action at the time Outstanding and, at such time, there are
Outstanding Securities of any series which are denominated in a currency other than Dollars, then
the principal amount of Securities of such series which shall be deemed to be Outstanding for the
purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such
amount at the Market Exchange Rate. For purposes of this Section 11.11, Market Exchange Rate
shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate for that currency for cable transfers quoted in The City of
New York as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If such Market
Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such currency, the Trustee shall use,
in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks
in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question, or such other
quotations as the Trustee shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in
determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a series denominated in a
currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant
to the terms of this Indenture.
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All decisions and determinations of the Trustee regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any
alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion
and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding
upon the Issuer and all Holders.
Section 11.12 Judgment Currency. The Issuer 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 interest 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
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 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.
ARTICLE 12
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
Section 12.01 Applicability of Article. The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to
the Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for
the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified, as contemplated by
Section 2.03 for Securities of such series.
Section 12.02 Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions. Notice of redemption to the Holders
of Securities of any series to be redeemed as a whole or in part at the option of the Issuer shall
be given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 30
days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities
of such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security register. Any notice
which is given in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly
given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice. Failure to give notice or any defect in the
notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part
shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such
series.
The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify the principal amount of each
Security of such series held by such Holder to be redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the
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redemption price, the place or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation
and surrender of such Securities, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional
sinking fund, or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption
will be paid as specified in such notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the
portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue and shall also specify, if applicable, the
conversion price then in effect and the date on which the right to convert such Securities or the
portions thereof to be redeemed will expire. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in
part only, the notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such
Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal amount equal to the unredeemed
portion thereof will be issued.
The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at the option of the
Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuers request, by the Trustee in the name and at
the expense of the Issuer.
On or before the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in
this Section, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if
the Issuer is acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 3.04) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the Securities of
such series so called for redemption (other than those theretofore surrendered for conversion into
Common Stock) at the appropriate redemption price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed
for redemption. If any Security called for redemption is converted pursuant hereto, any money
deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent or so segregated and held in trust for the
redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Issuer upon the Issuers request, or, if then held
by the Issuer, shall be discharged from such trust. The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at
least 70 days prior to the date fixed for redemption (unless a shorter time period shall be
acceptable to the Trustee) an Officers Certificate (which need not comply with Section 11.05)
stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed. In case of a redemption at
the election of the Issuer prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption, the
Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of any notice of redemption to Holders
pursuant to this Section, an Officers Certificate stating that such restriction has been complied
with.
If less than all the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in
such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, Securities of such series to be redeemed in
whole or in part. Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the minimum authorized
denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the
case of any Securities of such series 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 of any series shall relate, in the case of any
Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such
Security which has been or is to be redeemed. If any Security selected for partial redemption is
surrendered for conversion after such selection, the converted portion of such Security shall be
deemed (so far as may be) to be the portion selected for redemption. Upon any redemption of less
than all the Securities, the Issuer and the Trustee may treat as Outstanding Securities
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surrendered for conversion during the period of 15 days next preceding the mailing of a notice
of redemption, and need not treat as Outstanding any Security authenticated and delivered during
such period in exchange for the unconverted portion of any Security converted in part during such
period.
Section 12.03 Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption has been
given as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities specified in such notice shall
become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable
redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after
said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of such Securities at the redemption
price, together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of
Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and, except as provided in Sections 6.05
and 10.04, such Securities shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be
convertible into Common Stock, if applicable, and to be entitled to any benefit or security under
this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except
the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed for
redemption. On presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in
said notice, said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the
Issuer at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued thereon to the date fixed
for redemption; provided, that payment of interest becoming due on or prior to the date fixed for
redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant
record date subject to the terms and provisions of Sections 2.03 and 2.07 hereof.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed
for redemption at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security) borne by such Security and, if applicable, such Security shall remain
convertible into Common Stock until the principal of such Security shall have been paid or duly
provided for.
Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of
the Issuer, a new Security or Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented.
Section 12.04 Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption.
Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they are identified
by registration and certificate number in an Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee at
least 40 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given as being owned of
record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer or (b) an
entity specifically identified in such written statement as directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer.
Section 12.05 Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum amount of any sinking fund
payment provided for by the terms of the 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 the Securities of any series is herein referred to as an
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optional sinking fund payment. The date on which a sinking fund payment is to be made is
herein referred to as the sinking fund payment date.
In lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any
series of Securities in cash, the Issuer may at its option (a) deliver to the Trustee Securities of
such series theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the
mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such series (not
previously so credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except as aforesaid) by the
Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10 and, if applicable,
receive credit for Securities (not previously so credited) converted into Common Stock and so
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, (b) receive credit for optional sinking fund payments
(not previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section, or (c) receive credit for Securities of
such series (not previously so credited) redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption
provision contained in the terms of such series. Securities so delivered or credited shall be
received or credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption price specified in such
Securities.
On or before the 60th day next preceding each sinking fund payment date for any series, the
Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate (which need not contain the statements
required by Section 11.05) (a) specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund payment to be
satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit of Securities of such series
and the basis for such credit, (b) stating that none of the Securities of such series has
theretofore been so credited, (c) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or Events of
Default with respect to such series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured) and are
continuing and (d) stating whether or not the Issuer intends to exercise its right to make an
optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series and, if so, specifying the amount of such
optional sinking fund payment which the Issuer intends to pay on or before the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date. Any Securities of such series to be credited and required to be
delivered to the Trustee in order for the Issuer to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid
which have not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall be delivered for cancellation
pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee with such Officers Certificate (or reasonably promptly
thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such Officers Certificate shall be irrevocable and upon
its receipt by the Trustee the Issuer shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash
payments or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such 60th day, to deliver such Officers
Certificate and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default but
shall constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable election of the Issuer (i) that the
mandatory sinking fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of such series in
respect thereof and (ii) that the Issuer will make no optional sinking fund payment with respect to
such series as provided in this Section.
If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or both) to be made in cash on
the next succeeding sinking fund payment date plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund
payments made in cash shall exceed $50,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency or a
lesser sum in Dollars or in any Foreign Currency if the Issuer shall so request) with respect to
the Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the
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next succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at
the sinking fund redemption price together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption.
If such amount shall be $50,000 (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency) or less and the
Issuer makes no such request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $50,000 (or the
equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency) is available. The Trustee shall select, in the manner
provided in Section 12.02, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal
amount of Securities of such series to absorb said cash, as nearly as may be, and shall (if
requested in writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial numbers of the Securities of
such series (or portions thereof) so selected. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for
redemption under this Section if they are identified by registration and certificate number in an
Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee at least 60 days prior to the sinking fund payment
date as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either
(a) the Issuer or (b) an entity specifically identified in such Officers Certificate as directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Issuer. The Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it shall so
request the Trustee in writing), shall cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series
to be given in substantially the manner provided in Section 12.02 (and with the effect provided in
Section 12.03) for the redemption of Securities of such series in part at the option of the Issuer.
The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied or allocated to the redemption of
Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and,
together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of this Section.
Any and all sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the Securities of any
particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are not held for the payment
or redemption of particular Securities of such series, shall be applied, together with other
moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and interest
on, the Securities of such series at maturity. The Issuers obligation to make a mandatory or
optional sinking fund payment shall automatically be reduced by an amount equal to the sinking fund
redemption price allocable to any Securities or portions thereof called for redemption pursuant to
the preceding paragraph on any sinking fund payment date and converted into Common Stock; provided,
that, if the Trustee is not the conversion agent for the Securities, the Issuer or such conversion
agent shall give the Trustee written notice prior to the date fixed for redemption of the principal
amount of Securities or portions thereof so converted.
On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall pay to the Trustee in cash or
shall otherwise provide for the payment of all interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on
Securities to be redeemed on the next following sinking fund payment date.
The Trustee shall not redeem or cause to be redeemed any Securities of a series with sinking
fund moneys or give any notice of redemption of Securities for such series by operation of the
sinking fund during the continuance of a default in payment of interest on such Securities or of
any Event of Default except that, where the mailing of notice of redemption of any Securities shall
theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities,
provided that it shall have received from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except
as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or
Event of Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund, shall, during
the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be deemed to
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have been collected under Article 5 and held for the payment of all such Securities. In case
such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in Section 5.10, or the default cured on
or before the 60th day preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys shall
thereafter be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date in accordance with this
Section to the redemption of such Securities.
ARTICLE 13
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
Section 13.01 Agreement of Subordination. The Issuer covenants and agrees, and each holder of
Securities issued hereunder by his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all
Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article 13; and each Securityholder,
whether upon original issue or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound
by such provisions.
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Securities issued
hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at
the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.
The provisions of this Article 13 define the subordination of the Securities, as obligations
of the Issuer, with respect to Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, as defined for the Issuer.
No provision of this Article 13 shall prevent the occurrence of any default or Event of
Default hereunder.
Section 13.02 Payments to Securityholders. In the event and during the continuation of any
default in the payment of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer continuing beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the
instrument or lease evidencing such Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, then, unless and until such
default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, no payment shall be made by
the Issuer with respect to the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities,
except sinking fund payments made by the acquisition of Securities under Section 12.05 prior to the
happening of such default and payments made pursuant to Article 10 hereof from monies deposited
with the Trustee pursuant thereto prior to the happening of such default.
Upon any payment by the Issuer, or distribution of assets of the Issuer of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up
or liquidation or reorganization of the Issuer, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer shall first be paid in full, or payment thereof provided for in money in
accordance with its terms, before any payment is made on account of the principal (and premium, if
any) or interest on the Securities (except payments made pursuant to Article 10 hereof from monies
deposited with the Trustee pursuant thereto prior to the happening of such dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization); and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or
reorganization any payment by the Issuer, or distribution of assets of the Issuer of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the
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holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled, except for the provisions of this
Article 13, shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Issuer or by any receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by
the holders of the Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it,
directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (pro rata to such holders on the basis
of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer held by such holders, as calculated
by the Issuer) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer may
have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer in full, in money or moneys worth, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer,
before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of the Securities or to the Trustee.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of assets of the
Issuer of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, prohibited by the
foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee or the holders of the Securities before all Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer is paid in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in
accordance with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of
and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or their
representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to
which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer may have been issued, as
their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Issuer, for application to the payment
of all Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer in full in money in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to
any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
For purposes of this Article 13, the words, cash, property or securities shall not be deemed
to include shares of stock of the Issuer as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Issuer
or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of
which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article 13 with respect to the
Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer which may at the time be
outstanding; provided that (i) the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer is assumed by the new
corporation, if any, resulting from any such reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (other than leases) and of leases which are
assumed are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or
readjustment. The consolidation of the Issuer with, or the merger of the Issuer into, another
corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer following the conveyance or transfer of
its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms
and conditions provided for in Article 9 hereof shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up,
liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 13.02 if such other corporation
shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions
stated in Article 9 hereof. Nothing in this Section 13.02 shall apply to claims of, or payments
to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.06.
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Section 13.03 Subrogation of Securities. Subject to the payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer, the rights of the holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the
rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer to receive payments or distributions of
cash, property or securities of the Issuer applicable to the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full;
and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the
Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer of any cash, property or securities to which the holders of the
Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article 13 to or for
the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer by holders of the Securities or the
Trustee, shall, as between the Issuer, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness of
the Issuer, and the holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Issuer to or on
account of the Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer. It is understood that the provisions of this
Article 13 are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the
holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the
Issuer, on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article 13 or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is
intended to or shall impair, as between the Issuer, its creditors other than the holders of its
Senior Indebtedness, and the holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Issuer, which is
absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders
of the Securities and creditors of the Issuer other than the holders of its Senior Indebtedness,
nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of any Security from
exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture,
subject to the rights, if any, under this Article 13 of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the
Issuer in respect of cash, property or securities of the Issuer received upon the exercise of any
such remedy.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Issuer referred to in this Article 13, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 6.01, and the holders of the Securities shall be
entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of
the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment
or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the holders of the Securities, for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Issuer, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
Article 13.
Section 13.04 Authorization by Securityholders. Each holder of a Security by his acceptance
thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article 13 appoints the Trustee his
attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
Section 13.05 Notice to Trustee. The Issuer shall give promptly written notice to a
Responsible Officer of the Trustee of any fact known to the Issuer which would prohibit the making
of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the
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provisions of this Article 13. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article 13 or any other
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of
any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect
of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Article 13, unless and until a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Trustee from the Issuer or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee
therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of Section 6.01, shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided
that if on a date not fewer than three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms
hereof any such monies may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security) the Trustee shall not
have received, with respect to such monies, the notice provided for in this Section 13.05, then,
anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and
authority to receive such monies and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received,
and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after
such prior date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary hereinbefore set forth, nothing shall
prevent any payment by the Issuer or the Trustee to the Securityholders of monies in connection
with a redemption of Securities if (i) notice of such redemption has been given pursuant to Article
12 or Section 10.01 hereof prior to the receipt by the Trustee of written notice as aforesaid, and
(ii) such notice of redemption is given not earlier than 60 days before the redemption date.
The Trustee conclusively shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice
by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer (or a trustee
on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event that
the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of
any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer to participate in any payment or
distribution pursuant to this Article 13, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence
to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or
distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 13, and
if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
Section 13.06 Trustees Relation to Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee in its individual
capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 13 in respect of any Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer and nothing elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any
of its rights as such holder.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in
this Article 13, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of the Issuer shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee
shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer
and the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer if it shall
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over or deliver to holders of Securities, the Issuer or any other Person money or assets to
which any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer shall be entitled by virtue of this Article
13 or otherwise.
Section 13.07 No Impairment of Subordination. No right of any present or future holder of any
Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Issuer or by any act or
failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Issuer with the
terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any
such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.
Section 13.08 Rights of Trustee. Nothing in this Article 13 shall apply to claims of or
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of .
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exv4w6
Exhibit 4.6
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR SECURITIES IN DEFINITIVE REGISTERED FORM,
THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY
TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE
TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL
INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
[ ]% Note Due [ ]
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LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (Issuer, which term includes any successor
corporation), for value received promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal
sum of on ___, 20___.
Interest Payment Dates: and (each, an Interest Payment Date),
commencing on .
Interest Record Dates: and (each, an Interest Record Date).
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Security contained herein, which will for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this Security to be signed manually or by facsimile
by its duly authorized officer under its corporate seal.
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Attest:
This is one of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated: [ ]
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(REVERSE OF SECURITY)
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
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1. Interest.
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC., a Delaware corporation (the Issuer), promises to pay interest on
the principal amount of this Security at the rate per annum shown above. Cash interest on the
Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest
has been paid, from . The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on each
Interest Payment Date, commencing . Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months.
The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate
borne by the Securities and on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable
grace periods) to the extent lawful.
2. Method of Payment.
The Issuer shall pay interest on the Securities (except defaulted interest) to the persons who
are the registered Holders at the close of business on the Interest Record Date immediately
preceding the Interest Payment Date notwithstanding any transfer or exchange of such Security
subsequent to such Interest Record Date and prior to such Interest Payment Date. Holders must
surrender Securities to the Trustee to collect principal payments. The Issuer shall pay Principal
and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment
of public and private debts (U.S. Legal Tender). However, the payments of interest, and any
portion of the Principal (other than interest payable at maturity or on any redemption or repayment
date or the final payment of Principal) shall be made by the Paying Agent, upon receipt from the
Issuer of immediately available funds by [a./p.m.], New York City time (or such other time as
may be agreed to between the Issuer and the Paying Agent or the Issuer), directly to a Holder (by
Federal funds wire transfer or otherwise) if the Holder has delivered written instructions to the
Trustee 15 days prior to such payment date requesting that such payment will be so made and
designating the bank account to which such payments shall be so made and in the case of payments of
Principal surrenders the same to the Trustee in exchange for a Security or Securities aggregating
the same principal amount as the unredeemed principal amount of the Securities surrendered.
3. Paying Agent.
Initially, (the Trustee) will act as Paying Agent. The Issuer may change any
Paying Agent without notice to the Holders.
4. Indenture.
The Issuer issued the Securities under an Indenture, dated as of ___, 20___ (the
Indenture), between the Issuer and the Trustee. Capitalized terms herein are used as defined in
the Indenture unless otherwise defined herein. The terms of the Securities include those stated in
the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
(15 U.S.C. Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) (the TIA), as in effect on the date of the Indenture until such
time as the Indenture is qualified under the TIA, and thereafter as in effect on the date on which
the Indenture is qualified under the TIA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the
Securities are subject to all such terms, and holders of Securities are referred to the Indenture
and the TIA for a statement of them. To the extent the terms of the Indenture and this Security
are inconsistent, the terms of the Indenture shall govern.
5. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange.
The Securities are in registered form, without coupons, in denominations of $1,000 and
multiples of $1,000. A Holder shall register the transfer of or exchange Securities in accordance
with the Indenture. The Issuer may
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require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer
documents and to pay certain transfer taxes or similar governmental charges payable in connection
therewith as permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not issue, authenticate, register the
transfer of or exchange any Securities or portions thereof for a period of 15 days before such
series is selected for redemption, nor need the Issuer register the transfer or exchange of any
security selected for redemption in whole or in part.
6. Persons Deemed Owners.
The registered Holder of a Security shall be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.
7. Unclaimed Funds.
If funds for the payment of principal or interest remain unclaimed for two years, the Trustee
and the Paying Agent will repay the funds to the Issuer at its written request. After that, all
liability of the Trustee and such Paying Agent with respect to such funds shall cease.
8. Legal Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.
The Issuer may be discharged from its obligations under the Securities and under the Indenture
with respect to the Securities except for certain provisions thereof, and may be discharged from
obligations to comply with certain covenants contained in the Securities and in the Indenture with
respect to the Securities, in each case upon satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the
Indenture.
9. Amendment; Supplement; Waiver.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Securities and the provisions of the Indenture relating to
the Securities may be amended or supplemented with the written consent of the Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series then outstanding affected by
such amendment or supplement (voting as one class), and any existing Default or Event of Default or
compliance with certain provisions may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of such series, each series voting as a separate
class (or of all the Securities, as the case may be, voting as a single class), then outstanding.
Without notice to or consent of any Holder, the parties thereto may amend or supplement the
Indenture and the Securities to, among other things, cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency,
provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities, or
make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder of a Security.
10. Defaults and Remedies.
If an Event of Default (other than certain bankruptcy Events of Default with respect to the
Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series then outstanding (voting as a separate class) may declare all
of the Securities to be due and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture. If a bankruptcy Event of Default with respect to the Issuer occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of all series
of Securities then outstanding (treated as one class) may declare all of the Securities to be due
and payable immediately in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Holders of
Securities may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture.
The Trustee is not obligated to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it has received
indemnity satisfactory to it. The Indenture permits, subject to certain limitations therein
provided, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities then outstanding to
direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of
Securities notice of certain continuing Defaults or Events of Default if it determines that
withholding notice is in their interest.
11. Subordination.
Reference is made to the Indenture, including, without limitation, provisions subordinating
the payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness
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as defined in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same
effect as though fully set forth at this place.
12. Trustee Dealings with Issuer.
The Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer as if it were not the Trustee.
13. No Recourse Against Others.
No stockholder, director, officer, employee or incorporator, as such, of the Issuer or any
successor Person thereof shall have any liability for any obligation under the Securities or the
Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their
creation. Each Holder of a Security by accepting a Security waives and releases all such
liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Securities.
14. Authentication.
This Security shall not be valid until the Trustee manually signs the certificate of
authentication on this Security.
15. Abbreviations and Defined Terms.
Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder of a Security or an assignee, such
as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants
with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (=
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
16. CUSIP Numbers.
Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification
Procedures, the Issuer has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities as a convenience to
the Holders of the Securities. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers as
printed on the Securities and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.
17. Governing Law.
The laws of the State of New York shall govern the Indenture and this Security thereof.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
I or we assign and transfer this Security to
(Print or type name, address and zip code of assignee or transferee)
(Insert Social Security or other identifying number of assignee or transferee)
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act
for him.
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(Signed exactly as name appears on the other side of this Security)
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Signature Guarantee: |
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Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee
Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor
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exv5w1
Exhibit 5.1
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2001 ROSS AVENUE
DALLAS, TEXAS
75201-2980
TEL +1 214.953.6500
FAX +1 214.953.6503
www.bakerbotts.com
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AUSTIN
BEIJING
DALLAS
DUBAI
HONG KONG
HOUSTON
LONDON
MOSCOW
NEW YORK
PALO ALTO
RIYADH
WASHINGTON |
December 1, 2008
018635.0103
Lennox International Inc.
2140 Lake Park Boulevard
Richardson, Texas 75080
Ladies and Gentlemen:
As set forth in the Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the Registration Statement) to be
filed on the date hereof with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) by Lennox
International Inc., a Delaware corporation (Lennox), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the Act), relating to the offering of securities that may be issued and sold by Lennox from time
to time pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act, certain legal matters in connection with such
securities are being passed upon for you by us. Such securities include (a) Lennoxs unsecured
senior debt securities and subordinated debt securities (collectively, the Debt Securities); (b)
shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Lennox (Common Stock); (c) shares of
preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Lennox (Preferred Stock); (d) warrants of Lennox
(Warrants), which may be issued pursuant to a warrant agreement between Lennox and a warrant
agent to be named therein; (e) depositary shares of Lennox (Depositary Shares) each representing
a fractional interest in a share of Preferred Stock and evidenced by a deposit receipt (the
Deposit Receipts), which may be issued pursuant to a deposit agreement among Lennox, a depositary
to be named therein and the holders from time to time of the Deposit Receipts issued thereunder;
and (f) units consisting of one or more Warrants, Debt Securities, Preferred Stock, Common Stock or
any combination thereof (Units), which may be issued pursuant to a unit agreement among Lennox, a
bank or trust company as unit agent and the holders from time to time of the Units. The Debt
Securities, Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Warrants, Depositary Shares and Units are collectively
referred to herein as the Securities. At your request, this opinion is being furnished to you
for filing as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement.
Each series of senior Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture to be entered
into between Lennox, as issuer, and a trustee to be named therein (the Senior Indenture), and
each series of subordinated Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture to be entered
into between Lennox, as issuer, and a trustee to be named therein (the Subordinated Indenture
and, together with the Senior Indenture, the Indentures), as each
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such Indenture will be supplemented, in connection with the issuance of each such series, by a
supplemental indenture, officers certificate or other writing thereunder establishing the form and
terms of such series.
In our capacity as your counsel in the connection referred to above, we have examined Lennoxs
Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, each as amended to date (the
Charter Documents), the forms of Indentures (as filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement),
and originals, or copies certified or otherwise identified, of corporate records of Lennox,
including minute books of Lennox as furnished to us by Lennox, certificates of public officials and
of representatives of Lennox, statutes and other instruments and documents as a basis for the
opinions hereinafter expressed. In giving the opinions below, we have assumed, without independent
investigation, that the signatures on all documents examined by us are genuine, that all documents
submitted to us as originals are accurate and complete, that all documents submitted to us as
copies are true, correct and complete copies of the originals thereof and that all information
submitted to us is accurate and complete. In connection with this opinion, we have assumed that:
(a) the Registration Statement and any amendments thereto (including post-effective
amendments) will have become effective under the Act and such effectiveness shall not have
been terminated or rescinded;
(b) a prospectus supplement will have been prepared and filed with the Commission
describing the Securities offered thereby;
(c) all Securities will be offered, issued and sold in compliance with applicable
federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and
the appropriate prospectus supplement;
(d) the Board of Directors of Lennox or, to the extent permitted by the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and Lennoxs Charter Documents, a duly constituted
and acting committee thereof (such Board of Directors or committee being hereinafter
referred to as the Board), will have taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the
issuance of the Securities and any other Securities issuable on the conversion, exchange,
redemption or exercise thereof, and to authorize the terms of the offering and sale of such
Securities and related matters;
(e) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any
Securities offered will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by
Lennox and the other parties thereto (the Purchase Agreement);
(f) any securities issuable upon conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise of any
Securities being offered will have been duly authorized, created and, if appropriate,
reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise;
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(g) all Securities, and any certificates or Deposit Receipts in respect thereof, will
be delivered in accordance with either (1) the provisions of the applicable Purchase
Agreement approved by the Board upon receipt of the consideration therein provided or (2)
upon conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise of any other Security, in accordance with
the terms of such Security or the instrument governing such Security providing for such
conversion, exchange, redemption or exercise as approved by the Board, for the consideration
approved by the Board;
(h) in the case of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, certificates representing
such shares will have been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered, or if
uncertificated, valid book-entry notations will have been made in the share register of
Lennox, in each case in accordance with the provisions of the Charter Documents; there will
be sufficient shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock authorized under the Charter
Documents and not otherwise issued or reserved for issuance; and the purchase price therefor
payable to Lennox, or, if such shares are issuable on the conversion, exchange, redemption
or exercise of another Security, the consideration payable to Lennox for such conversion,
exchange, redemption or exercise (i) in the case of shares of Common Stock, will not be less
than the par value of such shares or the amount of such purchase price or such
consideration, as the case may be, and (ii) in the case of shares of Preferred Stock, will
not be less than the amount of such purchase price or such consideration, as the case may
be, timely determined by the Board to constitute the stated capital applicable to such
shares;
(i) in the case of shares of Preferred Stock of any series, the Board will have taken
all necessary corporate action to designate and establish the terms of such series and will
have caused a certificate of designations respecting such series to be prepared and filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(j) in the case of Warrants, the Board will have taken all necessary corporate action
to authorize the creation of and the terms of such Warrants and the issuance of the
Securities to be issued pursuant thereto and to approve the warrant agreement relating
thereto; such warrant agreement will have been duly executed and delivered by Lennox and the
warrant agent thereunder appointed by Lennox; neither such Warrants nor such warrant
agreement will include any provision that is unenforceable; and such Warrants or
certificates representing such Warrants will have been duly executed, countersigned,
registered and delivered in accordance with the provisions of such warrant agreement;
(k) in the case of Depositary Shares, the Board will have taken all necessary corporate
action to establish the terms of the Depositary Shares; the action with respect to the
Preferred Stock underlying such Depositary Shares referred to in paragraph (i) above will
have been taken; a depositary agreement (the Depositary Agreement) relating to the
Depositary Shares and the related Deposit Receipts evidencing such Depositary Shares will
have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by Lennox and a bank or trust
company to be selected by Lennox, as depositary (the Depositary), and such Depositary
Agreement and such Deposit Receipts will not include any provision that
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is unenforceable; the
shares of Preferred Stock underlying such Depositary Shares will have been deposited with
the Depositary under the applicable Depositary Agreement; and the Deposit Receipts will have
been duly executed, countersigned, registered and delivered in accordance with the
appropriate Depositary Agreement;
(l) in the case of Debt Securities of any series issuable under an Indenture:
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if such Debt Securities are senior Debt Securities, an indenture
substantially in the form of the Senior Indenture will have been duly
executed and delivered by Lennox and the trustee thereunder, and if such
Debt Securities are subordinated Debt Securities, an indenture
substantially in the form of the Subordinated Indenture will have been duly
executed and delivered by Lennox and the trustee thereunder; |
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in accordance with the terms of the Indenture under which such Debt
Securities will be issued, the Board will have taken all necessary
corporate action to designate and establish the terms of such series of
Debt Securities and such Debt Securities will not include any provision
that is unenforceable; |
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the Indenture under which such Debt Securities will be issued will have
become qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; and |
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forms of Debt Securities complying with the terms of the Indenture under
which such Debt Securities will be issued and evidencing such Debt
Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and
delivered in accordance with the provisions of such Indenture; and |
(m) in the case of Units, the Board will have taken all necessary corporate action to
establish the terms of the Units and the terms of the Securities, if any, such Units
include, and to approve the unit agreement relating thereto; such Units and unit agreement
will have been duly executed and delivered by the parties thereto; and neither such Units
nor such unit agreement will include any provision that is unenforceable.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. The shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock included in the Securities will, when
issued, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
2. The Warrants included in the Securities will, when issued, constitute valid and
binding obligations of Lennox, enforceable against Lennox in accordance with their terms,
except as that enforcement is subject to (a) any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or other laws relating to or
affecting creditors rights generally, (b) general principles of equity (regardless of
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whether that enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (c)
any implied covenants of good faith and fair dealing.
3. The Depositary Shares included in the Securities will, when issued, be duly
authorized and validly issued.
4. The Debt Securities and Units included in the Securities will, when issued,
constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of Lennox, enforceable against Lennox in
accordance with their respective terms, except as that enforcement is subject to (a) any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or
conveyance or other laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally, (b) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether that enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law) and (c) any implied covenants of good faith and fair
dealing.
The opinions set forth above are limited in all respects to matters of the laws of the State
of New York, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and applicable federal law, in
each case as in effect on the date hereof. We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion of
counsel as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to our Firm
under the heading Legal Matters in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement.
In giving this consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent
is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.
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/s/ Baker Botts L.L.P. |
exv12w1
Exhibit 12.1
LENNOX INTERNATIONAL INC.
COMPUTATION OF RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
(Millions of Dollars Except Ratios)
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Nine Months Ended |
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September 30, |
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Year End |
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2008 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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Earnings: |
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Add: |
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Pretax income (loss) from continuing
operations before minority interest and
income or loss from equity investees |
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$ |
183.6 |
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$ |
246.9 |
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$ |
209.9 |
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$ |
220.5 |
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(73.1 |
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125.3 |
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Fixed charges (calculated below) |
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22.3 |
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23.6 |
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23.5 |
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35.0 |
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54.4 |
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54.8 |
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Amortization of capitalized interest (a) |
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Distributed income of equity investees |
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12.3 |
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5.4 |
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2.8 |
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LIIs share of pre-tax losses of equity
investee for which charges arising from
guarantees are included in fixed charges |
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Subtotal |
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205.9 |
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282.8 |
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238.8 |
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255.5 |
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(15.9 |
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180.1 |
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Subtract: |
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Interest capitalized (b) |
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1.0 |
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1.8 |
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1.0 |
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Preference security divdend requirements of
consoldiated subsidiaries |
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Minority interest in pre-tax income of
subsidiaries that have not incurred fixed
charges |
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0.2 |
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0.7 |
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0.5 |
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0.3 |
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1.0 |
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Subtotal |
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1.2 |
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2.5 |
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1.5 |
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0.3 |
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1.0 |
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1.7 |
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Total earnings: |
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204.7 |
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280.3 |
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237.3 |
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255.2 |
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(16.9 |
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178.4 |
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Fixed Charges: |
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Interest expense |
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13.2 |
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10.8 |
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10.1 |
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19.4 |
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$ |
32.3 |
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$ |
32.0 |
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Capitalized interest expense (b) |
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1.0 |
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1.8 |
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1.0 |
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Amortized premiums, discounts and capialized
interst expense related to indebteness (b) |
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0.6 |
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0.7 |
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1.0 |
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1.5 |
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2.1 |
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2.0 |
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Estimate of the interest within rental expense |
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7.5 |
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10.3 |
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11.4 |
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14.1 |
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20.0 |
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20.8 |
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Preference security dividend requirements of
consolidated subsidiaries |
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Total fixed charges: |
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22.3 |
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23.6 |
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23.5 |
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$ |
35.0 |
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$ |
54.4 |
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$ |
54.8 |
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Ratio of
earnings to fixed charges: |
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9.18 |
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11.88 |
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10.10 |
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7.29 |
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(c) |
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3.26 |
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Amount of amortization expense related to capitalized interest cannot be disaggregated from
the normal depreciation that is recorded on a monthly basis. |
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LII began capitalizing interest expense in 2006. |
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Earnings were inadequate to cover fixed charges by
$71.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2004. |
exv23w1
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
The Board of Directors
Lennox International Inc.:
We consent to the use of our report with respect to the consolidated financial statements and the
related financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting incorporated herein by reference and to the reference to our firm under the heading
Experts in the prospectus. Our report dated February 27, 2008 refers to, effective January 1,
2006, the adoption of the provisions of Securities and Exchange Commission Staff Accounting
Bulletin No. 108, Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements when Quantifying
Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements, effective December 31, 2006, the adoption of
the provisions of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers Accounting for
Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, and effective January 1, 2007, the adoption
of FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes an Interpretation of
FASB Statement No. 109.
KPMG LLP
Dallas, Texas
December 1, 2008