As filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2015
Registration
No. 333-_______
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
DC 20549
FORM
S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
INTERCLOUD
SYSTEMS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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65-0963722 |
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.) |
1030
Broad Street, Suite 102
Shrewsbury,
New Jersey 07702
(732)
898-6308
(Address,
including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant’s principal executive offices)
Mark
Munro
Chief
Executive Officer
InterCloud
Systems, Inc.
1030
Broad Street, Suite 102
Shrewsbury,
New Jersey 07702
(732)
898-6308
(Name,
address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies
to:
M.
Ali Panjwani, Esq.
Eric
M. Hellige, Esq.
Pryor
Cashman LLP
7
Times Square
New
York, New York 10036
Telephone:
(212) 421-4100
Facsimile:
(212) 326-0806
Approximate
date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after this Registration Statement becomes effective.
If
the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please
check the following box. ☐
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, as amended, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment
plans, check the following box: ☒
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. ☐
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. ☐
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. ☐
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. ☐
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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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filer |
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
of Each Class of Securities to be Registered | |
Amount to
be Registered(1) | | |
Proposed Maximum
Offering Price Per Unit(2) | | |
Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering Price(3) | | |
Amount
of Registration Fee(4) | |
Common
Stock(5) | |
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Preferred
Stock(6) | |
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Debt
Securities(7) | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | | |
| | |
Warrants(8) | |
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| | |
Units(9) | |
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Total | |
$ | 100,000,000 | | |
| N.A. | | |
$ | 100,000,000 | | |
$ | 11,620 | |
(1) | The
amount to be registered consists of up to $100,000,000 of an indeterminate amount of
common stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and/or units. There is also
being registered hereunder such currently indeterminate number of (i) shares of common
stock or other securities of the registrant as may be issued upon conversion of, or in
exchange for, convertible or exchangeable debt securities and/or preferred stock registered
hereby, or (ii) shares of preferred stock, common stock, debt securities or units as
may be issued upon exercise of warrants registered hereby, as the case may be. Any securities
registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with the other securities registered
hereunder. |
(2) | The
proposed maximum aggregate offering price per unit will be determined from time to time
by the registrant in connection with the issuance by the registrant of the securities
registered hereunder and is not specified as to each class of security pursuant to General
Instruction II.D. of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. |
(3) | Estimated
solely for purposes of computing the registration fee. No separate consideration will
be received for (i) common stock or other securities of the registrant that may be issued
upon conversion of, or in exchange for, convertible or exchangeable debt securities and/or
preferred stock registered hereby, or (ii) preferred stock, common stock, debt securities
or units that may be issued upon exercise of warrants registered hereby, as the case
may be. |
(4) | The
registration fee has been calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o) under the Securities
Act. |
(5) | Including
such indeterminate amount of common stock as may be issued from time to time at indeterminate
prices or upon conversion of debt securities and/or preferred stock registered hereby,
or upon exercise of warrants registered hereby, as the case may be. |
(6) | Including
such indeterminate amount of preferred stock as may be issued from time to time at indeterminate
prices or upon conversion of debt securities and/or preferred stock registered hereby,
or upon exercise of warrants registered hereby, as the case may be. |
(7) | Including
such indeterminate principal amount of debt securities as may be issued from time to
time at indeterminate prices or upon exercise of warrants registered hereby, as the case
may be. |
(8) | Including
such indeterminate number of warrants or other rights, including without limitation share
purchase or subscription rights, as may be issued from time to time at indeterminate
prices. |
(9) | Each
unit will be issued under a unit agreement and will represent an interest in two or more
securities, which may or may not be separable from one another. |
THE REGISTRANT
HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT
SHALL FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN
ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a), MAY DETERMINE.
The
information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration
statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell
nor does it seek an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT
TO COMPLETION,
DATED
APRIL 8, 2015.
PROSPECTUS
$100,000,000
Common
Stock
Preferred
Stock
Debt
Securities
Warrants
Units
We
may from time to time issue, in one or more series or classes, up to $100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of our common
stock, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants and/or units. We may offer these securities separately or together in units.
We will specify in the accompanying prospectus supplement the terms of the securities being offered. We may sell these securities
to or through underwriters and also to other purchasers or through agents. We will set forth the names of any underwriters or
agents, and any fees, conversions, or discount arrangements, in the accompanying prospectus supplement. We may not sell any securities
under this prospectus without delivery of the applicable prospectus supplement.
You
should read this document and any prospectus supplement or amendment carefully before you invest in our securities.
Our
common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “ICLD.” On April 2, 2015, the closing price
for our common stock, as reported on The NASDAQ Capital Market, was $2.17 per share.
We
are an “emerging growth company” under the federal securities laws and are subject to reduced public company reporting
requirements.
The
aggregate market value of the outstanding shares of our common stock held by non-affiliates was $[ ], based on [ ]
shares of common stock outstanding, of which [ ] are held by non-affiliates, and a closing sale price on The Nasdaq Capital
Market of $[ ] on [ ], 2015. Pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6 of Form S-3, in no event will we sell securities
in a public primary offering with a value exceeding more than one-third of our “public float” (the market value of
our common stock held by our non-affiliates) in any 12-month period so long as our public float remains below $75,000,000. We
have not sold any securities pursuant to General Instruction I.B.6. of Form S-3 during the twelve calendar months prior to and
including the date of this prospectus.
Investing
in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should review carefully the risks and uncertainties described under
the heading “Risk Factors” contained in this prospectus beginning on page 5 and any applicable prospectus
supplement, and under similar headings in the other documents that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
Neither
the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or
determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The
date of this Prospectus is ____________, 2015.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS
This
prospectus is part of a registration statement that we filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, using a
“shelf” registration process. Under this shelf registration process, we may from time to time sell any combination
of the securities described in this prospectus in one or more offerings for an aggregate initial offering price of up to $100,000,000.
This
prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will provide
one or more prospectus supplements that will contain specific information about the terms of the offering. The prospectus supplement
may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read both this prospectus and the accompanying
prospectus supplement together with the additional information described under the heading “Where You Can Find More Information”
beginning on page 34 of this prospectus.
You
should rely only on the information contained in or incorporated by reference in this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus
supplement or in any related free writing prospectus filed by us with the SEC. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with
different information. This prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement do not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation
of an offer to buy any securities other than the securities described in the accompanying prospectus supplement or an offer to
sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy such securities in any circumstances in which such offer or solicitation is unlawful.
You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, the documents incorporated by
reference and any related free writing prospectus is accurate only as of their respective dates. Our business, financial condition,
results of operations and prospects may have changed materially since those dates.
Unless
otherwise specified or the context otherwise indicates, references in this prospectus to “we”, “our”,
“us” and “the Company” refer, collectively, to InterCloud Systems, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
predecessors and consolidated subsidiaries.
CAUTIONARY
STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This
prospectus, including the documents that we incorporate by reference, contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Any statements about our expectations, beliefs, plans,
objectives, assumptions or future events or performance are not historical facts and may be forward-looking. These statements
are often, but are not always, made through the use of words or phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,”
“contemplate,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,”
“may,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “seek,”
“should,” “target,” “will,” “would,” and similar expressions, or the negative
of these terms, or similar expressions. Accordingly, these statements involve estimates, assumptions and uncertainties which could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in them. Any forward-looking statements are qualified in their
entirety by reference to the factors discussed throughout this prospectus, including the documents we incorporated by reference,
and in particular those factors referenced in the section “Risk Factors.”
The
forward-looking statements in this prospectus, including the documents that we incorporate by reference, are based on our management’s
belief and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. These statements relate to future events or our
future financial performance, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results,
levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance
or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include:
| ● | our
ability to successfully execute our business strategies, including the acquisition of
other businesses to grow our company and integration of recent and future acquisitions; |
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| ● | changes
in aggregate capital spending, cyclicality and other economic conditions, and domestic
and international demand in the industries we serve; |
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| ● | our
ability to adopt and master new technologies and adjust certain fixed costs and expenses
to adapt to our industry’s and customers’ evolving demands; |
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| ● | our
ability to adequately expand our sales force and attract and retain key personnel and
skilled labor; |
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| ● | shifts
in geographic concentration of our customers, supplies and labor pools and seasonal fluctuations
in demand for our services; |
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| ● | our
dependence on third-party subcontractors to perform some of the work on our contracts; |
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| ● | our
competitors developing the expertise, experience and resources to provide services that
are equal or superior in both price and quality to our services; |
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| ● | our
ability to obtain additional financing in sufficient amounts or on acceptable terms when
required; |
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| ● | our
material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and our ability to maintain
effective controls over financial reporting in the future; |
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| ● | our
ability to comply with certain financial covenants of our debt obligations; |
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| ● | the
impact of new or changed laws, regulations or other industry standards that could adversely
affect our ability to conduct our business; and |
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| ● | changes
in general market, economic and political conditions in the United States and global
economies or financial markets, including those resulting from natural or man-made disasters. |
Given
these uncertainties, you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements and you should carefully
review this prospectus, including the documents incorporated by reference, in its entirety. These forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date of this prospectus, and you should not rely on these statements without also considering the risks and uncertainties
associated with these statements and our business.
OUR
COMPANY
We
are a single-source provider of end-to-end information technology (IT) and next-generation network solutions to the telecommunications
service provider (carrier) and corporate enterprise markets through cloud platforms and professional services. We offer cloud
and managed services, professional consulting and staffing services, and voice, data and optical solutions to assist our customers
in meeting their changing technology demands. Our cloud and managed services group offers enterprise and service-provider customers
the opportunity to adopt an operational expense model by outsourcing to us certain of their IT needs, rather than the capital
expense model that has dominated in recent decades in IT infrastructure management. Our professional services group offers a broad
range of solutions to enterprise and service provider customers, including application development teams, analytics, project management,
program management, unified communications, network management and field support services on a short and long-term basis. Our
applications and infrastructure division offers enterprise and service provider customers specialty contracting services, including
engineering, design, installation and maintenance services, that support the build-out and operation of some of the most advanced
small cell, Wi-Fi and distributed antenna system (DAS) networks. We believe the migration of these complex networks from proprietary
hardware-based solutions to software-defined networks (SDN) and cloud-based solutions provides our company a significant opportunity
as we are one of only a few industry competitors that can span across both the legacy and next-generation networks that are actively
being designed and deployed in the marketplace. We also believe we are in a position to assist our customers by offering competitive
cloud and SDN solutions from a single source, while also maintaining our customers’ legacy hardware-based solutions.
We
provide the following categories of offerings to our customers:
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Cloud and Managed Services. Our cloud-based service offerings
include platform as a service (PaaS), infrastructure as a service (IaaS), database as a service (DbaaS), and software as a service
(SaaS). Our cloud services encompass public, private and hybrid cloud offerings within compute, network and storage. In addition,
our easy-to-use, intuitive portal assists customers in migrating through an extensive app store and allows customers quickly to
add or subtract applications and services. Our experience in system integration and solutions-centric services helps our customers
quickly to integrate and adopt cloud-based services. In addition, our managed services offerings include network management, 24x7x365
monitoring, security monitoring, storage and backup services. |
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Applications and Infrastructure. We provide an array of applications
and services throughout North America and internationally, including unified communications, interactive voice response (IVR)
and SIP-based call centers. We also offer structured cabling and other field installations. In addition, we design, engineer,
install and maintain various types of Wi-Fi and wide-area networks, distributed antenna systems (DAS), and small cell distribution
networks for incumbent local exchange carriers (ILECs), telecommunications original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), cable broadband
multiple system operators (MSOs) and enterprise customers. Our services and applications teams support the deployment of new networks
and technologies, as well as expand and maintain existing networks. We also design, install and maintain hardware solutions for
the leading OEMs that support voice, data and optical networks. |
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Professional Services. We provide consulting and professional
staffing solutions to the service-provider and enterprise market in support of all facets of IT and next-generation networks,
including project management, network implementation, network installation, network upgrades, rebuilds, maintenance and consulting
services. We leverage our international recruiting database, which includes more than 70,000 professionals, for the rapid deployment
of our professional services. On a weekly basis, we deploy hundreds of telecommunications professionals in support of our worldwide
customers. Our skilled recruiters assist telecommunications companies, cable broadband MSOs and enterprise clients throughout
the project lifecycle of a network deployment and its maintenance. |
We
were incorporated under the name i-realtyauction.com, Inc. in the State of Delaware on November 22, 1999 as a subsidiary of i-
Incubator.com, Inc. (INQU). In November 2000, we registered our common stock pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act, and commenced filing periodic reports under the Exchange Act in March 2001. On August
16, 2001, we changed our name to Genesis Realty Group, Inc. and began to focus our attention on the acquisition, development and
management of real property. In August 2008, we changed our name to Genesis Group Holdings, Inc., and on January 10, 2013, we
changed our name to InterCloud Systems, Inc. We commenced operations in our current line of business in January 2010.
Our
principal executive offices are located at 1030 Broad Street, Suite 102, Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702. The telephone number of
our principal executive offices is 732-898-6308, and we maintain a corporate website at http://www.InterCloudsys.com that
contains information about our company. The information on, or accessible from, our website is neither part of this prospectus
nor incorporated herein by reference.
We
qualify as an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012, or the JOBS
Act. For as long as we are deemed an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of specified reduced reporting and other regulatory
requirements that are generally unavailable to other public companies. These provisions include:
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an exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment
of our internal controls over financial reporting required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; |
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an exemption from the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards
until they would apply to private companies, which exemption we have elected not to apply; |
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an exemption from compliance with any new requirements adopted by the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report in which
the auditor would be required to provide additional information about our audit and our financial statements; and |
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reduced disclosure about our executive compensation arrangements, such
as disclosure regarding the compensation policies of our board of directors, and exemptions from the requirements of holding a
nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any executive severance arrangements not previously
approved. |
We
will continue to be deemed an emerging growth company until the earliest of:
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the last day of our fiscal year in which we have total annual gross revenues
of $1,000,000,000 (as such amount is indexed for inflation every five years by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or
the SEC, to reflect the change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
setting the threshold to the nearest $1,000,000) or more; |
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the last day of our fiscal year following the fifth anniversary of the
date of our first sale of common equity securities pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or the Securities Act; |
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the date on which we have, during the prior three-year period, issued more
than $1,000,000,000 in non-convertible debt; or |
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the date on which we are deemed to be a ‘large accelerated filer,”
as defined in Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. |
We
also qualify as a “smaller reporting company,” as defined by Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. As such, we
also are exempt from the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and also are subject to less
extensive disclosure requirements regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements, and to exemptions
from the requirements to hold a nonbinding advisory vote on executive compensation and shareholder approval of any golden parachute
payments not previously approved. We will continue to be deemed a smaller reporting company until our public float exceeds $75
million on the last day of our second fiscal quarter in any fiscal year.
RISK
FACTORS
Investing
in our securities involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully consider the risks described below and in the documents
incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement, as well as other information we include or incorporate
by reference into this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement, before making an investment decision. Our business,
financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely affected by the materialization of any of these risks.
The trading price of our securities could decline due to the materialization of any of these risks, and you may lose all or part
of your investment. This prospectus and the documents incorporated herein by reference also contain forward-looking statements
that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements
as a result of certain factors, including the risks described below and in the documents incorporated herein by reference, including
our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, which is on file with the SEC and is incorporated
herein by reference, and other documents we file with the SEC that are deemed incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
We
intend to use the net proceeds from the sale of any securities offered under this prospectus for general corporate purposes unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement. General corporate purposes may include potential strategic acquisitions
of complementary businesses, services or technologies, expansion of our technology infrastructure and capabilities, repayment
and refinancing of debt, working capital and capital expenditures. We may temporarily invest the net proceeds in a variety of
capital preservation instruments, including investment grade, interest bearing instruments and U.S. government securities, until
they are used for their stated purpose. We have not determined the amount of net proceeds to be used specifically for such purposes.
As a result, management will retain broad discretion over the allocation of net proceeds.
SECURITIES
WE MAY OFFER
This
prospectus contains summary descriptions of the securities we may offer from time to time. These summary descriptions are not
meant to be complete descriptions of each security. The particular terms of any security will be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
The
following description of our common stock and preferred stock, together with the additional information we include in any applicable
prospectus supplements, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the common stock and preferred stock that we may offer
under this prospectus. The following description of our capital stock does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified
in its entirety by, our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws, which are exhibits to the registration statement of which
this prospectus forms a part, and by applicable law. The terms of our common stock and preferred stock may also be affected by
Delaware law.
Authorized
Capital Stock
Our
authorized capital stock consists of 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 50,000,000
shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share. As of April 1, 2015, we had 19,435,329 shares of common stock
outstanding and no shares of preferred stock outstanding.
Common
Stock
The
holders of our common stock are entitled to one vote per share on all matters to be voted upon by stockholders. Holders of our
common stock are entitled, among other things, (i) to share ratably in dividends if, when and as declared by our board of directors
out of funds legally available therefore and (ii) in the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of our company, to share
ratably in the distribution of assets legally available therefore, after payment of debts and expenses. Holders of our common
stock have no subscription, redemption or conversion rights. The holders of our common stock do not have cumulative voting rights
in the election of directors and have no preemptive rights to subscribe for additional shares of our capital stock. The rights,
preferences and privileges of holders of our common stock are subject to the terms of any series of preferred stock that may be
issued and outstanding from time to time. A vote of the holders of a majority of our common stock is generally required to take
action under our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and amended and restated bylaws.
Listing
Our
common stock is listed on The NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol “ICLD.”
Transfer
Agent and Registrar
The
transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is Corporate Stock Transfer. Its address is 3200 Cherry Creek Drive South, Suite
430, Denver, CO 80209 and its telephone number is (303) 282-4800.
Preferred
Stock
Our
board of directors is authorized to issue up to 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock in one or more series without shareholder
approval. Our board of directors may determine the rights, preferences, privileges and restrictions, including voting rights,
dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, of each series of preferred stock.
The
purpose of authorizing our board of directors to issue preferred stock in one or more series and determine the number of shares
in the series and its rights and preferences is to eliminate delays associated with a shareholder vote on specific issuances.
Examples of rights and preferences that the board of directors may fix are:
| ● | terms
of redemption; and |
| ● | liquidation
preferences. |
Our
board of directors has designated:
| ● | 20,000,000
shares of the authorized but unissued preferred stock as Series A convertible preferred
stock; |
| ● | 60,000
shares of the authorized but unissued preferred stock as Series B convertible preferred
stock; |
| ● | 1,500
shares of the authorized but unissued preferred stock as Series C convertible preferred
stock; |
| ● | 1,000
shares of the authorized but unissued preferred stock as Series D convertible preferred
stock; |
| ● | 3,500
shares of the authorized but unissued preferred stock as Series E convertible preferred
stock; |
| ● | 4,800
shares of the authorized but unissued preferred stock as Series F convertible preferred
stock; |
| ● | 3,500
shares of the authorized but unissued preferred stock as Series G convertible preferred
stock; |
| ● | 2,000
shares of the authorized but unissued preferred stock as Series H convertible preferred
stock; and |
| ● | 4,500
shares of the authorized but unissued preferred stock as Series I convertible preferred
stock. |
The
existence of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock may enable our board of directors to render more difficult or to
discourage an attempt to obtain control of us by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise. For example, if
in the due exercise of its fiduciary obligations, our board of directors were to determine that a takeover proposal is not in
the best interests of us or our stockholders, our board of directors could cause shares of preferred stock to be issued without
stockholder approval in one or more private offerings or other transactions that might dilute the voting or other rights of the
proposed acquirer, stockholder or stockholder group. The rights of holders of our common stock described above, will be subject
to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of any preferred stock that we may designate and issue in the future. The issuance
of shares of preferred stock could decrease the amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to holders of shares
of common stock. The issuance may also adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of these holders and may
have the effect of delaying, deterring or preventing a change in control of us.
We
will incorporate by reference as an exhibit to the registration statement, which includes this prospectus, the form of any certificate
of designation that describes the terms of the series of preferred stock we are offering. This description and the applicable
prospectus supplement will include:
| ● | the
title and stated value; |
| ● | the
number of shares authorized; |
| ● | the
liquidation preference per share; |
| ● | the
dividend rate, period and payment date, and method of calculation for dividends; |
| ● | whether
dividends will be cumulative or non-cumulative and, if cumulative, the date from which
dividends will accumulate; |
| ● | the
procedures for any auction and remarketing, if any; |
| ● | the
provisions for a sinking fund, if any; |
| ● | the
provisions for redemption or repurchase, if applicable, and any restrictions on our ability
to exercise those redemption and repurchase rights; |
| ● | any
listing of the preferred stock on any securities exchange or market; |
| ● | whether
the preferred stock will be convertible into our common stock, and, if applicable, the
conversion price, or how it will be calculated, and the conversion period; |
| ● | whether
the preferred stock will be exchangeable into debt securities, and, if applicable, the
exchange price, or how it will be calculated, and the exchange period; |
| ● | voting
rights, if any, of the preferred stock; |
| ● | preemptive
rights, if any; |
| ● | restrictions
on transfer, sale or other assignment, if any; |
| ● | whether
interests in the preferred stock will be represented by depositary shares; |
| ● | a
discussion of any material United States federal income tax considerations applicable
to the preferred stock; |
| ● | the
relative ranking and preferences of the preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights
if we liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs; |
| ● | any
limitations on issuance of any class or series of preferred stock ranking senior to or
on a parity with the series of preferred stock as to dividend rights and rights if we
liquidate, dissolve or wind up our affairs; and |
| ● | any
other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or restrictions on, the
preferred stock. |
Provisions
of our Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws and Delaware Anti-Takeover Law
Certain
provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL, and of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws could have
the effect of delaying, deferring or discouraging another party from acquiring control of us. These provisions, which are summarized
below, are expected to discourage certain types of coercive takeover practices and inadequate takeover bids and, as a consequence,
they might also inhibit temporary fluctuations in the market price of our common stock that often result from actual or rumored
hostile takeover attempts. These provisions are also designed in part to encourage anyone seeking to acquire control of us or
considering unsolicited tender offers or other unilateral takeover proposals to first negotiate with our board of directors rather
than pursue non-negotiated takeover attempts. These provisions might also have the effect of preventing changes in our management.
It is possible that these provisions could make it more difficult to accomplish transactions that stockholders might otherwise
deem to be in their best interests. However, we believe that the advantages gained by protecting our ability to negotiate with
any unsolicited and potentially unfriendly acquirer outweigh the disadvantages of discouraging such proposals, including those
priced above the then-current market value of our common stock, because, among other reasons, the negotiation of such proposals
could improve their terms.
Classified
Board. Our certificate of incorporation provides for a classified board of directors, pursuant to which the board of
directors is divided into three classes whose members serve three-year staggered terms. Our amended and restated certificate of
incorporation also prohibits cumulative voting by stockholders in connection with the election of directors, which would otherwise
allow less than a majority of the shares held by our stockholders to elect director candidates.
No
Written Consent of Stockholders. Our certificate of incorporation and bylaws provide that all stockholder actions
are required to be taken by a vote of the stockholders at an annual or special meeting, and that stockholders may not take any
action by written consent in lieu of a meeting.
Super-Majority
Vote For Certain Amendments. Our certificate of incorporation provides that, notwithstanding any other provisions of our
certificate of incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote or no vote, but in addition to
any affirmative vote of the holders of any particular class or series of our capital stock required by law or by our certificate
of incorporation, or any certificate of designation with respect to a series of our preferred stock, any amendment or repeal of
the provision that stockholders may not act by written consent in lieu of a meeting as described above shall require the affirmative
vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of our capital stock entitled
to vote generally at an election of directors, voting together as a single class.
Advance
Notice Procedures. Our bylaws provide that our chief executive officer, chairperson of the board of directors or a majority
of the members of our board of directors then serving may call special meetings of stockholders and only those matters set forth
in the notice of the special meeting may be considered or acted upon at a special meeting of stockholders. Our bylaws also limit
the business that may be conducted at an annual meeting of stockholders to those matters properly brought before the meeting.
Our
bylaws also establish an advance notice procedure for stockholders to make nominations of candidates for election as directors,
or bring other business before an annual or special meeting of the stockholders. This 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 to
the secretary of our company prior to the meeting at which directors are to be elected, will be eligible for election as directors.
The procedure also requires that, in order to raise matters at an annual or special meeting, those matters must be raised before
the meeting pursuant to the notice of meeting the company delivers or by, or at the direction of, our board of directors or by
a stockholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who has given timely written notice to the secretary of our company of
his, her or its intention to raise those matters at the annual meeting. If our chairperson or other officer presiding at a meeting
determines that a person was not nominated, or other business was not brought before the meeting, in accordance with the notice
procedure, that person will not be eligible for election as a director or that business will not be conducted at the meeting.
Blank
Check Preferred Stock. Our certificate of incorporation currently provides for 50,000,000 authorized shares of
preferred stock. The existence of authorized but unissued preferred stock may enable our board of directors to render more difficult
or to discourage an attempt to obtain control of our company by means of a merger, tender offer, proxy contest or otherwise. For
example, if in the due exercise of its fiduciary obligations, our board of directors were to determine that a takeover proposal
is not in the best interest of us and our stockholders, our board of directors could cause preferred stock to be issued without
stockholder approval in one or more private offerings or other transactions that might dilute the voting or other rights of the
proposed acquirer or insurgent stockholder or stockholder group. In this regard, our certificate of incorporation grants our board
of directors broad power to establish the rights and preferences of authorized and unissued preferred stock. The issuance of preferred
stock could decrease the amount of earnings and assets available for distribution to holders of common stock. The issuance may
also adversely affect the rights and powers, including voting rights, of these holders and may have the effect of delaying, deterring
or preventing a change in control.
Authorized
but Unissued Shares. Our authorized but unissued shares of common stock will be available for future issuance without
stockholder approval. We may use these additional shares for a variety of corporate purposes, including future public offerings
to raise additional capital, corporate acquisitions and employee benefit plans. The existence of authorized but unissued shares
of common stock could render more difficult or discourage an attempt to obtain control of our company by means of a proxy contest,
tender offer, merger or otherwise.
Limitation
of Officer and Director Liability and Indemnification Arrangements. Our certificate of incorporation and our bylaws
limit the liability of our officers and directors to the maximum extent permitted by Delaware law. Delaware law provides that
directors will not be personally liable for monetary damages for breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except liability
for:
| ● | any
breach of their duty of loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders; |
| ● | acts
or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation
of law; |
| ● | unlawful
payments of dividends or unlawful stock repurchases or redemptions; or |
| ● | any
transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. |
These
provisions of our certificate of incorporation and bylaws have no effect on any non-monetary remedies that may be available to
us or our stockholders, nor does it relieve us or our officers or directors from compliance with federal or state securities laws.
Our bylaws also generally provide that we will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, investigation, administrative hearing
or any other proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was our director or officer, or is or was serving at our request
as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity, against expenses incurred by him or her in connection with such proceeding.
An officer or director will not be entitled to indemnification by us if:
| ● | the
officer or director did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to
be in, or not opposed to, our best interests; or |
| ● | with
respect to any criminal action or proceeding, the officer or director had reasonable
cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. |
In
addition to the indemnification provided for in our certificate of incorporation and bylaws, we have entered into indemnification
agreements with certain of our executive officers and all of our directors. Each indemnification agreement provides that we will
indemnify such executive officer or director to the fullest extent permitted by law for claims arising in his or her capacity
as our director or officer provided that he or she acted in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be
in, or not opposed to, our best interests and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that
his or her conduct was unlawful. In the event that we do not assume the defense of a claim against an executive officer or a director,
we will be required to advance his or her expenses in connection with his or her defense, provided that he or she undertakes to
repay all amounts advanced if it is ultimately determined that he or she is not entitled to be indemnified by us.
Delaware
Anti-Takeover Law
We
are subject to the provisions of Section 203 of the DGCL. In general, Section 203 prohibits a publicly-held Delaware corporation
from engaging in a “business combination” with an “interested stockholder” for a three-year period following
the time that this stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, unless the business combination is approved in a prescribed
manner. A “business combination” includes, among other things, a merger, asset or stock sale or other transaction
resulting in a financial benefit to the interested stockholder. An “interested stockholder” is a person who, together
with affiliates and associates, owns, or did own within three years prior to the determination of interested stockholder status,
15% or more of the corporation’s voting stock. Under Section 203, a business combination between a corporation and an interested
stockholder is prohibited unless it satisfies one of the following conditions:
| ● | before
the stockholder became interested, the board of directors approved either the business
combination or the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested
stockholder; |
| ● | upon
consummation of the transaction which resulted in the stockholder becoming an interested
stockholder, the interested stockholder owned at least 85% of the voting stock of the
corporation outstanding at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes
of determining the voting stock outstanding, shares owned by persons who are directors
and also officers, and employee stock plans, in some instances; or |
| ● | at
or after the time the stockholder became interested, the business combination was approved
by the board of directors of the corporation and authorized at an annual or special meeting
of the stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the outstanding
voting stock which is not owned by the interested stockholder. |
Exclusive
Jurisdiction of Certain Actions. Our certificate of incorporation provides that, unless we consent in writing to the selection
of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for:
| ● | any
derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf; |
| ● | any
action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any of our directors,
officers or other employees to us or our stockholders; |
| ● | any
action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Delaware General Corporation
Law, our certificate of incorporation or our bylaws; |
| ● | any
action asserting a claim against us governed by the internal affairs doctrine. |
Although
we believe this provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law in the types of lawsuits
to which it applies, the provision may have the effect of discouraging lawsuits against our directors and officers. The enforceability
of similar exclusive forum provisions in other companies’ certificates of incorporation has been challenged in legal proceedings,
and it is possible that a court could rule that this provision in our certificate of incorporation is inapplicable or unenforceable.
DESCRIPTION
OF DEBT SECURITIES
The
paragraphs below describe the general terms and provisions of the debt securities we may issue. When we offer to sell a particular
series of debt securities, we will describe the specific terms of the securities in a supplement to this prospectus, including
any additional covenants or changes to existing covenants relating to such series. The prospectus supplement also will indicate
whether the general terms and provisions described in this prospectus apply to a particular series of debt securities. You should
read the actual indenture if you do not fully understand a term or the way we use it in this prospectus.
We
may offer senior or subordinated debt securities. Each series of debt securities may have different terms. The senior debt securities
will be issued under one or more senior indentures, dated as of a date prior to such issuance, between us and the trustee identified
in the applicable prospectus supplement, as amended or supplemented from time to time. We will refer to any such indenture throughout
this prospectus as the “senior indenture.” Any subordinated debt securities will be issued under one or more separate
indentures, dated as of a date prior to such issuance, between us and the trustee identified in the applicable prospectus supplement,
as amended or supplemented from time to time. We will refer to any such indenture throughout this prospectus as the “subordinated
indenture” and to the trustee under the senior or subordinated indenture as the “trustee.” The senior indenture
and the subordinated indenture are sometimes collectively referred to in this prospectus as the “indentures.” The
indentures will be subject to and governed by the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. We included copies of the forms of
the indentures as exhibits to our registration statement and they are incorporated into this prospectus by reference.
If
we issue debt securities at a discount from their principal amount, then, for purposes of calculating the aggregate initial offering
price of the offered securities issued under this prospectus, we will include only the initial offering price of the debt securities
and not the principal amount of the debt securities.
We
have summarized below the material provisions of the indentures and the debt securities, or indicated which material provisions
will be described in the related prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement relating to any particular securities offered
will describe the specific terms of the securities, which may be in addition to or different from the general terms summarized
in this prospectus. Because the summary in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement does not contain all of the information
that you may find useful, you should read the documents relating to the securities that are described in this prospectus or in
any applicable prospectus supplement. Please read “Where You Can Find More Information” to find out how you can obtain
a copy of those documents. Except as otherwise indicated, the terms of the indentures are identical. As used under this caption,
the term “debt securities” includes the debt securities being offered by this prospectus and all other debt securities
issued by us under the indentures.
General
The
indentures:
| ● | do
not limit the amount of debt securities that we may issue; |
| ● | allow
us to issue debt securities in one or more series; |
| ● | do
not require us to issue all of the debt securities of a series at the same time; |
| ● | allow
us to reopen a series to issue additional debt securities without the consent of the
holders of the debt securities of such series; and |
| ● | provide
that the debt securities will be unsecured, except as may be set forth in the applicable
prospectus supplement. |
Unless
we give you different information in the applicable prospectus supplement, the senior debt securities will be unsubordinated obligations
and will rank equally with all of our other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness. Payments on the subordinated debt securities
will be subordinated to the prior payment in full of all of our senior indebtedness, as described under “Description of
Debt Securities — Subordination” and in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Each
indenture provides that we may, but need not, designate more than one trustee under an indenture. Any trustee under an indenture
may resign or be removed and a successor trustee may be appointed to act with respect to the series of debt securities administered
by the resigning or removed trustee. If two or more persons are acting as trustee with respect to different series of debt securities,
each trustee shall be a trustee of a trust under the applicable indenture separate and apart from the trust administered by any
other trustee. Except as otherwise indicated in this prospectus, any action described in this prospectus to be taken by each trustee
may be taken by each trustee with respect to, and only with respect to, the one or more series of debt securities for which it
is trustee under the applicable indenture.
The
prospectus supplement for each offering will provide the following terms, where applicable:
| ● | the
title of the debt securities and whether they are senior or subordinated; |
| ● | the
aggregate principal amount of the debt securities being offered, the aggregate principal
amount of the debt securities outstanding as of the most recent practicable date and
any limit on their aggregate principal amount, including the aggregate principal amount
of debt securities authorized; |
| ● | the
price at which the debt securities will be issued, expressed as a percentage of the principal
and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount
thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof or, if applicable,
the portion of the principal amount of such debt securities that is convertible into
common stock or other securities of ours or the method by which any such portion shall
be determined; |
| ● | if
convertible, the terms on which such debt securities are convertible, including the initial
conversion price or rate and the conversion period and any applicable limitations on
the ownership or transferability of common stock or other securities of ours received
on conversion; |
| ● | the
date or dates, or the method for determining the date or dates, on which the principal
of the debt securities will be payable; |
| ● | the
fixed or variable interest rate or rates of the debt securities, or the method by which
the interest rate or rates is determined; |
| ● | the
date or dates, or the method for determining the date or dates, from which interest will
accrue; |
| ● | the
dates on which interest will be payable; |
| ● | the
record dates for interest payment dates, or the method by which such dates will be determine; |
| ● | the
persons to whom interest will be payable; |
| ● | the
basis upon which interest will be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months; |
| ● | any
make-whole amount, which is the amount in addition to principal and interest that is
required to be paid to the holder of a debt security as a result of any optional redemption
or accelerated payment of such debt security, or the method for determining the make-whole
amount; |
| ● | the
place or places where the principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount, and interest
on, the debt securities will be payable; |
| ● | where
the debt securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or conversion or
exchange; |
| ● | where
notices or demands to or upon us in respect of the debt securities and the applicable
indenture may be served; |
| ● | the
times, prices and other terms and conditions upon which we may redeem the debt securities; |
| ● | any
obligation we have to redeem, repay or purchase the debt securities pursuant to any sinking
fund or analogous provision or at the option of holders of the debt securities, and the
times and prices at which we must redeem, repay or purchase the debt securities as a
result of such obligation; |
| ● | the
currency or currencies in which the debt securities are denominated and payable if other
than United States dollars, which may be a foreign currency or units of two or more foreign
currencies or a composite currency or currencies and the terms and conditions relating
thereto, and the manner of determining the equivalent of such foreign currency in United
States dollars; |
| ● | whether
the principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount, or interest on, the debt securities
of the series are to be payable, at our election or at the election of a holder, in a
currency or currencies other than that in which the debt securities are denominated or
stated to be payable, and other related terms and conditions; |
| ● | whether
the amount of payments of principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount, or interest
on, the debt securities may be determined according to an index, formula or other method
and how such amounts will be determined; |
| ● | whether
the debt securities will be in registered form, bearer form, or both, and (i) if in registered
form, the person to whom any interest shall be payable, if other than the person in whose
name the security is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for
such interest, or (ii) if in bearer form, the manner in which, or the person to whom,
any interest on the security shall be payable if otherwise than upon presentation and
surrender upon maturity; |
| ● | any
restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of securities in bearer form and
the terms upon which securities in bearer form of the series may be exchanged for securities
in registered form of the series and vice versa, if permitted by applicable laws and
regulations; |
| ● | whether
any debt securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form
and whether any debt securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global
form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any
such permanent global security may, or shall be required to, exchange their interests
for other debt securities of the series, and the manner in which interest shall be paid; |
| ● | the
identity of the depositary for securities in registered form, if such series are to be
issuable as a global security; |
| ● | the
date as of which any debt securities in bearer form or in temporary global form shall
be dated if other than the original issuance date of the first security of the series
to be issued; |
| ● | the
applicability, if any, of the defeasance and covenant defeasance provisions described
in this prospectus or in the applicable indenture; |
| ● | whether
and under what circumstances we will pay any additional amounts on the debt securities
in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether we will
have the option to redeem the debt securities in lieu of making such a payment; |
| ● | whether
and under what circumstances the debt securities being offered are convertible into common
stock or other securities of ours, as the case may be, including the conversion price
or rate and the manner or calculation thereof; |
| ● | the
circumstances, if any, specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, under which
beneficial owners of interests in the global security may obtain definitive debt securities
and the manner in which payments on a permanent global debt security will be made if
any debt securities are issuable in temporary or permanent global form; |
| ● | any
provisions granting special rights to holders of securities upon the occurrence of such
events as specified in the applicable prospectus supplement; |
| ● | if
the debt securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form only upon receipt
of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then
the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; |
| ● | the
name of the applicable trustee and the nature of any material relationship with us or
any of our affiliates, and the percentage of debt securities of the class necessary to
require the trustee to take action; |
| ● | any
deletions from, modifications of or additions to our events of default or covenants with
regard to such debt securities and any change in the right of any trustee or any of the
holders to declare the principal amount of any of such debt securities due and payable; |
| ● | applicable
CUSIP numbers; and |
| ● | any
other terms of such debt securities not inconsistent with the provisions of the applicable
indenture. |
We
may issue debt securities that provide for less than the entire principal amount thereof to be payable upon declaration of acceleration
of the maturity of the debt securities. We refer to any such debt securities throughout this prospectus as “original issue
discount securities.” The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the United States federal income tax consequences
and other relevant considerations applicable to original issue discount securities.
We
also may issue indexed debt securities. Payments of principal of, and premium and interest on, indexed debt securities are determined
with reference to the rate of exchange between the currency or currency unit in which the debt security is denominated and any
other currency or currency unit specified by us, to the relationship between two or more currencies or currency units or by other
similar methods or formulas specified in the prospectus supplement.
Except
as described under “— Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets” or as may be set forth in any prospectus supplement,
the debt securities will not contain any provisions that (i) would limit our ability to incur indebtedness or (ii) would afford
holders of debt securities protection in the event of (a) a highly leveraged or similar transaction involving us, or (b) a change
of control or reorganization, restructuring, merger or similar transaction involving us that may adversely affect the holders
of the debt securities. In the future, we may enter into transactions, such as the sale of all or substantially all of our assets
or a merger or consolidation, that may have an adverse effect on our ability to service our indebtedness, including the debt securities,
by, among other things, substantially reducing or eliminating our assets.
Our
governing instruments do not define the term “substantially all” as it relates to the sale of assets. Additionally,
Delaware cases interpreting the term “substantially all” rely upon the facts and circumstances of each particular
case. Consequently, to determine whether a sale of “substantially all” of our assets has occurred, a holder of debt
securities must review the financial and other information that we have disclosed to the public.
We
will provide you with more information in the applicable prospectus supplement regarding any deletions, modifications, or additions
to the events of default or covenants that are described below, including any addition of a covenant or other provision providing
event risk or similar protection.
Payment
Unless
we give you different information in the applicable prospectus supplement, the principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount,
and interest on, any series of the debt securities will be payable at the corporate trust office of the trustee. We will provide
you with the address of the trustee in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may also pay interest by mailing a check to the
address of the person entitled to it as it appears in the applicable register for the debt securities or by wire transfer of funds
to that person at an account maintained within the United States.
All
monies that we pay to a paying agent or a trustee for the payment of the principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount, or
interest on, any debt security will be repaid to us if unclaimed at the end of two years after the obligation underlying payment
becomes due and payable. After funds have been returned to us, the holder of the debt security may look only to us for payment,
without payment of interest for the period which we hold the funds.
Denomination,
Interest, Registration and Transfer
Unless
otherwise described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the debt securities of any series will be issuable in denominations
of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000.
Subject
to the limitations imposed upon debt securities that are evidenced by a computerized entry in the records of a depository company
rather than by physical delivery of a note, a holder of debt securities of any series may:
| ● | exchange
them for any authorized denomination of other debt securities of the same series and
of a like aggregate principal amount and kind upon surrender of such debt securities
at the corporate trust office of the applicable trustee or at the office of any transfer
agent that we designate for such purpose; and |
| ● | surrender
them for registration of transfer or exchange at the corporate trust office of the applicable
trustee or at the office of any transfer agent that we designate for such purpose. |
Every
debt security surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange must be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument
of transfer satisfactory to the applicable trustee or transfer agent. Payment of a service charge will not be required for any
registration of transfer or exchange of any debt securities, but we or the trustee may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith. If in addition to the applicable trustee, the applicable
prospectus supplement refers to any transfer agent initially designated by us for any series of debt securities, we may at any
time rescind the designation of any such transfer agent or approve a change in the location through which any such transfer agent
acts, except that we will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for such series. We may at any time
designate additional transfer agents for any series of debt securities.
Neither
we, nor any trustee, will be required to:
| ● | issue,
register the transfer of or exchange debt securities of any series during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day that the notice of redemption of any
debt securities selected for redemption is mailed and ending at the close of business
on the day of such mailing; |
| ● | register
the transfer of or exchange any debt security, or portion thereof, so selected for redemption,
in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any debt security being redeemed
in part; and |
| ● | issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any debt security that has been surrendered for
repayment at the option of the holder, except the portion, if any, of such debt security
not to be so repaid. |
Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets
The
indentures provide that we may, without the consent of the holders of any outstanding debt securities, (i) consolidate with, (ii)
sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of our assets to, or (iii) merge with or into, any other entity provided that:
| ● | either
we are the continuing entity, or the successor entity, if other than us, assumes the
obligations (a) to pay the principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount, and interest
on, all of the debt securities and (b) to duly perform and observe all of the covenants
and conditions contained in each indenture; |
| ● | after
giving effect to the transaction, there is no event of default under the indentures and
no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become such an event
of default, occurs and continues; and |
| ● | an
officers’ certificate and legal opinion covering such conditions are delivered
to each applicable trustee. |
Covenants
Existence.
Except as described under “— Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets,” the indentures require us to do or cause
to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect our existence, rights and franchises. However, the
indentures do not require us to preserve any right or franchise if we determine that any right or franchise is no longer desirable
in the conduct of our business.
Payment
of taxes and other claims. The indentures require us to pay, discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before they become
delinquent (i) all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed on us, and (ii) all lawful claims for labor,
materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon our property. However, we will not be required to pay,
discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity
is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Provision
of financial information. The indentures require us to (i) within 15 days of each of the respective dates by which we are
required to file our annual reports, quarterly reports and other documents with the SEC, file with the trustee copies of the annual
report, quarterly report and other documents that we file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, (ii) file
with the trustee and the SEC any additional information, documents and reports regarding compliance by us with the conditions
and covenants of the indentures, as required, (iii) within 30 days after the filing with the trustee, mail to all holders of debt
securities, as their names and addresses appear in the applicable register for such debt securities, without cost to such holders,
summaries of any documents and reports required to be filed by us pursuant to (i) and (ii) above, and (iv) supply, promptly upon
written request and payment of the reasonable cost of duplication and delivery, copies of such documents to any prospective holder.
Additional
covenants. The applicable prospectus supplement will set forth any our additional covenants relating to any series of debt
securities.
Events
of Default, Notice and Waiver
Unless
the applicable prospectus supplement states otherwise, when we refer to “events of default” as defined in the indentures
with respect to any series of debt securities, we mean:
| ● | default
in the payment of any installment of interest on any debt security of such series continuing
for 30 days; |
| ● | default
in the payment of principal of, or any premium or make-whole amount on, any debt security
of such series for five business days at its stated maturity; |
| ● | default
in making any sinking fund payment as required for any debt security of such series for
five business days; |
| ● | default
in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty in the debt securities or in
the indenture by us continuing for 60 days after written notice as provided in the applicable
indenture, but not of a covenant added to the indenture solely for the benefit of a series
of debt securities issued thereunder other than such series; |
| ● | a
default under any bond, debenture, note, mortgage, indenture or instrument: |
| (i) | having
an aggregate principal amount of at least $30,000,000; or |
| (ii) | under
which there may be issued, secured or evidenced any existing or later created indebtedness
for money borrowed by us, if we are directly responsible or liable as obligor or guarantor,
if the default results in the indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable
prior to the date it otherwise would have, without such indebtedness having been discharged,
or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within 30 days after notice to
the issuing company specifying such default. Such notice shall be given to us by the
trustee, or to us and the trustee by the holders of at least 10% in principal amount
of the outstanding debt securities of that series. The written notice shall specify such
default and require us to cause such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration
to be rescinded or annulled and shall state that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
under such indenture; |
| ● | bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization, or court appointment of a receiver, liquidator or trustee
of us; and |
| ● | any
other event of default provided with respect to a particular series of debt securities. |
If
an event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to debt securities of any series outstanding, then the applicable trustee
or the holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the debt securities of that series will have the right to declare the principal
amount of all the debt securities of that series to be due and payable. If the debt securities of that series are original issue
discount securities or indexed securities, then the applicable trustee or the holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the
debt securities of that series will have the right to declare the portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms
thereof to be due and payable. However, at any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made, but before a judgment
or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the applicable trustee, the holders of at least a majority in principal
amount of outstanding debt securities of such series or of all debt securities then outstanding under the applicable indenture
may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
| ● | we
have deposited with the applicable trustee all required payments of the principal, any
premium or make-whole amount, interest and, to the extent permitted by law, interest
on overdue installment of interest, plus applicable fees, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the applicable trustee; and |
| ● | all
events of default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal, or a specified
portion thereof, and any premium or make-whole amount, have been cured or waived. |
The
indentures also provide that the holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any
series or of all debt securities then outstanding under the applicable indenture may, on behalf of all holders, waive any past
default with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:
| ● | in
the payment of the principal, any premium or make-whole amount, or interest; |
| ● | in
respect of a covenant or provision contained in the applicable indenture that cannot
be modified or amended without the consent of the holders of the outstanding debt security
that is affected by the default; or |
| ● | in
respect of a covenant or provision for the benefit or protection of the trustee, without
its express written consent. |
The
indentures require each trustee to give notice to the holders of debt securities within 90 days of a default unless such default
has been cured or waived. However, the trustee may withhold notice if specified persons of such trustee consider such withholding
to be in the interest of the holders of debt securities. The trustee may not withhold notice of a default in the payment of principal,
any premium or interest on any debt security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment in respect of any
debt security of such series.
The
indentures provide that holders of debt securities of any series may not institute any proceedings, judicial or otherwise, with
respect to such indenture or for any remedy under the indenture, unless the trustee fails to act for a period of 60 days after
the trustee has received a written request to institute proceedings in respect of an event of default from the holders of 25%
or more in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series, as well as an offer of indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to the trustee. However, this provision will not prevent any holder of debt securities from instituting suit for the enforcement
of payment of the principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount, and interest on, such debt securities at the respective
due dates thereof.
The
indentures provide that, subject to provisions in each indenture relating to its duties in the case of a default, a trustee has
no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers at the request or direction of any holders of any series of debt securities
then outstanding under the indenture, unless the holders have offered to the trustee reasonable security or indemnity. The holders
of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series or of all debt securities then outstanding
under an indenture shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the applicable trustee, or of exercising any trust or power conferred upon such trustee. However, a trustee may refuse to follow
any direction which:
| ● | is
in conflict with any law or the applicable indenture; |
| ● | may
involve the trustee in personal liability; or |
| ● | may
be unduly prejudicial to the holders of debt securities of the series not joining the
proceeding. |
Within
120 days after the close of each fiscal year, we will be required to deliver to each trustee a certificate, signed by one of our
several specified officers, stating whether or not that officer has knowledge of any default under the applicable indenture. If
the officer has knowledge of any default, the notice must specify the nature and status of the default.
Modification
of the Indentures
The
indentures provide that modifications and amendments may be made only with the consent of the affected holders of a majority in
principal amount of all outstanding debt securities issued under that indenture. However, no such modification or amendment may,
without the consent of the holders of the debt securities affected by the modification or amendment:
| ● | change
the stated maturity of the principal of, or any premium or make-whole amount on, or any
installment of principal of or interest on, any such debt security; |
| ● | reduce
the principal amount of, the rate or amount of interest on, or any premium or make-whole
amount payable on redemption of, any such debt security; |
| ● | reduce
the amount of principal of an original issue discount security that would be due and
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof or would be provable
in bankruptcy, or adversely affect any right of repayment of the holder of any such debt
security; |
| ● | change
the place of payment or the coin or currency for payment of principal of, or any premium
or make-whole amount, or interest on, any such debt security; |
| ● | impair
the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to
any such debt security; |
| ● | reduce
the percentage in principal amount of any outstanding debt securities necessary to modify
or amend the applicable indenture with respect to such debt securities, to waive compliance
with particular provisions thereof or defaults and consequences thereunder or to reduce
the quorum or voting requirements set forth in the applicable indenture; and |
| ● | modify
any of the foregoing provisions or any of the provisions relating to the waiver of particular
past defaults or covenants, except to increase the required percentage to effect such
action or to provide that some of the other provisions may not be modified or waived
without the consent of the holder of such debt security. |
The
holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series may, on behalf of all holders
of debt securities of that series, waive, insofar as that series is concerned, our compliance with material restrictive covenants
of the applicable indenture.
We
and our respective trustee may make modifications and amendments of an indenture without the consent of any holder of debt securities
for any of the following purposes:
| ● | to
evidence the succession of another person to us as obligor under such indenture; |
| ● | to
add to our covenants for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of debt securities
or to surrender any right or power conferred upon us in such indenture; |
| ● | to
add events of default for the benefit of the holders of all or any series of debt securities; |
| ● | to
add or change any provisions of an indenture (i) to change or eliminate restrictions
on the payment of principal of, or premium or make-whole amount, or interest on, debt
securities in bearer form, or (ii) to permit or facilitate the issuance of debt securities
in uncertificated form, provided that such action shall not adversely affect the interests
of the holders of the debt securities of any series in any material respect; |
| ● | to
change or eliminate any provisions of an indenture, provided that any such change or
elimination shall become effective only when there are no debt securities outstanding
of any series created prior thereto which are entitled to the benefit of such provision; |
| ● | to
secure the debt securities; |
| ● | to
establish the form or terms of debt securities of any series; |
| ● | to
provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee or facilitate the administration
of the trusts under an indenture by more than one trustee; |
| ● | to
cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in an indenture, provided that such action
shall not adversely affect the interests of holders of debt securities of any series
issued under such indenture; and |
| ● | to
supplement any of the provisions of an indenture to the extent necessary to permit or
facilitate defeasance and discharge of any series of such debt securities, provided that
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the holders of the outstanding
debt securities of any series. |
Voting
The
indentures provide that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding debt securities of
a series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver under the indentures or whether a
quorum is present at a meeting of holders of debt securities:
| ● | the
principal amount of an original issue discount security that shall be deemed to be outstanding
shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the
date of such determination upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; |
| ● | the
principal amount of any debt security denominated in a foreign currency that shall be
deemed outstanding shall be the United States dollar equivalent, determined on the issue
date for such debt security, of the principal amount or, in the case of an original issue
discount security, the United States dollar equivalent on the issue date of such debt
security of the amount determined as provided in the preceding bullet point; |
| ● | the
principal amount of an indexed security that shall be deemed outstanding shall be the
principal face amount of such indexed security at original issuance, unless otherwise
provided for such indexed security under such indenture; and |
| ● | debt
securities owned by us or any other obligor upon the debt securities or by any affiliate
of ours or of such other obligor shall be disregarded. |
The
indentures contain provisions for convening meetings of the holders of debt securities of a series. A meeting will be permitted
to be called at any time by the applicable trustee, and also, upon request, by us or the holders of at least 25% in principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series, in any such case upon notice given as provided in such indenture. Except
for any consent that must be given by the holder of each debt security affected by the modifications and amendments of an indenture
described above, any resolution presented at a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present may be
adopted by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities
of that series represented at such meeting.
Notwithstanding
the preceding paragraph, except as referred to above, any resolution relating to a request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action that may be made, given or taken by the holders of a specified percentage, which is less
than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series, may be adopted at a meeting
or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present by the affirmative vote of such specified percentage.
Any
resolution passed or decision taken at any properly held meeting of holders of debt securities of any series will be binding on
all holders of such series. The quorum at any meeting called to adopt a resolution, and at any reconvened meeting, will be persons
holding or representing a majority in principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series. However, if any action
is to be taken relating to a consent or waiver which may be given by the holders of at least a specified percentage in principal
amount of the outstanding debt securities of a series, the persons holding such percentage will constitute a quorum.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing provisions, the indentures provide that if any action is to be taken at a meeting with respect to any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that such indenture expressly provides may be made, given or
taken by the holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all outstanding debt securities affected by such action,
or of the holders of such series and one or more additional series:
| ● | there
shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and |
| ● | the
principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of such series that vote in favor
of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
shall be taken account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under such indenture. |
Subordination
Unless
otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, subordinated debt securities will be subject to the following subordination
provisions.
Upon
any distribution to our creditors in a liquidation, dissolution or reorganization, the payment of the principal of and interest
on any subordinated debt securities will be subordinated to the extent provided in the applicable indenture in right of payment
to the prior payment in full of all senior debt. However, our obligation to make payments of the principal of and interest on
such subordinated debt securities otherwise will not be affected. No payment of principal or interest will be permitted to be
made on subordinated debt securities at any time if a default on senior debt exists that permits the holders of such senior debt
to accelerate its maturity and the default is the subject of judicial proceedings or we receive notice of the default. After all
senior debt is paid in full and until the subordinated debt securities are paid in full, holders of subordinated debt securities
will be subrogated to the rights of holders of senior debt to the extent that distributions otherwise payable to holders of subordinated
debt securities have been applied to the payment of senior debt. The subordinated indenture will not restrict the amount of senior
debt or other indebtedness of ours. As a result of these subordination provisions, in the event of a distribution of assets upon
insolvency, holders of subordinated debt securities may recover less, ratably, than our general creditors.
The
term “senior debt” will be defined in the applicable indenture as the principal of and interest on, or substantially
similar payments to be made by us in respect of, other outstanding indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of execution
of the applicable indenture or subsequently incurred, created or assumed. The prospectus supplement may include a description
of additional terms implementing the subordination feature.
No
restrictions will be included in any indenture relating to subordinated debt securities upon the creation of additional senior
debt.
If
this prospectus is being delivered in connection with the offering of a series of subordinated debt securities, the accompanying
prospectus supplement or the information incorporated in this prospectus by reference will set forth the approximate amount of
senior debt outstanding as of the end of our most recent fiscal quarter.
Discharge,
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indentures allow us to discharge our obligations to holders of
any series of debt securities issued under any indenture when:
| ● | either
(i) all securities of such series have already been delivered to the applicable trustee
for cancellation; or (ii) all securities of such series have not already been delivered
to the applicable trustee for cancellation but (a) have become due and payable, (b) will
become due and payable within one year, or (c) if redeemable at our option, are to be
redeemed within one year, and we have irrevocably deposited with the applicable trustee,
in trust, funds in such currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency
or currencies in which such debt securities are payable, an amount sufficient to pay
the entire indebtedness on such debt securities in respect of principal and any premium
or make-whole amount, and interest to the date of such deposit if such debt securities
have become due and payable or, if they have not, to the stated maturity or redemption
date; |
| ● | we
have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable; and |
| ● | an
officers’ certificate and an opinion of counsel stating the conditions to discharging
the debt securities have been satisfied has been delivered to the trustee. |
Unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indentures provide that, upon our irrevocable deposit with the
applicable trustee, in trust, of an amount, in such currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies
in which such debt securities are payable at stated maturity, or government obligations, or both, applicable to such debt securities,
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in accordance with their terms will provide money in an amount sufficient
to pay the principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount, and interest on, such debt securities, and any mandatory sinking
fund or analogous payments thereon, on the scheduled due dates therefor, the issuing company may elect either:
| ● | to
defease and be discharged from any and all obligations with respect to such debt securities;
or |
| ● | to
be released from its obligations with respect to such debt securities under the applicable
indenture or, if provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, its obligations with
respect to any other covenant, and any omission to comply with such obligations shall
not constitute an event of default with respect to such debt securities. |
Notwithstanding
the above, we may not elect to defease and be discharged from the obligation to pay any additional amounts upon the occurrence
of particular events of tax, assessment or governmental charge with respect to payments on such debt securities and the obligations
to register the transfer or exchange of such debt securities, to replace temporary or mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen debt
securities, to maintain an office or agency in respect of such debt securities, or to hold monies for payment in trust.
The
indentures only permit us to establish the trust described in the paragraph above if, among other things, we have delivered to
the applicable trustee an opinion of counsel to the effect that the holders of such debt securities will not recognize income,
gain or loss for United States federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance and will be subject
to United States federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case
if such defeasance or covenant defeasance had not occurred. Such opinion of counsel, in the case of defeasance, will be required
to refer to and be based upon a ruling received from or published by the Internal Revenue Service or a change in applicable United
States federal income tax law occurring after the date of the indenture. In the event of such defeasance, the holders of such
debt securities would be able to look only to such trust fund for payment of principal, any premium or make-whole amount, and
interest.
When
we use the term “government obligations,” we mean securities that are:
| ● | direct
obligations of the United States or the government that issued the foreign currency in
which the debt securities of a particular series are payable, for the payment of which
its full faith and credit is pledged; or |
| ● | obligations
of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the United States or other government that issued the foreign currency in which the debt
securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States or such other government,
which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also
include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect
to any such government obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of
any such government obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of
a depository receipt. However, except as required by law, such custodian is not authorized
to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt
from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the government obligation or
the specific payment of interest on or principal of the government obligation evidenced
by such depository receipt. |
Unless
otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, if after we have deposited funds and/or government obligations to
effect defeasance or covenant defeasance with respect to debt securities of any series, (i) the holder of a debt security of such
series is entitled to, and does, elect under the terms of the applicable indenture or the terms of such debt security to receive
payment in a currency, currency unit or composite currency other than that in which such deposit has been made in respect of such
debt security, or (ii) a conversion event occurs in respect of the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which such
deposit has been made, the indebtedness represented by such debt security will be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged
and satisfied through the payment of the principal of, and premium or make-whole amount, and interest on, such debt security as
they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting the amount so deposited in respect of such debt security into the currency,
currency unit or composite currency in which such debt security becomes payable as a result of such election or such cessation
of usage based on the applicable market exchange rate.
When
we use the term “conversion event,” we mean the cessation of use of:
| ● | a
currency, currency unit or composite currency both by the government of the country that
issued such currency and for the settlement of transactions by a central bank or other
public institutions of or within the international banking community; |
| ● | the
European Currency Unit both within the European Monetary System and for the settlement
of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities; or |
| ● | any
currency unit or composite currency other than the European Currency Unit for the purposes
for which it was established. |
Unless
otherwise provided in the applicable prospectus supplement, all payments of principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount,
and interest on, any debt security that is payable in a foreign currency that ceases to be used by its government of issuance
shall be made in United States dollars.
In
the event that (i) we effect covenant defeasance with respect to any debt securities and (ii) those debt securities are declared
due and payable because of the occurrence of any event of default, the amount in the currency, currency unit or composite currency
in which such debt securities are payable, and government obligations on deposit with the applicable trustee, will be sufficient
to pay amounts due on such debt securities at the time of their stated maturity but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on
such debt securities at the time of the acceleration resulting from such event of default. However, the issuing company would
remain liable to make payments of any amounts due at the time of acceleration.
The
applicable prospectus supplement may further describe the provisions, if any, permitting such defeasance or covenant defeasance,
including any modifications to the provisions described above, with respect to the debt securities of or within a particular series.
Conversion
Rights
The
terms and conditions, if any, upon which the debt securities are convertible into common stock or other securities of ours will
be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms will include whether the debt securities are convertible into
shares of common stock or other securities of ours, the conversion price, or manner of calculation thereof, the conversion period,
provisions as to whether conversion will be at the issuing company’s option or the option of the holders, the events requiring
an adjustment of the conversion price and provisions affecting conversion in the event of the redemption of the debt securities
and any restrictions on conversion.
Global
Securities
The
debt securities of a series may be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global securities that will be deposited
with, or on behalf of, a depository identified in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to such series. Global securities,
if any, issued in the United States are expected to be deposited with The Depository Trust Company, or DTC, as depository. We
may issue global securities in either registered or bearer form and in either temporary or permanent form. We will describe the
specific terms of the depository arrangement with respect to a series of debt securities in the applicable prospectus supplement
relating to such series. We expect that unless the applicable prospectus supplement provides otherwise, the following provisions
will apply to depository arrangements.
Once
a global security is issued, the depository for such global security or its nominee will credit on its book-entry registration
and transfer system the respective principal amounts of the individual debt securities represented by such global security to
the accounts of participants that have accounts with such depository. Such accounts shall be designated by the underwriters, dealers
or agents with respect to such debt securities or by us if we offer such debt securities directly. Ownership of beneficial interests
in such global security will be limited to participants with the depository or persons that may hold interests through those participants.
We
expect that, under procedures established by DTC, ownership of beneficial interests in any global security for which DTC is the
depository will be shown on, and the transfer of that ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by DTC or its
nominee, with respect to beneficial interests of participants with the depository, and records of participants, with respect to
beneficial interests of persons who hold through participants with the depository. Neither we nor the trustee will have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records of DTC or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records of DTC or any of its
participants relating to beneficial ownership interests in the debt securities. The laws of some states require that certain purchasers
of securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. Such limits and laws may impair the ability to own,
pledge or transfer beneficial interest in a global security.
So
long as the depository for a global security or its nominee is the registered owner of such global security, such depository or
such nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner or holder of the debt securities represented by the global
security for all purposes under the applicable indenture. Except as described below or in the applicable prospectus supplement,
owners of beneficial interest in a global security will not be entitled to have any of the individual debt securities represented
by such global security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of any such debt
securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the applicable indenture. Beneficial
owners of debt securities evidenced by a global security will not be considered the owners or holders thereof under the applicable
indenture for any purpose, including with respect to the giving of any direction, instructions or approvals to the trustee under
the indenture. Accordingly, each person owning a beneficial interest in a global security with respect to which DTC is the depository
must rely on the procedures of DTC and, if such person is not a participant with the depository, on the procedures of the participant
through which such person owns its interests, to exercise any rights of a holder under the applicable indenture. We understand
that, under existing industry practice, if DTC requests any action of holders or if an owner of a beneficial interest in a global
security desires to give or take any action which a holder is entitled to give or take under the applicable indenture, DTC would
authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial interest to give or take such action, and such participants would authorize
beneficial owners through such participants to give or take such actions or would otherwise act upon the instructions of beneficial
owners holding through them.
Payments
of principal of, and any premium or make-whole amount, and interest on, individual debt securities represented by a global security
registered in the name of a depository or its nominee will be made to or at the direction of the depository or its nominee, as
the case may be, as the registered owner of the global security under the applicable indenture. Under the terms of the applicable
indenture, we and the trustee may treat the persons in whose name debt securities, including a global security, are registered
as the owners thereof for the purpose of receiving such payments. Consequently, neither we nor the trustee have or will have any
responsibility or liability for the payment of such amounts to beneficial owners of debt securities including principal, any premium
or make-whole amount, or interest. We believe, however, that it is currently the policy of DTC to immediately credit the accounts
of relevant participants with such payments, in amounts proportionate to their respective holdings of beneficial interests in
the relevant global security as shown on the records of DTC or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants to owners
of beneficial interests in such global security held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions and customary
practices, as is the case with securities held for the account of customers in bearer form or registered in street name, and will
be the responsibility of such participants. Redemption notices with respect to any debt securities represented by a global security
will be sent to the depository or its nominee. If less than all of the debt securities of any series are to be redeemed, we expect
the depository to determine the amount of the interest of each participant in such debt securities to be redeemed to be determined
by lot. Neither we, the trustee, any paying agent nor the security registrar for such debt securities will have any responsibility
or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in the global
security for such debt securities or for maintaining any records with respect thereto.
Neither
we nor the trustee will be liable for any delay by the holders of a global security or the depository in identifying the beneficial
owners of debt securities, and we and the trustee may conclusively rely on, and will be protected in relying on, instructions
from the holder of a global security or the depository for all purposes. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are
on file with the SEC.
If
a depository for any debt securities is at any time unwilling, unable or ineligible to continue as depository and we do not appoint
a successor depository within 90 days, we will issue individual debt securities in exchange for the global security representing
such debt securities. In addition, we may at any time and at our sole discretion, subject to any limitations described in the
applicable prospectus supplement relating to such debt securities, determine not to have any of such debt securities represented
by one or more global securities and in such event will issue individual debt securities in exchange for the global security or
securities representing such debt securities. Individual debt securities so issued will be issued in denominations of $1,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000.
The
debt securities of a series may also be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more bearer global securities that will
be deposited with a depository, or with a nominee for such depository, identified in the applicable prospectus supplement. Any
such bearer global securities may be issued in temporary or permanent form. The specific terms and procedures, including the specific
terms of the depositary arrangement, with respect to any portion of a series of debt securities to be represented by one or more
bearer global securities will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
No
Recourse
There
is no recourse under any obligation, covenant or agreement in the applicable indenture or with respect to any security against
any of our or our successor’s past, present or future shareholders, employees, officers or directors.
DESCRIPTION
OF WARRANTS
The
following description, together with the additional information we may include in any applicable prospectus supplements, summarizes
the material terms and provisions of the warrants that we may offer under this prospectus and the related warrant agreements and
warrant certificates. While the terms summarized below will apply generally to any warrants that we may offer, we will describe
the particular terms of any series of warrants in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. If we indicate in the prospectus
supplement, the terms of any warrants offered under that prospectus supplement may differ from the terms described below. Specific
warrant agreements will contain additional important terms and provisions and will be incorporated by reference as an exhibit
to the registration statement, which includes this prospectus.
General
We
may issue warrants for the purchase of common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities in one or more series. We may issue
warrants independently or together with common stock, preferred stock and/or debt securities, and the warrants may be attached
to or separate from these securities.
We
will evidence each series of warrants by warrant certificates that we will issue under a separate warrant agreement. We will enter
into the warrant agreement with a warrant agent. We will indicate the name and address of the warrant agent in the applicable
prospectus supplement relating to a particular series of warrants.
We
will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms of the series of warrants, including:
| ● | the
offering price and aggregate number of warrants offered; |
| ● | the
currency for which the warrants may be purchased; |
| ● | if
applicable, the designation and terms of the securities with which the warrants are issued
and the number of warrants issued with each such security or each principal amount of
such security; |
| ● | if
applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the related securities will
be separately transferable; |
| ● | in
the case of warrants to purchase debt securities, the principal amount of debt securities
purchasable upon exercise of one warrant and the price at, and currency in which, this
principal amount of debt securities may be purchased upon such exercise; |
| ● | in
the case of warrants to purchase common stock or preferred stock, the number of shares
of common stock or preferred stock, as the case may be, purchasable upon the exercise
of one warrant and the price at which these shares may be purchased upon such exercise; |
| ● | the
effect of any merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition of our business on the
warrant agreement and the warrants; |
| ● | the
terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants; |
| ● | any
provisions for changes to or adjustments in the exercise price or number of securities
issuable upon exercise of the warrants; |
| ● | the
periods during which, and places at which, the warrants are exercisable; |
| ● | the
dates on which the right to exercise the warrants will commence and expire; |
| ● | the
manner in which the warrant agreement and warrants may be modified; |
| ● | federal
income tax consequences of holding or exercising the warrants; |
| ● | the
terms of the securities issuable upon exercise of the warrants; and |
| ● | any
other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of or restrictions on the warrants.
|
DESCRIPTION
OF UNITS
We
may issue units comprised of shares of common stock, shares of preferred stock, debt securities and warrants in any combination.
We may issue units in such amounts and in as many distinct series as we wish. This section outlines certain provisions of the
units that we may issue. If we issue units, they will be issued under one or more unit agreements to be entered into between us
and a bank or other financial institution, as unit agent. The information described in this section may not be complete in all
respects and is qualified entirely by reference to the unit agreement with respect to the units of any particular series. The
specific terms of any series of units offered will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. If so described in a
particular supplement, the specific terms of any series of units may differ from the general description of terms presented below.
We urge you to read any prospectus supplement related to any series of units we may offer, as well as the complete unit agreement
and unit certificate that contain the terms of the units. If we issue units, forms of unit agreements and unit certificates relating
to such units will be incorporated by reference as exhibits to the registration statement, which includes this prospectus.
Each
unit that we may issue will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit.
Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under
which a unit is issued may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at any
time or at any time before a specified date. The applicable prospectus supplement may describe:
| ● | the
designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including
whether and under what circumstances those securities may be held or transferred separately; |
| ● | any
provisions of the governing unit agreement; |
| ● | the
price or prices at which such units will be issued; |
| ● | the
applicable United States federal income tax considerations relating to the units; |
| ● | any
provisions for the issuance, payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units or
of the securities comprising the units; and |
| ● | any
other terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units. |
The
provisions described in this section, as well as those described under “Description of Capital Stock,” “Description
of Debt Securities” and “Description of Warrants” will apply to the securities included in each unit, to the
extent relevant and as may be updated in any prospectus supplements.
Issuance
in Series
We
may issue units in such amounts and in as many distinct series as we wish. This section summarizes terms of the units that apply
generally to all series. Most of the financial and other specific terms of your series will be described in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
Unit
Agreements
We
will issue the units under one or more unit agreements to be entered into between us and a bank or other financial institution,
as unit agent. We may add, replace or terminate unit agents from time to time. We will identify the unit agreement under which
each series of units will be issued and the unit agent under that agreement in the applicable prospectus supplement.
The
following provisions will generally apply to all unit agreements unless otherwise stated in the applicable prospectus supplement:
Modification
without Consent
We
and the applicable unit agent may amend any unit or unit agreement without the consent of any holder:
| ● | to
cure any ambiguity, including modifying any provisions of the governing unit agreement
that differ from those described below; |
| ● | to
correct or supplement any defective or inconsistent provision; or |
| ● | to
make any other change that we believe is necessary or desirable and will not adversely
affect the interests of the affected holders in any material respect. |
We
do not need any approval to make changes that affect only units to be issued after the changes take effect. We may also make changes
that do not adversely affect a particular unit in any material respect, even if they adversely affect other units in a material
respect. In those cases, we do not need to obtain the approval of the holder of the unaffected unit; we need only obtain any required
approvals from the holders of the affected units.
Modification
with Consent
We
may not amend any particular unit or a unit agreement with respect to any particular unit unless we obtain the consent of the
holder of that unit, if the amendment would:
| ● | impair
any right of the holder to exercise or enforce any right under a security included in
the unit if the terms of that security require the consent of the holder to any changes
that would impair the exercise or enforcement of that right; or |
| ● | reduce
the percentage of outstanding units or any series or class the consent of whose holders
is required to amend that series or class, or the applicable unit agreement with respect
to that series or class, as described below. |
Any
other change to a particular unit agreement and the units issued under that agreement would require the following approval:
| ● | If
the change affects only the units of a particular series issued under that agreement,
the change must be approved by the holders of a majority of the outstanding units of
that series; or |
| ● | If
the change affects the units of more than one series issued under that agreement, it
must be approved by the holders of a majority of all outstanding units of all series
affected by the change, with the units of all the affected series voting together as
one class for this purpose. |
These
provisions regarding changes with majority approval also apply to changes affecting any securities issued under a unit agreement,
as the governing document.
In
each case, the required approval must be given by written consent.
Unit
Agreements Will Not Be Qualified under Trust Indenture Act
No
unit agreement will be qualified as an indenture, and no unit agent will be required to qualify as a trustee, under the Trust
Indenture Act. Therefore, holders of units issued under unit agreements will not have the protections of the Trust Indenture Act
with respect to their units.
Mergers
and Similar Transactions Permitted; No Restrictive Covenants or Events of Default
The
unit agreements will not restrict our ability to merge or consolidate with, or sell our assets to, another corporation or other
entity or to engage in any other transactions. If at any time we merge or consolidate with, or sell our assets substantially as
an entirety to, another corporation or other entity, the successor entity will succeed to and assume our obligations under the
unit agreements. We will then be relieved of any further obligation under these agreements.
The
unit agreements will not include any restrictions on our ability to put liens on our assets, nor will they restrict our ability
to sell our assets. The unit agreements also will not provide for any events of default or remedies upon the occurrence of any
events of default.
Governing
Law
The
unit agreements and the units will be governed by Delaware law.
Form,
Exchange and Transfer
Unless
the accompanying prospectus supplement states otherwise, we will issue each unit in global — i.e., book-entry — form
only. Units in book-entry form will be represented by a global security registered in the name of a depositary, which will be
the holder of all the units represented by the global security. Those who own beneficial interests in a unit will do so through
participants in the depositary’s system, and the rights of these indirect owners will be governed solely by the applicable
procedures of the depositary and its participants. We will describe book-entry securities, and other terms regarding the issuance
and registration of the units in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Unless
the accompanying the accompanying prospectus supplement states otherwise, each unit and all securities comprising the unit will
be issued in the same form.
If
we issue any units in registered, non-global form, the following will apply to them.
The
units will be issued in the denominations stated in the applicable prospectus supplement. Holders may exchange their units for
units of smaller denominations or combined into fewer units of larger denominations, as long as the total amount is not changed.
| ● | Holders
may exchange or transfer their units at the office of the unit agent. Holders may also
replace lost, stolen, destroyed or mutilated units at that office. We may appoint another
entity to perform these functions or perform them ourselves. |
| ● | Holders
will not be required to pay a service charge to transfer or exchange their units, but
they may be required to pay for any tax or other governmental charge associated with
the transfer or exchange. The transfer or exchange, and any replacement, will be made
only if our transfer agent is satisfied with the holder’s proof of legal ownership.
The transfer agent may also require an indemnity before replacing any units. |
| ● | If
we have the right to redeem, accelerate or settle any units before their maturity, and
we exercise our right as to less than all those units or other securities, we may block
the exchange or transfer of those units during the period beginning 15 days before the
day we mail the notice of exercise and ending on the day of that mailing, in order to
freeze the list of holders to prepare the mailing. We may also refuse to register transfers
of or exchange any unit selected for early settlement, except that we will continue to
permit transfers and exchanges of the unsettled portion of any unit being partially settled.
We may also block the transfer or exchange of any unit in this manner if the unit includes
securities that are or may be selected for early settlement. |
Only
the depositary will be entitled to transfer or exchange a unit in global form, since it will be the sole holder of the unit.
Payments
and Notices
In
making payments and giving notices with respect to our units, we will follow the procedures as described in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
We
may sell securities:
| ● | directly
to purchasers; or |
| ● | through
a combination of any of these methods or any other method permitted by law. |
In
addition, we may issue the securities as a dividend or distribution or in a subscription rights offering to our existing security
holders.
We
may directly solicit offers to purchase securities, or agents may be designated to solicit such offers. In the prospectus supplement
relating to such offering, we will name any agent that could be viewed as an underwriter under the Securities Act and describe
any commissions that we must pay to any such agent. Any such agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period of its
appointment or, if indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, on a firm commitment basis. This prospectus may be used
in connection with any offering of our securities through any of these methods or other methods described in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
The
distribution of the securities may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions:
| ● | at
a fixed price, or prices, which may be changed from time to time; |
| ● | at
market prices prevailing at the time of sale; |
| ● | at
prices related to such prevailing market prices; or |
Each
prospectus supplement will describe the method of distribution of the securities and any applicable restrictions.
The
prospectus supplement with respect to the securities of a particular series will describe the terms of the offering of the securities,
including the following:
| ● | the
name of the agent or any underwriters; |
| ● | the
public offering or purchase price; |
| ● | any
discounts and commissions to be allowed or paid to the agent or underwriters; |
| ● | all
other items constituting underwriting compensation; |
| ● | any
discounts and commissions to be allowed or paid to dealers; and |
| ● | any
exchanges on which the securities will be listed. |
If
any underwriters or agents are used in the sale of the securities in respect of which this prospectus is delivered, we will enter
into an underwriting agreement, sales agreement or other agreement with them at the time of sale to them, and we will set forth
in the prospectus supplement relating to such offering the names of the underwriters or agents and the terms of the related agreement
with them.
In
connection with the offering of securities, we may grant to the underwriters an option to purchase additional securities with
an additional underwriting commission, as may be set forth in the accompanying prospectus supplement. If we grant any such option,
the terms of such option will be set forth in the prospectus supplement for such securities.
If
a dealer is used in the sale of the securities in respect of which the prospectus is delivered, we will sell such securities to
the dealer, as principal. The dealer, who may be deemed to be an “underwriter” as that term is defined in the Securities
Act, may then resell such securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by such dealer at the time of resale.
If
we offer securities in a subscription rights offering to our existing security holders, we may enter into a standby underwriting
agreement with dealers, acting as standby underwriters. We may pay the standby underwriters a commitment fee for the securities
they commit to purchase on a standby basis. If we do not enter into a standby underwriting arrangement, we may retain a dealer-manager
to manage a subscription rights offering for us.
Agents,
underwriters, dealers and other persons may be entitled under agreements which they may enter into with us to indemnification
by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and may be customers of, engage in transactions
with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of business.
If
so indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will authorize underwriters or other persons acting as our agents to
solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase securities from us pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment
and delivery on the date stated in the prospectus supplement. Each contract will be for an amount not less than, and the aggregate
amount of securities sold pursuant to such contracts shall not be less nor more than, the respective amounts stated in the prospectus
supplement. Institutions with whom the contracts, when authorized, may be made include commercial and savings banks, insurance
companies, pension funds, investment companies, educational and charitable institutions and other institutions, but shall in all
cases be subject to our approval. Delayed delivery contracts will not be subject to any conditions except that:
| ● | the
purchase by an institution of the securities covered under that contract shall not at
the time of delivery be prohibited under the laws of the jurisdiction to which that institution
is subject; and |
| ● | if
the securities are also being sold to underwriters acting as principals for their own
account, the underwriters shall have purchased such securities not sold for delayed delivery.
The underwriters and other persons acting as our agents will not have any responsibility
in respect of the validity or performance of delayed delivery contracts. |
Offered
securities may also be offered and sold, if so indicated in the prospectus supplement, in connection with a remarketing upon their
purchase, in accordance with a redemption or repayment pursuant to their terms, or otherwise, by one or more remarketing firms,
acting as principals for their own accounts or as agents for us. Any remarketing firm will be identified and the terms of its
agreement, if any, with us and its compensation will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement. Remarketing firms may
be deemed to be underwriters in connection with their remarketing of offered securities.
Certain
agents, underwriters and dealers, and their associates and affiliates, may be customers of, have borrowing relationships with,
engage in other transactions with, or perform services, including investment banking services, for us or one or more of our respective
affiliates in the ordinary course of business.
In
order to facilitate the offering of the securities, any underwriters may engage in transactions that stabilize, maintain or otherwise
affect the price of the securities or any other securities the prices of which may be used to determine payments on such securities.
Specifically, any underwriters may overallot in connection with the offering, creating a short position for their own accounts.
In addition, to cover overallotments or to stabilize the price of the securities or of any such other securities, the underwriters
may bid for, and purchase, the securities or any such other securities in the open market. Finally, in any offering of the securities
through a syndicate of underwriters, the underwriting syndicate may reclaim selling concessions allowed to an underwriter or a
dealer for distributing the securities in the offering if the syndicate repurchases previously distributed securities in transactions
to cover syndicate short positions, in stabilization transactions or otherwise. Any of these activities may stabilize or maintain
the market price of the securities above independent market levels. Any such underwriters are not required to engage in these
activities and may end any of these activities at any time.
We
may engage in at the market offerings into an existing trading market in accordance with Rule 415(a)(4) under the Securities Act.
In addition, 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 so 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 party 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 party in such sale transactions will be an underwriter and, if not
identified in this prospectus, will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement (or a post-effective amendment). In addition,
we may otherwise loan or pledge securities to a financial institution or other third party that in turn may sell the securities
short using this prospectus and an applicable prospectus supplement. Such financial institution or other third party may transfer
its economic short position to investors in our securities or in connection with a concurrent offering of other securities.
Under
Rule 15c6-1 of the Exchange Act, trades in the secondary market generally are required to settle in three business days, unless
the parties to any such trade expressly agree otherwise. The applicable prospectus supplement may provide that the original issue
date for your securities may be more than three scheduled business days after the trade date for your securities. Accordingly,
in such a case, if you wish to trade securities on any date prior to the third business day before the original issue date for
your securities, you will be required, by virtue of the fact that your securities initially are expected to settle in more than
three scheduled business days after the trade date for your securities, to make alternative settlement arrangements to prevent
a failed settlement.
The
securities may be new issues of securities and may have no established trading market. The securities may or may not be listed
on a national securities exchange. We can make no assurance as to the liquidity of or the existence of trading markets for any
of the securities.
In
compliance with the guidelines of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., or FINRA, the aggregate maximum discount,
commission or agency fees or other items constituting underwriting compensation to be received by any FINRA member or independent
broker-dealer will not exceed 8% of the proceeds from any offering pursuant to this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement.
The
specific terms of any lock-up provisions in respect of any given offering will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
The
underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in transactions with us, or perform services for us, in the ordinary course of business
for which they receive compensation.
The
anticipated date of delivery of offered securities will be set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement relating to each
offer.
LEGAL
MATTERS
Certain
legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for us by Pryor Cashman LLP, New York, New York. Any underwriters
will also be advised about the validity of the securities and other legal matters by their own counsel, which will be named in
the prospectus supplement.
EXPERTS
The
financial statements as of December 31, 2014 and 2013 and for each of the two years in the periods ended December 31, 2014 and
2013 for InterCloud Systems, Inc. incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been so incorporated in reliance on the reports
of BDO USA, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated herein by reference, given on the authority of
said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
The
financial statements as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and for each of the two years in the periods ended December 31, 2013 and
2012 for Integration Partners – NY Corporation incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been so incorporated in
reliance on the reports of BDO USA, LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, incorporated herein by reference, given
on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
The
financial statements of London Bay - VL Acquisition Company, LLC as of December 31, 2013 and 2012 and for each of the two years
in the period ended December 31, 2013 incorporated by reference in this prospectus and elsewhere in the registration statement
have been so incorporated by reference in reliance upon the report of Grant Thornton LLP, independent certified public accountants,
upon the authority of said firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We
are subject to the information requirements of the Exchange Act and, in accordance therewith, file annual, quarterly and special
reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file at the SEC’s Public
Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on
the operation of the Public Reference Room. These documents also may be accessed through the SEC’s electronic data gathering,
analysis and retrieval system, or EDGAR, via electronic means, including the SEC’s home page on the Internet (www.sec.gov).
We
have the authority to designate and issue more than one class or series of stock having various preferences, conversion and other
rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption. See
“Description of Capital Stock.” We will furnish a full statement of the relative rights and preferences of each class
or series of our stock which has been so designated and any restrictions on the ownership or transfer of our stock to any stockholder
upon request and without charge. Written requests for such copies should be directed to InterCloud Systems, Inc., 1030 Broad Street,
Suite 102, Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702, Attention: Secretary, or by telephone request to (973) 630-5460. Our website is located
at www.InterCloudSys.com. Information contained on our website is not incorporated by reference into this prospectus and,
therefore, is not part of this prospectus or any accompanying prospectus supplement.
INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
The
SEC allows us to incorporate by reference the information and reports we file with it, which means that we can disclose important
information to you by referring you to these documents. The information incorporated by reference is an important part of this
prospectus, and information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and supersede the information already incorporated
by reference. We are incorporating by reference the documents listed below, which we have already filed with the SEC, and any
future filings we make with the SEC under Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, including all filings made after
the date of the filing of this registration statement and prior to the effectiveness of this registration statement, except as
to any portion of any future report or document that is not deemed filed under such provisions, until we sell all of the securities:
| ● | our
annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014 filed with the SEC on
March 23, 2015; |
| ● | our
current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on January 7, 2014, as amended by Amendment
No.1 thereto filed with the SEC on March 18, 2014, Amendment No. 2 thereto filed with
the SEC on June 5, 2014 and Amendment No. 3 thereto filed with the SEC on January 7,
2015, our current reports on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on March 3, 2015, March
10,
2015 and March 26, 2015, and our current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 14, 2014, as amended by
Amendment No.1 thereto filed with the SEC on December 24, 2014 and Amendment No. 2 thereto filed with the SEC on April
8,
2015; |
| ● | the
description of our capital stock set forth in Form 8-A, filed with the SEC on September
27, 2013, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such
description, as supplemented by the “Description of Capital Stock” found
on page 8 of this prospectus. |
Upon
request, we will provide, without charge, to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom a copy of this prospectus is
delivered, a copy of the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus but not delivered with the prospectus. You may
request a copy of these filings, and any exhibits we have specifically incorporated by reference as an exhibit in this prospectus,
at no cost by writing or telephoning us at the following address:
InterCloud
Systems, Inc., 1030 Broad Street, Suite 102, Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702,
Attention:
Secretary, or by telephone request to (732) 898-6308.
This
prospectus is part of a registration statement we filed with the SEC. We have incorporated exhibits into this registration statement.
You should read the exhibits carefully for provisions that may be important to you.
You
should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus or any prospectus supplement. We
have not authorized anyone to provide you with different information. We are not making an offer of these securities in any state
where the offer is not permitted. You should not assume that the information in this prospectus or in the documents incorporated
by reference is accurate as of any date other than the date on the front of this prospectus or those documents.
$100,000,000
Common
Stock
Preferred Stock
Debt Securities
Warrants
Units
PROSPECTUS
______________, 2015
We have not authorized any dealer, salesperson
or other person to give any information or represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any unauthorized
information. If anyone provides you with different or inconsistent information, you should not rely on it. This prospectus does
not offer to sell any securities in any jurisdiction where it is unlawful. Neither the delivery of this prospectus, nor any sale
made hereunder, shall create any implication that the information in this prospectus is correct after the date hereof.
Part II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The expenses payable by InterCloud Systems,
Inc. (the “Registrant” or the “Company”) in connection with the issuance and distribution of the securities
being registered (other than underwriting discounts and commissions, if any) are set forth below. Each item listed is estimated,
except for the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) registration fee.
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee | |
$ | 11,620 | |
FINRA filing fee | |
| * | |
Legal fees and expenses | |
| * | |
Accounting fees and expenses | |
| * | |
Printing fees and expenses | |
| * | |
Transfer agent and trustee fees | |
| * | |
Miscellaneous | |
| * | |
| |
| | |
Total | |
$ | * | |
* Estimated expenses not presently known.
Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
We are incorporated under the laws of
the State of Delaware. Reference is made to Section 102(b)(7) of the Delaware General Corporation Law, or the DGCL, which enables
a corporation in its original certificate of incorporation or an amendment thereto to eliminate or limit the personal liability
of a director for violations of the director’s fiduciary duty, except (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of
loyalty to the corporation or its stockholders, (2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct
or a knowing violation of law, (3) pursuant to Section 174 of the DGCL, which provides for liability of directors for unlawful
payments of dividends or unlawful stock purchase or redemptions or (4) for any transaction from which a director derived an improper
personal benefit.
Section 145(a) of the DGCL provides, in
general, 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), because he or she 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,
joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid
in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by the person 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 interests of the corporation and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful.
Section 145(b) of the DGCL provides, in
general, 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 or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor because 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, joint venture, rust or other enterprise, against expenses
(including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by the person in connection with the defense or settlement of
such 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 shall be made with respect to any claim, issue or matter as to
which he or she shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court
determines that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, he or she is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the adjudicating court shall deem proper.
Section 145(g) of the DGCL provides, in
general, that a corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who 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, 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 his or her status as such, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify the person against such liability under Section 145 of the DGCL.
Our certificate of incorporation provides
that no director of our company shall be personally liable to us or our stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary
duty as a director, except for liability (1) for any breach of the director’s duty of loyalty to us or our stockholders,
(2) for acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law, (3) in respect
of unlawful dividend payments or stock redemptions or repurchases or other distributions pursuant to Section 172 of the DGCL, or
(4) for any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit. In addition, our amended and restated certificate
of incorporation provides that if the DGCL is amended to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors,
then the liability of a director of our company shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as
so amended.
Our certificate of incorporation further
provides that any repeal or modification of such article by our stockholders or an amendment to the DGCL will not adversely affect
any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring before
such repeal or modification of a director serving at the time of such repeal or modification.
Our bylaws provide that we will indemnify
each of our directors and officers, certain employees and agents, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as the same may
be amended (except that in the case of an amendment, only to the extent that the amendment permits us to provide broader indemnification
rights than the DGCL permitted us to provide prior to such the amendment), against any and all expenses, judgments, penalties,
fines and amounts reasonably paid in settlement that are incurred by the director, officer or such employee or on the director’s,
officer’s or employee’s behalf in connection with any threatened, pending or completed proceeding or any claim, issue
or matter therein, to which he or she is or is threatened to be made a party because he or she is or was serving as a director,
officer or employee of our company, or at our request as a director, partner, trustee, officer, employee or agent of another corporation,
partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise, 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 our company and, with respect to any criminal proceeding,
had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. Our bylaws further provide for the advancement of expenses
to each of our directors and, in the discretion of the board of directors, to certain officers and employees.
In addition, our bylaws provide that the
right of each of our directors and officers to indemnification and advancement of expenses shall be a contract right and shall
not be exclusive of any other right now possessed or hereafter acquired under any statute, provision of the amended and restated
certificate of incorporation or bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders, or otherwise. Furthermore, our bylaws authorize us to
provide insurance for our directors, officers and employees against any liability, whether or not we would have the power to indemnify
such person against such liability under the DGCL or the bylaws.
We have entered into indemnification agreements
with each of our directors and our executive officers. These agreements provide that we will indemnify each of our directors and
such officers to the fullest extent permitted by law and our certificate of incorporation and bylaws.
We also maintain a general liability insurance
policy which covers certain liabilities of directors and officers of our company arising out of claims based on acts or omissions
in their capacities as directors or officers.
Item 16. Exhibits
A list of exhibits filed with this registration
statement on Form S-3 is set forth on the Exhibit Index and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 17. Undertakings
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required
by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any
facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof)
which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities
offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering
range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if,
in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering
price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement; and
(iii) To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such
information in the registration statement;
provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(l)(i), (a)(l)(ii)
and (a)(l)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those
paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange 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;
(2) That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof;
(3) To remove from registration by
means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;
(4) That, for the purpose of determining
liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(i) 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
(ii) 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)(l)(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;
(5) That, for the purpose of determining
liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the
undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration
statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or
sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser
and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus
of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating
to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free
writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities
provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) Any other communication that is
an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser;
(6) That, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant’s 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 plan’s 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;
(7) 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 Securities Act of 1933 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 Securities Act of 1933
and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue;
(8) That, for purposes of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or
(4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was
declared effective;
(9) That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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; and
(10) 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 of
1939 in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 305(b)(2)
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing
on Form S-3 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its April 7, 2015.
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INTERCLOUD
SYSTEMS, INC. |
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By: |
/s/ Mark
Munro |
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Mark Munro |
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Chief Executive
Officer |
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that
each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Mark Munro and Timothy A. Larkin, his or her true and lawful
agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to (i) act on, sign, and file with the SEC any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement together with all schedules and exhibits thereto, (ii) act
on, sign and file such certificates, instruments, agreements and other documents as may be necessary or appropriate in connection
therewith, (iii) act on and file any supplement to any prospectus included in this registration statement or any such amendment
or any subsequent registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and (iv) take any and all actions
which may be necessary or appropriate to be done, as fully for all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person,
hereby approving, ratifying and confirming all that such agent, proxy and attorney-in-fact or any of his substitutes may lawfully
do or cause to be done by virtue thereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:
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/s/ Mark Munro |
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Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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April 7, 2015 |
Mark Munro |
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(Principal Executive Officer) |
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/s/ Timothy A. Larkin |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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April 7, 2015 |
Timothy A. Larkin |
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(Principal Financial Officer and
Principal Accounting Officer) |
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/s/ Mark Durfee |
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Director |
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April 7, 2015 |
Mark Durfee |
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/s/ Charles K. Miller |
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Director |
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April 7, 2015 |
Charles K. Miller |
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/s/ Neal L. Oristano |
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Director |
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April 7, 2015 |
Neal L. Oristano |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
No. |
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Description |
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1.1* |
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Form of Underwriting Agreement |
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3.1 |
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Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended by the Certificate of Amendment dated August 16, 2001, and the Certificate of Amendment dated September 4, 2008, filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 3, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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3.2 |
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated January 10, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.12 to Amendment No. 1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on March 26, 2013). |
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3.3 |
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Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the Company dated July 30, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 2, 2013). |
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3.4 |
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Series A Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on July 11, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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3.5 |
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Series B Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on June 28, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.3 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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3.6 |
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Amendment No. 1 to Series B Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on October 23, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.9 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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3.7 |
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Series C Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on January 10, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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3.8 |
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Series D Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on March 5, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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3.9 |
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Series E Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on September 18, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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3.10 |
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Series F Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on September 17, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.7 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed (Registration No. 333-185293) with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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3.11 |
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Series G Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on September 17, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.8 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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3.12 |
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Series H Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on November 16, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.10 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed (Registration No. 333-185293) with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
3.13 |
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Series I Certificate of Designation filed with the Delaware Secretary of State on December 6, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on December 6, 2012). |
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3.14 |
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Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company, dated as of November 16, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.12 of the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on December 5, 2012). |
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4.1 |
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Specimen Common Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to Amendment No. 5 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-185293) filed with the SEC on August 5, 2013). |
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4.2 |
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Form of indenture for senior debt securities and the related form of senior debt security |
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4.3 |
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Form of indenture for subordinated debt securities and the related form of subordinated debt security |
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4.4* |
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Form of Certificate of Designations |
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4.5* |
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Form of Warrant Agreements |
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4.6* |
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Form of Unit Certificate |
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4.7* |
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Form of Preferred Stock Certificate |
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5.1 |
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Opinion of Pryor Cashman LLP |
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23.1 |
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Consent of BDO USA, LLP |
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23.2 |
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Consent of BDO USA, LLP |
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23.3 |
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Consent of Grant Thornton LLP |
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23.5 |
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Consent of Pryor Cashman LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto) |
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24.1 |
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Power of Attorney (included on the signature pages to this registration statement) |
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25.1** |
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Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee for Senior Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 |
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25.2** |
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Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee for Subordinated Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 |
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| * | To be filed if necessary by amendment or as an exhibit to a document to be incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this registration statement, including a Current Report on Form 8-K. |
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| ** | To be filed by amendment pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
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Exhibit 4.1
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
TO
[___________________]
Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of [______], 20[__]
Senior Debt Securities
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE - DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
1 |
SECTION 101. |
Definitions |
1 |
SECTION 102. |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
9 |
SECTION 103. |
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
9 |
SECTION 104. |
Acts of Holders |
10 |
SECTION 105. |
Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company |
11 |
SECTION 106. |
Notice to Holders; Waiver |
12 |
SECTION 107. |
Counterparts; Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
12 |
SECTION 108. |
Successors and Assigns |
13 |
SECTION 109. |
Severability Clause |
13 |
SECTION 110. |
Benefits of Indenture |
13 |
SECTION 111. |
Governing Law |
13 |
SECTION 112. |
Legal Holidays |
13 |
SECTION 113. |
Limited Liability; Immunity of Stockholders, Directors, Officers and Agents of the Company |
13 |
SECTION 114. |
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
13 |
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ARTICLE TWO - SECURITIES FORMS |
14 |
SECTION 201. |
Forms of Securities |
14 |
SECTION 202. |
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication |
14 |
SECTION 203. |
Securities Issuable in Global Form |
14 |
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ARTICLE THREE - THE SECURITIES |
15 |
SECTION 301. |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
15 |
SECTION 302. |
Denominations |
18 |
SECTION 303. |
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
18 |
SECTION 304. |
Temporary Securities |
20 |
SECTION 305. |
Registration, Registration of Transfer, Conversion and Exchange |
22 |
SECTION 306. |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
25 |
SECTION 307. |
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
27 |
SECTION 308. |
Persons Deemed Owners |
28 |
SECTION 309. |
Cancellation |
28 |
SECTION 310. |
Computation of Interest |
29 |
SECTION 311. |
CUSIP Numbers |
29 |
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ARTICLE FOUR - SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
29 |
SECTION 401. |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
29 |
SECTION 402. |
Application of Trust Funds |
30 |
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ARTICLE FIVE - REMEDIES |
30 |
SECTION 501. |
Events of Default |
30 |
SECTION 502. |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
32 |
SECTION 503. |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
32 |
SECTION 504. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
33 |
SECTION 505. |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons |
34 |
SECTION 506. |
Application of Money Collected |
34 |
SECTION 507. |
Limitation on Suits |
34 |
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SECTION 508. |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and Interest |
35 |
SECTION 509. |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
35 |
SECTION 510. |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
35 |
SECTION 511. |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
35 |
SECTION 512. |
Control by Holders of Securities |
35 |
SECTION 513. |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
36 |
SECTION 514. |
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws |
36 |
SECTION 515. |
Undertaking for Costs |
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ARTICLE SIX - THE TRUSTEE |
37 |
SECTION 601. |
Notice of Defaults |
37 |
SECTION 602. |
Certain Rights of Trustee |
37 |
SECTION 603. |
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
39 |
SECTION 604. |
May Hold Securities |
39 |
SECTION 605. |
Money Held in Trust |
39 |
SECTION 606. |
Compensation and Reimbursement |
39 |
SECTION 607. |
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests |
40 |
SECTION 608. |
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
40 |
SECTION 609. |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
41 |
SECTION 610. |
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
42 |
SECTION 611. |
Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
42 |
SECTION 612. |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee |
44 |
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ARTICLE SEVEN - HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
45 |
SECTION 701. |
Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders |
45 |
SECTION 702. |
Reports by Trustee |
45 |
SECTION 703. |
Reports by Company |
45 |
SECTION 704. |
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
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ARTICLE EIGHT - CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE |
46 |
SECTION 801. |
Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales, Leases and Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions |
46 |
SECTION 802. |
Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation |
46 |
SECTION 803. |
Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel |
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ARTICLE NINE - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
47 |
SECTION 901. |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
47 |
SECTION 902. |
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders |
48 |
SECTION 903. |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
49 |
SECTION 904. |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
49 |
SECTION 905. |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
49 |
SECTION 906. |
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE TEN - COVENANTS |
50 |
SECTION 1001. |
Payment of Principal, Premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any; and Interest |
50 |
SECTION 1002. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
50 |
SECTION 1003. |
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust |
51 |
SECTION 1004. |
Existence |
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SECTION 1005. |
Maintenance of Properties |
52 |
SECTION 1006. |
Insurance |
52 |
SECTION 1007. |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
53 |
SECTION 1008. |
Statement as to Compliance |
53 |
SECTION 1009. |
Waiver of Certain Covenants |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN - REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
53 |
SECTION 1101. |
Applicability of Article |
53 |
SECTION 1102. |
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
53 |
SECTION 1103. |
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
53 |
SECTION 1104. |
Notice of Redemption |
54 |
SECTION 1105. |
Deposit of Redemption Price |
55 |
SECTION 1106. |
Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
55 |
SECTION 1107. |
Securities Redeemed in Part |
56 |
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ARTICLE TWELVE - SINKING FUNDS |
56 |
SECTION 1201. |
Applicability of Article |
56 |
SECTION 1202. |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
56 |
SECTION 1203. |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN - REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS |
57 |
SECTION 1301. |
Applicability of Article |
57 |
SECTION 1302. |
Repayment of Securities |
57 |
SECTION 1303. |
Exercise of Option |
58 |
SECTION 1304. |
When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable |
58 |
SECTION 1305. |
Securities Repaid in Part |
59 |
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN - DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
59 |
SECTION 1401. |
Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
59 |
SECTION 1402. |
Defeasance and Discharge |
59 |
SECTION 1403. |
Covenant Defeasance |
60 |
SECTION 1404. |
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
60 |
SECTION 1405. |
Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
61 |
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN - MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES |
62 |
SECTION 1501. |
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called |
62 |
SECTION 1502. |
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings |
62 |
SECTION 1503. |
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings |
62 |
SECTION 1504. |
Quorum; Action |
63 |
SECTION 1505. |
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings |
64 |
SECTION 1506. |
Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings |
64 |
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN - CONVERSION OF SECURITIES |
65 |
SECTION 1601. |
Applicability of Article; Conversion Privilege and Conversion Price |
65 |
SECTION 1602. |
Exercise of Conversion Privilege |
65 |
SECTION 1603. |
Fractions of Shares |
66 |
SECTION 1604. |
Adjustment of Conversion Price |
66 |
SECTION 1605. |
Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price |
69 |
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Page |
SECTION 1606. |
Notice of Certain Corporate Action |
70 |
SECTION 1607. |
Company to Reserve Common Stock |
70 |
SECTION 1608. |
Taxes on Conversion |
70 |
SECTION 1609. |
Covenants as to Common Stock |
70 |
SECTION 1610. |
Cancellation of Converted Securities |
70 |
SECTION 1611. |
Provisions in Case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets; Special Distributions |
71 |
SECTION 1612. |
Trustee Adjustment Disclaimer; Company Determination Final |
72 |
SECTION 1613. |
When No Adjustment Required |
72 |
SECTION 1614. |
Equivalent Adjustments |
72 |
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA”) and the Indenture, dated as of [_____] , 20[__]
.
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Trust Indenture Act Section |
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Indenture
Section |
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§ 310(a)(1) |
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607 |
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(a)(2) |
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607 |
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(b) |
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607,608 |
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§ 312(c) |
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701 |
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§ 313(a) |
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702 |
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(c) |
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702 |
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§ 314(a) |
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703 |
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(a)(4) |
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1008 |
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(c)(1) |
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102 |
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(c)(2) |
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102 |
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(e) |
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102 |
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§ 315(b) |
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601 |
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§ 316(a) (last sentence) |
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101(“Outstanding”) |
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(a)(1)(A) |
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502,
512 |
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(a)(1)(B) |
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513 |
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(b) |
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508 |
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§ 317(a)(1) |
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503 |
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(a)(2) |
|
504 |
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§ 318(a) |
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111 |
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|
(c) |
|
111 |
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
Attention should also be directed to Section
318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the Trust Indenture
Act are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained therein.
INDENTURE, dated as of [________], 20[__], INTERCLOUD
SYSTEMS, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the “Company”),
having its principal office at 1030 Broad Street, Suite 102, Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702, and [____________________], as Trustee
hereunder (hereinafter called the “Trustee”), having a Corporate Trust Office at [_____________________________________].
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company deems it necessary to issue from
time to time for its lawful purposes senior debt securities (hereinafter called the “Securities”) evidencing its unsecured
and senior indebtedness, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from
time to time of the Securities, to be issued in one or more Series as provided in this Indenture.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA”), that are deemed to
be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture
a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and
the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit
of all Holders of the Securities or of a Series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE - DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions. For all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have
the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined
in the TIA, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms “cash transactions”
and “self-liquidating paper,” as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules of
the Commission adopted under the TIA;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(4) any reference to an “Article”
or a “Section” refers to an Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words “herein,” “hereof
“and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
“Act,” when used with respect
to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Affiliate” of any specified
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
“Authenticating Agent” means
any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 hereof to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of one or more Series.
“Authorized Newspaper” means
a newspaper, printed in the English language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on
each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection
with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Whenever successive publications are required to
be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized Newspapers in
the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
“Bankruptcy Law” has the
meaning specified in Section 501.
“Bearer Security” means any
Security established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to the bearer.
“Board of Directors” when
used with reference to the Company, means the board of directors of the Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized
to act hereunder, or any director or directors and/or officer or officers of the Company, to whom the board or committee shall
have duly delegated its authority.
“Board Resolution” means
a copy of (1) a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the
Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, or (2) a certificate signed by the director or directors and/or officer or officers to whom the Board of Directors
shall have duly delegated its authority, together with a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification
authorizing such delegation, and, in each case, delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day,” when used
with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means,
unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities issued pursuant to Section 301, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday,
that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or particular location are authorized
or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
“Capital Stock” means, with
respect to any Person, any capital stock (including preferred stock), shares, interests, participations or other ownership interests
(however designated) of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for corporate stock),
warrants or options to purchase any thereof.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream
Banking Luxembourg, société anonyme, or its successor.
“Closing Price” means the
closing price of a share of Common Stock of the Company as reported on The NASDAQ Capital Market.
“Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.
“Commission” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after execution of
this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then
the body performing such duties on such date.
“Common Depository” has the
meaning specified in Section 304.
“Common Stock” means, with
respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock issued by such Person other than Preferred Stock.
“Company” means the Person
named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor corporation.
“Company Request” and “Company
Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by the Chief Executive Officer,
the President, or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the
Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Constituent Person” has
the meaning specified in Section 1611.
“Conversion Event” means
the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency both by the government of the country which issued such currency and for the settlement
of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU both
within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities
or (iii) any currency unit (or composite currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was established.
“Conversion Price” has the
meaning specified in Section 1601.
“Corporate Trust Office”
means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at [_______].
“corporation” includes corporations,
associations, companies and business trusts.
“coupon” means any interest
coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
“Covenant Defeasance” has
the meaning specified in Section 1403.
“Custodian” has the meaning
specified in Section 501.
“Defaulted Interest” has
the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Defeasance” has the meaning
specified in Section 1402.
“Distribution Record Date”
has the meaning specified in Section 1611.
“Dividend Record Date” has
the meaning specified in Section 1604.
“Dollar” or the sign “$”
means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
“DTC” means The Depository
Trust Company and any successor to DTC in its capacity as depository for any Securities.
“ECU” means the European
Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to time by the Council of the European Communities.
“Euroclear” means the operator
of the Euroclear System.
“European Communities” means
the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
“European Monetary System”
means the European Monetary System established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Communities.
“Event of Default” has the
meaning specified in Article Five.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided,
however, that in the event the Exchange Act is amended after such date, “Exchange Act” means to the extent required
by any such amendment, the Exchange Act as so amended.
“Exchange Date” has the meaning
specified in Section 304.
“FINRA” means the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“Foreign Currency” means
any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the ECU issued by the government of one or more
countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
“GAAP” means, except as otherwise
provided herein, generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time, as used in the United States applied
on a consistent basis.
“Global Security” means a
Security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities issued to and registered in the name of the depository for such series,
or its nominee, in accordance with Section 305, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 203.
“Government Obligations”
means (i) securities which are (A) direct obligations of the United States of America or the government which issued the Foreign
Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged
or (B) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America
or such government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government, which,
in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (iii) a depository receipt issued by a
bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal
of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided
that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of
such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment
of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
“Holder” means, in the case
of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer
Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.
“Indenture” means this instrument
as originally executed or as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental hereto
entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established
as contemplated by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee
under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such
Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the or
those particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however,
of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, regardless of when
such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental
hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
“Indexed Security” means
a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
“Interest,” when used with
respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, shall mean interest payable
after Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date,”
when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Make-Whole Amount,” when
used with respect to any Security, means the amount, if any, in addition to principal (and accrued interest thereon, if any) which
is required by a Security, under the terms and conditions specified therein or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301, to be paid by the Company to the Holder thereof in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of such
Security.
“Mandatory sinking fund payment”
has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
“Market Value of the Distribution”
has the meaning specified in Section 1604.
“Maturity,” when used with
respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal (or, if the context so requires, in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security, or lesser amount or, in the case of an Indexed Security, an amount determined in accordance with the specified
terms of that Security) of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or
otherwise.
“Officers’ Certificate”
means a certificate signed by the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a Vice President (whether or not designated by a number
or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means
a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or who may be an employee of or other counsel for the Company.
“Optional sinking fund payment”
has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
“Original Issue Discount Security”
means any Security which provides for an amount (excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest thereon) less
than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
“Outstanding,” when used
with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the
Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose
payment or redemption (including repayment at the option of the Holder) money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if
the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided,
however, that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided
in Sections 1402 and 1403, with respect to which the Company has effected Defeasance and/or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant
to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that
such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the
calculations required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in
making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount
of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon
a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated
in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for
such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined pursuant to Section 301 as of the date such Security is originally
issued by the Company, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as
of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, (iii) the principal
amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding
for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided
with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities owned as provided in clause (iv) above which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded
as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to
such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor. 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.
“Paying Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Securities
or coupons on behalf of the Company.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity or organization.
“Place of Payment,” when
used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
“Predecessor Security” of
any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular
Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for
or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
“Preferred Stock” means,
with respect to any Person, all capital stock issued by such Person that is entitled to a preference or priority over any other
capital stock issued by such Person with respect to any distribution of such Person’s assets, whether by dividend or upon
any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
“Redemption Date,” when used
with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption Price,” when
used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price specified in the related Officers’ Certificate or supplemental
indenture contemplated by and pursuant to Section 301, at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Reference Date” has the
meaning specified in Section 1604.
“Registered Security” shall
mean any Security which is registered in the Security Register.
“Regular Record Date” for
the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date specified
for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301, whether or not a Business Day.
“Repayment Date” means, when
used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by or pursuant to
this Indenture.
“Repayment Price” means,
when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid by or pursuant
to this Indenture.
“Responsible Officer,” when
used with respect to the Trustee, means any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before
or after the title “Vice President”), Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer working in
its Corporate Trust Department, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by any of the above designated officers and working in its Corporate Trust Department, and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge and familiarity
with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“Rights” has the meaning
specified in Section 1604.
“Rights Record Date” has
the meaning specified in Section 1604.
“Security” and “Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting
as Trustee under this Indenture, “Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall
have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
“Security Register” and “Security
Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
A “Series” of Securities
means all securities denoted as part of the same series authorized by or pursuant to a particular Board Resolution.
“Short Term Rights” has the
meaning specified in Section 1604.
“Special Record Date” for
the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Company pursuant
to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity,” when used
with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security
or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment
of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Trading Day” means any day
on which The NASDAQ Capital Market is open for business.
“Trigger Events” has the
meaning specified in Section 1604.
“Trust Indenture Act” or
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in force at the date as of which this Indenture
was executed, except as provided in Section 905.
“Trustee” means the Person
named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee”
as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“Unadjusted Distribution”
has the meaning specified in Section 1604.
“United States” means, unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, the United States of America (including the states
and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
“United States Person” means,
unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a citizen or resident of
the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or
an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source.
“Yield to Maturity” means
the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of
interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation
principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture,
the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion
of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application
or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to
such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (including certificates delivered pursuant to Section 1008)
shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing
such certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and
scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each
such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such condition or covenant has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion
of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered
to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person,
it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be
so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and
one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one
or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of
the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a certificate or representations
by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion, certificate or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel or certificate
or representations may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information as to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company,
unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or
execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture,
they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities
of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture
to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of
Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a
combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective
when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required,
to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any
such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person
of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company and
any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of
Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any
Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such
instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other
than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and
date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Registered Securities
shall be proved by the Security Register. As to any matter relating to beneficial ownership interests in any Global Security, the
appropriate depository’s records shall be dispositive for purposes of this Indenture.
(d) The ownership of Bearer Securities may
be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depository, by any trust company, bank,
banker or other depository, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that
at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depository, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate
or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer
Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security
is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered
in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities
may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders
of Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may,
at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to
give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation
to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board
Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection
therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at
the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the
requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date;
provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless
it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the
Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or upon the conversion thereof or in exchange therefor
or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying
Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee
and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided
or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at [_______]
or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Company by the Trustee, Attention: [_______]; or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, Attention: [_______]; or
(3) either the Trustee or the Company, by the
other party or by any Holder, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if given by facsimile transmission, receipt confirmed
by telephone followed by an original copy delivered by guaranteed overnight courier; if to the Trustee at facsimile number [_______];
and if to the Company at facsimile number [_______].
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the Company or the Trustee, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date,
if any, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders
of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to
any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the
sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner
herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives
such notice.
If by reason of the suspension of or irregularities
in regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification
to Holders of Registered Securities as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification
to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein
or otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders
of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City
of New York and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day, such publication to be not
later than the latest date, if any, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any
such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once, on the date of
the first such publication.
If by reason of the suspension of publication
of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish any notice
to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure
to give notice by publication to any particular Holder of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so
published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published
notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in
any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event,
and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. Counterparts; Effect of Headings
and Table of Contents. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed
to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. Severability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or coupons, if any, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. Governing Law. This Indenture
and the Securities and coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Indenture
is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays. In any
case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of
any Security or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert or exchange a Security shall not be a Business Day at
any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security or coupon other than a provision
in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof), payment of interest
or principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or conversion or exchange of such Security need not be made at such Place
of Payment on such date, but (except as otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture with respect to such Security) may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity, or on such last day
for conversion or exchange, provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may
be.
SECTION 113. Limited Liability; Immunity
of Stockholders, Directors, Officers and Agents of the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities of any series to the contrary, no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture or in any Security, or for the payment of any sums due on account of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, including without
limitation principal, premium or interest, if any, or for any claim based on this Indenture or any Security or otherwise in respect
of this Indenture or any Security, shall be had, whether by levy or execution or otherwise, against (i) the Company, the Company’s
assets or against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer, director or agent, as such, of the Company or any
successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute, constitutional provision or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty, or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, nor shall any such parties
be personally liable for any such amounts, obligations or claims, or liable for any deficiency judgment based thereon or with respect
thereto, it being expressly understood that the sole remedies hereunder or under any other document with respect to the Securities
against such parties with respect to such amounts, obligations or claims shall be against the Company and that all such liability
of and recourse against such parties is expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as
part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 114. Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be
included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision
of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter
provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO - SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of Securities.
The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or in such other form as shall be established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto or approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section 301, shall have such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental
hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required
to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any over-the-counter
market or securities exchange, on which the Securities may be quoted or listed, or to conform to usage.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, Bearer Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall
be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved
borders or mechanically reproduced on safety paper or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing
such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate
of Authentication. Subject to Section 611, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global
Form. If Securities of or within a series are issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities, then, notwithstanding
clause (8) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, any such Global Security or Securities may provide that it or they
shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the
terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Global
Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders thereof, of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made (or caused to be made) by the Trustee in such manner or by such Person or Persons
as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or 304. Subject to
the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in permanent
global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order.
If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with
respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section
303 shall apply to any Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and
the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section
102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any,
and interest on any Global Security in permanent global form shall be made to the registered Holder thereof.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308
and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall
treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent Global Security (i) in the case
of a permanent Global Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent Global Security in registered form, or (ii) in
the case of a permanent Global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or Clearstream.
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“This Security is a Global Security within
the meaning set forth in the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee of a
Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee
only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to
a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the
Depository or its nominee to a successor Depository or its nominee.”
ARTICLE THREE - THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable
in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more
series, each of which shall be authorized pursuant to Board Resolutions of the Company. There shall be established in one or more
Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303, set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series:
(1) The title of the Securities of the series,
including “CUSIP” numbers (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from all other series of Securities);
(2) Any limit upon the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or upon conversion of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305) and the minimum authorized denominations with respect to the Securities
of such series;
(3) The price (expressed as a percentage of
the principal amount thereof) at which such Securities will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion
of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof or (if applicable) the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities that is convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock or the method by which any
such portion shall be determined;
(4) If convertible, the terms on which such
Securities are convertible, including the initial conversion price or rate and the conversion period and any applicable limitations
on the ownership or transferability of Common Stock or Preferred Stock receivable on conversion;
(5) The date or dates, or the method for determining
such date or dates, on which the principal of such Securities will be payable;
(6) The rate or rates (which may be fixed or
variable), or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, at which such Securities will bear interest, if any;
(7) The date or dates, or the method for determining
such date or dates, from which any such interest will accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest will be payable,
the Regular Record Dates for such Interest Payment Dates, or the method by which such dates shall be determined, the Persons to
whom such interest shall be payable, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months;
(8) The Make-Whole Amount, if any, or method
for determining the Make-Whole Amount, if any, payable with respect to such Securities, and the terms upon which such amount, if
any, will be payable;
(9) The place or places where the principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities will be payable, where such Securities may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or conversion or exchange and where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect
of such Securities and this Indenture may be served;
(10) The period or periods, if any, within
which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities may, pursuant to any optional
or mandatory redemption provisions, be redeemed, as a whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(11) The obligation, if any, of the Company
to redeem, repay or purchase such Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof,
and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities
will be redeemed, repaid or purchased, as a whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(12) If other than Dollars, the currency or
currencies in which such Securities are denominated and payable, which may be a foreign currency or units of two or more foreign
currencies or a composite currency or currencies, the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars for purposes of the
definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101, and the terms and conditions relating thereto;
(13) Whether the amount of payments of principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, including any amount due upon redemption, if any) or interest on such Securities
may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may, but need not be, based
on the yield on or trading price of other securities, including United States Treasury securities or on a currency, currencies,
currency unit or units, or composite currency or currencies) and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(14) Whether the principal of (and premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or
a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies other than that in which
such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of, and identity of the exchange rate agent with responsibility for,
determining the exchange rate between the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in
which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which such Securities are to be so payable;
(15) Provisions, if any, granting special rights
to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;
(16) Any deletions from, modifications of or
additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events
of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(17) Whether and under what circumstances the
Company will pay any additional amounts on such Securities in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so,
whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities in lieu of making such payment;
(18) Whether Securities of the series are to
be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer,
sale or delivery of Bearer Securities and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of the series and vice versa (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether any Securities of the series
are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent
global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Security may,
or shall be required to, exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination
and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may, or shall be required to, occur, if other than in the manner provided
in the Indenture, and, if Registered Securities of the series are to be issuable as a Global Security, the identity of the depository
for such series;
(19) The date as of which any Bearer Securities
of the series and any temporary Global Security representing outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than
the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;
(20) The Person to whom any interest on any
Registered Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest the manner in which, or the Person
to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender
of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable
on a temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided herein; provided,
however, in each case, that the manner of determining such Person or making such payment shall be acceptable to the Trustee (as
not imposing on it any undue administrative burden or risk of liability);
(21) The applicability, if any, of the Defeasance
and Covenant Defeasance provisions of Article Fourteen hereof to the Securities of the series;
(22) The obligation, if any, of the Company
to permit the conversion of the Securities of such series into Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, and the terms
and conditions upon which such conversion shall be effected (including, without limitation, the initial conversion price or rate,
the conversion period, any adjustment of the applicable conversion price and any requirements relative to the reservation of such
shares for purposes of conversion);
(23) If the Securities of such series are to
be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon
receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such certificates,
documents or conditions;
(24) Designation of the Trustee, if different
from the Trustee under the Indenture, with respect to such series and the terms applicable to such Trustee (which shall be accepted
by such Trustee by its execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture as provided therein); and
(25) Any other terms of the series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons
appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case of Registered Securities,
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution (subject to Section 303) and
set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need
not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for
issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any
series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of such action(s)
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery
of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series.
SECTION 302. Denominations. The Securities
of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities
of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities
of such series, other than Global Securities (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and
any integral multiple thereof or the equivalent amounts thereof in the case of Securities denominated in the Foreign Currency or
currency unit.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating. The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chief Executive Officer, its President, or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon, and attested
by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities and coupons may
be manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced
on the Securities.
Securities and coupons bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding
that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities
or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any coupon appertaining
thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery
of such Securities (accompanied by a copy of the Board Resolution and the Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture
contemplated by Section 301), and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities;
provided, however, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise
delivered to any location in the United States; and provided further that, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with its original issuance
only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate to Euroclear or Clearstream, as
the case may be, in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1 to this Indenture or such other certificate as may be specified by
the Company with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier
of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any temporary Security first becomes exchangeable
for such Bearer Security in accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture. If any Security shall be represented
by a permanent Global Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner’s
interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security shall be
deemed to be delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global
Security. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant
coupons for interest then matured have been detached and canceled.
If all the Securities of any series are not
to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company
Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular
Securities of such series, such as interest rate or formula, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall
accrue. In authenticating 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 TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected
in relying upon,
(i) an Opinion of Counsel stating that
(a) the form or forms of such
Securities and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) the terms of such Securities
and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(c) such Securities, together
with any coupons appertaining thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this
Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
legal, valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles; and
(ii) an Officers’ Certificate stating
that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been complied with
and that, to the best of the knowledge of the signers of such certificate, no Event of Default with respect to any of the Securities
shall have occurred and be continuing.
If such form or terms have been so established,
the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities (or to enter into the related supplemental indenture, if applicable)
if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, obligations or immunities
under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301
and of the preceding paragraph, if all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary
to deliver an Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or a Company Order, or an Opinion of Counsel
or an Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to the preceding paragraph at the time of issuance of each Security
of such series, but such order, opinion and certificates, with appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, shall
be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section 301.
No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security or Security to which
such coupon appertains a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee
(subject to Section 611) by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security (including a Global Security) shall have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not
be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes
of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
(a) Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially
of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form, or, if authorized, in bearer form
with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the
case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Global Securities
(which shall be exchanged as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture pursuant to Section 301), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities
of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any non-matured coupons appertaining
thereto), the Company shall execute (in accordance with a Company Order delivered at or prior to the authentication of the first
definitive security to such series) and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount
of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided further that a definitive
Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth
in Section 303. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 301, the following provisions of this Section 304(b) shall
govern the exchange of temporary Securities other than through the facilities of the DTC. If any such temporary Security is issued
in global form, then such temporary Global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London office
of a depository or common depository upon and pursuant to written direction of the Company (the “Common Depository”),
for the benefit of Euroclear and Clearstream, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities
(or to such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay but in any event not
later than the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary Global Security (the “Exchange
Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such temporary Global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange Date, such temporary Global Security
shall be surrendered by the Common Depository to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in
whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary Global Security to be exchanged. The
definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary Global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form,
permanent global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section
301, and, if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof (as directed by or pursuant
to information provided by the Common Depository); provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary
Global Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depository, such temporary Global Security shall be accompanied by a certificate
dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary Global Security held for
its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Clearstream as to
the portion of such temporary Global Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit
B-2 to this Indenture or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301; and provided further
that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Security only in compliance
with the requirements of Section 303.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary
Global Security, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary Global Security shall be exchanged
for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs Euroclear
or Clearstream, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf and delivers to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case
may be, a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established
pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be available
from the offices of Euroclear and Clearstream, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and
each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge
to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the
cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like unless such Person takes delivery of such definitive Securities in person
at the offices of Euroclear or Clearstream. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of
a temporary Global Security shall be delivered only to an address located outside the United States.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided,
the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such
series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date
upon delivery by Euroclear and Clearstream to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit
B-2 to this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further interest
on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global
Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate
dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set forth as
Exhibit B-1 to this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the certification requirements
of the preceding two paragraphs of this Section 304(b) and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the interests
of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary Global Security with respect to which such certification was made
will be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange Date or the date of certification
if such date occurs after the Exchange Date, without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise provided
in this paragraph, no payments of principal or interest owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary Global Security
will be made unless and until such interest in such temporary Global Security shall have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive
Security. Any interest so received by Euroclear and Clearstream and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee
prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company.
With respect to Exhibit B-1 or B-2
to this Indenture, the Company may, in its discretion and if required or desirable under applicable law, substitute one or more
other forms of such exhibits for such exhibits, eliminate the requirement that any or all certificate be provided, or change the
time that any certificate may be required, provided that such substitute form or forms or notice of elimination or
change of such certification requirement have theretofore been delivered to the Trustee with a Company Request and such form or
forms, elimination or change is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration
of Transfer, Conversion and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in
any office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a register for each series of Securities (the registers maintained in
such office or in any such office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to collectively
as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Security Register shall be
in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee, at its Corporate
Trust Office, is hereby initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Registered Securities
and transfers of Registered Securities on such Security Register as herein provided. In the event that the Trustee shall cease
to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine, and be provided a copy of, the Security Register at all reasonable
times.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 305,
upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any office or agency of the Company in
a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations
and of a like aggregate principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and containing identical terms and
provisions.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 305,
at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series,
of any authorized denomination or denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions,
upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any such Registered Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) permitted by the applicable
Board Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officers’ Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental
hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged
for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor,
upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured
coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons
or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by
payment in funds acceptable to the Company (or to the Trustee for the Security in case of matured coupons in default) in an amount
equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by
the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and
any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon
in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange for a Registered Security
of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before
the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before
the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security
shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be,
and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable
only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, any permanent Global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph.
If the depository for any permanent Global Security is DTC, then, unless the terms of such Global Security expressly permit such
Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive Securities, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but
not in part, only to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC, or to a successor to DTC for such Global Security selected
or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor to DTC. If at any time DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as depository for the applicable Global Security or Securities or if at any time DTC ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act if so required by applicable law or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor
depository with respect to such Global Security or Securities. If (w) a successor depository for such Global Security or Securities
is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such unwillingness, inability
or ineligibility, (x) the Company delivers to the Trustee for Securities of such series in registered form a Company Order stating
that the Securities of such series shall be exchangeable, (y) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the beneficial
owners representing a majority in principal amount of the applicable series of Securities represented by such Global Security or
Securities advise DTC to cease acting as depository for such Global Security or Securities or (z) the Company, in its sole discretion,
determines at any time that all Outstanding Securities (but not less than all) of any series issued or issuable in the form of
one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities, then the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, definitive Securities of like series, rank, tenor and terms in definitive form
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security or Securities. If any beneficial owner of
an interest in a permanent global Security is otherwise entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of
like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided
that any applicable notice provided in the permanent Global Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but
in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial
owner’s interest in such permanent Global Security. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged,
such permanent Global Security shall be surrendered for exchange by DTC or such other depository as shall be specified in the Company
Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose; provided, however, that
no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities to
be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among those selected
for redemption; and provided further that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent Global
Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange
for any portion of a permanent Global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on
(i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date,
or (ii) any Special Record Date and the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of
Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed
date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent
Global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration
of transfer or conversion or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or conversion
or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or for conversion, exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar)
be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar,
duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to the Holder
for any registration of transfer or conversion or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or conversion
or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 not involving any transfer.
The Company or the Trustee, as applicable, shall
not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may be among those selected for
redemption during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before selection of the Securities to be redeemed under
Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on (A) if such Securities are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day
of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if such Securities are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the
first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if such Securities are also issuable as Registered Securities and there
is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Registered Security to be redeemed in part,
the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a
Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor, provided that such Registered
Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security
which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so
repaid.
Furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision
of this Section 305, the Company will not be required to exchange any Securities if, as a result of the exchange, the Company would
suffer adverse consequences under any United States law or regulation.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to
the Trustee or the Company, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the
Trustee to save each of them or any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions
and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the
surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and
to the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon, and (ii) such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall
execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security
or in exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed,
lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed,
lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous
two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any,
appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains,
pay such Security or coupon if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee for such Security such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and in the case of destruction, loss or theft,
evidence satisfactory to the Company and Trustee and any agent of any of them of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security
and the ownership thereof; provided, however, that payment of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any), and interest, if any, on, Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office
or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer
Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under
this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series with its coupons,
if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in exchange for a Security to which
a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether
or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and
all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive
and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved. Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of
Section 301, interest on any Registered Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest payment at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such
purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that each installment of interest on any Registered Security
may at the Company’s option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the
Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) transfer
to an account maintained by the payee located inside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a Bearer Security, by
transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 301, every permanent Global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid
to DTC, Euroclear and/or Clearstream, as the case may be, with respect to that portion of such permanent Global Security held for
its account by Cede & Co. or the Common Depository, as the case may be, for the purpose of permitting such party to credit
the interest received by it in respect of such permanent Global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered
in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment
for such series) on any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and
interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer
Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to
a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, any interest on any Registered Security of any series
that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue
of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in
clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of
any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
to be paid on each Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall not be less than 20 days
after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment
and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
of Registered Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice
to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment, but such publications shall not be a condition
precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Registered
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered
at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close
of business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on
the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating
to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any over-the-counter
market or securities exchange on which such Securities may be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
market or exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or upon conversion of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior
to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), and (subject to Sections 305 and 307)
interest on, such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All
such payments so made to any such Person, or upon such Person’s order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums
so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for money payable upon any such Security.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons
appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Holder of any Bearer Security and the Holder of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of
receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any
Global Security held on its behalf by a depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security
and such depository (which is the Holder of such security) shall be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee, as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying
Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments
made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records
relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect
to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from
giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depository, as a Holder, with respect
to such Global Security or impair, as between such depository and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation
of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depository (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.
SECTION 309. Cancellation. All Securities
and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or conversion
or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee, and any such Securities and coupons and Securities and coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such
purpose, upon direction by the Company, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as
a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. Cancelled Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be
disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary practices (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange
Act).
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series, interest on the Securities
of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers. The Company
in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that
no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice
of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of
any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR - SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge
of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities
specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or conversion or exchange of Securities
of such series herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, and at the expense of the Company,
shall execute instruments in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture as to such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities
surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been
waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing
after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons
of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in
the case of (i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable,
or
(ii) will become due and payable
at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option
of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which
have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee
an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606, the obligations
of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 and, if money shall have been deposited with and held by the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph
of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Funds.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall
be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), and any interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE - REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default. “Event
of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to any particular series of Securities, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether or not it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation
of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest
on any Security of that series or of any coupon appertaining thereto, when such interest or coupon becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal
of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund
payment, to the extent applicable to such series of Securities, when and as due by the terms of any Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach,
of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture with respect to any Security of that series (other than a covenant
or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly
been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee
or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series
a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice
of Default” hereunder; or
(5) default under any bond, debenture, note,
mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness
for money borrowed by the Company, having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $30,000,000, whether such indebtedness
now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due
and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged,
or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered
or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause
such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice
of Default” hereunder; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 602, the Trustee
shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have knowledge
of such default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder
of any such indebtedness or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or
(6) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning
of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of
an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment
of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(D) makes a general assignment
for the benefit of its creditors; or
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters
an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company
in an involuntary case,
(B) appoints a Custodian of
the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(C) orders the liquidation of
the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with
respect to Securities of that series.
As used in this Section 501, the term “Bankruptcy
Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors and the term “Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and
is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if Securities of that Series are Original Issue Discount Securities
or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities of that series
to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon
any such declaration such principal or specified portion thereof shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration
with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration of acceleration and its
consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with
the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series):
(A) all overdue installments of interest
on all Outstanding Securities of that series and any related coupons,
(B) the principal of (and premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Outstanding Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration
of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of
such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities,
and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by
the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities
of that series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on Securities
of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section
513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness
and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment
of interest on any Security of any series and any related coupon when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues
for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the
principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Security of any series at its Maturity,
then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee,
for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series and coupons, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities
and coupons for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, with interest upon any overdue principal (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue
installments of interest at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the
collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities of such series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable
in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities of such series, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities
of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights
of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of any
series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest)
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole
amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of principal (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator
(or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities of such series and
coupons to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor
Trustee under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security or coupon any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof,
or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and
also any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the
Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the
Securities parties to any such proceedings.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities or Coupons. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Securities
or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production
thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed
by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any)
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment
if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee
and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due
and unpaid upon the Securities and coupons for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, in respect of
which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any)
and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any,
to the Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupon shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture or the Securities or any related coupon, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for
any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written
notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to
the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance
with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt
of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written
request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders
shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of
such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture or the Securities, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal
and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders
to Receive Principal, Premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such Security or payment of such
coupon on the respective due dates expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date)
and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and coupons
shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder
and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons
in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of
Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any
Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and
as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders of Securities.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust
or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict
with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which
might involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of such series not joining therein.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right
of the Trustee in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction
by Holders.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders
of all the Securities of such series and any related coupons waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security of such series or any related coupons, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision
hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of
such series affected; or
(3) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
for the benefit or protection of the Trustee, without its express written consent.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension
Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead,
or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or
at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs. All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that
any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
ARTICLE SIX - THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults. Within
90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit
in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment
of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, or in the payment of
any sinking or purchase fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities
and coupons of such series; and provided further that in the case of any default or breach of the character specified
in Section 501(4) with respect to the Securities and coupons of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at
least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which
is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series.
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d):
(1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall
be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original or
facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than delivery of any Security, together
with any coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently
evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this
Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of
its own selection and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation
to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities
of any series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security
or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make
any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to
do by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; provided
that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it
in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded
to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition
to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such examination shall be paid by the Holders or, if paid by the Trustee, shall
be repaid by the Holders upon demand. The Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall
be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, relevant to the facts or matters that are the subject of
its inquiry, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability
of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts
or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(9) any permissive right or power available
to the Trustee under this Indenture or any supplement hereto shall not be construed to be a mandatory duty or obligation;
(10) the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of any matter (including any default, other than as described in Section 501(1), (2) or (3)) unless and except to the
extent actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or to the extent written notice thereof is received by the Trustee
at the Corporate Trust Office;
(11) the Trustee shall have no liability for
any inaccuracy in the books and records of, or for any actions or omissions of, DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or any depository
acting on behalf of any of them;
(12) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities
and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable
by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed by the Trustee to act
hereunder; and
(13) the Trustee may request that the Company
deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time
to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized
to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered
and not superseded.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Except during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Trustee undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 603. Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication,
and in any coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes
any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture
or of the Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture,
authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable
for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall have no responsibility with
respect to any information, statement or recital in any offering prospectus or other disclosure materials prepared or distributed
with respect to the Securities.
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or
any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating
Agent or such other agent.
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The
Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with
the Company.
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee as agreed upon in
writing from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, to reimburse each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, and disbursements
incurred by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense or disbursement as shall be determined to have been
caused by its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred without negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust
or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders
services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) or Section 501(8), the expenses (including the reasonable
charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
As security for the performance of the obligations
of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien for payment of the Trustee’s fees and expenses prior to
the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment
of principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on particular Securities or any coupons.
The provisions of this Section shall survive
the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility; Conflicting Interests. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee
under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have at all times a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or which shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 and whose ultimate parent holding company shall have a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If the Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements
of Federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section,
the combined capital and surplus of the Trustee shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. Neither the
Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve
as Trustee.
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee
and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by
the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with
respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance
by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation,
the resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time
with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have
been delivered to the Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition,
at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with
the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible
under Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of
acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation
or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee and appoint
a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder of a Security who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed
or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect to the Securities
of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees
with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with
respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any particular series). If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence
of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation
and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series in the manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 106. Each notice shall
include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment
by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of
a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of
the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for
in Section 606.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto,
pursuant to Article Nine hereof, wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment
of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing
herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee
shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee,
such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee,
the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee
all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 609, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities or coupons shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities or coupons so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities or coupons. In case any Securities or coupons shall not have been authenticated
by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in either its
own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of
authentication of the Trustee.
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating
Agent. At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents
with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon conversion or exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or repayment thereof, and Securities
so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated
by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture
to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference
shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of
authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under
the laws of the United States of America or of any state or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal
or state authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements
of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of
such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating
Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall
be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities
may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series and to the Company. The Trustee for
any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination
to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in
case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee
for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of
such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner
set forth in Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with
all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent
herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating
Agent from time to time reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for its services under this
Section, subject to Section 606.
If an appointment with respect to one or more
series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of
the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the within- mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION 612. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
of the Trustee.
(a) With respect to the Securities of any series,
except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series:
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any
such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but shall
not be under any duty to verify the contents or accuracy thereof.
(b) In case an Event of Default with respect
to the Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to Securities of such series, exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be
construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed
to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it; and, the Trustee shall be under
no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holder, unless such Holder shall
have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 612.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest
on any money or assets held by it except to the extent the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Assets held in trust
by the Trustee need not be segregated from other assets except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE SEVEN - HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses
of Holders. Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee
that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be
held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance
with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee. The
Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required by
TIA Section 313 at the times and in the manner provided by the TIA, which shall initially be not less than every twelve months
commencing on [______], 20[__]. A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each over-the-counter market or securities exchange, if any, upon which any Securities are quoted or listed, with
the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are quoted or listed on any over-the-counter
market or securities exchange or delisted therefrom.
SECTION 703. Reports by Company. The
Company will:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after
the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and
other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then it
will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission,
such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange
Act in respect of a security quoted or listed and registered on an over-the-counter market or national securities exchange as may
be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission,
in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents
and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from
time to time by such rules and regulations;
(3) transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities,
within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), such
summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and
(4) delivery of such reports, information
and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance
with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
SECTION 704. Company to Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semiannually, not later than 15 days after
the Regular Record Date for interest for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the Holders of Registered Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date, or if there is
no Regular Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semiannually, upon such dates as are set forth in the Board
Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as
of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished,
provided, however, that, so long as the Trustee is
the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.
ARTICLE EIGHT - CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE,
LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. Consolidations and Mergers
of Company and Sales, Leases and Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions. The Company may consolidate with, or
sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into any other corporation, provided that in
any such case, (1) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor corporation shall be a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the United States or a State thereof and such successor corporation shall expressly assume
the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and any interest on all of the Securities,
according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture
to be performed by the Company by supplemental indenture, complying with Article Nine hereof, satisfactory to the Trustee, executed
and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation, (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness
which becomes an obligation of the Company as a result thereof as having been incurred by the Company at the time of such transaction,
no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
occurred and be continuing and (3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion
of Counsel required pursuant to Section 803 below.
SECTION 802. Rights and Duties of Successor
Corporation. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance and upon any such assumption by the successor
corporation, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had
been named herein as the party of the first part, and the predecessor corporation, except in the event of a lease, shall be relieved
of any further obligation under this Indenture and the Securities. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed,
and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore
shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation, instead
of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate
and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee
for authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture
as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities
had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
lease or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be
issued as may be appropriate.
SECTION 803. Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel. Any consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance permitted under Section 801 is also subject to
the condition that the Trustee receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that any such consolidation,
merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and the assumption by any successor corporation, complies with the provisions of this Article
and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
ARTICLE NINE - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person
to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained herein and in the Securities;
or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company
for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than
all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default
for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less
than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series); provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture
may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case
of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee
upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of
Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions
on the payment of principal of or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities
to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities
of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided that any
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material
respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding
of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;
or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities
of any series and any related coupons as permitted or contemplated by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance
of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any
of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder
by more than one Trustee; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement
any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
provided such provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons
in any material respect; or
(10) to supplement any of the provisions of
this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the Defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities
pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or
(11) to make provisions with respect to Holders’
rights of conversion with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Article Sixteen.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with
Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities
affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal
of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security; or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon, or any premium or Make-Whole Amount payable upon the redemption
thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon a declaration
of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section
504, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where,
or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, any Security or any premium
or Make-Whole Amount or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or
after the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be), or (if Securities of such series are convertible) adversely
affect the right of the Holder to convert any Security as provided in Article Sixteen; or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver with respect to such series (or compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section
1504 for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section,
Section 513 or Section 1009, except to increase the required percentage to effect such action or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby, provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in
the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section 902 and Section 1009, or the deletion of this
proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 609(b) and 901(11).
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders
under this Section 902 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such
Act shall approve the substance thereof.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates
any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular
series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or
other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article
or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 612) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith,
and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore
or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture
Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture
Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any
matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified
as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN - COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any; and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series
of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on
the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such series of Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due
on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such
interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. Unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities
of any series pursuant to Section 301, at the option of the Company (upon written notice to the Trustee), all payments of principal
may be paid by check to the registered Holder of the Registered Security or other Person entitled thereto against surrender of
such Security.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any
series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion,
where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or conversion or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a
series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain: (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an
office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion, where
any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for conversion or exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series
and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered
for payment or conversion in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise); (B) subject to any laws
or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office
or agency where Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however,
that if the Securities of that series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange
shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in any required city located outside
the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange; and (C) subject to
any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or
agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that
series may be surrendered for conversion or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any change in the location, of each such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related
coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment or conversion at the offices specified in the Security, in London, England,
and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands,
and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, no payment of principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount or interest on Bearer Securities shall
be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by
transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that, if the Securities
of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium or Make-Whole Amount and interest on any Bearer Security
shall be made at the office of the Company’s Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only
if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, or interest, as the case may be, at
all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture,
is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may from time to time designate
one or more other offices or agencies (in or outside the Place of Payment) where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however,
that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office
or agency. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities,
the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities, each of (i) the office or agency of the Company
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and (ii) the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (as Paying Agent); and the
Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in such city; and the Company hereby
initially appoints as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands each of the Trustee, at its
Corporate Trust Office.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or
(ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of the Indenture, then the Company
will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one exchange rate agent (of which it
shall give written notice to the Trustee).
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments
to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of any Securities
and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), or
interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more
Paying Agents for any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the
currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient
to pay the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest and (unless such Paying Agent
is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for
any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment
of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default
by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any such payment of principal (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any
such default upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose
of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying
Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon
the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying
Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
Except as otherwise provided in the Securities
of any series, and subject to applicable laws, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company,
in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest has become due
and payable shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust;
and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment of such
principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security, without interest thereon, and all liability
of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall
thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Existence. Subject to Article
Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, all material rights (by certificate of incorporation, bylaws and statute) and material franchises; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all of its material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in
good condition, repair and working order, normal wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted, and supplied with all necessary
equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof (and the
Company may take out of service for a period of time, any of its properties that have been condemned or suffered any loss due to
casualty in order to make such repairs, betterments and improvements), all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be prevented from (i) removing permanently any property that has been condemned or suffered
a loss due to casualty based on the Company’s reasonable judgment that such removal is in the best interest of the Company,
or (ii) selling or otherwise disposing of its properties for value in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 1006. Insurance. The Company
will cause its insurable properties to be insured against loss or damage in an amount deemed reasonable by the Board of Directors
with insurers of recognized responsibility.
SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims. The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all
taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or upon the income, profits or property of the Company, and
(2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any
such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1008. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s
compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance
and the nature and status thereof. For purposes of this Section 1008, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
SECTION 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1004 to 1008,
inclusive, if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all outstanding
Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance
with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN - REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and
(except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice
to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In
case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least
45 days prior to the giving of the notice of redemption in Section 1104 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee),
notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case
of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities
or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance
with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities
to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series issued on the same day with the same terms are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from
the Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with the same terms not previously called for redemption, by such
method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal
to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount
of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company
and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the
context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed
or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption. Notice
of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, unless a shorter period is specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301, to each Holder of Securities
to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption
as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of any other such Security or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holders of
Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price, accrued interest
to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, if any,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities
of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular
Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed
in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such
Security, the holder will receive, without a charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal
amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption
Price and accrued interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, if any, will become due and payable upon
each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and
after said date,
(6) the Place or Places of Payment where such
Securities, together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption
Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, or for conversion,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund,
if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such
notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent
to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee for such series and any Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are
to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged
for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date,
as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made,
(10) the CUSIP number of such Security, if
any, and
(11) if applicable, that a Holder of Securities
who desires to convert Securities for redemption must satisfy the requirements for conversion contained in such Securities, the
then existing conversion price or rate, the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and the date
and time when the option to convert shall expire.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed
at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and
at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting
as its own Paying Agent, which it may not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve, segregate and hold in
trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency
or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that
date.
If any Securities called for redemption are
converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption
of such Security shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such
trust.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption
Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date,
become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301
for the Securities of such series) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall, if the same
were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance
with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and
provided further that except as otherwise provided with respect to Securities convertible into the Company’s
Common Stock or Preferred Stock, installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at
the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption
shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting
from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon
or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require
to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or
any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall
be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall
not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Article Twelve)
shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
of such Security without service charge a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested
by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security
so surrendered. If a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
to the depository, without service charge, a new Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE - SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,”
and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities of any series is herein referred
to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any series, the cash amount
of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall
be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities. The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect
to the Securities of a series, (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of such series (other than any previously called for redemption)
together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto and (2) apply as a
credit Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities
or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, as provided for
by the terms of such Securities, or which have otherwise been acquired by the Company; provided that such Securities so
delivered or applied as a credit have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such
purpose by the Trustee at the applicable Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the
sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund. Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for Securities of any series, the Company will
deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment
for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash
in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) and the portion thereof,
if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, and the optional
amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered and credited. If such Officers’ Certificate shall specify an optional amount to be added in
cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such
sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the
name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption
of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN - REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF
HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.
Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance
with the terms of such Securities, if any, and (except as otherwise specified by the terms of such series established pursuant
to Section 301) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities.
Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided
in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest, if any, thereon
accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or prior
to the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units
or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities
of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued
interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option. Securities
of any series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an “Option to Elect Repayment”
form on the reverse of such Securities. In order for any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the Trustee must receive
at the Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or places of which the Company
shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 60 days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment
Date (1) the Security so providing for such repayment together with the “Option to Elect Repayment” form on the reverse
thereof duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) or (2) a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange, or the FINRA, or a commercial bank or trust company in
the United States setting forth the name of the Holder of the Security, the principal amount of the Security, the principal amount
of the Security to be repaid, the CUSIP number, if any, or a description of the tenor and terms of the Security, a statement that
the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a guarantee that the Security to be repaid, together with the duly
completed form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of the Security, will be received by the Trustee
not later than the fifth Business Day after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter; provided,
however, that such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if such Security and form duly
completed are received by the Trustee by such fifth Business Day. If less than the entire principal amount of such Security is
to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of
the minimum denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to
be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be
specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in
part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination
of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of
any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall
be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for
Repayment Become Due and Payable. If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof
shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities
or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the
Repayment Date therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons
for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon
surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto maturing after the Repayment Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company,
together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity
is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender
of such coupons; and provided further that, in the case of Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but without interest thereon, unless the Company shall default
in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close
of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment
shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such Security may be paid after deducting
from the amount payable therefor as provided in Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or
the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have
been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided,
however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
(except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation
and surrender of those coupons.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered
for repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued
to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in
the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the Company, a new Registered Security
or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN - DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Applicability of Article; Company’s
Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If, pursuant to Section 301, provision is made for either or both of (a)
Defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 1402 or (b) Covenant Defeasance of the Securities of or within
a series under Section 1403, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions
of this Article (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall
be applicable to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at
any time, with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 1402 (if applicable) or Section
1403 (if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article.
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a
series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Defeasance”).
For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented
by such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding”
only for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (A) and (B) below, and to
have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar
as such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely from
the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto when such payments
are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, and the Company’s
obligations under Section 606 hereof (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this
Article. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section notwithstanding
the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance. Upon
the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series,
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1004 to 1009, inclusive, and, if specified pursuant to Section
301, its obligations under any other covenant contained herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto, with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter,
“Covenant Defeasance”), and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not
“Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences
of any thereof) in connection with Sections 1004 to 1009, inclusive, or such other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding”
for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition
or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant
to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a default or an Event of
Default under Section 501(4) or 501(8) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 1402 or Section 1403 to any Outstanding
Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining thereto:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply
with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following
payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto, (1) an amount in such currency, currencies or currency unit in which such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or (2) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities
and coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the currency, currencies or currency unit in which such Securities
and coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal
and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment of principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, money
in an amount, or (3) a combination thereof, in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of
such principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest
and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 501(6) and 501(7) are concerned, at any
time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not
be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under Section
1402, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or
there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there
has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall
confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts,
in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under Section
1403, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred.
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the Defeasance
under Section 1402 or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 1403 (as the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that either (i) as a result of a deposit pursuant to subsection (a) above and the related exercise of the
Company’s option under Section 1402 or Section 1403 (as the case may be), registration is not required under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Company, with respect to the trust funds representing such deposit or by the Trustee for
such trust funds or (ii) all necessary registrations under said Act have been effected.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Section, such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions
or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(h) The payment of amounts payable to the
Trustee pursuant to this Indenture shall be paid or provided for to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee.
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government
Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1405, the “Trustee”)
pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be held
in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and
to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, but such money need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Security pursuant to Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(a) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security
in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such Security
to receive payment in a currency or currency unit other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(a) has been made
in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the currency or currency unit in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 1404(a) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any), and interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from
time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security
into the currency or currency unit in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based
on the applicable market exchange rate for such currency or currency unit in effect on the second Business Day prior to each payment
date, except, with respect to a Conversion Event, for such currency or currency unit in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time
of the Conversion Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee
against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1404
or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the
account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding,
subject to Section 606, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government
Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as applicable,
in accordance with this Article.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN - MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings
May Be Called. A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to
this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided
by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting
of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time and at such place as
the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place
of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in
Section 106, not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant
to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have
requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1501,
by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not
have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter
proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the
amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting for
such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at
Meetings. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one
or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders
of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present
or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their
counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action. The Persons
entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting
of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with
respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified
percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of
such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by
the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at the reconvening of any such
adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days; at the reconvening of
any meeting adjourned or further adjourned for lack of a quorum, the Persons entitled to vote 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the then Outstanding Securities shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original
meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1502(a), except that such notice
need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section
902, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be
adopted by the affirmative vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
represented at such meeting; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution
with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly
provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum
is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of
Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 1504, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with respect to any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given
or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the
Holders of such series and one or more additional series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement
for such meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action shall be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action has been made, given or taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights;
Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of
a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the
appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the
right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted
or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment
of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the Person executing the proxy
witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities.
Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine
without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in
writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of
Securities as provided in Section 1502(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting
shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security
of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of
any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the
meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series duly called pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled
to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting, and the meeting
may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1506. Counting Votes and Recording
Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by
written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives
by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them.
The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or
against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate
of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities
of any Series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports
of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the fact,
setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable,
Section 1504. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and
one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached
thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein
stated.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN - CONVERSION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1601. Applicability of Article; Conversion
Privilege and Conversion Price. Securities of any series which are convertible shall be convertible in accordance with their
terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article
Sixteen. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article Sixteen, at any time during the period specified in
the Securities, at the option of the Holder thereof, any Security or any portion of the principal amount thereof which is $1,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000 may be converted at the principal amount thereof, or of such portion thereof, into fully paid
and nonassessable shares (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a share) of Common Stock of the Company, at
the Conversion Price, determined as hereinafter provided, in effect at the time of conversion. In case a Security or portion thereof
is called for redemption, such conversion right in respect of the Security or portion so called shall expire at the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption,
in which case such conversion right shall terminate on the date such default is cured.
The price at which shares of Common Stock shall
be delivered upon conversion (herein called the “Conversion Price”) of Securities of any series shall be specified
in such Securities. The Conversion Price shall be adjusted in certain instances as provided in Section 1604.
In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise,
declare or make a distribution on its Common Stock referred to in paragraph (4) of Section 1604, the Holder of each Security, upon
the conversion thereof pursuant to this Article Sixteen subsequent to the close of business on the date fixed for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution and prior to the effectiveness of the Conversion Price adjustment in respect
of such distribution pursuant to paragraph (4) of Section 1604, shall be entitled to receive for each share of Common Stock into
which such Security is converted, the portion of the evidence of indebtedness, shares of Capital Stock or assets so distributed
applicable to one share of Common Stock; provided, however, that, at the election of the Company (whose election
shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution filed with the Trustee) with respect to all Holders so converting, the Company may, in
lieu of distributing to such Holder any portion of such distribution not consisting of cash or securities of the Company, pay such
Holder an amount in cash equal to the fair market value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination
shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution filed with the Trustee). If any conversion of a Security entitled to the
benefits described in the immediately preceding sentence occurs prior to the payment date for a distribution to holders of Common
Stock which the Holder of the Security so converted is entitled to receive in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence,
the Company may elect (such election to be evidenced by a Board Resolution filed with the Trustee) to distribute to such Holder
a due bill for the evidences of indebtedness, shares of Capital Stock or assets to which such Holder is so entitled, provided that
such due bill (i) meets any applicable requirements of the principal over-the-counter market or national securities exchange or
other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, and (ii) requires payment or delivery of such evidences of indebtedness
or assets no later than the date of payment or delivery thereof to holders of Common Stock receiving such distribution.
SECTION 1602. Exercise of Conversion Privilege.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Security to be converted shall surrender such Security, duly endorsed
or assigned to the Company or in blank, at any office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 1002, accompanied
by written notice to the Company at such office or agency that the Holder elects to convert such Security or, if less than the
entire principal amount thereof is to be converted, the portion thereof to be converted and shall comply with any additional requirements
set forth in such Security. Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record
Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except for Securities
the Maturity of which is prior to such Interest Payment Date) be accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company of an
amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of Securities being surrendered for
conversion and such interest shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date as provided in Section 307. Except as provided in the
preceding sentence, no payment or adjustment shall be made upon any conversion on account of any interest accrued on the Securities
surrendered for conversion or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock issued upon conversion.
The Company’s delivery to the Holder of
the fixed number of shares of the Common Stock of the Company (and any cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock) into
which the Security is convertible shall be deemed to satisfy the Company’s obligation to pay the principal amount of the
Security and all accrued interest and original issue discount that has not previously been paid. The shares of Common Stock of
the Company so delivered shall be treated as issued first in payment of accrued interest and original issue discount and then in
payment of principal. Thus, accrued interest and original issue discount shall be treated as paid, rather than canceled, extinguished
or forfeited.
Securities shall be deemed to have been converted
immediately prior to the close of business on the day of surrender of such Securities for conversion in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, and at such time the rights of the Holders of such Securities as Holders shall cease, and the Person or Persons entitled
to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such
Common Stock at such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date, the Company shall issue and shall deliver
at such office or agency a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion,
together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 1603.
In the case of any Security which is converted
in part only, as promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof (or the Depositary in the case of a Global Security), at the expense of the
Company, a new Security or Securities, of authorized denominations in aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion
of the principal amount of such Security.
SECTION 1603. Fractions of Shares. No
fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered
for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon conversion
thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) so surrendered.
Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Security or Securities
(or specified portions thereof), the Company shall pay a cash adjustment (rounded to the nearest cent) in respect of such fraction
in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock on the day of conversion (or, if such
day is not a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such day).
SECTION 1604. Adjustment of Conversion Price.
The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(1) If the Company pays or makes a dividend
or other distribution (a) on its Common Stock exclusively in Common Stock or (b) on any other class of Capital Stock of the Company,
which dividend or distribution includes Common Stock of the Company, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business
on the day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution
(the “Dividend Record Date”) shall be reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding at the close of business on the Dividend Record Date and
the denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution.
Such reduction shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination.
For the purposes of this paragraph (1), the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company at any time outstanding shall not include
shares held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of
fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock
held in the treasury of the Company.
(2) Subject to paragraph (6) of this Section,
if the Company pays or makes a dividend or other distribution on its Common Stock consisting exclusively of Short Term Rights (as
defined below), or otherwise issues Short Term Rights to all holders of its Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the
opening of business on the day following the record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such
Short Term Rights (the “Rights Record Date”) shall be reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction of
which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding at the close of business on the Rights
Record Date plus the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company which the aggregate of the offering price of the total number
of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such current market price and the denominator
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding at the close of business on the Rights Record Date plus
the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase. Such reduction shall become effective immediately
after the opening of business on the day following the Rights Record Date. For the purposes of this paragraph (2), the number of
shares of Common Stock of the Company at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company, but
shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock of the Company.
The Company shall not issue any rights, options or warrants in respect of shares of its Common Stock held in the treasury of the
Company. When used in this Section 1604, the term “Short Term Rights” shall mean rights, warrants or options entitling
the holders thereof (for a period commencing no earlier than the Rights Record Date and expiring not more than 45 days after the
Rights Record Date) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company at a price per share less than the current
market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (7) of this Section 1604) of the Common Stock of the Company on the
Rights Record Date.
(3) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock
of the Company shall be subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening
of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and, conversely,
in case outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the
Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes effective
shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or increase, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening
of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(4) Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph
(4) of this Section, if the Company, by dividend or otherwise, (a) distributes to all holders of its Common Stock evidences of
its indebtedness, shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or other assets (other than cash dividends out of current
or retained earnings), or (b) distributes to substantially all holders of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for securities
(other than Short Term Rights to which paragraph (2) of this Section 1604 applies), the Conversion Price shall be reduced by multiplying
such Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the current market price per share (determined as provided
in paragraph (7) of this Section 1604) of the Common Stock of the Company on the Reference Date (as defined below) less the fair
market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a
Board Resolution filed with the Trustee), on the Reference Date, of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness and other assets
so distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock (collectively, the “Market
Value of the Distribution”) and the denominator shall be such current market price per share of the Common Stock of the Company.
Such reduction shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day (the “Reference Date”)
following the later of (a) the date fixed for the payment of such distribution and (b) the date 20 days after notice relating to
such distribution is required to be given pursuant to Section 1606(a). If the Board of Directors determines the fair market value
of any distribution for purposes of this paragraph (4) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities
comprising such distribution, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the
current market price per share pursuant to paragraph (7) of this Section 1604. In the event that, with respect to any distribution
to which this paragraph (4) of Section 1604 would otherwise apply, the Market Value of the Distribution is greater than the current
market price per share of the Common Stock (such distribution being referred to herein as an “Unadjusted Distribution”),
then the adjustment provided by this paragraph (4) shall not be made and in lieu thereof the provisions of Section 1611 shall apply
with respect to such Unadjusted Distribution.
(5) The Company may, but shall not be required
to, make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this Section
1604, as it considers to be advisable in order that any event treated for federal income tax purposes as a dividend of stock or
stock rights shall not be taxable to the recipients. In addition, the Company, from time to time, may decrease the Conversion Price
by any amount and for any reason, temporarily or otherwise, including situations where the Board of Directors determines such decrease
to be fair and appropriate with respect to transactions in which holders of Common Stock have the right to participate.
(6) Rights or warrants issued or distributed
by the Company to all holders of its Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock
or Preferred Stock, which rights or warrants (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock, (ii) are not exercisable
and (iii) are also issued or distributed in respect of future issuances of Common Stock, in each case in clauses (i) through (iii)
until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Events”), shall for purposes of this Section 1604 not
be deemed issued or distributed until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event. Each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion
of Securities pursuant to this Article Sixteen shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number of Common Stock purchase rights
(the “Rights”), if any, and the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon conversion shall bear such legends,
if any. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article Sixteen, there shall not be any adjustment to the Conversion Price
as a result of (i) the distribution of separate certificates representing the Rights; (ii) the occurrence of certain events entitling
holders of Rights to receive, upon exercise thereof, Common Stock or other securities of the Company or other securities of another
corporation; or (iii) the exercise of such Rights. No adjustment in the Conversion Price need be made for rights to purchase or
the sale of Common Stock pursuant to a Company plan providing for reinvestment of dividends or interest.
(7) For the purpose of any computation under
paragraph (2), (4) or (5) of this Section 1604, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock of the Company
on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily Closing Prices for the 15 consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company
commencing not more than 30 Trading Days before, and ending not later than, the date in question.
(8) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall
be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Price; provided, however,
that any adjustments which by reason of this paragraph (8) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into
account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article Sixteen shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest
one-hundredth of a share of Common Stock, as the case may be.
(9) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
in the event the Company shall declare any dividend or distribution requiring an adjustment in the Conversion Price hereunder and
shall, thereafter and before the payment of such dividend or distribution to stockholders, legally abandon its plan to pay such
dividend or distribution, the Conversion Price then in effect hereunder, if changed to reflect such dividend or distribution, shall
upon the legal abandonment of such plan be changed to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at the time of such
abandonment (after giving effect to all other adjustments not so legally abandoned pursuant to the provisions of this Article Sixteen)
had such dividend or distribution never been declared.
(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section 1604, no adjustment to the Conversion Price shall reduce the Conversion Price below the then par value per share of
the Common Stock of the Company, and any such purported adjustment shall instead reduce the Conversion Price to such par value.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Company hereby covenants that it will from time to time take all such action as may
be required to assure that the par value per share of the Common Stock is at all times equal to or less than the Conversion Price.
(11) In the event that this Article Sixteen
requires adjustments to the Conversion Price under more than one of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this Section 1604, and the
record or effective dates for the transaction giving rise to such adjustments shall occur on the same date, then such adjustments
shall be made by applying (to the extent they are applicable), first, the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Section 1604, second,
the provisions of paragraph (1) of this Section 1604, third, the provisions of paragraph (4) of this Section 1604 and, fourth,
the provisions of paragraph (2) of this Section 1604. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no single event shall require
or result in duplicative adjustments in the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 1604. After an adjustment to the Conversion
Price under this Article Sixteen, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Article Sixteen shall cause an adjustment
to the Conversion Price as so adjusted. If, after an adjustment, a Holder of a Security upon conversion of such Security receives
shares of two or more classes of Capital Stock of the Company, the Conversion Price shall thereafter be subject to adjustment upon
the occurrence of an action taken with respect to any such class of Capital Stock as is contemplated by this Article Sixteen with
respect to the Common Stock in this Article Sixteen.
SECTION 1605. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion
Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided:
(1) the Company shall compute the adjusted
Conversion Price in accordance with Section 1604 or Section 1611 and shall prepare an Officer’s Certificate setting forth
the adjusted Conversion Price and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate
shall forthwith be filed (with a copy to the Trustee) at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of any
Securities pursuant to Section 1002; and
(2) a notice stating that the Conversion Price
has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall forthwith be required, and as soon as practicable after
it is required, such notice shall be mailed by the Company to all Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Security
Register.
SECTION 1606. Notice of Certain Corporate
Action. In case:
(1) the Company shall take any action that
would require a Conversion Price adjustment pursuant to Section 1604 or Section 1611; or
(2) there shall occur any reclassification
of the Common Stock of the Company (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding shares of Common Stock), or any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required; or
(3) there shall occur the voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, then the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained
for the purpose of conversion of Securities pursuant to Section 1002, and shall cause to be mailed to all Holders at their last
addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register, at least 10 days prior to the applicable record, effective or expiration
date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of any dividend, distribution
or granting of rights, warrants or options, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock
of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which
such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective,
and, if applicable, the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their
shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
SECTION 1607. Company to Reserve Common Stock.
The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common
Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of Securities, a number of shares of Common Stock for the conversion of all
outstanding Securities of any series which is convertible into Common Stock.
SECTION 1608. Taxes on Conversion. The
Company will pay any and all taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion
of Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any
transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Holder of the Security or
Securities to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid
to the Company the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
SECTION 1609. Covenants as to Common Stock.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free of preemptive or any similar rights, and, except as provided in Section
1608, the Company will pay all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
The Company will endeavor promptly to comply
with all Federal and state securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Securities,
if any, and will list or cause to have quoted such shares of Common Stock on each national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter
market or such other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
SECTION 1610. Cancellation of Converted Securities.
All Securities delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Trustee to be cancelled by or at the direction of the Trustee,
which shall dispose of the same as provided in Section 309.
SECTION 1611. Provisions in Case of Consolidation,
Merger or Sale of Assets; Special Distributions. If any of the following shall occur, namely: (i) any reclassification or change
of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Securities (other than a change in par value, or from par value
to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), (ii) any consolidation or
merger to which the Company is a party other than a merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not
result in any reclassification of, or change (other than a change in name, or par value, or from par value to no par value, or
from no par value to par value or as a result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding shares of Common Stock or (iii)
any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Company as an entirety, then the Person formed
by such consolidation or resulting from such merger or which acquires such properties or assets, as the case may be, shall as a
condition precedent to such transaction execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of
each Security then outstanding shall have the right thereafter, during the period such Security shall be convertible as specified
in Section 1601, to convert such Security only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable, if any,
upon such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into
which such Security might have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease; provided
that the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property so receivable shall be determined on the basis of the following
assumptions. The holder of Common Stock referred to in the foregoing sentence:
(1) is not (a) a Person with which the Company
consolidated, (b) a Person into which the Company merged or which merged into the Company, or (c) a Person to which such sale,
transfer or lease was made (any Person described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), or (c), hereinafter referred to as a “Constituent
Person”), or (d) an Affiliate of a Constituent Person; and
(2) failed to exercise his rights of election,
if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer
or lease (provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger,
sale transfer or lease is not the same for each share of Common Stock of the Company in respect of which such rights of election
shall not have been exercised, then for the purpose of this Section 1611 the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per
share by a plurality of such shares of Common Stock).
Such supplemental indenture shall provide for
adjustments which, for events subsequent to the effective date of such supplemental indenture, shall be as nearly equivalent as
may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article Sixteen. If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger,
sale transfer or lease the stock or other securities and property (including cash) receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock
includes shares of stock or other securities and property of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation,
as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed
by such other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities
as the Board of Directors of the Company shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. The above provisions of
this Section 1611 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or leases.
In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Section 1611, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly
stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders
of the Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or lease and any adjustment to be made with respect thereto.
If the Company makes a distribution to all holders
of its Common Stock that constitutes an Unadjusted Distribution pursuant to the last sentence of paragraph (4) of Section 1604,
then, from and after the record date for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution (the “Distribution
Record Date”), a Holder of a Security who converts such Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture shall,
upon conversion, be entitled to receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock into which the Security is convertible, the
kind and amount of evidences of indebtedness, shares of Capital Stock, or other assets or subscription rights or warrants, as the
case may be, comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder had converted the Security immediately
prior to the Distribution Record Date.
SECTION 1612. Trustee Adjustment Disclaimer;
Company Determination Final. The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article Sixteen should be made,
how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee has no duty to determine whether a supplemental indenture under Section
1611 need be entered into or whether any provisions of any supplemental indenture are correct. The Trustee shall not be accountable
for and makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of Securities. The
Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article Sixteen. Any determination that the
Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article Sixteen is conclusive, absent manifest error.
SECTION 1613. When No Adjustment Required.
Except as expressly set forth in Section 1604, no adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be made because the Company issues,
in exchange for cash, property or services, shares of its Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of its Common Stock, or securities (including warrants, rights and options) carrying the right to subscribe for or purchase
shares of its Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities.
(1) Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, no adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be made pursuant to Section 1604 in respect of any dividend or distribution
if the Holders may participate therein (on a basis to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) and receive the same
consideration they would have received if they had converted the Securities immediately prior to the record date with respect to
such dividend or distribution.
SECTION 1614. Equivalent Adjustments.
In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 1604 above, the holder of any Security thereafter surrendered
for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of Capital Stock of the Company other than shares of its Common Stock,
thereafter the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any Securities shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to Common Stock contained
in this Article Sixteen.
SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF REDEEMABLE OR NON-REDEEMABLE SENIOR
SECURITY
[Face of Security]
[If the Holder of this Security (as indicated below) is The Depository
Trust Company (“DTC”) or a nominee of DTC, this Security is a Global Security and the following two legends apply:
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,
conversion, exchange or payment, and such Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or in such other name as
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.
Unless and until this Security is exchanged in whole or in part
for Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee thereof or by a
nominee thereof to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any such nominee to a successor of DTC or a nominee of such successor.]
[If this Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert
-- FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1273 and 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS
SECURITY IS [__]% OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE IS [_____], 20[__] , AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS [__]%. THE METHOD USED
TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT APPLICABLE TO THE SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD OF [_____], 20[__] TO [_____], 20[__]
, IS [__]% OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS SECURITY.]
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
[Designation of Series]
CUSIP No.
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation
(herein referred to as the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to
on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns the principal sum of Dollars on (the
“Stated Maturity Date”) [or insert date fixed for earlier redemption (the “Redemption Date,” and
together with the Stated Maturity Date with respect to principal repayable on such date, the “Maturity Date.”)]
[If the Security is to bear interest prior
to Maturity, insert — and to pay interest thereon from or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on and in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing
, at the rate of [__]% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the or (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date
[at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose; provided, however, that such interest may be
paid, at the Company’s option, by mailing a check to such Holder at its registered address or by transfer of funds to an
account maintained by such Holder within the United States]. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than
10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of any over-the-counter market or securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be quoted or listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such market or exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.]
[If the Security is not to bear interest
prior to Maturity, insert -- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment
of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at the [Stated] Maturity Date and in such case the overdue principal of this
Security shall bear interest at the rate of [__]% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable),
which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided
for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid
on demand shall bear interest at the rate of [__]% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or
duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
The principal of this Security payable on the
Stated Maturity Date [or the principal of, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and, if the Redemption Date is not an Interest
Payment Date, interest on this Security payable on the Redemption Date] will be paid against presentation of this Security at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in , in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Interest payable on this Security on any Interest
Payment Date and on the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will include interest accrued from and
including the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and
including , if no interest has been paid on this Security) to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity
Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be.] If any Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity Date or [Redemption Date]
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, as defined below, principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and/or interest payable
with respect to such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will be paid on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were paid on the date such payment was due, and no interest
shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption
Date, as the case may be.] “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday
nor a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are required or authorized by law, regulation or executive order
to close.
[If this Security is a Global Security, insert
— All payments of principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest in respect of this Security will be made
by the Company in immediately available funds.]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions
of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon
has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Security shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
instrument to be duly executed under its facsimile corporate seal.
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INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue
of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under
an
Indenture, dated as of [____], 20[__] (herein
called the “Indenture”) between the Company and , as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes
any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Security is a part), to which Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the duly authorized series of Securities designated on
the face hereof (collectively, the “Securities”), [if applicable, insert — and the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities to be issued under such series is limited to $ (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities).] All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture,
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture.
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities
may not be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities
are subject to redemption [ (l) (If applicable, insert — on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the
year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)
] [If applicable, insert — at any time [on or after ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount):
If redeemed on or before [_____], [__]% and
if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated at the Redemption Prices indicated below.
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to [__]% of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption [If applicable, insert -- (whether through operation of the sinking
fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest
on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or
one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof,
all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities
are subject to redemption (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking
fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after ], as a whole or in part, at the election
of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages
of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to [__]% of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on this Security whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record
at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to , redeem any Securities as contemplated by [Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph
as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having
an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than [__]% per annum.]
[If applicable, insert -- The sinking
fund for the Securities provides for the redemption on in each year, beginning with the year and ending with the year , of [not
less than] $ ] [(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than $ ] aggregate principal amount of the Securities. [The
Securities acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against
subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made in the [describe order] order in which they become
due.]]
Notice of redemption will be given by mail to
Holders of Securities, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.
In the event of redemption of this Security
in part only, a new Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon
the cancellation hereof.
[If applicable, insert conversion provisions
set forth in any Board Resolution or indenture supplemental to the Indenture.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions
as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of
the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Securities issued under the Indenture at the time Outstanding
and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such Securities, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority
of the aggregate principal amount, in certain instances, of the Outstanding Securities of any series to waive, on behalf of all
of the Holders of Securities of such series, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent
or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security
and other Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or conversion or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no
provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, places and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register of the
Company upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where
the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder
hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and
for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, this Security is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities
of different authorized denominations but otherwise having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering
the same.
The Securities of this series are issuable only
in registered form [without coupons] in denominations of $ and any integral multiple thereof.
No service charge shall be made for any such
registration of transfer or conversion or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith,
Prior to due presentment of this Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of
the principal of or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise
in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present
or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the
Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment
or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof,
expressly waived and released.
The Indenture and the Securities shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely
in such State.
EXHIBIT B
FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE BEARER
SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities
to be delivered]
This is to certify that, as of the date hereof,
and except as set forth below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned by person(s) that are not
citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source (“United States person(s)”), (ii) are
owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions,
as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 2.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as “financial institutions”)
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches
of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date
hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through
its agent, that you may advise InterCloud Systems, Inc. or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements
of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder),
or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a United States
or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)), this is
to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly
to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.
As used herein, “United States”
means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia); and its “possessions” include
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested
telex or by telecopy on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned Securities
held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such
date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.
This certificate excepts and does not relate
to [U.S.$] of such interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not able to certify and as to which we
understand an exchange for an interest in a permanent Global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive Securities
(or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we do so certify.
We understand that this certificate may be required
in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened
in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day prior
to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
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EXHIBIT B-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR
AND CLEARSTREAM S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE
PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities
to be delivered]
This is to certify that, based solely on written
certifications that we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from each of the persons appearing
in our records as persons entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our “Member Organizations”)
substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, [U.S.$] principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i)
is owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or
any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source (“United
States person(s)”), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions
(financial institutions, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as “financial
institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities
through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial
institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or
through its agent, that we may advise InterCloud Systems, Inc. or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the
requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder),
or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, to the further effect, that financial institutions
described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired
the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States
or its possessions.
As used herein, “United States”
means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia); and its “Possessions” include
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We further certify that (i) we are not making
available herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the temporary Global Security representing
the above-captioned Securities excepted in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the date hereof
we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member
Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest)
are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certification is required
in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened
in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
[To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date
or the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
[___________, as Operator of the Euroclear System]
[Clearstream Banking Luxembourg]
B2-2
Exhibit 4.2
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
TO
[___________________]
Trustee
Indenture
Dated as of [______], 20[__]
Subordinated Debt Securities
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE ONE - DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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SECTION 101. |
Definitions |
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SECTION 102. |
Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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SECTION 103. |
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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SECTION 104. |
Acts of Holders |
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SECTION 105. |
Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company |
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SECTION 106. |
Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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SECTION 107. |
Counterparts; Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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SECTION 108. |
Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 109. |
Severability Clause |
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SECTION 110. |
Benefits of Indenture |
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SECTION 111. |
Governing Law |
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SECTION 112. |
Legal Holidays |
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SECTION 113. |
Limited Liability; Immunity of Stockholders, Directors, Officers and Agents of the Company |
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SECTION 114. |
Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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ARTICLE TWO - SECURITIES FORMS |
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SECTION 201. |
Forms of Securities |
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SECTION 202. |
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication |
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SECTION 203. |
Securities Issuable in Global Form |
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ARTICLE THREE - THE SECURITIES |
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SECTION 301. |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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SECTION 302. |
Denominations |
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SECTION 303. |
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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SECTION 304. |
Temporary Securities |
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SECTION 305. |
Registration, Registration of Transfer, Conversion and Exchange |
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SECTION 306. |
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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SECTION 307. |
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
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SECTION 308. |
Persons Deemed Owners |
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SECTION 309. |
Cancellation |
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SECTION 310. |
Computation of Interest |
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SECTION 311. |
CUSIP Numbers |
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ARTICLE FOUR - SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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SECTION 401. |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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SECTION 402. |
Application of Trust Funds |
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ARTICLE FIVE - REMEDIES |
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SECTION 501. |
Events of Default |
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SECTION 502. |
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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SECTION 503. |
Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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SECTION 504. |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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SECTION 505. |
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities or Coupons |
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SECTION 506. |
Application of Money Collected |
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SECTION 507. |
Limitation on Suits |
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SECTION 508. |
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and Interest |
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SECTION 509. |
Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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SECTION 510. |
Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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SECTION 511. |
Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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SECTION 512. |
Control by Holders of Securities |
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SECTION 513. |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
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SECTION 514. |
Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws |
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SECTION 515. |
Undertaking for Costs |
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ARTICLE SIX - THE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 601. |
Notice of Defaults |
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SECTION 602. |
Certain Rights of Trustee |
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SECTION 603. |
Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
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SECTION 604. |
May Hold Securities |
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SECTION 605. |
Money Held in Trust |
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SECTION 606. |
Compensation and Reimbursement |
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SECTION 607. |
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests |
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SECTION 608. |
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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SECTION 609. |
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
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SECTION 610. |
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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SECTION 611. |
Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
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SECTION 612. |
Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee |
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ARTICLE SEVEN - HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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SECTION 701. |
Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders |
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SECTION 702. |
Reports by Trustee |
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SECTION 703. |
Reports by Company |
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SECTION 704. |
Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
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ARTICLE EIGHT - CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, LEASE OR CONVEYANCE |
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SECTION 801. |
Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Sales, Leases and Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions |
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SECTION 802. |
Rights and Duties of Successor Corporation |
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SECTION 803. |
Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel |
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ARTICLE NINE - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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SECTION 901. |
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
41 |
SECTION 902. |
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders |
42 |
SECTION 903. |
Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
43 |
SECTION 904. |
Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
43 |
SECTION 905. |
Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
43 |
SECTION 906. |
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
43 |
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ARTICLE TEN - COVENANTS |
44 |
SECTION 1001. |
Payment of Principal, Premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any; and Interest |
44 |
SECTION 1002. |
Maintenance of Office or Agency |
44 |
SECTION 1003. |
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust |
45 |
SECTION 1004. |
Existence |
46 |
SECTION 1005. |
Maintenance of Properties |
46 |
SECTION 1006. |
Insurance |
46 |
SECTION 1007. |
Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
46 |
SECTION 1008. |
Statement as to Compliance |
46 |
SECTION 1009. |
Waiver of Certain Covenants |
46 |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN - REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
47 |
SECTION 1101. |
Applicability of Article |
47 |
SECTION 1102. |
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
47 |
SECTION 1103. |
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
47 |
SECTION 1104. |
Notice of Redemption |
47 |
SECTION 1105. |
Deposit of Redemption Price |
48 |
SECTION 1106. |
Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
48 |
SECTION 1107. |
Securities Redeemed in Part |
49 |
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ARTICLE TWELVE - SINKING FUNDS |
49 |
SECTION 1201. |
Applicability of Article |
49 |
SECTION 1202. |
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
49 |
SECTION 1203. |
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
50 |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN - REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF HOLDERS |
50 |
SECTION 1301. |
Applicability of Article |
50 |
SECTION 1302. |
Repayment of Securities |
50 |
SECTION 1303. |
Exercise of Option |
50 |
SECTION 1304. |
When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable |
51 |
SECTION 1305. |
Securities Repaid in Part |
51 |
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN - DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
51 |
SECTION 1401. |
Applicability of Article; Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
51 |
SECTION 1402. |
Defeasance and Discharge |
52 |
SECTION 1403. |
Covenant Defeasance |
52 |
SECTION 1404. |
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
52 |
SECTION 1405. |
Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
53 |
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN - MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES |
54 |
SECTION 1501. |
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called |
54 |
SECTION 1502. |
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings |
54 |
SECTION 1503. |
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings |
55 |
SECTION 1504. |
Quorum; Action |
55 |
SECTION 1505. |
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings |
55 |
SECTION 1506. |
Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings |
56 |
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN - SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES |
56 |
SECTION 1601. |
Agreement to Subordinate |
56 |
SECTION 1602. |
Payment Over of Proceeds upon Dissolution, Etc. |
57 |
SECTION 1603. |
No Payment When Senior Indebtedness in Default |
58 |
SECTION 1604. |
Reliance by Senior Indebtedness on Subordination Provisions |
58 |
SECTION 1605. |
Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Indebtedness |
58 |
SECTION 1606. |
Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights |
58 |
SECTION 1607. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination |
59 |
SECTION 1608. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions |
59 |
SECTION 1609. Notice to Trustee |
59 |
SECTION 1610. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent |
60 |
SECTION 1611. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness |
60 |
SECTION 1612. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights |
60 |
SECTION 1613. Article Applicable to Paying Agents |
60 |
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ARTICLE SEVENTEEN - CONVERSION OF SECURITIES |
61 |
SECTION 1701. Applicability of Article; Conversion Privilege and Conversion Price |
61 |
SECTION 1702. Exercise of Conversion Privilege |
61 |
SECTION 1703. Fractions of Shares |
62 |
SECTION 1704. Adjustment of Conversion Price |
62 |
SECTION 1705. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Price |
64 |
SECTION 1706. Notice of Certain Corporate Action |
65 |
SECTION 1707. Company to Reserve Common Stock |
65 |
SECTION 1708. Taxes on Conversion |
65 |
SECTION 1709. Covenants as to Common Stock |
65 |
SECTION 1710. Cancellation of Converted Securities |
65 |
SECTION 1711. Provisions in Case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets; Special Distributions |
66 |
SECTION 1712. Trustee Adjustment Disclaimer; Company Determination Final |
66 |
SECTION 1713. When No Adjustment Required |
67 |
SECTION 1714. Equivalent Adjustments |
67 |
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
Reconciliation and tie between the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA”) and the Indenture, dated as of [_____] , 20[__]
.
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Trust Indenture Act Section |
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Indenture
Section |
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§ 310(a)(1) |
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607 |
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(a)(2) |
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607 |
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(b) |
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607,608 |
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§ 312(c) |
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701 |
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§ 313(a) |
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702 |
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(c) |
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702 |
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§ 314(a) |
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703 |
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(a)(4) |
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1008 |
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(c)(1) |
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102 |
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(c)(2) |
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102 |
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(e) |
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102 |
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§ 315(b) |
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601 |
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§ 316(a) (last sentence) |
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101(“Outstanding”) |
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(a)(1)(A) |
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502,
512 |
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(a)(1)(B) |
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513 |
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(b) |
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508 |
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§ 317(a)(1) |
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503 |
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(a)(2) |
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504 |
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§ 318(a) |
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111 |
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(c) |
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111 |
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be
deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
Attention should also be directed to Section
318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, which provides that the provisions of Sections 310 to and including 317 of the Trust Indenture
Act are a part of and govern every qualified indenture, whether or not physically contained therein.
INDENTURE, dated as of [________], 20[__],
between INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter called the
“Company”), having its principal office at 1030 Broad Street, Suite 102, Shrewsbury, NJ 07702, and
[____________________], as Trustee hereunder (hereinafter called the “Trustee”), having a Corporate Trust Office
at [_____________________________________].
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company deems it necessary to issue from
time to time for its lawful purposes subordinated debt securities (hereinafter called the “Securities”) evidencing its unsecured
and subordinated indebtedness, and has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from
time to time of the Securities, to be issued in one or more Series as provided in this Indenture.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions
of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA”), that are deemed to
be incorporated into this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture
a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and
the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit
of all Holders of the Securities or of a Series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE - DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions. For all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have
the meanings assigned to them in this Article, and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined
in the TIA, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms “cash transactions”
and “self-liquidating paper,” as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules of
the Commission adopted under the TIA;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;
(4) any reference to an “Article”
or a “Section” refers to an Article or Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words “herein,” “hereof
“and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision.
“Act,” when used with respect
to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Affiliate” of any specified
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person
means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
“Authenticating Agent” means
any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 hereof to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of one or more Series.
“Authorized Newspaper” means
a newspaper, printed in the English language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on
each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection
with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Whenever successive publications are required to
be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different Authorized Newspapers in
the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.
“Bankruptcy Law” has the
meaning specified in Section 501.
“Bearer Security” means any
Security established pursuant to Section 201 which is payable to the bearer.
“Board of Directors” when
used with reference to the Company, means the board of directors of the Company, or any committee of that board duly authorized
to act hereunder, or any director or directors and/or officer or officers of the Company, to whom the board or committee shall
have duly delegated its authority.
“Board Resolution” means
a copy of (1) a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the
Board of Directors or a duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, or (2) a certificate signed by the director or directors and/or officer or officers to whom the Board of Directors
shall have duly delegated its authority, together with a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification
authorizing such delegation, and, in each case, delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day,” when used
with respect to any Place of Payment or any other particular location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means,
unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities issued pursuant to Section 301, any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday,
that is neither a legal holiday nor a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or particular location are authorized
or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.
“Capital Stock” means, with
respect to any Person, any capital stock (including preferred stock), shares, interests, participations or other ownership interests
(however designated) of such Person and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into or exchangeable for corporate stock),
warrants or options to purchase any thereof.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream
Banking Luxembourg, société anonyme, or its successor.
“Closing Price” means the
closing price of a share of Common Stock of the Company as reported on The NASDAQ Capital Market.
“Code” means the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder.
“Commission” means the Securities
and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after execution of
this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then
the body performing such duties on such date.
“Common Depository” has the
meaning specified in Section 304.
“Common Stock” means, with
respect to any Person, all shares of capital stock issued by such Person other than Preferred Stock.
“Company” means the Person
named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor corporation shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor corporation.
“Company Request” and “Company
Order” mean, respectively, a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by its Chief Executive Officer,
the President, or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of the
Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Constituent Person” has
the meaning specified in Section 1711.
“Conversion Event” means
the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency both by the government of the country which issued such currency and for the settlement
of transactions by a central bank or other public institutions of or within the international banking community, (ii) the ECU both
within the European Monetary System and for the settlement of transactions by public institutions of or within the European Communities
or (iii) any currency unit (or composite currency) other than the ECU for the purposes for which it was established.
“Conversion Price” has the
meaning specified in Section 1701.
“Corporate Trust Office”
means the office of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be principally administered,
which office at the date hereof is located at [_______].
“corporation” includes corporations,
associations, companies and business trusts.
“coupon” means any interest
coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.
“Covenant Defeasance” has
the meaning specified in Section 1403.
“Custodian” has the meaning
specified in Section 501.
“Defaulted Interest” has
the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Defeasance” has the meaning
specified in Section 1402.
“Distribution Record Date”
has the meaning specified in Section 1711.
“Dividend Record Date” has
the meaning specified in Section 1704.
“Dollar” or the sign “$”
means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for the payment of public and private debts.
“DTC” means The Depository
Trust Company and any successor to DTC in its capacity as depository for any Securities.
“ECU” means the European
Currency Unit as defined and revised from time to time by the Council of the European Communities.
“Euroclear” means the operator
of the Euroclear System.
“European Communities” means
the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community.
“European Monetary System”
means the European Monetary System established by the Resolution of December 5, 1978 of the Council of the European Communities.
“Event of Default” has the
meaning specified in Article Five.
“Exchange Act” means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided,
however, that in the event the Exchange Act is amended after such date, “Exchange Act” means to the extent required
by any such amendment, the Exchange Act as so amended.
“Exchange Date” has the meaning
specified in Section 304.
“FINRA” means the Financial
Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.
“Foreign Currency” means
any currency, currency unit or composite currency, including, without limitation, the ECU issued by the government of one or more
countries other than the United States of America or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
“GAAP” means, except as otherwise
provided herein, generally accepted accounting principles, as in effect from time to time, as used in the United States applied
on a consistent basis.
“Global Security” means a
Security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities issued to and registered in the name of the depository for such series,
or its nominee, in accordance with Section 305, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 203.
“Government Obligations”
means (i) securities which are (A) direct obligations of the United States of America or the government which issued the Foreign
Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable, for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged
or (B) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America
or such government which issued the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America or such other government, which,
in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (iii) a depository receipt issued by a
bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal
of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt, provided
that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of
such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment
of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
“Guaranty” by any
Person means any Obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary
obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including, without limitation, every Obligation of such Person
(i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance
or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Indebtedness, (ii) to purchase property, securities or
services for the purpose of assuring the holder of such Indebtedness of the payment of such Indebtedness or (iii) to maintain working
capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary
obligor to pay such Indebtedness; provided, however, that a Guaranty by any Person shall not include endorsements
by such Person for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business. The terms “Guaranteed,”
“Guaranteeing” and “Guarantor” shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
“Holder” means, in the case
of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer
Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.
“Indebtedness” means,
with respect to any Person, without duplication, (i) any Obligation of such Person relating to any indebtedness of such Person
(A) for borrowed money (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets, of such person or only to a portion
thereof), (B) evidenced by notes, debentures or similar instruments (including purchase money obligations) given in connection
with the acquisition of any property or assets (other than trade accounts payable for inventory or similar property acquired in
the ordinary course of business), including securities, for the payment of which such Person is liable, directly or indirectly,
or the payment of which is secured by a lien, charge or encumbrance on property or assets of such Person, (C) for goods, materials
or services purchased in the ordinary course of business (other than trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of
business), (D) with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances issued for the account of such Person or performance,
surety or similar bonds, (E) for the payment of money relating to a capitalized lease Obligation or (F) under interest rate swaps,
caps or similar agreements and foreign exchange contracts, currency swaps or similar agreements; (ii) any liability of others
of the kind described in the preceding clause (i), which such Person has Guaranteed or which is otherwise its legal liability;
and (iii) any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions and refunding of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any liability
of the kind described in any of the preceding clauses (i) or (ii).
“Indenture” means this instrument
as originally executed or as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more indentures supplemental hereto
entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established
as contemplated by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee
under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such
Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time by one or more
indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of the or
those particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however,
of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, regardless of when
such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental
hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
“Indexed Security” means
a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the
principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
“Interest,” when used with
respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, shall mean interest payable
after Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date,”
when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
“Make-Whole Amount,” when
used with respect to any Security, means the amount, if any, in addition to principal (and accrued interest thereon, if any) which
is required by a Security, under the terms and conditions specified therein or as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section
301, to be paid by the Company to the Holder thereof in connection with any optional redemption or accelerated payment of such
Security.
“Mandatory sinking fund payment”
has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
“Market Value of the Distribution”
has the meaning specified in Section 1704.
“Maturity,” when used with
respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal (or, if the context so requires, in the case of an Original Issue
Discount Security, or lesser amount or, in the case of an Indexed Security, an amount determined in accordance with the specified
terms of that Security) of such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or
otherwise.
“Obligation” of any
Person with respect to any specified Indebtedness means any obligation of such Person to pay principal, premium, interest (including
interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to such Person, whether or
not a claim for such post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), penalties, reimbursement or indemnification amounts,
fees, expenses or other amounts relating to such Indebtedness.
“Officers’ Certificate”
means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, or a Vice President
(whether or not designated by a number or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), and by the
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Opinion of Counsel” means
a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company or who may be an employee of or other counsel for the Company.
“Optional sinking fund payment”
has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
“Original Issue Discount Security”
means any Security which provides for an amount (excluding any amounts attributable to accrued but unpaid interest thereon) less
than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
“Outstanding,” when used
with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture, except:
(i) Securities theretofore canceled by the
Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose
payment or redemption (including repayment at the option of the Holder) money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if
the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided,
however, that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture
or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided
in Sections 1402 and 1403, with respect to which the Company has effected Defeasance and/or Covenant Defeasance as provided in
Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant
to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture,
other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that
such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company.
provided, however, that in determining whether the
Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the
calculations required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in
making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount
of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon
a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated
in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for
such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined pursuant to Section 301 as of the date such Security is originally
issued by the Company, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as
of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, (iii) the principal
amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding
for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided
with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities
or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned
shall be so disregarded. Securities owned as provided in clause (iv) above which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded
as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to
such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company
or of such other obligor. 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.
“Paying Agent” means any
Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Securities
or coupons on behalf of the Company.
“Payment Blockage Notice”
and “Payment Blockage Period” have the respective meanings specified in Section 1603.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity or organization.
“Place of Payment,” when
used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, means the place or places where the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) and interest on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.
“Predecessor Security” of
any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular
Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for
or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon
appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which
the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
“Preferred Stock” means,
with respect to any Person, all capital stock issued by such Person that is entitled to a preference or priority over any other
capital stock issued by such Person with respect to any distribution of such Person’s assets, whether by dividend or upon
any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up.
“Proceeding” has the
meaning specified in Section 1602.
“Redemption Date,” when used
with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
“Redemption Price,” when
used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price specified in the related Officers’ Certificate or supplemental
indenture contemplated by and pursuant to Section 301, at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Reference Date” has the
meaning specified in Section 1704.
“Registered Security” shall
mean any Security which is registered in the Security Register.
“Regular Record Date” for
the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date specified
for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301, whether or not a Business Day.
“Repayment Date” means, when
used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment by or pursuant to
this Indenture.
“Repayment Price” means,
when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid by or pursuant
to this Indenture.
“Responsible Officer,” when
used with respect to the Trustee, means any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before
or after the title “Vice President”), Assistant Vice President, Trust Officer or Assistant Trust Officer working in
its Corporate Trust Department, or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by any of the above designated officers and working in its Corporate Trust Department, and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of such officer’s knowledge and familiarity
with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“Rights” has the meaning
specified in Section 1704.
“Rights Record Date” has
the meaning specified in Section 1704.
“Securities Payment”
has the meaning specified in Section 1602.
“Security” and “Securities”
has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and, more particularly, means any Security or Securities authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that, if at any time there is more than one Person acting
as Trustee under this Indenture, “Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall
have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
“Security Register” and “Security
Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
“Senior Indebtedness”
means Indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or
guaranteed by the Company, other than the following: (1) any Indebtedness as to which, in the instrument evidencing such Indebtedness
or pursuant to which such Indebtedness was issued, it is expressly provided that such Indebtedness is subordinate in right of payment
to all Indebtedness of the Company not expressly subordinated to such Indebtedness; (2) any Indebtedness which by its terms refers
explicitly to the Securities and states that such Indebtedness shall not be senior, shall be pari passu or shall be subordinated
in right of payment to the Securities; and (3) with respect to any series of Securities, any Indebtedness of the Company evidenced
by Securities of the same or of another series. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Senior Indebtedness
shall not include Indebtedness of or amounts owed by the Company for compensation to employees, or for goods, materials or services
purchased in the ordinary course of business.
A “Series” of Securities
means all securities denoted as part of the same series authorized by or pursuant to a particular Board Resolution.
“Short Term Rights” has the
meaning specified in Section 1704.
“Special Record Date” for
the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Company pursuant
to Section 307.
“Stated Maturity,” when used
with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security
or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment
of principal or interest is due and payable.
“Trading Day” means any day
on which The NASDAQ Capital Market is open for business.
“Trigger Events” has the
meaning specified in Section 1704.
“Trust Indenture Act” or
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and as in force at the date as of which this Indenture
was executed, except as provided in Section 905.
“Trustee” means the Person
named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then
a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee”
as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“Unadjusted Distribution”
has the meaning specified in Section 1704.
“United States” means, unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, the United States of America (including the states
and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
“United States Person” means,
unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a citizen or resident of
the United States, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or
an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source.
“Yield to Maturity” means
the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of
interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation
principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and
Opinions. Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture,
the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion
of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application
or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to
such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (including certificates delivered pursuant to Section 1008)
shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing
such certificate or opinion has read such condition or covenant and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and
scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each
such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such condition or covenant has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion
of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered
to Trustee. In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person,
it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be
so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and
one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one
or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of
the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a certificate or representations
by counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the opinion, certificate or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel or certificate
or representations may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations
by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the information as to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company,
unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or
execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture,
they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities
of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing. If Securities of a series are issuable as
Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture
to be given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of
Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a
combination of such instruments and any such record. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective
when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required,
to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any
such meeting. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person
of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company and
any agent of the Trustee or the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section. The record of any meeting of Holders of
Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any
Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a
notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such
instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other
than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and
date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved
in any other reasonable manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(c) The ownership of Registered Securities
shall be proved by the Security Register. As to any matter relating to beneficial ownership interests in any Global Security, the
appropriate depository’s records shall be dispositive for purposes of this Indenture.
(d) The ownership of Bearer Securities may
be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depository, by any trust company, bank,
banker or other depository, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that
at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depository, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein
described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate
or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory. The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer
Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security
is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered
in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding. The ownership of Bearer Securities
may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders
of Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may,
at its option, in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to
give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Company shall have no obligation
to do so. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board
Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection
therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at
the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the
requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date;
provided that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless
it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.
(f) Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the
Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or upon the conversion thereof or in exchange therefor
or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security Registrar, any Paying
Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. Notices, etc., to Trustee
and Company. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided
or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at [_______]
or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Company by the Trustee, Attention: [_______]; or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder
shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class
postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, Attention: [_______]; or
(3) either the Trustee or the Company, by the
other party or by any Holder, shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if given by facsimile transmission, receipt confirmed
by telephone followed by an original copy delivered by guaranteed overnight courier; if to the Trustee at facsimile number [_______];
and if to the Company at facsimile number [_______].
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the Company or the Trustee, such notice
shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid,
to each such Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date,
if any, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders
of Registered Securities is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to
any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the
sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided herein. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner
herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives
such notice.
If by reason of the suspension of or irregularities
in regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification
to Holders of Registered Securities as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification
to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein
or otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders
of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City
of New York and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day, such publication to be not
later than the latest date, if any, and not earlier than the earliest date, if any, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Any
such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of such publication or, if published more than once, on the date of
the first such publication.
If by reason of the suspension of publication
of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to publish any notice
to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given with
the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder. Neither the failure
to give notice by publication to any particular Holder of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so
published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of
any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published
notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in
any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event,
and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such
filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. Counterparts; Effect of Headings
and Table of Contents. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed
to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture. The Article and Section
headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. Severability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon shall be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or coupons, if any, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the
parties hereto, any Security Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent and their successors hereunder and the Holders
any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. Governing Law. This Indenture
and the Securities and coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. This Indenture
is subject to the provisions of the TIA that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays. In any
case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity of
any Security or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert or exchange a Security shall not be a Business Day at
any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security or coupon other than a provision
in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu hereof), payment of interest
or principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or conversion or exchange of such Security need not be made at such Place
of Payment on such date, but (except as otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture with respect to such Security) may be
made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment
Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity, or on such last day
for conversion or exchange, provided that no interest shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may
be.
SECTION 113. Limited Liability; Immunity
of Stockholders, Directors, Officers and Agents of the Company. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities of any series to the contrary, no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this
Indenture or in any Security, or for the payment of any sums due on account of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, including without
limitation principal, premium or interest, if any, or for any claim based on this Indenture or any Security or otherwise in respect
of this Indenture or any Security, shall be had, whether by levy or execution or otherwise, against (i) the Company, the Company’s
assets or against any past, present or future stockholder, employee, officer, director or agent, as such, of the Company or any
successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute, constitutional provision or
by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty, or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, nor shall any such parties
be personally liable for any such amounts, obligations or claims, or liable for any deficiency judgment based thereon or with respect
thereto, it being expressly understood that the sole remedies hereunder or under any other document with respect to the Securities
against such parties with respect to such amounts, obligations or claims shall be against the Company and that all such liability
of and recourse against such parties is expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as
part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 114. Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act. If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required or deemed to be
included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision
of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter
provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO - SECURITIES FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms of Securities.
The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto or in such other form as shall be established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto or approved from time to time by or pursuant to a Board Resolution in accordance with Section 301, shall have such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental
hereto, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification or designation and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as the Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required
to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any over-the-counter
market or securities exchange, on which the Securities may be quoted or listed, or to conform to usage.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, Bearer Securities shall have interest coupons attached.
The definitive Securities and coupons shall
be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on a steel engraved border or steel engraved
borders or mechanically reproduced on safety paper or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing
such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate
of Authentication. Subject to Section 611, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the
following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global
Form. If Securities of or within a series are issuable in the form of one or more Global Securities, then, notwithstanding
clause (8) of Section 301 and the provisions of Section 302, any such Global Security or Securities may provide that it or they
shall represent the aggregate amount of all Outstanding Securities of such series (or such lesser amount as is permitted by the
terms thereof) from time to time endorsed thereon and may also provide that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of any Global
Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, or changes in the rights of Holders thereof, of Outstanding
Securities represented thereby shall be made (or caused to be made) by the Trustee in such manner or by such Person or Persons
as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or 304. Subject to
the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Global Security in permanent
global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order.
If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with
respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Global Security shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102
and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section
303 shall apply to any Security represented by a Global Security if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and
the Company delivers to the Trustee the Global Security together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section
102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of and any premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any,
and interest on any Global Security in permanent global form shall be made to the registered Holder thereof.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 308
and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall
treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent Global Security (i) in the case
of a permanent Global Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent Global Security in registered form, or (ii) in
the case of a permanent Global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or Clearstream.
Any Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“This Security is a Global Security within
the meaning set forth in the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depository or a nominee of a
Depository. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee
only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depository to
a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository or by the
Depository or its nominee to a successor Depository or its nominee.”
ARTICLE THREE - THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable
in Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more
series, each of which shall be authorized pursuant to Board Resolutions of the Company. There shall be established in one or more
Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303, set forth in an
Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities
of any series:
(1) The title of the Securities of the series,
including “CUSIP” numbers (which shall distinguish the Securities of such series from all other series of Securities);
(2) Any limit upon the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or upon conversion of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305) and the minimum authorized denominations with respect to the Securities
of such series;
(3) The price (expressed as a percentage of
the principal amount thereof) at which such Securities will be issued and, if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion
of the principal amount thereof payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof or (if applicable) the portion
of the principal amount of such Securities that is convertible into Common Stock or Preferred Stock or the method by which any
such portion shall be determined;
(4) If convertible, the terms on which such
Securities are convertible, including the initial conversion price or rate and the conversion period and any applicable limitations
on the ownership or transferability of Common Stock or Preferred Stock receivable on conversion;
(5) The date or dates, or the method for determining
such date or dates, on which the principal of such Securities will be payable;
(6) The rate or rates (which may be fixed or
variable), or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, at which such Securities will bear interest, if any;
(7) The date or dates, or the method for determining
such date or dates, from which any such interest will accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest will be payable,
the Regular Record Dates for such Interest Payment Dates, or the method by which such dates shall be determined, the Persons to
whom such interest shall be payable, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months;
(8) The Make-Whole Amount, if any, or method
for determining the Make-Whole Amount, if any, payable with respect to such Securities, and the terms upon which such amount, if
any, will be payable;
(9) The place or places where the principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities will be payable, where such Securities may
be surrendered for registration of transfer or conversion or exchange and where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect
of such Securities and this Indenture may be served;
(10) The period or periods, if any, within
which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities may, pursuant to any optional
or mandatory redemption provisions, be redeemed, as a whole or in part, at the option of the Company;
(11) The obligation, if any, of the Company
to redeem, repay or purchase such Securities pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof,
and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the other terms and conditions upon which such Securities
will be redeemed, repaid or purchased, as a whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(12) If other than Dollars, the currency or
currencies in which such Securities are denominated and payable, which may be a foreign currency or units of two or more foreign
currencies or a composite currency or currencies, the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in Dollars for purposes of the
definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101, and the terms and conditions relating thereto;
(13) Whether the amount of payments of principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, including any amount due upon redemption, if any) or interest on such Securities
may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may, but need not be, based
on the yield on or trading price of other securities, including United States Treasury securities or on a currency, currencies,
currency unit or units, or composite currency or currencies) and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(14) Whether the principal of (and premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or
a Holder thereof, in a currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies other than that in which
such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon
which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of, and identity of the exchange rate agent with responsibility for,
determining the exchange rate between the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in
which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which such Securities are to be so payable;
(15) Provisions, if any, granting special rights
to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;
(16) Any deletions from, modifications of or
additions to the Events of Default or covenants of the Company with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events
of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(17) Whether and under what circumstances the
Company will pay any additional amounts on such Securities in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so,
whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities in lieu of making such payment;
(18) Whether Securities of the series are to
be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer,
sale or delivery of Bearer Securities and the terms upon which Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered
Securities of the series and vice versa (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether any Securities of the series
are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent
global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Security may,
or shall be required to, exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination
and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may, or shall be required to, occur, if other than in the manner provided
in the Indenture, and, if Registered Securities of the series are to be issuable as a Global Security, the identity of the depository
for such series;
(19) The date as of which any Bearer Securities
of the series and any temporary Global Security representing outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than
the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;
(20) The Person to whom any interest on any
Registered Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest the manner in which, or the Person
to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender
of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable
on a temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided herein; provided,
however, in each case, that the manner of determining such Person or making such payment shall be acceptable to the Trustee (as
not imposing on it any undue administrative burden or risk of liability);
(21) The applicability, if any, of the Defeasance
and Covenant Defeasance provisions of Article Fourteen hereof to the Securities of the series;
(22) The obligation, if any, of the Company
to permit the conversion of the Securities of such series into Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, and the terms
and conditions upon which such conversion shall be effected (including, without limitation, the initial conversion price or rate,
the conversion period, any adjustment of the applicable conversion price and any requirements relative to the reservation of such
shares for purposes of conversion);
(23) If the Securities of such series are to
be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon
receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and/or terms of such certificates,
documents or conditions;
(24) Designation of the Trustee, if different
from the Trustee under the Indenture, with respect to such series and the terms applicable to such Trustee (which shall be accepted
by such Trustee by its execution and delivery of a supplemental indenture as provided therein); and
(25) Any other terms of the series (which terms
shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
All Securities of any one series and the coupons
appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case of Registered Securities,
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution (subject to Section 303) and
set forth in such Officers’ Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need
not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for
issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the Securities of any
series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, a copy of an appropriate record of such action(s)
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery
of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series.
SECTION 302. Denominations. The Securities
of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. With respect to Securities
of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities
of such series, other than Global Securities (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and
any integral multiple thereof or the equivalent amounts thereof in the case of Securities denominated in the Foreign Currency or
currency unit.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication,
Delivery and Dating. The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chief Executive Officer, its President, or one of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon, and attested
by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities and coupons may
be manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced
on the Securities.
Securities and coupons bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding
that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities
or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons.
At any time and from time to time after the
execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series, together with any coupon appertaining
thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery
of such Securities (accompanied by a copy of the Board Resolution and the Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture
contemplated by Section 301), and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities;
provided, however, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise
delivered to any location in the United States; and provided further that, unless otherwise specified with respect
to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with its original issuance
only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate to Euroclear or Clearstream, as
the case may be, in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1 to this Indenture or such other certificate as may be specified by
the Company with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier
of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any temporary Security first becomes exchangeable
for such Bearer Security in accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture. If any Security shall be represented
by a permanent Global Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner’s
interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary Global Security shall be
deemed to be delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent Global
Security. Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant
coupons for interest then matured have been detached and canceled.
If all the Securities of any series are not
to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company
Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining the terms of particular
Securities of such series, such as interest rate or formula, maturity date, date of issuance and date from which interest shall
accrue. In authenticating 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 TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected
in relying upon,
(i) an Opinion of Counsel stating that
(a) the form or forms of such
Securities and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(b) the terms of such Securities
and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(c) such Securities, together
with any coupons appertaining thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the
Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this
Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute
legal, valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and to general equitable principles; and
(ii) an Officers’ Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the issuance of the Securities have been
complied with and that, to the best of the knowledge of the signers of such certificate, that no Event of Default with
respect to any of the Securities shall have occurred and be continuing.
If such form or terms have been so established,
the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities (or to enter into the related supplemental indenture, if applicable)
if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties, obligations or immunities
under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301
and of the preceding paragraph, if all the Securities of any series are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary
to deliver an Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or a Company Order, or an Opinion of Counsel
or an Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to the preceding paragraph at the time of issuance of each Security
of such series, but such order, opinion and certificates, with appropriate modifications to cover such future issuances, shall
be delivered at or before the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.
Each Registered Security shall be dated the
date of its authentication and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section 301.
No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any
benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security or Security to which
such coupon appertains a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee
(subject to Section 611) by manual signature of an authorized signatory, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive
evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security (including a Global Security) shall have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for
cancellation as provided in Section 309 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not
be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes
of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
(a) Pending the preparation of definitive
Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary
Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially
of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form, or, if authorized, in bearer form
with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities. In the
case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form.
Except in the case of temporary Global Securities
(which shall be exchanged as otherwise provided herein or as otherwise provided in or pursuant to a Board Resolution or supplemental
indenture pursuant to Section 301), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary
Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities
of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon
surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any non-matured coupons appertaining
thereto), the Company shall execute (in accordance with a Company Order delivered at or prior to the authentication of the first
definitive security to such series) and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount
of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer
Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided further that a definitive
Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth
in Section 303. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.
(b) Unless otherwise provided in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution or supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 301, the following provisions of this Section 304(b) shall
govern the exchange of temporary Securities other than through the facilities of the DTC. If any such temporary Security is issued
in global form, then such temporary Global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London office
of a depository or common depository upon and pursuant to written direction of the Company (the “Common Depository”),
for the benefit of Euroclear and Clearstream, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities
(or to such other accounts as they may direct).
Without unnecessary delay but in any event not
later than the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary Global Security (the “Exchange
Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of such temporary Global Security, executed by the Company. On or after the Exchange Date, such temporary Global Security
shall be surrendered by the Common Depository to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in
whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
exchange for each portion of such temporary Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the
same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary Global Security to be exchanged. The
definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary Global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form,
permanent global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section
301, and, if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof (as directed by or pursuant
to information provided by the Common Depository); provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary
Global Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depository, such temporary Global Security shall be accompanied by a certificate
dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary Global Security held for
its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Clearstream as to
the portion of such temporary Global Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit
B-2 to this Indenture or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301; and provided further
that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary Global Security only in compliance
with the requirements of Section 303.
Unless otherwise specified in such temporary
Global Security, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary Global Security shall be exchanged
for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs Euroclear
or Clearstream, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf and delivers to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case
may be, a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit B-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established
pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be available
from the offices of Euroclear and Clearstream, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and
each Paying Agent. Unless otherwise specified in such temporary Global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge
to the beneficial owners of such temporary Global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the
cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like unless such Person takes delivery of such definitive Securities in person
at the offices of Euroclear or Clearstream. Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of
a temporary Global Security shall be delivered only to an address located outside the United States.
Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided,
the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive
Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary Global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such
series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date
upon delivery by Euroclear and Clearstream to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit
B-2 to this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further interest
on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary Global
Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate
dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set forth as
Exhibit B-1 to this Indenture (or in such other forms as may be established pursuant to Section 301). Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the certification requirements
of the preceding two paragraphs of this Section 304(b) and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the interests
of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary Global Security with respect to which such certification was made
will be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange Date or the date of certification
if such date occurs after the Exchange Date, without further act or deed by such beneficial owners. Except as otherwise provided
in this paragraph, no payments of principal or interest owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary Global Security
will be made unless and until such interest in such temporary Global Security shall have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive
Security. Any interest so received by Euroclear and Clearstream and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee
prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company.
With respect to Exhibit B-1 or B-2
to this Indenture, the Company may, in its discretion and if required or desirable under applicable law, substitute one or more
other forms of such exhibits for such exhibits, eliminate the requirement that any or all certificate be provided, or change the
time that any certificate may be required, provided that such substitute form or forms or notice of elimination or
change of such certification requirement have theretofore been delivered to the Trustee with a Company Request and such form or
forms, elimination or change is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration
of Transfer, Conversion and Exchange. The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in
any office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a register for each series of Securities (the registers maintained in
such office or in any such office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes referred to collectively
as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall
provide for the registration of Registered Securities and of transfers of Registered Securities. The Security Register shall be
in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable time. The Trustee, at its Corporate
Trust Office, is hereby initially appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Registered Securities
and transfers of Registered Securities on such Security Register as herein provided. In the event that the Trustee shall cease
to be Security Registrar, it shall have the right to examine, and be provided a copy of, the Security Register at all reasonable
times.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 305,
upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at any office or agency of the Company in
a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the
designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations
and of a like aggregate principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and containing identical terms and
provisions.
Subject to the provisions of this Section 305,
at the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series,
of any authorized denomination or denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions,
upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency. Whenever any such Registered Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities
which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities
as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.
If (but only if) permitted by the applicable
Board Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officers’ Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental
hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged
for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor,
upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured
coupons in default thereto appertaining. If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons
or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by
payment in funds acceptable to the Company (or to the Trustee for the Security in case of matured coupons in default) in an amount
equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by
the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and
any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon
in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided,
however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon
presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange for a Registered Security
of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on (i) any Regular Record Date and before
the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before
the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security
shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be,
and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for
payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable
only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, any permanent Global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph.
If the depository for any permanent Global Security is DTC, then, unless the terms of such Global Security expressly permit such
Global Security to be exchanged in whole or in part for definitive Securities, a Global Security may be transferred, in whole but
not in part, only to a nominee of DTC, or by a nominee of DTC to DTC, or to a successor to DTC for such Global Security selected
or approved by the Company or to a nominee of such successor to DTC. If at any time DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling
or unable to continue as depository for the applicable Global Security or Securities or if at any time DTC ceases to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act if so required by applicable law or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor
depository with respect to such Global Security or Securities. If (w) a successor depository for such Global Security or Securities
is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such unwillingness, inability
or ineligibility, (x) the Company delivers to the Trustee for Securities of such series in registered form a Company Order stating
that the Securities of such series shall be exchangeable, (y) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the beneficial
owners representing a majority in principal amount of the applicable series of Securities represented by such Global Security or
Securities advise DTC to cease acting as depository for such Global Security or Securities or (z) the Company, in its sole discretion,
determines at any time that all Outstanding Securities (but not less than all) of any series issued or issuable in the form of
one or more Global Securities shall no longer be represented by such Global Security or Securities, then the Company shall execute,
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities of like series, rank, tenor and terms in definitive form
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Global Security or Securities. If any beneficial owner of
an interest in a permanent global Security is otherwise entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of
like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided
that any applicable notice provided in the permanent Global Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but
in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial
owner’s interest in such permanent Global Security. On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged,
such permanent Global Security shall be surrendered for exchange by DTC or such other depository as shall be specified in the Company
Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose; provided, however, that
no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities to
be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among those selected
for redemption; and provided further that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent Global
Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States. If a Registered Security is issued in exchange
for any portion of a permanent Global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on
(i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date,
or (ii) any Special Record Date and the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of
Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed
date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent
Global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration
of transfer or conversion or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or conversion
or exchange.
Every Registered Security presented or surrendered
for registration of transfer or for conversion, exchange or redemption shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar)
be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar,
duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to the Holder
for any registration of transfer or conversion or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or conversion
or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1305 not involving any transfer.
The Company or the Trustee, as applicable, shall
not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security if such Security may be among those selected for
redemption during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before selection of the Securities to be redeemed under
Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on (A) if such Securities are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day
of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if such Securities are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the
first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if such Securities are also issuable as Registered Securities and there
is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except, in the case of any Registered Security to be redeemed in part,
the portion thereof not to be redeemed, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a
Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor, provided that such Registered
Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security
which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so
repaid.
Furthermore, notwithstanding any other provision
of this Section 305, the Company will not be required to exchange any Securities if, as a result of the exchange, the Company would
suffer adverse consequences under any United States law or regulation.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost
and Stolen Securities. If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it is surrendered to
the Trustee or the Company, together with, in proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the
Trustee to save each of them or any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions
and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the
surrendered Security.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and
to the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon, and (ii) such security
or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall
execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security
or in exchange for the Security to which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed,
lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and principal amount, containing identical terms and provisions and bearing
a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed,
lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous
two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and
payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any,
appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains,
pay such Security or coupon if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and the Trustee for such Security such
security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless, and in the case of destruction, loss or theft,
evidence satisfactory to the Company and Trustee and any agent of any of them of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security
and the ownership thereof; provided, however, that payment of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if
any), and interest, if any, on, Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office
or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer
Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under
this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series with its coupons,
if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security, or in exchange for a Security to which
a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether
or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and
all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive
and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.
SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest
Rights Preserved. Except as otherwise specified with respect to a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of
Section 301, interest on any Registered Security that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest
Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest payment at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such
purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that each installment of interest on any Registered Security
may at the Company’s option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the
Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 308, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) transfer
to an account maintained by the payee located inside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, payment of interest may be made, in the case of a Bearer Security, by
transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located outside the United States.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by
Section 301, every permanent Global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid
to DTC, Euroclear and/or Clearstream, as the case may be, with respect to that portion of such permanent Global Security held for
its account by Cede & Co. or the Common Depository, as the case may be, for the purpose of permitting such party to credit
the interest received by it in respect of such permanent Global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.
In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered
in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close of business (at an office or agency in a Place of Payment
for such series) on any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business (at such office or agency) on the next succeeding
Interest Payment Date, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date and
interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer
Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
Except as otherwise specified with respect to
a series of Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section 301, any interest on any Registered Security of any series
that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder thereof on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue
of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in
clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of
any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which
shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed
to be paid on each Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment (which shall not be less than 20 days
after such notice is received by the Trustee), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money
in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of
such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment
and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed
payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder
of Registered Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. The Trustee may, in its discretion, in the name and at the expense of the Company, cause a similar notice
to be published at least once in an Authorized Newspaper in each Place of Payment, but such publications shall not be a condition
precedent to the establishment of such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special
Record Date therefor having been mailed as aforesaid, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Registered
Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). In case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered
at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for such series in exchange for a Registered Security of such series after the close
of business at such office or agency on any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on
the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating
to such proposed date of payment and Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such proposed date of payment in respect of the
Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due
in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted
Interest on the Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any over-the-counter
market or securities exchange on which such Securities may be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
market or exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such
manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this
Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or upon conversion of or
in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were
carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior
to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the
purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), and (subject to Sections 305 and 307)
interest on, such Registered Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Registered Security be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary. All
such payments so made to any such Person, or upon such Person’s order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums
so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for money payable upon any such Security.
Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons
appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery. The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the
Holder of any Bearer Security and the Holder of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of
receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupon be
overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No holder of any beneficial interest in any
Global Security held on its behalf by a depository shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to such Global Security
and such depository (which is the Holder of such security) shall be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the Company
or the Trustee as the owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying
Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments
made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records
relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect
to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from
giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depository, as a Holder, with respect
to such Global Security or impair, as between such depository and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation
of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depository (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.
SECTION 309. Cancellation. All Securities
and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or conversion
or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered
to the Trustee, and any such Securities and coupons and Securities and coupons surrendered directly to the Trustee for any such
purpose, upon direction by the Company, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner
whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as
a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided
in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. Cancelled Securities and coupons held by the Trustee shall be
disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary practices (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange
Act).
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series, interest on the Securities
of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months.
SECTION 311. CUSIP Numbers. The Company
in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”
numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that
no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice
of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of
any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR - SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge
of Indenture. This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities
specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or conversion or exchange of Securities
of such series herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order, and at the expense of the Company,
shall execute instruments in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company acknowledging satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture as to such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore
authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities
surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been
waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing
after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons
of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series and, in
the case of (i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable,
or
(ii) will become due and payable
at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option
of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of
notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably
deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose an amount in the currency or currencies,
currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay
and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities and such coupons not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation,
for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which
have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the
Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee
an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating
to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606, the obligations
of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 and, if money shall have been deposited with and held by the Trustee
pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph
of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Funds.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall
be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities, the coupons and this Indenture, to the
payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), and any interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except
to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE - REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default. “Event
of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to any particular series of Securities, means any one of the following events
(whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether or not it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation
of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental
body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest
on any Security of that series or of any coupon appertaining thereto, when such interest or coupon becomes due and payable, and
continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal
of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund
payment, to the extent applicable to such series of Securities, when and as due by the terms of any Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach,
of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture with respect to any Security of that series (other than a covenant
or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly
been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such
default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee
or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series
a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice
of Default” hereunder; or
(5) default under any bond, debenture, note,
mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness
for money borrowed by the Company, having an aggregate principal amount outstanding of at least $30,000,000, whether such indebtedness
now exists or shall hereafter be created, which default shall have resulted in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due
and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due and payable, without such indebtedness having been discharged,
or such acceleration having been rescinded or annulled, within a period of 30 days after there shall have been given, by registered
or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default and requiring the Company to cause
such indebtedness to be discharged or cause such acceleration to be rescinded or annulled and stating that such notice is a “Notice
of Default” hereunder; provided, however, that, subject to the provisions of Sections 601 and 602, the Trustee
shall not be deemed to have knowledge of such default unless either (A) a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have knowledge
of such default or (B) the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof from the Company, from any Holder, from the holder
of any such indebtedness or from the trustee under any such mortgage, indenture or other instrument; or
(6) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning
of any Bankruptcy Law:
(A) commences a voluntary case,
(B) consents to the entry of
an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
(C) consents to the appointment
of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(D) makes a general assignment
for the benefit of its creditors; or
(7) a court of competent jurisdiction enters
an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(A) is for relief against the Company
in an involuntary case,
(B) appoints a Custodian of
the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or
(C) orders the liquidation of
the Company, and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with
respect to Securities of that series.
As used in this Section 501, the term “Bankruptcy
Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or state law for the relief of debtors and the term “Custodian”
means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or other similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity;
Rescission and Annulment. If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and
is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if Securities of that Series are Original Issue Discount Securities
or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities of that series
to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon
any such declaration such principal or specified portion thereof shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration
with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration of acceleration and its
consequences if:
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with
the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the currency, currency unit or composite currency in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series):
(A) all overdue installments of interest
on all Outstanding Securities of that series and any related coupons,
(B) the principal of (and premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Outstanding Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration
of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of
such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate or rates borne by or provided for in such Securities,
and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by
the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities
of that series, other than the nonpayment of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on Securities
of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section
513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent
default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness
and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. The Company covenants that if:
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment
of interest on any Security of any series and any related coupon when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues
for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of
the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) any Security of any series at its Maturity, then the Company
will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities of such series and
coupons, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) and interest, with interest upon any overdue principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and, to the
extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, upon any overdue installments of interest at the rate or
rates borne by or provided for in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith
upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the
collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree, and may enforce the same
against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities of such series and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable
in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities of such series, wherever
situated.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities
of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights
of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem necessary to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this
Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the
Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities of any
series shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest)
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole
amount, or such lesser amount as may be provided for in the Securities of such series, of principal (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be
necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(ii) to collect and receive any moneys or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator
(or other similar official) in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder of Securities of such series and
coupons to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee or any predecessor
Trustee under Section 606.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder of a Security or coupon any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or coupons or the rights of any Holder thereof,
or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder of a Security or coupon in any such proceeding.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and
also any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the
Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Securities, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the
Securities parties to any such proceedings.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims
Without Possession of Securities or Coupons. All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or any of the Securities
or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production
thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities
and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed
by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any)
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment
if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee
and any predecessor Trustee under Section 606;
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due
and unpaid upon the Securities and coupons for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, in respect of
which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according
to the aggregate amounts due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any)
and interest, respectively; and
THIRD: To the payment of the remainder, if any,
to the Company.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupon shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise,
with respect to this Indenture or the Securities or any related coupon, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for
any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written
notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to
the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance
with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt
of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written
request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such
Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to
affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture or the Securities or any related
coupon, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders
to Receive Principal, Premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture,
the Holder of any Security or coupon shall have the right which is absolute and unconditional to receive payment of the principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such Security or payment of such
coupon on the respective due dates expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date)
and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such
Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and
Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder of a Security or coupon has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities and coupons
shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder
and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons
in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of
Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent
permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at
law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the
concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any
Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein.
Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and
as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities or coupons, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders of Securities.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to
direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust
or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict
with any rule of law or with this Indenture,
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed
proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which
might involve it in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of such series not joining therein.
Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right
of the Trustee in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and which is not inconsistent with such direction
by Holders.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders
of all the Securities of such series and any related coupons waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of (or
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security of such series or any related coupons, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision
hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of
such series affected; or
(3) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof
for the benefit or protection of the Trustee, without its express written consent.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease
to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but
no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension
Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead,
or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or
at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent
that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder,
delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such
power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs. All
parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that
any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any
suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an
undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit having due regard to the merits and good faith of the
claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the
principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
ARTICLE SIX - THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults. Within
90 days after the occurrence of any default hereunder with respect to the Securities of any series, the Trustee shall transmit
in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), notice of such default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such
default shall have been cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a default in the payment
of the principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security of such series, or in the payment of
any sinking or purchase fund installment with respect to the Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding
such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities
and coupons of such series; and provided further that in the case of any default or breach of the character specified
in Section 501(4) with respect to the Securities and coupons of such series, no such notice to Holders shall be given until at
least 60 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which
is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series.
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of TIA Section 315(a) through 315(d):
(1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall
be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document (whether in its original or
facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company
mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than delivery of any Security, together
with any coupons appertaining thereto, to the Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently
evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this
Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its
part, rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of
its own selection and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and
protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation
to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities
of any series or any related coupons pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security
or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make
any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to
do by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series; provided
that, if the payment within a reasonable time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it
in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded
to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition
to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such examination shall be paid by the Holders or, if paid by the Trustee, shall
be repaid by the Holders upon demand. The Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such
facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall
be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, relevant to the facts or matters that are the subject of
its inquiry, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability
of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts
or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(9) any permissive right or power available
to the Trustee under this Indenture or any supplement hereto shall not be construed to be a mandatory duty or obligation;
(10) the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of any matter (including any default, other than as described in Section 501(1), (2) or (3)) unless and except to the
extent actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee or to the extent written notice thereof is received by the Trustee
at the Corporate Trust Office;
(11) the Trustee shall have no liability for
any inaccuracy in the books and records of, or for any actions or omissions of, DTC, Euroclear or Clearstream or any depository
acting on behalf of any of them;
(12) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities
and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable
by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed by the Trustee to act
hereunder; and
(13) the Trustee may request that the Company
deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time
to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized
to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered
and not superseded.
The Trustee shall not be required to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise
of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
Except during the continuance of an Event of
Default, the Trustee undertakes to perform only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants
or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 603. Not Responsible for Recitals
or Issuance of Securities. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificate of authentication,
and in any coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes
any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture
or of the Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture,
authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable
for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall have no responsibility with
respect to any information, statement or recital in any offering prospectus or other disclosure materials prepared or distributed
with respect to the Securities.
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or
any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and, subject to TIA Sections 310(b) and 311, may
otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar, Authenticating
Agent or such other agent.
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The
Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with
the Company.
SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees:
(1) to pay to the Trustee as agreed upon in
writing from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited
by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, to reimburse each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, and disbursements
incurred by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the reasonable
expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense or disbursement as shall be determined to have been
caused by its own negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify each of the Trustee and any
predecessor Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense incurred without negligence,
willful misconduct or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust
or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders
services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) or Section 501(8), the expenses (including the reasonable
charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration
under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
As security for the performance of the obligations
of the Company under this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien for payment of the Trustee’s fees and expenses prior to
the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment
of principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on particular Securities or any coupons.
The provisions of this Section shall survive
the termination of this Indenture and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required;
Eligibility; Conflicting Interests. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee
under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have at all times a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 (or which shall
have a combined capital and surplus of at least $10,000,000 and whose ultimate parent holding company shall have a combined capital
and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If the Trustee publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements
of Federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section,
the combined capital and surplus of the Trustee shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most
recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions
of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article. Neither the
Company nor any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company shall serve
as Trustee.
SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal;
Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee
and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by
the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with
respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance
by a successor Trustee shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation,
the resigning Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time
with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of such series delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If an instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee shall not have
been delivered to the Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition,
at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with
the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible
under Section 607 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder of a Security who has
been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of
acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation
or liquidation, then, in any such case, (i) the Company by or pursuant to a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee and appoint
a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), any Holder of a Security who has been
a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor
Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed
or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause with respect to the Securities
of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees
with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with
respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any particular series). If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence
of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the
successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders of Securities and accepted
appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to Securities of such series.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation
and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series in the manner provided for notices to the Holders of Securities in Section 106. Each notice shall
include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust
Office.
SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment
by Successor.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of
a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver
to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of
the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on request of the Company or the successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor
Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee, and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder, subject nevertheless to its claim, if any, provided for
in Section 606.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto,
pursuant to Article Nine hereof, wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such
provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment
of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary
to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing
herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee
shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee,
such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee,
the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee
all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 609, as the case may be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment
unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation
or Succession to Business. Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated,
or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation
succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder,
provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing
of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities or coupons shall have been authenticated,
but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities or coupons so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities or coupons. In case any Securities or coupons shall not have been authenticated
by such predecessor Trustee, any such successor Trustee may authenticate and deliver such Securities or coupons, in either its
own name or that of its predecessor Trustee, with the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of
authentication of the Trustee.
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating
Agent. At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents
with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities
of such series issued upon conversion or exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption or repayment thereof, and Securities
so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated
by the Trustee hereunder. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture
to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference
shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of
authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the
Company and shall at all times be a bank or trust company or corporation organized and doing business and in good standing under
the laws of the United States of America or of any state or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal
or state authorities. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or the requirements
of the aforesaid supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of
such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition
so published. In case at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this
Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating
Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion
or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or
corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall
be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or further act on the part of the Trustee
or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent for any series of Securities
may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee for such series and to the Company. The Trustee for
any series of Securities may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice of termination
to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in
case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee
for such series may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of
such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve in the manner
set forth in Section 106. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with
all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent
herein. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating
Agent from time to time reasonable compensation including reimbursement of its reasonable expenses for its services under this
Section, subject to Section 606.
If an appointment with respect to one or more
series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to or in lieu of
the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series
designated therein referred to in the within- mentioned Indenture.
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SECTION 612. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
of the Trustee.
(a) With respect to the Securities of any series,
except during the continuance of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series:
(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such
duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part,
the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon
certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any
such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee
shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but shall
not be under any duty to verify the contents or accuracy thereof.
(b) In case an Event of Default with respect
to the Securities of any series has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall, with respect to Securities of such series, exercise
such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be
construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(1) this Subsection shall not be construed
to limit the effect of Subsection (a) of this Section;
(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any
error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining
the pertinent facts;
(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with
respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with
respect to the Securities of such series; and
(4) no provision of this Indenture shall
require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment
of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it; and, the Trustee shall be under
no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holder, unless such Holder shall
have offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee
shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 612.
(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest
on any money or assets held by it except to the extent the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Assets held in trust
by the Trustee need not be segregated from other assets except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE SEVEN - HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses
of Holders. Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee
that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent nor any Paying Agent nor any Security Registrar shall be
held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any information as to the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities in accordance
with TIA Section 312, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held
accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee. The
Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required by
TIA Section 313 at the times and in the manner provided by the TIA, which shall initially be not less than every twelve months
commencing on [______], 20[__]. A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each over-the-counter market or securities exchange, if any, upon which any Securities are quoted or listed, with
the Commission and with the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are quoted or listed on any over-the-counter
market or securities exchange or delisted therefrom.
SECTION 703. Reports by Company. The
Company will:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 days after
the Company is required to file the same with the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and
other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations
prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act; or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of such Sections, then it
will file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission,
such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange
Act in respect of a security quoted or listed and registered on an over-the-counter market or national securities exchange as may
be prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission,
in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents
and reports with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as may be required from
time to time by such rules and regulations;
(3) transmit by mail to the Holders of Securities,
within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section 313(c), such
summaries of any information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of this
Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission; and
(4) delivery of such reports, information
and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive
notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance
with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
SECTION 704. Company to Furnish Trustee
Names and Addresses of Holders. The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semiannually, not later than 15 days after
the Regular Record Date for interest for each series of Securities, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the Holders of Registered Securities of such series as of such Regular Record Date, or if there is
no Regular Record Date for interest for such series of Securities, semiannually, upon such dates as are set forth in the Board
Resolution or indenture supplemental hereto authorizing such series, and
(b) at such other times as the Trustee
may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and
content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished, provided, however, that,
so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished.
ARTICLE EIGHT - CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE,
LEASE OR CONVEYANCE
SECTION 801. Consolidations and Mergers
of Company and Sales, Leases and Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions. The Company may consolidate with, or
sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into any other corporation, provided that in
any such case, (1) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor corporation shall be a corporation
organized and existing under the laws of the United States or a State thereof and such successor corporation shall expressly assume
the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and any interest on all of the Securities,
according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture
to be performed by the Company by supplemental indenture, complying with Article Nine hereof, satisfactory to the Trustee, executed
and delivered to the Trustee by such corporation, (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness
which becomes an obligation of the Company as a result thereof as having been incurred by the Company at the time of such transaction,
no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or the lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
occurred and be continuing and (3) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee the Officer’s Certificate and Opinion
of Counsel required pursuant to Section 803 below.
SECTION 802. Rights and Duties of Successor
Corporation. In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance and upon any such assumption by the successor
corporation, such successor corporation shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company, with the same effect as if it had
been named herein as the party of the first part, and the predecessor corporation, except in the event of a lease, shall be relieved
of any further obligation under this Indenture and the Securities. Such successor corporation thereupon may cause to be signed,
and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company, any or all of the Securities issuable hereunder which theretofore
shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such successor corporation, instead
of the Company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate
and shall deliver any Securities which previously shall have been signed and delivered by the officers of the Company to the Trustee
for authentication, and any Securities which such successor corporation thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the
Trustee for that purpose. All the Securities so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture
as the Securities theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Securities
had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale,
lease or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Securities thereafter to be
issued as may be appropriate.
SECTION 803. Officers’ Certificate
and Opinion of Counsel. Any consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance permitted under Section 801 is also subject to
the condition that the Trustee receive an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that any such consolidation,
merger, sale, lease or conveyance, and the assumption by any successor corporation, complies with the provisions of this Article
and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
ARTICLE NINE - SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without
Consent of Holders. Without the consent of any Holders of Securities or coupons, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant
to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person
to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained herein and in the Securities;
or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company
for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than
all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to
surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default
for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less
than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series); provided, however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental indenture
may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case
of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee
upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of that or those series of
Securities to which such additional Events of Default apply to waive such default; or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions
of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions
on the payment of principal of or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities
to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities
of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form, provided that any
such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material
respect; or
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions
of this Indenture, provided that any such change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding
of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;
or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities
of any series and any related coupons as permitted or contemplated by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance
of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any
of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder
by more than one Trustee; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement
any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with
respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture which shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture,
provided such provisions shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons
in any material respect; or
(10) to supplement any of the provisions of
this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the Defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities
pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or
(11) to make provisions with respect to Holders’
rights of conversion with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Article Seventeen.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with
Consent of Holders. With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities
affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized
by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose
of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in
any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities and any related coupons under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby:
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the
principal of (or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, on) or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security; or
reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate or amount of interest thereon, or any premium or Make-Whole Amount payable upon
the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable
upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy
pursuant to Section 504, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of the Holder of any Security, or change any
Place of Payment where, or the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which, any
Security or any premium or Make-Whole Amount or the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the
enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option
of the Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be), or (if Securities of such series are
convertible) adversely affect the right of the Holder to convert any Security as provided in Article Seventeen, or modify the provisions
of this Indenture with respect to the subordination of the Securities in a manner materially adverse to the Holders; or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the
consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver with respect to such series (or compliance with certain provisions of this
Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section
1504 for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section,
Section 513 or Section 1009, except to increase the required percentage to effect such action or to provide that certain other
provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected
thereby, provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in
the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section 902 and Section 1009, or the deletion of this
proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 609(b) and 901(11).
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders
under this Section 902 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such
Act shall approve the substance thereof.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates
any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular
series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or
other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental
Indentures. In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article
or the modification thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 612) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture
is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith,
and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore
or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder and of any coupon appertaining thereto shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture
Act. Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture
Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to
Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to this Article may, and shall, if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any
matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified
as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN - COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium
or Make-Whole Amount, if any; and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series
of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on
the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of such series of Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this
Indenture. Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest due
on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such
interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature. Unless otherwise specified with respect to Securities
of any series pursuant to Section 301, at the option of the Company (upon written notice to the Trustee), all payments of principal
may be paid by check to the registered Holder of the Registered Security or other Person entitled thereto against surrender of
such Security.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
If Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any
series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion,
where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or conversion or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. If Securities of a
series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain: (A) in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an
office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment or conversion, where
any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for conversion or exchange, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series
and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered
for payment or conversion in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise); (B) subject to any laws
or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office
or agency where Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however,
that if the Securities of that series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange
shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in any required city located outside
the United States, as the case may be, so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange; and (C) subject to
any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or
agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that
series may be surrendered for conversion or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities
of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and
any change in the location, of each such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required
office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands
may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of that series and the related
coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment or conversion at the offices specified in the Security, in London, England,
and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agent to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands,
and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, no payment of principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount or interest on Bearer Securities shall
be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by
transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that, if the Securities
of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of principal of and any premium or Make-Whole Amount and interest on any Bearer Security
shall be made at the office of the Company’s Paying Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, if (but only
if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, or interest, as the case may be, at
all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for the purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture,
is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.
The Company may from time to time designate
one or more other offices or agencies (in or outside the Place of Payment) where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all of such purposes, and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however,
that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency
in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt
written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office
or agency. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities,
the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities, each of (i) the office or agency of the Company
in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and (ii) the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (as Paying Agent); and the
Company hereby initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in such city; and the Company hereby
initially appoints as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands each of the Trustee, at its
Corporate Trust Office.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or
(ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of the Indenture, then the Company
will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one exchange rate agent (of which it
shall give written notice to the Trustee).
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments
to Be Held in Trust. If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of any Securities
and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), or
interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal
(and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided, and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more
Paying Agents for any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any), or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the
currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient
to pay the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or interest and (unless such Paying Agent
is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for
any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent
shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment
of principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on Securities in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default
by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities) in the making of any such payment of principal (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and
(3) at any time during the continuance of any
such default upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose
of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying
Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon
the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying
Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.
Except as otherwise provided in the Securities
of any series, and subject to applicable laws, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company,
in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest has become due
and payable shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust;
and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment of such
principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) or interest on any Security, without interest thereon, and all liability
of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall
thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains
unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Existence. Subject to Article
Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate
existence, all material rights (by certificate of incorporation, bylaws and statute) and material franchises; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Board of Directors shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company.
SECTION 1005. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all of its material properties used or useful in the conduct of its business to be maintained and kept in
good condition, repair and working order, normal wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted, and supplied with all necessary
equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements, betterments and improvements thereof (and the
Company may take out of service for a period of time, any of its properties that have been condemned or suffered any loss due to
casualty in order to make such repairs, betterments and improvements), all as in the judgment of the Company may be necessary so
that the business carried on in connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided,
however, that the Company shall not be prevented from (i) removing permanently any property that has been condemned or suffered
a loss due to casualty based on the Company’s reasonable judgment that such removal is in the best interest of the Company,
or (ii) selling or otherwise disposing of its properties for value in the ordinary course of business.
SECTION 1006. Insurance. The Company
will cause its insurable properties to be insured against loss or damage in an amount deemed reasonable by the Board of Directors
with insurers of recognized responsibility.
SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other
Claims. The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all
taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon it or upon the income, profits or property of the Company, and
(2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company;
provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any
such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1008. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal
executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s
compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture and, in the event of any noncompliance, specifying such noncompliance
and the nature and status thereof. For purposes of this Section 1008, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any
period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.
SECTION 1009. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in Sections 1004 to 1008,
inclusive, if before or after the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all outstanding
Securities of such series, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance
with such covenant or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such covenant or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee in
respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN - REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and
(except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice
to Trustee. The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a Board Resolution. In
case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Securities of any series, the Company shall, at least
45 days prior to the giving of the notice of redemption in Section 1104 (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee),
notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. In the case
of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities
or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance
with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities
to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities of any series issued on the same day with the same terms are to be redeemed,
the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from
the Outstanding Securities of such series issued on such date with the same terms not previously called for redemption, by such
method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal
to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount
of Securities of such series of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company
and the Security Registrar (if other than itself) in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any
Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the
context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed
or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption. Notice
of redemption shall be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, unless a shorter period is specified by the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301, to each Holder of Securities
to be redeemed, but failure to give such notice in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Security designated for redemption
as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
redemption of any other such Security or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holders of
Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the
Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price, accrued interest
to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, if any,
(3) if less than all Outstanding Securities
of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amount) of the particular
Security or Securities to be redeemed,
(4) in case any Security is to be redeemed
in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such
Security, the holder will receive, without a charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal
amount thereof remaining unredeemed,
(5) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption
Price and accrued interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, if any, will become due and payable upon
each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and
after said date,
(6) the Place or Places of Payment where such
Securities, together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption
Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, or for conversion,
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund,
if such is the case,
(8) that, unless otherwise specified in such
notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent
to the date fixed for redemption or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price,
unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee for such series and any Paying Agent is furnished,
(9) if Bearer Securities of any series are
to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged
for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on this Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date,
as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made,
(10) the CUSIP number of such Security, if
any, and
(11) if applicable, that a Holder of Securities
who desires to convert Securities for redemption must satisfy the requirements for conversion contained in such Securities, the
then existing conversion price or rate, the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion, and the date
and time when the option to convert shall expire.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed
at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and
at the expense of the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting
as its own Paying Agent, which it may not do in the case of a sinking fund payment under Article Twelve, segregate and hold in
trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency
or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of such series) sufficient to pay on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date
shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that
date.
If any Securities called for redemption are
converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption
of such Security shall be paid to the Company upon Company Request or, if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such
trust.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption
Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date,
become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite
currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301
for the Securities of such series) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date
(unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall, if the same
were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be
redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance
with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date
shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and,
unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and
provided further that except as otherwise provided with respect to Securities convertible into the Company’s
Common Stock or Preferred Stock, installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the
Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at
the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption
shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting
from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon
or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require
to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or
any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder
shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall
be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.
If any Security called for redemption shall
not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) shall, until paid,
bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Registered Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Article Twelve)
shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a
written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder
of such Security without service charge a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested
by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security
so surrendered. If a Global Security is so surrendered, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver
to the depository, without service charge, a new Global Security in a denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Global Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE - SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment
provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,”
and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities of any series is herein referred
to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of any Securities of any series, the cash amount
of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall
be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund
Payments with Securities. The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect
to the Securities of a series, (1) deliver Outstanding Securities of such series (other than any previously called for redemption)
together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto and (2) apply as a
credit Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities
or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, as provided for
by the terms of such Securities, or which have otherwise been acquired by the Company; provided that such Securities so
delivered or applied as a credit have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such
purpose by the Trustee at the applicable Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the
sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for
Sinking Fund. Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for Securities of any series, the Company will
deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment
for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash
in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series
are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) and the portion thereof,
if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202, and the optional
amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered and credited. If such Officers’ Certificate shall specify an optional amount to be added in
cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified.
Not less than 30 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such
sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the
name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption
of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN - REPAYMENT AT THE OPTION OF
HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.
Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof shall be made in accordance
with the terms of such Securities, if any, and (except as otherwise specified by the terms of such series established pursuant
to Section 301) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities.
Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided
in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest, if any, thereon
accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or prior
to the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent,
segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the currency or currencies, currency unit or units
or composite currency or currencies in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301 for the Securities of such series) sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities
of any series, a percentage of the principal) of, and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued
interest on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option. Securities
of any series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an “Option to Elect Repayment”
form on the reverse of such Securities. In order for any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the Trustee must receive
at the Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or places of which the Company
shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 60 days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment
Date (1) the Security so providing for such repayment together with the “Option to Elect Repayment” form on the reverse
thereof duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) or (2) a telegram, telex, facsimile
transmission or a letter from a member of a national securities exchange, or the FINRA, or a commercial bank or trust company in
the United States setting forth the name of the Holder of the Security, the principal amount of the Security, the principal amount
of the Security to be repaid, the CUSIP number, if any, or a description of the tenor and terms of the Security, a statement that
the option to elect repayment is being exercised thereby and a guarantee that the Security to be repaid, together with the duly
completed form entitled “Option to Elect Repayment” on the reverse of the Security, will be received by the Trustee
not later than the fifth Business Day after the date of such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter; provided,
however, that such telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter shall only be effective if such Security and form duly
completed are received by the Trustee by such fifth Business Day. If less than the entire principal amount of such Security is
to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of
the minimum denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to
be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be
specified. The principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in
part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination
of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of
any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall
be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for
Repayment Become Due and Payable. If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof
shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities
or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the
Repayment Date therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons
for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void. Upon
surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining
thereto maturing after the Repayment Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company,
together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity
is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as
otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender
of such coupons; and provided further that, in the case of Registered Securities, installments of interest, if any, whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable (but without interest thereon, unless the Company shall default
in the payment thereof) to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close
of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment
shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such Security may be paid after deducting
from the amount payable therefor as provided in Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or
the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such
security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless. If thereafter the Holder of such
Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have
been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided,
however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States
(except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation
and surrender of those coupons.
If the principal amount of any Security surrendered
for repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued
to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in
the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any Registered Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service charge and at the expense of the Company, a new Registered Security
or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal
to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN - DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Applicability of Article; Company’s
Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. If, pursuant to Section 301, provision is made for either or both of (a)
Defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 1402 or (b) Covenant Defeasance of the Securities of or within
a series under Section 1403, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions
of this Article (with such modifications thereto as may be specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any Securities), shall
be applicable to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, and the Company may at its option by Board Resolution, at
any time, with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, elect to have Section 1402 (if applicable) or Section
1403 (if applicable) be applied to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article.
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a
series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and
any coupons appertaining thereto on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, “Defeasance”).
For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented
by such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding”
only for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (A) and (B) below, and to
have satisfied all of its other obligations under such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture insofar
as such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute
proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged
hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto to receive, solely from
the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and
premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto when such payments
are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, and the Company’s
obligations under Section 606 hereof (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this
Article. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section notwithstanding
the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance. Upon
the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series,
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 1004 to 1009, inclusive, and, if specified pursuant to Section
301, its obligations under any other covenant contained herein or in any indenture supplemental hereto, with respect to such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter,
“Covenant Defeasance”), and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall thereafter be deemed to be not
“Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences
of any thereof) in connection with Sections 1004 to 1009, inclusive, or such other covenant, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding”
for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition
or limitation set forth in any such Section or such other covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section or such other covenant or by reason of reference in any such Section or such other covenant
to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a default or an Event of
Default under Section 501(4) or 501(8) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance. The following shall be the conditions to application of Section 1402 or Section 1403 to any Outstanding
Securities of or within a series and any coupons appertaining thereto:
(a) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply
with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following
payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any
coupons appertaining thereto, (1) an amount in such currency, currencies or currency unit in which such Securities and any coupons
appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity, or (2) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities
and coupons appertaining thereto (determined on the basis of the currency, currencies or currency unit in which such Securities
and coupons appertaining thereto are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal
and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than the due date of any payment of principal
of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto, money
in an amount, or (3) a combination thereof, in any case, in an amount, sufficient, without consideration of any reinvestment of
such principal and interest, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or other qualifying
trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest
and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining
thereto on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities
and any coupons appertaining thereto.
(b) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(c) No Event of Default or event which with
notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default with respect to such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as Sections 501(6) and 501(7) are concerned, at any
time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not
be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).
(d) In the case of an election under Section
1402, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (i) the Company has received from, or
there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there
has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall
confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or
loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts,
in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred.
(e) In the case of an election under Section
1403, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding
Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result
of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred.
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent to the Defeasance
under Section 1402 or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 1403 (as the case may be) have been complied with and an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that either (i) as a result of a deposit pursuant to subsection (a) above and the related exercise of the
Company’s option under Section 1402 or Section 1403 (as the case may be), registration is not required under the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, by the Company, with respect to the trust funds representing such deposit or by the Trustee for
such trust funds or (ii) all necessary registrations under said Act have been effected.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provisions of
this Section, such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions
or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(h) The payment of amounts payable to the
Trustee pursuant to this Indenture shall be paid or provided for to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee.
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government
Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section
1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1405, the “Trustee”)
pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of any Outstanding Securities of any series and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be held
in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto
and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying
Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto of all sums due and
to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest, but such money need not
be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Security pursuant to Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(a) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security
in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 301 or the terms of such Security
to receive payment in a currency or currency unit other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(a) has been made
in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs in respect of the currency or currency unit in which the deposit
pursuant to Section 1404(a) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall
be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole
Amount, if any), and interest, if any, on such Security as the same becomes due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from
time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security
into the currency or currency unit in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based
on the applicable market exchange rate for such currency or currency unit in effect on the second Business Day prior to each payment
date, except, with respect to a Conversion Event, for such currency or currency unit in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time
of the Conversion Event.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee
against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1404
or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the
account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding,
subject to Section 606, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government
Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in
excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect a Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as applicable,
in accordance with this Article.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN - MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1501. Purposes for Which Meetings
May Be Called. A meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to
this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided
by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1502. Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.
(a) The Trustee may at any time call a meeting
of Holders of Securities of any series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time and at such place as
the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place
of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided in
Section 106, not less than 20 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
(b) In case at any time the Company, pursuant
to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have
requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1501,
by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not
have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter
proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the
amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting for
such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in subsection (a) of this Section.
SECTION 1503. Persons Entitled to Vote at
Meetings. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one
or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders
of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder or Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present
or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their
counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
SECTION 1504. Quorum; Action. The Persons
entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting
of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that if any action is to be taken at such meeting with
respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified
percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30
minutes after the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of
such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by
the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. In the absence of a quorum at the reconvening of any such
adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days; at the reconvening of
any meeting adjourned or further adjourned for lack of a quorum, the Persons entitled to vote 25% in aggregate principal amount
of the then Outstanding Securities shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original
meeting. Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1502(a), except that such notice
need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.
Except as limited by the proviso to Section
902, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be
adopted by the affirmative vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
represented at such meeting; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution
with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly
provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum
is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series.
Any resolution passed or decision taken at any
meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of
Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 1504, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with respect to any request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given
or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the
Holders of such series and one or more additional series:
(i) there shall be no minimum quorum requirement
for such meeting; and
(ii) the principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of such series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action shall be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action has been made, given or taken under this Indenture.
SECTION 1505. Determination of Voting Rights;
Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.
(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this
Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of
a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the
appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the
right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted
or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment
of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the Person executing the proxy
witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities.
Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine
without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.
(b) The Trustee shall, by an instrument in
writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of
Securities as provided in Section 1502(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting,
as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting
shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
represented at the meeting.
(c) At any meeting each Holder of a Security
of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
held or represented by him; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of
any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chairman of the
meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.
(d) Any meeting of Holders of Securities of
any series duly called pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by Persons entitled
to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting, and the meeting
may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 1506. Counting Votes and Recording
Action of Meetings. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by
written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives
by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them.
The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or
against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate
of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities
of any Series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports
of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the fact,
setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable,
Section 1504. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and
one such copy shall be delivered to the Company and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached
thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein
stated.
ARTICLE SIXTEEN - SUBORDINATION OF
SECURITIES
SECTION 1601. Agreement to Subordinate.
Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary (other than Article Four of this Indenture), the Company covenants and
agrees, and each Holder of a Security, by his acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that, to the extent and in the
manner hereinafter set forth in this Article, the Indebtedness represented by the Securities and the payment of any Obligations
with respect to each and all of the Securities are hereby expressly made subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1602. Payment Over of Proceeds
upon Dissolution, Etc. In the event of (a) any insolvency or bankruptcy case or Proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation,
reorganization or other similar case or Proceeding in connection therewith, relative to the Company or to its creditors, as such,
or to its assets, or (b) any liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary and
whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or (c) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshaling of
assets and liabilities of the Company, then and in any such event specified in (a), (b) or (c) above (each such event, if any,
herein sometimes referred to as a “Proceeding”)
(1) the holders of Senior Indebtedness
shall first be entitled to receive payment in full of all Obligations due or to become due on or in respect of all Senior Indebtedness,
or provision shall be made for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, before the Holders of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment or distribution on account of principal
of or premium, if any, or interest on or other Obligations in respect of the Securities or on account of any purchase, redemption
or other acquisition of Securities by the Company (individually and collectively, a “Securities Payment”), and
(2) any payment or distribution of assets
of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (other than Capital Stock or securities of the
Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization
or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in this Article Sixteen with respect to the
Securities, to the payment in full, without diminution or modification by such plan, of all Senior Indebtedness), to which the
Holders would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Sixteen, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent
or other person making such a payment or distribution, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness) (or their representative(s)
or trustee(s) acting on their behalf), ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the principal
of or interest on and other amounts due on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make
payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the
holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
In the event that, notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 1602, the Trustee or the Holder of any Security shall have received any payment or distribution
of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (other than Capital Stock or securities
of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization
or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided in this Article with respect to the Securities,
to the payment in full, without diminution or modification by such plan, of Senior Indebtedness), before all Senior Indebtedness
is paid in full or payment thereof provided for in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of, and be paid over to, the holders
of the Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid (or their representative(s) or trustee(s) acting on their behalf), ratably as aforesaid,
for application to the payment of such Senior Indebtedness until such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
The consolidation of the Company with,
or the merger of the Company into, another Person or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or
transfer of all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety to another Person upon the terms and conditions
set forth in Article Eight shall not be deemed a Proceeding for the purposes of this Section 1602 if the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer such properties and assets
as an entirety, as the case may be, shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions
set forth in Article Eight.
SECTION 1603. No Payment When Senior
Indebtedness in Default. Anything in this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, no payment on account of principal of
or redemption of, interest on or other amounts due on the Securities, and no redemption, purchase, or other acquisition of the
Securities, shall be made by or on behalf of the Company (i) unless full payment of amounts then due for principal and interest
and of all other obligations then due on all Senior Indebtedness has been made or duly provided for pursuant to the terms of the
instrument governing such Senior Indebtedness, (ii) if, at the time of such payment, redemption, purchase or other acquisition,
or immediately after giving effect thereto, there shall exist under any Senior Indebtedness, or any agreement pursuant to which
any Senior Indebtedness is issued, any default, which default shall not have been cured or waived and which default shall have
resulted in the full amount of such Senior Indebtedness being declared due and payable or (iii) if, at the time of such payment,
redemption, purchase or other acquisition, the Trustee shall have received written notice from the holder or holders of any Senior
Indebtedness or their representative or representatives (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) that there exists under such
Senior Indebtedness, or any agreement pursuant to which such Senior Indebtedness is issued, any default, which default shall not
have been cured or waived, permitting the holders thereof to declare the full amount of such Senior Indebtedness due and payable,
but only for the period (the “Payment Blockage Period”) commencing on the date of receipt of the Payment Blockage Notice
and ending (unless earlier terminated by notice given to the Trustee by the Holders of such Senior Indebtedness) on the earlier
of (A) the date on which such event of default shall have been cured or waived or (B) 180 days from the receipt of the Payment
Blockage Notice. Upon termination of a Payment Blockage Period, payments on account of principal of or interest on the Securities
and redemptions, purchases or other acquisitions may be made by or on behalf of the Company. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, (A) only one Payment Blockage Notice may be given during any period of 360 consecutive days with respect to the same
event of default and any other events of default on the same issue of Senior Indebtedness existing and known to the person giving
such notice at the time of such notice and (B) no new Payment Blockage Period may be commenced by the holder or holders of the
same issue of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives during any period of 360 consecutive days unless all
events of default which were the object of the immediately preceding Payment Blockage Notice, and any other event of default on
the same issue of Senior Indebtedness existing and known to the person giving such notice at the time of such notice, have been
cured or waived.
In the event that, notwithstanding the
provisions of this Section 1603, payments are made by or on behalf of the Company in contravention of the provisions of this Section
1603, such payments shall be held by the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Holders, as applicable, in trust for the benefit of,
and shall be paid over to and delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or the trustee under the
indenture or other agreement (if any), pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
as their respective interests may appear, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent
necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in accordance with the terms of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect
to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The provisions of this Section shall
not apply to any payment with respect to which Section 1602 would be applicable.
SECTION 1604. Reliance by Senior Indebtedness
on Subordination Provisions. Each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing
subordination provisions are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration for each holder of any Senior Indebtedness,
whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Securities, to acquire and continue
to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness, and such holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively
to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold or in continuing to hold such Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1605. Subrogation to Rights
of Holders of Senior Indebtedness. Subject to the payment in full of all Obligations due or to become due on or in respect
of Senior Indebtedness, or the provision for such payment in cash or cash equivalents or otherwise in a manner satisfactory to
the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions
made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article Sixteen to the rights of the holders
of such Senior Indebtedness to receive payments and distributions of cash, property and securities applicable to the Senior Indebtedness
until the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full. For purposes of such subrogation,
no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness 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 Sixteen, and no payments over pursuant
to the provisions of this Article Sixteen to the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall,
as among the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be
a payment or distribution by the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1606. Provisions Solely to
Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this Article Sixteen 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 Senior Indebtedness on the other hand. Nothing
contained in this Article or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall (a) impair, as among the
Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional (and which, subject to the rights under this Article Sixteen of the holders of Senior Indebtedness,
is intended to rank equally with all other general obligations of the Company), 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 (b) affect the relative rights against the Company of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other
than the holders of Senior Indebtedness; or (c) 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 of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive cash, property and securities otherwise payable or deliverable to the Trustee or such
Holder.
SECTION 1607. Trustee to Effectuate
Subordination. 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, as between the Holders of the Securities and the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, the subordination provided in this Article Sixteen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes, including, in the event of any dissolution, winding up or liquidation or reorganization under any applicable bankruptcy
law of the Company (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership Proceedings or otherwise), the timely filing of a claim for
the unpaid balance of such Holder’s Securities in the form required in such Proceedings and the causing of such claim to
be approved. If the Trustee does not file a claim or proof of debt in the form required in such Proceedings prior to 30 days before
the expiration of the time to file such claims or proofs, then the holders of Senior Indebtedness, jointly, or their representatives
shall have the right to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders and to demand, sue for, collect, receive and
receipt for the payments and distributions in respect of the Securities which are required to be paid or delivered to the holders
of Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article Sixteen and to take all such other action in the name of the Holders or otherwise,
as such holder of Senior Indebtedness or representative thereof may determine to be necessary or appropriate for the enforcement
of the provisions of this Article Sixteen.
SECTION 1608. No Waiver of Subordination
Provisions. 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 Company or by any act or
failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder or any representative or trustee therefor, or by any non-compliance by the Company
with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof any such holder may have or be
otherwise charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality
of the foregoing paragraph, the holders of Senior Indebtedness may, at any time from time to time, without the consent of or notice
to the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities, without incurring responsibility to the Holders of the Securities and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article Sixteen or the obligations hereunder of the Holders of the Securities
to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner, place or terms of payment or
extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter, Senior Indebtedness, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior Indebtedness
or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which Senior Indebtedness is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release
or otherwise deal with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Indebtedness; (iii) release any Person liable
in any manner for the collection of Senior Indebtedness and settle or compromise Senior Indebtedness (which, to the extent so settled
and compromised, shall be deemed to have been paid in full for all purposes hereof); (iv) apply any amounts received to any liability
of the Company owing to holders of Senior Indebtedness; and (v) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the Company
and any other Person.
SECTION 1609. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any default or event of default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness
or of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities
pursuant to the provisions of this Article Sixteen. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article Sixteen 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 to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until the Trustee shall have received written notice
thereof from the Company or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or from any representative or trustee acting on their behalf; and,
prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 612, shall be entitled in all
respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the Trustee shall not have received the notice
provided for in this Section at least three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any money may become
payable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of and premium, if any, or interest on any
Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to
receive such money and to apply the same to the purpose for which such money was received and shall not be affected by any notice
to the contrary which may be received by it within three Business Days prior to such date. Nothing contained in this Article Sixteen
or any other Article of this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall prevent (a) the Company, at any time except during the
pendency of any Proceeding, or under the conditions described in Section 1603, from making payments at any time in respect of the
Securities, or (b) the application by the Trustee of any money deposited with it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the
Securities, or the retention thereof by any Holder, if the Trustee did not have notice, as provided in this Section 1609, that
such payment would have been prohibited by the provisions of this Article Sixteen.
Subject to the provisions of Section
612, the Trustee 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 (or a representative or trustee therefor) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior
Indebtedness (or a trustee therefor). 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 to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant
to this Article Sixteen, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee
as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness 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 Sixteen, 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 1610. Reliance on Judicial
Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article
Sixteen, the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 612, and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon
any order or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which any Proceeding is pending, or a certificate of the
trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, liquidating trustee, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making
such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons
entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company,
the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto
or to this Article.
SECTION 1611. Trustee Not Fiduciary
for Holders of Senior Indebtedness. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness.
Nothing contained in this Article Sixteen or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any of the Securities, shall prevent the application
by the Trustee of any moneys which were deposited with it hereunder, prior to its receipt of written notice of facts which would
prohibit such application, for the purpose of the payment of or on account of the principal of or interest on, the Securities unless,
prior to the date on which such application is made by the Trustee, the Trustee shall be charged with notice under Section 1609
hereof of the facts which would prohibit the making of such application.
SECTION 1612. Rights of Trustee as
Holder of Senior Indebtedness; Preservation of Trustee’s Rights. The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled
to all the rights set forth in this Article Sixteen with respect to any Senior Indebtedness which may at any time be held by it,
to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of
its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section
606.
SECTION 1613. Article Applicable to
Paying Agents. In case at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be
then acting hereunder, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article Sixteen shall in such case (unless the context otherwise
requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes
as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however,
that Section 1612 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.
ARTICLE SEVENTEEN - CONVERSION OF
SECURITIES
SECTION 1701. Applicability of Article; Conversion
Privilege and Conversion Price. Securities of any series which are convertible shall be convertible in accordance with their
terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article
Seventeen. Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article Seventeen, at any time during the period specified in
the Securities, at the option of the Holder thereof, any Security or any portion of the principal amount thereof which is $1,000
or an integral multiple of $1,000 may be converted at the principal amount thereof, or of such portion thereof, into fully paid
and nonassessable shares (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100 of a share) of Common Stock of the Company, at
the Conversion Price, determined as hereinafter provided, in effect at the time of conversion. In case a Security or portion thereof
is called for redemption, such conversion right in respect of the Security or portion so called shall expire at the close of business
on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date, unless the Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption,
in which case such conversion right shall terminate on the date such default is cured.
The price at which shares of Common Stock shall
be delivered upon conversion (herein called the “Conversion Price”) of Securities of any series shall be specified
in such Securities. The Conversion Price shall be adjusted in certain instances as provided in Section 1704.
In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise,
declare or make a distribution on its Common Stock referred to in paragraph (4) of Section 1704, the Holder of each Security, upon
the conversion thereof pursuant to this Article Seventeen subsequent to the close of business on the date fixed for the determination
of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution and prior to the effectiveness of the Conversion Price adjustment in respect
of such distribution pursuant to paragraph (4) of Section 1704, shall be entitled to receive for each share of Common Stock into
which such Security is converted, the portion of the evidence of indebtedness, shares of Capital Stock or assets so distributed
applicable to one share of Common Stock; provided, however, that, at the election of the Company (whose election
shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution filed with the Trustee) with respect to all Holders so converting, the Company may, in
lieu of distributing to such Holder any portion of such distribution not consisting of cash or securities of the Company, pay such
Holder an amount in cash equal to the fair market value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination
shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution filed with the Trustee). If any conversion of a Security entitled to the
benefits described in the immediately preceding sentence occurs prior to the payment date for a distribution to holders of Common
Stock which the Holder of the Security so converted is entitled to receive in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence,
the Company may elect (such election to be evidenced by a Board Resolution filed with the Trustee) to distribute to such Holder
a due bill for the evidences of indebtedness, shares of Capital Stock or assets to which such Holder is so entitled, provided that
such due bill (i) meets any applicable requirements of the principal over-the-counter market or national securities exchange or
other market on which the Common Stock is then traded, and (ii) requires payment or delivery of such evidences of indebtedness
or assets no later than the date of payment or delivery thereof to holders of Common Stock receiving such distribution.
SECTION 1702. Exercise of Conversion Privilege.
In order to exercise the conversion privilege, the Holder of any Security to be converted shall surrender such Security, duly endorsed
or assigned to the Company or in blank, at any office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 1002, accompanied
by written notice to the Company at such office or agency that the Holder elects to convert such Security or, if less than the
entire principal amount thereof is to be converted, the portion thereof to be converted and shall comply with any additional requirements
set forth in such Security. Securities surrendered for conversion during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record
Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date to the opening of business on such Interest Payment Date shall (except for Securities
the Maturity of which is prior to such Interest Payment Date) be accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company of an
amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of Securities being surrendered for
conversion and such interest shall be paid on such Interest Payment Date as provided in Section 307. Except as provided in the
preceding sentence, no payment or adjustment shall be made upon any conversion on account of any interest accrued on the Securities
surrendered for conversion or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock issued upon conversion.
The Company’s delivery to the Holder of
the fixed number of shares of the Common Stock of the Company (and any cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock) into
which the Security is convertible shall be deemed to satisfy the Company’s obligation to pay the principal amount of the
Security and all accrued interest and original issue discount that has not previously been paid. The shares of Common Stock of
the Company so delivered shall be treated as issued first in payment of accrued interest and original issue discount and then in
payment of principal. Thus, accrued interest and original issue discount shall be treated as paid, rather than canceled, extinguished
or forfeited.
Securities shall be deemed to have been converted
immediately prior to the close of business on the day of surrender of such Securities for conversion in accordance with the foregoing
provisions, and at such time the rights of the Holders of such Securities as Holders shall cease, and the Person or Persons entitled
to receive the Common Stock issuable upon conversion shall be treated for all purposes as the record holder or holders of such
Common Stock at such time. As promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date, the Company shall issue and shall deliver
at such office or agency a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion,
together with payment in lieu of any fraction of a share, as provided in Section 1703.
In the case of any Security which is converted
in part only, as promptly as practicable on or after the conversion date the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate
and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof (or the Depositary in the case of a Global Security), at the expense of the
Company, a new Security or Securities, of authorized denominations in aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion
of the principal amount of such Security.
SECTION 1703. Fractions of Shares. No
fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of Securities. If more than one Security shall be surrendered
for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable upon conversion
thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof) so surrendered.
Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock which would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Security or Securities
(or specified portions thereof), the Company shall pay a cash adjustment (rounded to the nearest cent) in respect of such fraction
in an amount equal to the same fraction of the Closing Price per share of the Common Stock on the day of conversion (or, if such
day is not a Trading Day, on the Trading Day immediately preceding such day).
SECTION 1704. Adjustment of Conversion Price.
The Conversion Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as follows:
(1) If the Company pays or makes a dividend
or other distribution (a) on its Common Stock exclusively in Common Stock or (b) on any other class of Capital Stock of the Company,
which dividend or distribution includes Common Stock of the Company, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business
on the day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution
(the “Dividend Record Date”) shall be reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding at the close of business on the Dividend Record Date and
the denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution.
Such reduction shall become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination.
For the purposes of this paragraph (1), the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company at any time outstanding shall not include
shares held in the treasury of the Company, but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of
fractions of shares of Common Stock. The Company shall not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock
held in the treasury of the Company.
(2) Subject to paragraph (6) of this Section,
if the Company pays or makes a dividend or other distribution on its Common Stock consisting exclusively of Short Term Rights (as
defined below), or otherwise issues Short Term Rights to all holders of its Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the
opening of business on the day following the record date for the determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such
Short Term Rights (the “Rights Record Date”) shall be reduced by multiplying such Conversion Price by a fraction of
which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding at the close of business on the Rights
Record Date plus the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company which the aggregate of the offering price of the total number
of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such current market price and the denominator
shall be the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company outstanding at the close of business on the Rights Record Date plus
the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase. Such reduction shall become effective immediately
after the opening of business on the day following the Rights Record Date. For the purposes of this paragraph (2), the number of
shares of Common Stock of the Company at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company, but
shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock of the Company.
The Company shall not issue any rights, options or warrants in respect of shares of its Common Stock held in the treasury of the
Company. When used in this Section 1704, the term “Short Term Rights” shall mean rights, warrants or options entitling
the holders thereof (for a period commencing no earlier than the Rights Record Date and expiring not more than 45 days after the
Rights Record Date) to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock of the Company at a price per share less than the current
market price per share (determined as provided in paragraph (7) of this Section 1704) of the Common Stock of the Company on the
Rights Record Date.
(3) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock
of the Company shall be subdivided into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Price in effect at the opening
of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced, and, conversely,
in case outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be combined into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, the
Conversion Price in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination becomes effective
shall be proportionately increased, such reduction or increase, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening
of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or combination becomes effective.
(4) Subject to the last sentence of this paragraph
(4) of this Section, if the Company, by dividend or otherwise, (a) distributes to all holders of its Common Stock evidences of
its indebtedness, shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Company or other assets (other than cash dividends out of current
or retained earnings), or (b) distributes to substantially all holders of Common Stock rights or warrants to subscribe for securities
(other than Short Term Rights to which paragraph (2) of this Section 1704 applies), the Conversion Price shall be reduced by multiplying
such Conversion Price by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the current market price per share (determined as provided
in paragraph (7) of this Section 1704) of the Common Stock of the Company on the Reference Date (as defined below) less the fair
market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and described in a
Board Resolution filed with the Trustee), on the Reference Date, of the portion of the evidences of indebtedness and other assets
so distributed or of such subscription rights or warrants applicable to one share of Common Stock (collectively, the “Market
Value of the Distribution”) and the denominator shall be such current market price per share of the Common Stock of the Company.
Such reduction shall become effective immediately prior to the opening of business on the day (the “Reference Date”)
following the later of (a) the date fixed for the payment of such distribution and (b) the date 20 days after notice relating to
such distribution is required to be given pursuant to Section 1706(a). If the Board of Directors determines the fair market value
of any distribution for purposes of this paragraph (4) by reference to the actual or when issued trading market for any securities
comprising such distribution, it must in doing so consider the prices in such market over the same period used in computing the
current market price per share pursuant to paragraph (7) of this Section 1704. In the event that, with respect to any distribution
to which this paragraph (4) of Section 1704 would otherwise apply, the Market Value of the Distribution is greater than the current
market price per share of the Common Stock (such distribution being referred to herein as an “Unadjusted Distribution”),
then the adjustment provided by this paragraph (4) shall not be made and in lieu thereof the provisions of Section 1711 shall apply
with respect to such Unadjusted Distribution.
(5) The Company may, but shall not be required
to, make such reductions in the Conversion Price, in addition to those required by paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of this Section
1704, as it considers to be advisable in order that any event treated for federal income tax purposes as a dividend of stock or
stock rights shall not be taxable to the recipients. In addition, the Company, from time to time, may decrease the Conversion Price
by any amount and for any reason, temporarily or otherwise, including situations where the Board of Directors determines such decrease
to be fair and appropriate with respect to transactions in which holders of Common Stock have the right to participate.
(6) Rights or warrants issued or distributed
by the Company to all holders of its Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock
or Preferred Stock, which rights or warrants (i) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock, (ii) are not exercisable
and (iii) are also issued or distributed in respect of future issuances of Common Stock, in each case in clauses (i) through (iii)
until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Events”), shall for purposes of this Section 1704 not
be deemed issued or distributed until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event. Each share of Common Stock issued upon conversion
of Securities pursuant to this Article Seventeen shall be entitled to receive the appropriate number of Common Stock purchase rights
(the “Rights”), if any, and the certificates representing the Common Stock issued upon conversion shall bear such legends,
if any. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article Seventeen, there shall not be any adjustment to the Conversion Price
as a result of (i) the distribution of separate certificates representing the Rights; (ii) the occurrence of certain events entitling
holders of Rights to receive, upon exercise thereof, Common Stock or other securities of the Company or other securities of another
corporation; or (iii) the exercise of such Rights. No adjustment in the Conversion Price need be made for rights to purchase or
the sale of Common Stock pursuant to a Company plan providing for reinvestment of dividends or interest.
(7) For the purpose of any computation under
paragraph (2), (4) or (5) of this Section 1704, the “current market price” per share of Common Stock of the Company
on any date shall be deemed to be the average of the daily Closing Prices for the 15 consecutive Trading Days selected by the Company
commencing not more than 30 Trading Days before, and ending not later than, the date in question.
(8) No adjustment in the Conversion Price shall
be required unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least 1% in the Conversion Price; provided, however,
that any adjustments which by reason of this paragraph (8) are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into
account in any subsequent adjustment. All calculations under this Article Seventeen shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest
one-hundredth of a share of Common Stock, as the case may be.
(9) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding,
in the event the Company shall declare any dividend or distribution requiring an adjustment in the Conversion Price hereunder and
shall, thereafter and before the payment of such dividend or distribution to stockholders, legally abandon its plan to pay such
dividend or distribution, the Conversion Price then in effect hereunder, if changed to reflect such dividend or distribution, shall
upon the legal abandonment of such plan be changed to the Conversion Price which would have been in effect at the time of such
abandonment (after giving effect to all other adjustments not so legally abandoned pursuant to the provisions of this Article Seventeen)
had such dividend or distribution never been declared.
(10) Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section 1704, no adjustment to the Conversion Price shall reduce the Conversion Price below the then par value per share of
the Common Stock of the Company, and any such purported adjustment shall instead reduce the Conversion Price to such par value.
Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the Company hereby covenants that it will from time to time take all such action as may
be required to assure that the par value per share of the Common Stock is at all times equal to or less than the Conversion Price.
(11) In the event that this Article Seventeen requires adjustments
to the Conversion Price under more than one of paragraphs (1), (2), (3) or (4) of this Section 1704, and the record or effective
dates for the transaction giving rise to such adjustments shall occur on the same date, then such adjustments shall be made by
applying (to the extent they are applicable), first, the provisions of paragraph (3) of this Section 1704, second, the provisions
of paragraph (1) of this Section 1704, third, the provisions of paragraph (4) of this Section 1704 and, fourth, the provisions
of paragraph (2) of this Section 1704. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no single event shall require or result
in duplicative adjustments in the Conversion Price pursuant to this Section 1704. After an adjustment to the Conversion Price under
this Article Seventeen, any subsequent event requiring an adjustment under this Article Seventeen shall cause an adjustment to
the Conversion Price as so adjusted. If, after an adjustment, a Holder of a Security upon conversion of such Security receives
shares of two or more classes of Capital Stock of the Company, the Conversion Price shall thereafter be subject to adjustment upon
the occurrence of an action taken with respect to any such class of Capital Stock as is contemplated by this Article Seventeen
with respect to the Common Stock in this Article Seventeen.
SECTION 1705. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion
Price. Whenever the Conversion Price is adjusted as herein provided:
(1) the Company shall compute the adjusted
Conversion Price in accordance with Section 1704 or Section 1711 and shall prepare an Officer’s Certificate setting forth
the adjusted Conversion Price and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate
shall forthwith be filed (with a copy to the Trustee) at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion of any
Securities pursuant to Section 1002; and
(2) a notice stating that the Conversion Price
has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Price shall forthwith be required, and as soon as practicable after
it is required, such notice shall be mailed by the Company to all Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Security
Register.
SECTION 1706. Notice of Certain Corporate
Action. In case:
(1) the Company shall take any action that
would require a Conversion Price adjustment pursuant to Section 1704 or Section 1711; or
(2) there shall occur any reclassification
of the Common Stock of the Company (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding shares of Common Stock), or any
consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party, or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the assets
of the Company and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required; or
(3) there shall occur the voluntary or involuntary
dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company, then the Company shall cause to be filed at each office or agency maintained
for the purpose of conversion of Securities pursuant to Section 1002, and shall cause to be mailed to all Holders at their last
addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register, at least 10 days prior to the applicable record, effective or expiration
date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of any dividend, distribution
or granting of rights, warrants or options, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock
of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants are to be determined, or (y) the date on which
such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective,
and, if applicable, the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their
shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.
SECTION 1707. Company to Reserve Common Stock.
The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common
Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion of Securities, a number of shares of Common Stock for the conversion of all
outstanding Securities of any series which is convertible into Common Stock.
SECTION 1708. Taxes on Conversion. The
Company will pay any and all taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of Common Stock on conversion
of Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any
transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of Common Stock in a name other than that of the Holder of the Security or
Securities to be converted, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the Person requesting such issue has paid
to the Company the amount of any such tax, or has established to the satisfaction of the Company that such tax has been paid.
SECTION 1709. Covenants as to Common Stock.
The Company covenants that all shares of Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion of Securities will upon issue be duly
and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, free of preemptive or any similar rights, and, except as provided in Section
1708, the Company will pay all taxes, liens and charges with respect to the issue thereof.
The Company will endeavor promptly to comply
with all Federal and state securities laws regulating the offer and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Securities,
if any, and will list or cause to have quoted such shares of Common Stock on each national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter
market or such other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.
SECTION 1710. Cancellation of Converted Securities.
All Securities delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Trustee to be cancelled by or at the direction of the Trustee,
which shall dispose of the same as provided in Section 309.
SECTION 1711. Provisions in Case of Consolidation,
Merger or Sale of Assets; Special Distributions. If any of the following shall occur, namely: (i) any reclassification or change
of outstanding shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of Securities (other than a change in par value, or from par value
to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a subdivision or combination), (ii) any consolidation or
merger to which the Company is a party other than a merger in which the Company is the continuing corporation and which does not
result in any reclassification of, or change (other than a change in name, or par value, or from par value to no par value, or
from no par value to par value or as a result of a subdivision or combination) in, outstanding shares of Common Stock or (iii)
any sale or conveyance of all or substantially all of the property or business of the Company as an entirety, then the Person formed
by such consolidation or resulting from such merger or which acquires such properties or assets, as the case may be, shall as a
condition precedent to such transaction execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of
each Security then outstanding shall have the right thereafter, during the period such Security shall be convertible as specified
in Section 1701, to convert such Security only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable, if any,
upon such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into
which such Security might have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease; provided
that the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property so receivable shall be determined on the basis of the following
assumptions. The holder of Common Stock referred to in the foregoing sentence:
(1) is not (a) a Person with which the Company
consolidated, (b) a Person into which the Company merged or which merged into the Company, or (c) a Person to which such sale,
transfer or lease was made (any Person described in the foregoing clauses (a), (b), or (c), hereinafter referred to as a “Constituent
Person”), or (d) an Affiliate of a Constituent Person; and
(2) failed to exercise his rights of election,
if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer
or lease (provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger,
sale transfer or lease is not the same for each share of Common Stock of the Company in respect of which such rights of election
shall not have been exercised, then for the purpose of this Section 1711 the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property
receivable upon such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per
share by a plurality of such shares of Common Stock).
Such supplemental indenture shall provide for
adjustments which, for events subsequent to the effective date of such supplemental indenture, shall be as nearly equivalent as
may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article Seventeen. If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger,
sale transfer or lease the stock or other securities and property (including cash) receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock
includes shares of stock or other securities and property of a corporation other than the successor or purchasing corporation,
as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed
by such other corporation and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders of the Securities
as the Board of Directors of the Company shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing. The above provisions of
this Section 1711 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, sales, transfers or leases.
In the event the Company shall execute a supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Section 1711, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate briefly
stating the reasons therefor, the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders
of the Securities upon the conversion of their Securities after any such reclassification, change, consolidation, merger, sale,
transfer or lease and any adjustment to be made with respect thereto.
If the Company makes a distribution to all holders
of its Common Stock that constitutes an Unadjusted Distribution pursuant to the last sentence of paragraph (4) of Section 1704,
then, from and after the record date for determining the holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such distribution (the “Distribution
Record Date”), a Holder of a Security who converts such Security in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture shall,
upon conversion, be entitled to receive, in addition to the shares of Common Stock into which the Security is convertible, the
kind and amount of evidences of indebtedness, shares of Capital Stock, or other assets or subscription rights or warrants, as the
case may be, comprising the distribution that such Holder would have received if such Holder had converted the Security immediately
prior to the Distribution Record Date.
SECTION 1712. Trustee Adjustment Disclaimer;
Company Determination Final. The Trustee has no duty to determine when an adjustment under this Article Seventeen should be
made, how it should be made or what it should be. The Trustee has no duty to determine whether a supplemental indenture under
Section 1711 need be entered into or whether any provisions of any supplemental indenture are correct. The Trustee shall not be
accountable for and makes no representation as to the validity or value of any securities or assets issued upon conversion of
Securities. The Trustee shall not be responsible for the Company’s failure to comply with this Article Seventeen. Any determination
that the Company or the Board of Directors must make pursuant to this Article Seventeen is conclusive, absent manifest error.
SECTION 1713. When No Adjustment Required.
Except as expressly set forth in Section 1704, no adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be made because the Company issues,
in exchange for cash, property or services, shares of its Common Stock, or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for
shares of its Common Stock, or securities (including warrants, rights and options) carrying the right to subscribe for or purchase
shares of its Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities.
(1) Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, no adjustment in the Conversion Price shall be made pursuant to Section 1704 in respect of any dividend or distribution
if the Holders may participate therein (on a basis to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) and receive the same
consideration they would have received if they had converted the Securities immediately prior to the record date with respect to
such dividend or distribution.
SECTION 1714. Equivalent Adjustments.
In the event that, as a result of an adjustment made pursuant to Section 1704 above, the holder of any Security thereafter surrendered
for conversion shall become entitled to receive any shares of Capital Stock of the Company other than shares of its Common Stock,
thereafter the Conversion Price of such other shares so receivable upon conversion of any Securities shall be subject to adjustment
from time to time in a manner and on terms as nearly equivalent as practicable to the provisions with respect to Common Stock contained
in this Article Seventeen.
SIGNATURES
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF REDEEMABLE OR NON-REDEEMABLE SUBORDINATED SECURITY
[Face of Security]
[If the Holder of this Security (as indicated below) is The Depository
Trust Company (“DTC”) or a nominee of DTC, this Security is a Global Security and the following two legends apply:
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,
conversion, exchange or payment, and such Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co., or in such other name as
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.
Unless and until this Security is exchanged in whole or in part
for Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by DTC to a nominee thereof or by a
nominee thereof to DTC or another nominee of DTC or by DTC or any such nominee to a successor of DTC or a nominee of such successor.]
[If this Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert
-- FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1273 and 1275 OF THE UNITED STATES INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THIS
SECURITY IS [__]% OF ITS PRINCIPAL AMOUNT, THE ISSUE DATE IS [_____], 20[__] , AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY IS [__]%. THE METHOD USED
TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT APPLICABLE TO THE SHORT ACCRUAL PERIOD OF [_____], 20[__] TO [_____], 20[__]
, IS [__]% OF THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THIS SECURITY.]
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
[Designation of Series]
CUSIP No.
INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation
(herein referred to as the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture referred to
on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to or registered assigns the principal sum of Dollars on (the
“Stated Maturity Date”) [or insert date fixed for earlier redemption (the “Redemption Date,” and
together with the Stated Maturity Date with respect to principal repayable on such date, the “Maturity Date.”)]
[If the Security is to bear interest prior
to Maturity, insert — and to pay interest thereon from or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on and in each year (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), commencing
, at the rate of [__]% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or duly provided for. The interest so payable, and punctually
paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Holder in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the or (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date
[at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose; provided, however, that such interest may be
paid, at the Company’s option, by mailing a check to such Holder at its registered address or by transfer of funds to an
account maintained by such Holder within the United States]. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Holder in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than
10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements
of any over-the-counter market or securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be quoted or listed, and upon
such notice as may be required by such market or exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture. Interest will be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.]
[If the Security is not to bear interest
prior to Maturity, insert -- The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment
of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at the [Stated] Maturity Date and in such case the overdue principal of this
Security shall bear interest at the rate of [__]% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable),
which shall accrue from the date of such default in payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided
for. Interest on any overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is not so paid
on demand shall bear interest at the rate of [__]% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or
duly provided for, and such interest shall also be payable on demand.]
The principal of this Security payable on the
Stated Maturity Date [or the principal of, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and, if the Redemption Date is not an Interest
Payment Date, interest on this Security payable on the Redemption Date] will be paid against presentation of this Security at the
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in , in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Interest payable on this Security on any Interest
Payment Date and on the [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will include interest accrued from and
including the next preceding Interest Payment Date in respect of which interest has been paid or duly provided for (or from and
including , if no interest has been paid on this Security) to but excluding such Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity
Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be.] If any Interest Payment Date or the [Stated] Maturity Date or [Redemption Date]
falls on a day that is not a Business Day, as defined below, principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and/or interest payable
with respect to such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption Date, as the case may be,] will be paid on
the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if it were paid on the date such payment was due, and no interest
shall accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date or [Stated] Maturity Date [or Redemption
Date, as the case may be.] “Business Day” means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, that is neither a legal holiday
nor a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are required or authorized by law, regulation or executive order
to close.
[If this Security is a Global Security, insert
— All payments of principal, premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, and interest in respect of this Security will be made
by the Company in immediately available funds.]
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions
of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place.
Unless the Certificate of Authentication hereon
has been executed by the Trustee by manual signature of one of its authorized signatories, this Security shall not be entitled
to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
instrument to be duly executed under its facsimile corporate seal.
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INTERCLOUD SYSTEMS, INC.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue
of securities of the Company (herein called the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under
an
Indenture, dated as of [____], 20[__] (herein
called the “Indenture”) between the Company and , as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes
any successor trustee under the Indenture with respect to the series of which this Security is a part), to which Indenture and
all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties
and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities, and of the terms upon which the Securities
are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the duly authorized series of Securities designated on
the face hereof (collectively, the “Securities”), [if applicable, insert — and the aggregate principal
amount of the Securities to be issued under such series is limited to $ (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities).] All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default, as defined in the Indenture,
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and
with the effect provided in the Indenture.
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities
may not be redeemed prior to the Stated Maturity Date.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities
are subject to redemption [ (l) (If applicable, insert — on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the
year through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)
] [If applicable, insert — at any time [on or after ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the
following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount):
If redeemed on or before [_____], [__]% and
if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated at the Redemption Prices indicated below.
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amount, together in the case of any such redemption [If applicable, insert -- (whether through operation of the sinking
fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest
on this Security whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or
one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof,
all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- The Securities
are subject to redemption (1) on in any year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking
fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [on or after ], as a whole or in part, at the election
of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages
of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning of the years indicated,
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and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to [__]% of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on this Security whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holder of this Security, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record
at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert -- Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to , redeem any Securities as contemplated by [Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph
as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having
an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than [__]% per annum.]
[If applicable, insert -- The sinking
fund for the Securities provides for the redemption on in each year, beginning with the year and ending with the year , of [not
less than] $[__] ] [(“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than $ ] aggregate principal amount of the Securities. [The
Securities acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against
subsequent [mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made in the [describe order] order in which they become
due.]]
Notice of redemption will be given by mail to
Holders of Securities, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, all as provided in the Indenture.
In the event of redemption of this Security
in part only, a new Security or Securities for the unredeemed portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon
the cancellation hereof.
[If applicable, insert conversion provisions
set forth in any Board Resolution or indenture supplemental to the Indenture.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions
as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of
the Holders of the Securities under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of
not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of all Securities issued under the Indenture at the time Outstanding
and affected thereby. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities, on behalf of the Holders of all such Securities, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture. Furthermore, provisions in the Indenture permit the Holders of not less than a majority
of the aggregate principal amount, in certain instances, of the Outstanding Securities of any series to waive, on behalf of all
of the Holders of Securities of such series, certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent
or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security
and other Securities issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or conversion or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether
or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no
provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional,
to pay the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security at the times, places and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register of the
Company upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where
the principal of (and premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any) and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied
by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder
hereof or by his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities, of authorized denominations and
for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to
certain limitations therein [and herein] set forth, this Security is exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities
of different authorized denominations but otherwise having the same terms and conditions, as requested by the Holder hereof surrendering
the same.
This Security is subordinated to the prior payment in full
in cash of Senior Indebtedness to the extent set forth in Article Sixteen of the Indenture.
The Securities of this series are issuable only
in registered form [without coupons] in denominations of $ and any integral multiple thereof.
No service charge shall be made for any such
registration of transfer or conversion or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or
other governmental charge payable in connection therewith,
Prior to due presentment of this Security for
registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name
this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company,
the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
No recourse shall be had for the payment of
the principal of or premium or Make-Whole Amount, if any, or the interest on this Security, or for any claim based hereon, or otherwise
in respect hereof, or based on or in respect of the Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto, against any past, present
or future stockholder, employee, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the
Company or any successor, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law or by the enforcement of any assessment
or penalty or otherwise, all such liability being, by the acceptance hereof and as part of the consideration for the issue hereof,
expressly waived and released.
The Indenture and the Securities shall be governed
by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be performed entirely
in such State.
EXHIBIT B
FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT B-1
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY PERSON ENTITLED
TO RECEIVE BEARER
SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities
to be delivered]
This is to certify that, as of the date hereof,
and except as set forth below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned by person(s) that are not
citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or any estate or trust the income of which
is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source (“United States person(s)”), (ii) are
owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions,
as defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 2.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as “financial institutions”)
purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches
of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date
hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through
its agent, that you may advise InterCloud Systems, Inc. or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements
of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder),
or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a United States
or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)), this is
to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly
to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.
As used herein, “United States”
means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia); and its “possessions” include
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We undertake to advise you promptly by tested
telex or by telecopy on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned Securities
held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such
date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.
This certificate excepts and does not relate
to [U.S.$] of such interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not able to certify and as to which we
understand an exchange for an interest in a permanent Global Security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive Securities
(or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we do so certify.
We understand that this certificate may be required
in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened
in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
[To be dated no earlier than the 15th day prior
to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
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EXHIBIT B-2
FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR
AND CLEARSTREAM S.A. IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE
PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE
CERTIFICATE
[Insert title or sufficient description of Securities
to be delivered]
This is to certify that, based solely on written
certifications that we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from each of the persons appearing
in our records as persons entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our “Member Organizations”)
substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, [U.S.$] principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i)
is owned by person(s) that are not citizens or residents of the United States, domestic partnerships, domestic corporations or
any estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States Federal income taxation regardless of its source (“United
States person(s)”), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions
(financial institutions, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulations Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(v) are herein referred to as “financial
institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities
through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial
institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or
through its agent, that we may advise InterCloud Systems, Inc. or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the
requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder),
or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as
defined in United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, to the further effect, that financial institutions
described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired
the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States
or its possessions.
As used herein, “United States”
means the United States of America (including the States and the District of Columbia); and its “Possessions” include
Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.
We further certify that (i) we are not making
available herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the temporary Global Security representing
the above-captioned Securities excepted in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the date hereof
we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member
Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest)
are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.
We understand that this certification is required
in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States. If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened
in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or
a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.
Dated:
[To be dated no earlier than the Exchange Date
or the relevant Interest Payment Date occurring prior to the Exchange Date, as applicable]
[___________, as Operator of the Euroclear System]
[Clearstream Banking Luxembourg]
B2-1
Exhibit 5.1
April 7, 2015
InterCloud Systems, Inc.
1030 Broad Street, Suite 102
Shrewsbury, New Jersey 07702
Re: Securities Being Registered under Registration
Statement on Form S-3
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have represented InterCloud Systems, Inc.,
a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with its filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (as amended
or supplemented, the “Registration Statement”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities
Act”), relating to the registration of up to $100,000,000 of any combination of (i) common stock, par value $0.0001 per share
(the “Common Stock”), of the Company, (ii) preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Preferred
Stock”), (iii) debt securities of the Company (“Debt Securities”), (iv) warrants to purchase Common Stock, Preferred
Stock, Debt Securities or Units (as defined below) (“Warrants”) or (v) units comprised of Common Stock, Preferred Stock,
Debt Securities, Warrants and other securities in any combination (“Units”). The Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Debt
Securities, Warrants and Units are sometimes referred to collectively herein as the “Securities.” Securities may be
issued in an unspecified number (with respect to Common Stock, Preferred Stock, Warrants and Units) or in an unspecified principal
amount (with respect to Debt Securities). The Registration Statement provides that the Securities may be offered separately or
together, in separate series, in amounts, at prices and on terms to be set forth in one or more prospectus supplements (each a
“Prospectus Supplement”) to the prospectus contained in the Registration Statement.
We have examined the Registration Statement,
as well as the original, or photostatic or certified copies, of such records of the Company, certificates of officers of the Company
and of public officials and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth
below, including without limitation the certificate of incorporation of the Company, the by-laws of the Company and certain resolutions
of the Board of Directors of the Company. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the completeness
and authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted
to us as certified or photostatic copies and the completeness and authenticity of the originals of such copies.
The opinions set forth below are limited to
the Delaware General Corporation Law (which includes reported judicial decisions interpreting the Delaware General Corporation
Law), the law of New York, and the federal law of the United States. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we express
no opinion with respect to (i) state securities or “blue sky” laws, or (ii) state or federal antitrust laws.
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April 7, 2015
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For purposes of the opinions set forth below,
without limiting any other exceptions or qualifications set forth herein, we have assumed that (a) after the issuance of any Securities
offered pursuant to the Registration Statement, the total number of issued shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable,
together with the total number of shares of such stock issuable upon the exercise, exchange, conversion or settlement, as the case
may be, of any exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security (including without limitation any Unit), as the case may be, then
outstanding, will not exceed the total number of authorized shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, under the
Company’s certificate of incorporation as then in effect (the “Charter”), and (b) with respect to each Authorization
(as defined below) and each other action taken by the Company, such Authorization or other action is taken in accordance with all
applicable law and with the Charter and by-laws of the Company, in each case as in effect at the time such Authorization or other
action is taken.
For purposes of the opinions set forth below,
we refer to the following as the “Future Authorization and Issuance” of Securities:
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with respect to any of the Securities, (a) the due authorization by the Company of the amount, terms and issuance of such Securities
(the “Authorization”) and (b) the due issuance of such Securities in accordance with the Authorization therefor upon
the receipt by the Company of the consideration (which, in the case of shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock, is not less than
the par value of such shares) to be paid therefor in accordance with the Authorization;
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with respect to Preferred Stock, (a) the due establishment of the terms of such Preferred Stock by the Company in conformity with
the Charter and applicable law and (b) the due execution, acknowledgement and filing with the Delaware Secretary of State, and
the effectiveness of, a certificate of designations to the Charter setting forth the terms of such Preferred Stock in accordance
with the Charter and applicable law;
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with respect to Debt Securities, (a) the due authorization, execution and delivery of the indenture or a supplemental indenture
relating to such Securities by the Company and the trustee thereunder and/or (b) the establishment of the terms of such Securities
by the Company in conformity with the applicable indenture or supplemental indenture and applicable law, and (c) the due execution,
authentication and issuance of such Securities in accordance with the applicable indenture or supplemental indenture and applicable
law; and
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with respect to Warrants or Units, (a) the due authorization, execution and delivery by the Company and the other parties thereto
of any agreement under which such Securities are to be issued and (b) the establishment of the terms of such Securities, and the
due execution and delivery of such Securities, in conformity with any applicable agreement under which such Securities are to be
issued and applicable law.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the
additional qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
1. Upon the Future Authorization and Issuance
of shares of Common Stock, such shares of Common Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
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2. Upon the Future Authorization and Issuance
of shares of Preferred Stock, such shares of Preferred Stock will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.
3. Upon the Future Authorization and Issuance
of Debt Securities, such Debt Securities will be valid and binding obligations of the Company.
4. Upon the Future Authorization and Issuance
of Warrants, such Warrants will be valid and binding obligations of the Company.
5. Upon the Future Authorization and Issuance
of Units, such Units will be valid and binding obligations of the Company.
The foregoing opinions are subject to: (i) the
effect of bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance, moratorium or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect
relating to or affecting the rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) general principles of equity (whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law); and (iii) the unenforceability under certain circumstances under law or court decisions of
provisions providing for the indemnification of, or contribution to, a party with respect to a liability where such indemnification
or contribution is contrary to public policy.
We express no opinion concerning the enforceability
of any waiver of rights or defenses with respect to stay, extension or usury laws, and we express no opinion with respect to whether
acceleration of Debt Securities may affect the collectability of any portion of the stated principal amount thereof which might
be determined to constitute unearned interest thereon. We assume for purposes of this opinion that the Company is and will remain
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under Delaware law.
We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion
as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement and to the references to our firm under the caption “Legal Matters” in
the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ PRYOR CASHMAN LLP
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTING FIRM
InterCloud Systems, Inc.
Shrewsbury, New Jersey
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference
in the Prospectus constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated March 23, 2015,
relating to the consolidated financial statements appearing in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2014.
We also consent
to the reference to us under the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.
/s/ BDO USA, LLP
New York, New York
April 7, 2015
Exhibit 23.2
Consent of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm
InterCloud Systems, Inc.
Shrewsbury, New Jersey
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Prospectus
constituting a part of this Registration Statement of our report dated March 18, 2014, relating to the consolidated financial statements
of Integration Partners – NY Corporation, which are contained in Form 8-K/A filed on March 18, 2014.
We also consent to the reference to us under
the caption “Experts” in the Prospectus.
BDO USA, LLP
New York, New York
April 7, 2015
Exhibit 23.3
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We have issued our report dated March 25, 2014, with respect
to the financial statements of London Bay – VL Acquisition Company, LLC included in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A of
InterCloud Systems, Inc. filed on December 24, 2014, which is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement. We
consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statement of InterCloud Systems, Inc., and to
the use of our name as it appears under the caption “Experts”.
/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
April 7, 2015
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