EX-4.1
Exhibit 4.1
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
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Indenture
Dated as of October 12, 2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY |
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ARTICLE ONE |
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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Section 101. |
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Definitions. |
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Section 102. |
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Compliance Certificates and Opinions. |
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Section 103. |
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Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee. |
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Section 104. |
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Acts of Holders; Record Dates. |
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Section 105. |
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Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company. |
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Section 106. |
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Notice to Holders; Waiver. |
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Section 107. |
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Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. |
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Section 108. |
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Effect of Headings and Table of Contents. |
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Section 109. |
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Successors and Assigns. |
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Section 110. |
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Separability Clause. |
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Section 111. |
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Benefits of Indenture. |
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Section 112. |
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Governing Law. |
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Section 113. |
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Legal Holidays. |
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ARTICLE TWO |
SECURITY FORMS |
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Section 201. |
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Forms Generally. |
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Section 202. |
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Form of Face of Security. |
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Section 203. |
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Form of Reverse of Security. |
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Section 204. |
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Form of Legend for Global Securities. |
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Section 205. |
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Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication. |
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ARTICLE THREE |
THE SECURITIES |
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Section 301. |
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Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series. |
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Section 302. |
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Denominations. |
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Section 303. |
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Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating. |
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Section 304. |
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Temporary Securities. |
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Section 305. |
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Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange. |
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Section 306. |
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Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. |
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Section 307. |
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Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved. |
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Section 308. |
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Persons Deemed Owners. |
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Section 309. |
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Cancellation. |
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Section 310. |
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Computation of Interest. |
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This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture. |
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Section 311. |
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CUSIP Numbers. |
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Section 312. |
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Original Issue Discount. |
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ARTICLE FOUR |
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 401. |
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Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. |
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Section 402. |
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Application of Trust Money. |
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ARTICLE FIVE |
REMEDIES |
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Section 501. |
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Events of Default. |
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Section 502. |
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Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. |
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Section 503. |
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Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. |
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Section 504. |
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. |
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Section 505. |
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Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. |
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Section 506. |
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Application of Money Collected. |
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Section 507. |
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Limitation on Suits. |
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Section 508. |
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Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest. |
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Section 509. |
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Restoration of Rights and Remedies. |
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Section 510. |
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Rights and Remedies Cumulative. |
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Section 511. |
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Delay or Omission Not Waiver. |
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Section 512. |
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Control by Holders. |
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Section 513. |
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Waiver of Past Defaults. |
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Section 514. |
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Undertaking for Costs. |
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Section 515. |
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Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws. |
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ARTICLE SIX |
THE TRUSTEE |
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Section 601. |
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Certain Duties and Responsibilities. |
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Section 602. |
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Notice of Defaults. |
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Section 603. |
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Certain Rights of Trustee. |
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Section 604. |
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Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities. |
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Section 605. |
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May Hold Securities. |
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Section 606. |
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Money Held in Trust. |
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Section 607. |
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Compensation and Reimbursement. |
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Section 608. |
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Conflicting Interests. |
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Section 609. |
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Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility. |
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Section 610. |
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Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor. |
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Section 611. |
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Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. |
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Section 612. |
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Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business. |
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Section 613. |
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. |
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ARTICLE SEVEN |
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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Section 701. |
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Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders. |
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Section 702. |
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Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders. |
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Section 703. |
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Reports by Trustee. |
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Section 704. |
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Reports by Company. |
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ARTICLE EIGHT |
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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Section 801. |
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Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms. |
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Section 802. |
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Successor Substituted. |
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ARTICLE NINE |
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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Section 901. |
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Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. |
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Section 902. |
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Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders. |
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Section 903. |
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Execution of Supplemental Indentures. |
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Section 904. |
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Effect of Supplemental Indentures. |
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Section 905. |
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Conformity with Trust Indenture Act. |
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Section 906. |
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Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures. |
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ARTICLE TEN |
COVENANTS |
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Section 1001. |
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Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest. |
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Section 1002. |
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Maintenance of Office or Agency. |
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Section 1003. |
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Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust. |
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Section 1004. |
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Statement by Officers as to Default. |
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Section 1005. |
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Existence. |
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Section 1006. |
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Waiver of Certain Covenants. |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN |
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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Section 1101. |
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Applicability of Article. |
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Section 1102. |
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Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. |
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Section 1103. |
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Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. |
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Section 1104. |
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Notice of Redemption. |
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Section 1105. |
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Deposit of Redemption Price. |
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Section 1106. |
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Securities Payable on Redemption Date. |
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Section 1107. |
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Securities Redeemed in Part. |
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ARTICLE TWELVE |
SINKING FUNDS |
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Section 1201. |
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Applicability of Article. |
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Section 1202. |
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Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. |
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Section 1203. |
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Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN |
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 1301. |
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Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. |
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Section 1302. |
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Defeasance and Discharge. |
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Section 1303. |
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Covenant Defeasance. |
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Section 1304. |
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Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. |
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Section 1305. |
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Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions. |
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Section 1306. |
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Reinstatement. |
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TESTIMONIUM |
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SIGNATURES |
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
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Trust Indenture |
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Act Section |
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Indenture Section |
§ 310(a)(1) |
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609 |
(a)(2) |
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609 |
(a)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
(a)(4) |
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Not Applicable |
(b) |
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608 |
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610 |
§ 311(a) |
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613 |
(b) |
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§ 312(a) |
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701 |
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(b) |
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702 |
(c) |
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§ 313(a) |
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703 |
(b) |
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(c) |
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703 |
(d) |
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§ 314(a) |
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704 |
(a)(4) |
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101 |
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1004 |
(b) |
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Not Applicable |
(c)(1) |
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102 |
(c)(2) |
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102 |
(c)(3) |
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Not Applicable |
(d) |
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Not Applicable |
(e) |
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§ 315(a) |
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601 |
(b) |
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(c) |
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(d) |
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(e) |
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§ 316(a) |
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101 |
(a)(1)(A) |
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502 |
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512 |
(a)(1)(B) |
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(a)(2) |
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Not Applicable |
(b) |
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(c) |
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§ 317(a)(1) |
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(a)(2) |
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504 |
(b) |
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1003 |
§ 318(a) |
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This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture. |
INDENTURE,
dated as of October 12, 2006, between American International Group, Inc., a
corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the
“Company”), having its principal office at 70 Pine Street, New York, New York 10270, and The Bank
of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as in this
Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Securities or of 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 Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as otherwise
herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as
are generally accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a
“Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture; 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.
“Board of Directors” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means, unless otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to time constituted,
created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.
“Company Request” or “Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by its Chairman, one of its Vice Chairman, its President or one of its Vice Presidents
(or any Person designated by one of them in writing as authorized to execute and deliver Company
Requests and Company Orders), and by its Treasurer, one of its Assistant Treasurers, its Secretary
or one of its Assistant Secretaries (or any Person designated by one of them in writing as
authorized to execute and deliver Company Requests and Company Orders), and delivered to the
Trustee.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee in New York, New York at
which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered.
“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, limited liability company,
joint-stock company or business trust.
“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
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“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in
the form of one or more Global Securities, any Person that is designated to act as Depositary for
such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in
each case as amended from time to time.
“Expiration Date” has the meaning specified in Section 104.
“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series
and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for such Securities).
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of
and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture”
shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 301.
“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
“Investment Company Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor
thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and
payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4).
“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the
President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an
Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or
accounting officer of the Company.
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company,
and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
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“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been
theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in
trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its
own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are
to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or
provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona
fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an
Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the
principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity
thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date,
the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the
principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as
specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided
as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a
Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such
Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company 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 relying upon any
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only
Securities which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the
pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the 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.
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“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are
payable as specified as contemplated by Section 301.
“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes
of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or
in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same
debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed
for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
“Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, any
assistant vice president, any senior trust officer or assistant trust officer, any trust officer,
or any other officer associated with the corporate trust department of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also
means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter
is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each
case as amended from time to time.
“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.
“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
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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 as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
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“Subsidiary” means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting stock of which is
owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by the
Company and one or more other Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock”
means stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors, whether at all times
or only so long as no senior class of stock has such voting power by reason of any contingency.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of
which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of
1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
“U.S. Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
“Vice President”, when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice
president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title
“vice president”.
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 such certificates and
opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall
be given in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or
an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 1004) shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, such individual has made
such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an
informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with;
and
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(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 a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such
officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion
or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to
factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of
the Company stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession
of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that
the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in
and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to
the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred
to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any
such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of
this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if
made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. The fact and date of the
execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
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The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the
Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every
Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company
in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with
respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in
the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities
of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the
Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been
set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically
and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph
shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly
after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall
cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date
to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of
Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section
512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether
or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date;
provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the
requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in
this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any
action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of
no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on
the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph,
the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each
Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
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With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such
record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the
Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless
notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to
each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or
prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any
record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be
deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date
with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this
paragraph.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with
regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount
of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office; or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument, Attention Secretary, or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be
sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed,
first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his or her address as it
appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the
earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to
Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so
mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in
writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such
waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it
shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made
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with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture
Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter
provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of
the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed
to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of New York.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any
Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which
specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest
or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may
be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect
as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity;
provided,
however, that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date,
Redemption Date or Stated Maturity, as the case may be, to the date of such payment.
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ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or
in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary
therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by
action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall
be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee
at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities. If all of the Securities of any series established by action
taken pursuant to a Board Resolution are not to be issued at one time, it shall not be
necessary to deliver a record of such action at the time of issuance of each Security of such
series, but an appropriate record of such action shall be delivered at or before the time of
issuance of the first Security of such series.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders
or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
American International Group, Inc.
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American International Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws
of Delaware (herein called the “Company”, which term includes any successor Person under the
Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to ..........................., or
registered assigns, the principal sum of ........................... Dollars on ...........................[if the Security is to bear interest prior
to Maturity, insert — , and to pay interest thereon from ............ or from the most recent Interest
Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
semi-annually on ............ and ............ in each
year, commencing ............, at the rate of ...% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made
available for payment [if applicable, insert — , provided that any principal and premium, and any
such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of ...% per annum
(to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the
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dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be
payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the ... or ... (whether or not a Business
Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so
punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or
more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for
the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as
may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this
Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon
acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any
overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium
shall be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such]
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York], in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts
[if applicable, insert — ; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated:
American International Group, Inc.
By....................................
Attest:
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Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called
the “Securities”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of
_________(herein called the “Indenture”, which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in
such instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein called the
“Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby
made to the Indenture 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 series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert — , [initially] limited in
aggregate principal amount to $...][, provided that the Company may, without the consent of any
Holder, at any time and from time to time, increase the initial principal amount.]
[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days’ notice by mail, [if applicable, insert — (1) on ... in any year commencing with
the year .. and ending with the year .. through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if
applicable, insert — on or after .., ..], 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
[if applicable, insert — on or before ..............., ...%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period
beginning ............... of the years indicated,
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of any such redemption [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the sinking fund or
otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record
Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days’ notice by mail, (1) on
...............in any year commencing with the year .... and ending with
the year .... through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount)
set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after ...............], as a
whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise
than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set
forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
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thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal amount, together in the case
of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to
such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If
applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to ...............,
redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert — Clause (2) of]
the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the
application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company
(calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice)
of less than ......% per annum.]
[If
applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on ............... in
each year beginning with the year ...... and ending with the year
...... of [if applicable, insert — not
less than $............... (“mandatory sinking fund”) and not more than] $............... aggregate principal amount of
Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise
than through [if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against
subsequent [if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made
[if applicable, insert — , in the inverse order in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of
this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the
unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]
$E2 Standard Paragraph
[If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the
entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default
with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth
in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.
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[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with
respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of
interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect
of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this
series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and
the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the
Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the
Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the
time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting
the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the
time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by
the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture
and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this
Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security
shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the
appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall
have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to
the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to
institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee
reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of
such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted
by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any
premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture
shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay
the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in
the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the
transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security
for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the
principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one
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or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized
denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in
denominations of $... and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject
to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the
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.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings
assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced
thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO
AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE
OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant
to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided,
in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to
the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities
of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities
authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in
lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or
1203 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have
been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if
other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is
payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if
any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment
Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at
the option of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any
election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the
series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder
thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
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which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the
series may be determined with reference to a financial or economic measure or pursuant to a
formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(11) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent
thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for
purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;
(12) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is
to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more
currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated
to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable,
the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be
made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
(13) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(14) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the
series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity,
the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any
such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which
shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any
such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined);
(15) if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the
Company to defease any Securities of the series pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303
shall be evidenced; whether any Securities of the series other than Securities denominated
in U.S. dollars and bearing interest at a fixed rate are to be subject to Section 1302 or
Section 1303; or, in the case of Securities denominated in U.S. dollars and bearing
interest at a fixed rate, if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, shall not be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 or both
such Sections;
(16) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in
part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective
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Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall
be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section
204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the
last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole
or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or
in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(17) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any
Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite
Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant
to Section 502;
(18) any addition to, deletion from or change in the covenants set forth in Article
Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and
(19) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination
and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above
and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’
Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any
one series need not be issued at one time and, unless otherwise provided in or pursuant to the
Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the
manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture
supplemental hereto with respect to a series of Securities, additional Securities of a series may
be issued, at the option of the Company, without the consent of any Holder, at any time and from
time to time.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board
Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or
an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of
the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and
only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of
any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, one of its Vice
Chairman, its President, its Treasurer or one of its Vice Presidents and attested by its Secretary
or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may
be manual or facsimile.
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Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the
proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any
of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such
Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the
Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company to the Trustee for
authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating
such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to
such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be
fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board
Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity
with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued
by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of
Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable
in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or
affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be required to
authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect
the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise
in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all
Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, including in the event that the
size of a series of Outstanding Securities is increased as contemplated by Section 301, it shall
not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or
the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at
or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at
or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be
issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory
for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially
in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate
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upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has
been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security
shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and
the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309,
for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are
printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized
denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are
issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the
officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities
of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive
Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for
definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at
the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the
Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or
more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in
all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such
series and tenor.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register
(the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a
Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for
the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby appointed
“Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as
herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor
and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of
the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount,
upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
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Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906, 1107 or 1203 not involving any
transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in
part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any
Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the
close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any
Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the
name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and
delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such
Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable or no longer permitted under applicable
law to continue as Depositary for such Global Security, (B) there shall have occurred and
be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security, (C) the Company so
directs the Trustee by a Company Order or (D) there shall exist such circumstances, if any,
in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as
contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other
Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a
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Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the
Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to
this Section, Section 304, 306, 906, 1107 or 1203 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is
registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and
of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction
of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the
absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any
such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to
become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay
such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment
of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation
thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation
of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any
time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and
proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all
other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for,
on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one
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or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record
Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having
been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify
the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each
Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount
proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment,
such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to
such Defaulted Interest as 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 given to each Holder of Securities of
such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid
to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date
and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this
Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security
shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such
other Security.
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Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee
and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any
agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly 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. 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. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in
accordance with its customary procedures.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months.
Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing any series of the Securities may use CUSIP numbers, if then generally
in use, and thereafter with respect to such series, the Trustee may use such numbers in any notice
of redemption with respect to such series, provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities of
that series 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 of that series, and any such redemption
shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
Section 312. Original Issue Discount.
If any of the Securities is an Original Issue Discount Security, the Company shall file with
the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of
original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on such Outstanding
Original Issue Discount Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific
information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect (except as to any
surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided
for), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities
which have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been
deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to
the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered
to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee
in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount
sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or
to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company 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 have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 607 and, if money shall have been deposited with the
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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.
Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment
such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
Section 501. Events of Default.
“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be
voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or
order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it
becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any Security of that
series at its Maturity, and continuance of such default for a period of five days; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms
of a Security of that series, and the continuance of such default for a period of five
days; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Company
in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or
whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly
been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of Securities other than
that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there
has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach
and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default”
hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order
for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
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applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar
law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of
or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or
any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days;
or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any
applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or
of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by
it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent
seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent
by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Company or of any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of an
assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the
Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
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 in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of
all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount
Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the
terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
amount) shall become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series
has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the
Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may
rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
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(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which
have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon
at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue
interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the
non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by
such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest
becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at the Maturity thereof and such default continues for a period of five days,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium
and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable,
interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, 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 an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the
Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall
deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein,
or to enforce any other proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by
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intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the
Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or
other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any
custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any
such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee
and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the
Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the
Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or
consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to
authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding;
provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a
trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar
committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 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 any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of
and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of
which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind,
according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium
and interest, respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless
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(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 reasonable indemnity against
the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of
indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee
during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or
date for repayment, as the case may be) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such
payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored
severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and
remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of
any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
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cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy
hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other
appropriate right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right
or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of 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, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default
hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of
such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may
assess reasonable costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided
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Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be
deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any
suit instituted by the Company.
Section 515. 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.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture
Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give
the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default as and to the extent provided by
the Trust Indenture Act; provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this
Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both
would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of
indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
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(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of
Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’
Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any
Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of
any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant
to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which
might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to
examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder; and
(8) 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.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the
use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
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Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in
its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it
were not Trustee, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed to in
writing between the Company and the Trustee 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 the Trustee upon its
request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the
Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable
compensation and the reasonable expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel),
except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence
or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the reasonable 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(5) or Section 501(6), 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.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the
resignation or removal of the Trustee.
Section 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the
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manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this
Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities
of more than one series or a trustee under the Indenture, dated as of April 15, 1983, as
supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 9, 1986, between the
Company and the Trustee; the Indenture, dated as of July 15, 1989, as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 15, 2003, between the Company and the Trustee; and the
Indenture, dated as of November 9, 2001, between the Company and the Trustee, as amended or
supplemented.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other
series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act
as such, has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and has its Corporate Trust
Office in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York. If any such Person publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture
Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee, at the expense of the Company, may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee
required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the
giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed, at the expense of the Company, may
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
If at any time:
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(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor
by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least
six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign
after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public
officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the
purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall
occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series,
the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and
that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after
such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the
retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such
appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor
Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the
manner required by Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such
series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated,
petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities,
every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and
to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon
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the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the
successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring
Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and
money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain
such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each
successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates,
(2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such
provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to
which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide
for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being
understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees
co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such
Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the
Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments
for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights,
powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such
successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
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execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
office, any successor by merger, conversion, consolidation or sale to such authenticating Trustee
may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as
if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor
upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually either (i) not later than March 31 and September 30 in each year in
the case of any series of Securities consisting solely of Original Issue Discount
Securities which by their terms do not bear interest prior to Maturity, or (ii) not more
than 15 days after each Regular Record Date in the case of Securities of any other series,
a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of
the Holders of Securities of each series as of the preceding March 16 or September 15 or as
of such Regular Record Date, as the case may be; and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after
the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a
date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and
addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 701 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as
Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under
this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee,
shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be
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held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of
Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions
under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the
manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the
Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with
the Company. The Company will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such
information, documents and other reports as may be required by the Trust Indenture Act.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational
purposes only and shall not constitute a representation or warranty as to the accuracy or
completeness of the reports, information or documents. 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 conclusively rely exclusively on Officers’
Certificates).
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or
lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person or convey,
transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation, partnership or trust, shall be
organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on
all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on
the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
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(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no
event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall
have happened and be continuing; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion
of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease
and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such
supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein
provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or
any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an
entirety in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into
which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed
to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein,
and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, 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 herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of some or all of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities or of particular Securities within a series as
may be specified in the Board Resolutions (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 such particular Securities) 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 some or all of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities or of particular Securities within a series as
may be specified in the Board Resolutions (and if such additional Events of Default are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional
Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series or
such particular Securities); or
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(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as
shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form,
registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to
permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect
of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination
(A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of
such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify
the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall
become effective only when there is no Security described in clause (i) Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted 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, pursuant to the
requirements of Section 611; 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, provided that such
action pursuant to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said
Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by 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 of such
series under this Indenture; provided, however, that if the Board Resolutions and supplemental
indenture shall expressly provide that any provisions to be changed or eliminated shall apply to
fewer than all the Outstanding Securities hereunder or under a particular series under this
Indenture, then, to the extent not inconsistent with the Trust Indenture Act, any such consent may
be given by Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
hereunder or under such series to which such change or elimination shall apply; provided, further,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security affected thereby (whether or not such affected Securities comprise all Securities under
this Indenture or under a particular series),
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(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of
or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of
interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount
of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any
Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute
suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or,
in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or
the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided
for in this Indenture; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1006, except
to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be
deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to
“the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1006, or the deletion of
this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8).
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 identified series
of Securities or particular Securities within an identified series of Securities, or which modifies
the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series, or Holder of particular Securities within a
series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed to affect only the rights
under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of the identified series or of particular
Securities within the identified series, and shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of any other Securities.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
After a supplemental indenture under this Section 902 becomes effective, the Company shall
mail to the Trustee a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture or a copy of such
supplemental indenture and the Trustee shall mail such notice or supplemental indenture to Holders
affected thereby. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect therein, or any
failure of the Company to mail such supplemental indenture, shall not in any way impair or affect
the validity of any such supplemental indenture.
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
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Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) 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 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.
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 and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will
duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that
series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where
notices and demands to or upon the Company 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 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
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at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as
its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or
rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or
agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will
give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change
in the location of any such other office or agency.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons
entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it
will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held
as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company
will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee
to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series)
in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request
of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for
payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay,
to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such
Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be
released from all further liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in
trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series
and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and
payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be
discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured
general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or
such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability
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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 a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, 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. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of
the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers’ Certificate, stating whether or not to the
best knowledge of the signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance
of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be in default,
specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
Section 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
Section 1006. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of such series,
the Company may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section
301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in Section 1005, if
before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance
in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such
waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so
expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and
the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full
force and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301
for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.
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Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution
or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any
redemption at the election of the Company of the Securities of any series (including any such
redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such
series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the
case of any redemption of Securities 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 are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a
single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not
previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and
which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any
Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a
specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor
not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as
aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption
affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In
the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been
or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed,
at his address appearing in the Security Register.
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All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than
a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to
be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a
single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be
redeemed;
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon
each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to
accrue on and after said date;
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of
the Redemption Price;
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and
(7) if applicable, the CUSIP numbers of the Securities of that series.
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 and, unless otherwise specified or contemplated by Section 301, shall be irrevocable.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
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, segregate and hold in trust as
provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except
if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date or the Securities of the series provide
otherwise) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from
and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and
accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security
for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the
Redemption Price, together, if applicable, with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
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registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their
terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date
at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment
therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new
Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as
requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed
portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such
Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any series of
Securities 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 is herein referred to as an
“optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of any series of Securities, the cash
amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each
sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of the series as provided for
by the terms of such Securities.
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been
redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through
the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with
respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such
Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the
Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited
shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as
specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund
and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
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Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company
will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing
sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which
is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and will also
deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such
sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking
fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption
thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in
Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made
upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
Section 1301. Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, Sections 1302 and 1303 shall apply
to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, in either case, denominated in
U.S. dollars and bearing interest at a fixed rate, in accordance with any applicable requirements
provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this
Article; and the Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Sections 1302 and 1303
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to
Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any
applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions
set forth below in this Article. Any such election to have or not to have Sections 1302 and 1303
apply, as the case may be, shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified
as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, or if this Section shall otherwise
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall be
deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Securities as provided in
this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied
(hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to
have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such
Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper
instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely
from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments
in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are
due, (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306,
1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the
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Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company
may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to the Securities of any series
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such
Securities.
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, or if this Section shall otherwise
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Company shall be
released from its obligations under Section 1005 and any covenants provided pursuant to Section
301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and (2) the occurrence
of any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to Section 1005 and any such covenants
provided pursuant to Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7)) and 501(7) shall be deemed not to be or
result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this
Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter
called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect
to such Securities, 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 specified Section (to the extent so
specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference
elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other
provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities
shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302 or 1303 to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609
and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds
in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in
an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of
principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not
later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee
(or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any
premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance
with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, “U.S. Government
Obligation” means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of
America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America
is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of
America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not
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callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary
receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian
with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and
held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect
to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which
is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary
receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government
Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary
receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been
published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either
case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the
Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes
as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner
and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were
not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any Securities or any
series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize
gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the
case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the
effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then
listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event
of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and
be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in
Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such
deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after
such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a
conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities
are in default within the meaning of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Company
is a party or by which it is bound.
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(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from
such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from
registration thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with (in each case, subject to the
satisfaction of the condition in clause (5)).
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee
(solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are
referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders
of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any
premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed
on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to
the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by
it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be
deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such
Securities.
Section 1306. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this
Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the
obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or
released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee
or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect
to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if the Company makes
any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security
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following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights
(if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
First Supplemental
Indenture
Dated as of December 19, 2006
(Supplemental to Indenture Dated as of October 12, 2006)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of December 19, 2006 (the “First Supplemental Indenture”),
between American International Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called “Trustee”);
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to The Bank of New York, as trustee, an
Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2006 (the “Existing Indenture”) (the Existing Indenture, as the
same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including by this First Supplemental
Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of the Company’s
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein and therein called the
“Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Existing Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter into an
indenture supplemental to the Existing Indenture to provide for the issuance of, and establish the
form and terms of, additional series of Securities;
WHEREAS, Sections 201, 301 and 901 of the Existing Indenture permit the form of notes of each
additional series of notes to be established pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Existing
Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 301 of the Existing Indenture permits certain terms of any additional series of
notes to be established pursuant to an indenture supplemental to the Existing Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions of (i) the Board of Directors of the Company adopted at a meeting
duly called on March 15, 2006 and (ii) the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors of the
Company adopted at a meeting duly called on December 14, 2006, the Company has authorized the
issuance of $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Resetable Floating Rate Notes Due
2046 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Notes will be established as a series under the Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this First Supplemental
Indenture to establish the form and terms of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement according
to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it
is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the
Notes, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1
Relation to Existing Indenture
This First Supplemental Indenture constitutes a part of the Existing Indenture (the provisions of
which, as modified by this First Supplemental Indenture, shall apply to the Notes) in respect of
the Notes but shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Existing Indenture insofar as it
relates to any other series of Securities or affects in any manner the terms and conditions of the
Securities of any other series.
Section 1.2 Definitions
For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, the capitalized terms used herein (i) which
are defined in this Section 1.2 have the respective meanings assigned hereto in this Section 1.2,
and (ii) which are defined in the Existing Indenture (and which are not defined in this Section
1.2) have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Existing Indenture. For all purposes of
this First Supplemental Indenture:
1.2.1 All references herein to Articles and Sections, unless otherwise specified, refer to the
corresponding Articles and Sections of this First Supplemental Indenture;
1.2.2 The terms “herein”, “hereof”, and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this First
Supplemental Indenture; and
1.2.3 The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
“Agent Member” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Note
or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Note, to the
extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect at the time of such transfer or transaction.
“Closing Date” means December 19, 2006.
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“Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph of this First Supplemental
Indenture.
“Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3.
“Depositary” means, with respect to Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one
or more Global Notes, DTC, for so long as it shall be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act, or such successor (which shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act) as the Company shall designate from time to time in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the
Trustee.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“Existing Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the first recital of this First Supplemental
Indenture.
“First Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Global Note” means a Note that evidences all or part of the Notes and bears the legend specified
in Section 2.2.
“Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the first recital of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Notes” has the meaning stated in the fifth recital of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Restricted Global Note” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
“Restricted Note” means all Notes required pursuant to Section 2.6(b) to bear any Restricted Notes
Legend. Such term includes the Restricted Global Note.
“Restricted Notes Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Annex A.
“Restricted Notes Legend” means a legend substantially in form of the legend required in the form
of Note set forth in Section 2.2 to be placed upon each Restricted Note.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act (including any successor rule thereto), as the
same may be amended from time to time.
“Securities” has the meaning specified in the first recital of this First Supplemental Indenture.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
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“Successor Note” of any particular Note means every Note issued after, and evidencing all or a
portion of the same debt as that evidenced by, such particular Note; and any Note authenticated and
delivered under Section 306 of the Existing Indenture in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Note.
ARTICLE TWO
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE NOTES
Section 2.1 Forms of Notes Generally
The Notes shall be in substantially the forms set forth in this Article with such appropriate
insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the
Existing Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture and may have such letters, numbers or
other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to
comply with the rules of any securities exchange, or as may, consistent with the Existing Indenture
and this First Supplemental Indenture, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as
evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section
2.4.
Upon their original issuance, the Notes shall be issued in the form of a Global Note registered in
the name of the Depositary or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the
Depositary, for credit by the Depositary to the respective accounts of beneficial owners of the
Notes represented thereby (or such other accounts as they may direct). The Global Note will
constitute a single Security for all purposes of the Indenture. The Global Note together with its
Successor Notes which are Global Notes, are collectively herein called the “Restricted Global
Notes.”
The Notes will be issued only in registered form. The Notes will be issued in minimum
denominations of $100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
Section 2.2 Form of Face of the Notes
THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION
UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE
OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN
APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM AND IN ANY EVENT MAY BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INDENTURE, COPIES OF
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WHICH ARE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AT THE CORPORATE TRUST OFFICE OF THE TRUSTEE IN NEW YORK.
EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM
THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. EACH HOLDER OF
THIS NOTE REPRESENTS TO AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. THAT (a) SUCH HOLDER WILL NOT SELL,
PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE (WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.)
OTHER THAN (i) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION COMPLYING WITH RULE 144A UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT, (ii) IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (iii) OUTSIDE THE
UNITED STATES IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
OR (iv) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT,
SUBJECT, IN THE CASE OF CLAUSE (ii) OR (iv), TO THE RECEIPT BY AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR SUCH OTHER EVIDENCE ACCEPTABLE TO AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
THAT SUCH RESALE, PLEDGE OR TRANSFER IS EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT, (b) SUCH HOLDER WILL NOT SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE NOTES OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE
WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES, STATE SECURITIES LAWS AND BLUE SKY LAWS
AND THAT (c) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF
THIS NOTE OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS REFERRED TO HEREIN AND DELIVER TO THE TRANSFEREE (OTHER THAN A
QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER) PRIOR TO THE SALE, A COPY OF THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE
HERETO (COPIES OF WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE).
[INCLUDE IF NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE — THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE
INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A
DEPOSITARY. THIS NOTE IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN
THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE AND MAY
NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY.]
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[INCLUDE IF NOTE IS A GLOBAL NOTE AND THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY IS THE DEPOSITARY — UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (“DTC”), A
NEW YORK CORPORATION, TO AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO.
OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF CEDE & CO. (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.]
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
RESETABLE FLOATING RATE NOTE DUE 2046
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CUSIP No.: 026874BC0 |
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STATED PRINCIPAL AMOUNT:
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ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE:
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INITIAL INTEREST RATE:
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INTEREST DETERMINATION DATES:
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of
Delaware (herein called the “Company,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or its
registered assigns, the principal sum of $500,000,000 dollars on the Maturity Date, and, subject to
the provisions on the reverse of this Note and if there has been no Conversion Date, to pay the
Accrued Interest on the Maturity Date; or, if there has been a Conversion Date, to pay the Accrued
Interest on the Conversion Date and to pay interest on the Stated Principal Amount from the
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most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid, accrued or duly provided for, in
arrears on each Interest Payment Date.
Interest on the Stated Principal Amount of this Note shall accrue at a rate per annum equal to the
Initial Interest Rate set forth above until the first Interest Reset Date and thereafter at a rate
equal to LIBOR-Telerate plus the Spread, subject to applicable provisions of law and in accordance
with the provisions set forth on the reverse of this Note. The Spread determined as a result of
each Holder Spread Adjustment or Dealer Spread Adjustment shall remain in effect from the
occurrence of the Holder Spread Adjustment or the Dealer Spread Adjustment, as the case may be,
until the effectiveness of the next Holder Spread Adjustment or Dealer Spread Adjustment, whichever
is sooner, or until the Stated Principal Amount and any unpaid interest (including any unpaid
Accrued Interest) is paid or made available for payment. Interest that is accrued and unpaid on
any Interest Accrual Date will compound and be added to Accrued Interest in accordance with
paragraph 3 on the reverse of this Note. Interest shall accrue on unpaid Accrued Interest at a
rate per annum equal to LIBOR-Telerate (without addition of the Spread).
Interest will not be payable on this Note until the Maturity Date, unless there is a Conversion
Date. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment
Date (including Accrued Interest on the Conversion Date, if any) will, as provided in the
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be
the 4th day of June or December (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will
forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to
the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more predecessor Notes) 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 which shall be given to Holders of Notes of this series not fewer than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and
upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number of days elapsed.
If the Maturity Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day, the payment of principal need
not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day, with the same force
and effect as if made on the Maturity Date, provided that no interest shall accrue for the period
from and after such Maturity Date.
Payment of the principal of and interest on this Note will be made at the office or agency of the
Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The
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City of New York, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof,
which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the
reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note 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.
Dated:
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Attest:
Section 2.3 Form of Reverse of the Notes
1. General. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein
called the “Notes”), designated as its Resetable Floating Rate Notes Due 2046, issued and to be
issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2006 (the “Existing
Indenture”), as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture (the “First Supplemental
Indenture”), dated as of December 19, 2006 (as so supplemented, the “Indenture,” which term shall
have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), from the Company to The Bank of New York, as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee”, which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for
a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are,
and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face
hereof.
The Notes are not subject to redemption at the election of the Company at any time prior to the
Maturity Date.
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2. Definitions. All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the
meaning assigned to them in the Indenture.
“Accrued Interest” shall mean, in respect of any date prior to and including the Conversion Date,
(a) on the Original Issue Date, zero and (b) on each date thereafter, the sum of (i) the Accrued
Interest on the next preceding Interest Reset Date (or, in the case of any date on or before the
initial Interest Reset Date, on the Original Issue Date), plus (ii) interest accrued on the Stated
Principal Amount during the Interest Period beginning on the next preceding Interest Reset Date
(or, in the case of any date on or before the initial Interest Reset Date, beginning on the
Original Issue Date) at a rate equal to LIBOR-Telerate plus the Spread for such next preceding
Interest Reset Date (or, in the case of any date on or before the initial Interest Reset Date, at a
rate equal to the Initial Interest Rate specified on the face hereof), plus (iii) except in the
case of any date on or before the initial Interest Reset Date, interest accrued on the Accrued
Interest as of the next preceding Interest Reset Date during the Interest Period beginning on the
next preceding Interest Reset Date at a rate equal to LIBOR-Telerate for such Interest Reset Date.
“Agent Member” has the meaning set forth in subsection (c) of paragraph 7 hereof.
“AIG-FS” means AIG Financial Securities Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned indirect
subsidiary of the Company.
“Applicable Procedures” has the meaning set forth in subsection (c) of paragraph 7 hereof.
“Business Day” shall mean any day on which commercial banks are open for business (including
dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in New York City.
“Calculation Agent” has the meaning set forth in subsection (b) of paragraph 3 hereof.
“Calculation Date” shall have the meaning specified in subsection (d) of paragraph 6 hereof.
“Conversion Date” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 4 hereof.
“Dealer Designated Spread” means, with respect to any Interest Reset Date scheduled to occur on or
after December 19, 2007, each of the spreads quoted by the Reference Dealers, in accordance with
the procedures set forth in paragraph 6 hereof, as the Spread to be effective on such Interest
Reset Date.
“Dealer Spread Adjustment” means, with respect to any Interest Reset Date scheduled to occur on or
after December 19, 2007, adjustment of the Spread on such
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Interest Reset Date determined in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraph 6 hereof.
“DTC” has the meaning set forth on the face of this Note.
“Electing Holders” has the meaning set forth in subsection (b) of paragraph 6 hereof.
“Existing Indenture” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1 hereof.
“Failed Remarketing” has the meaning set forth in subsection (g) of paragraph 6 hereof.
“Final Dealer” has the meaning set forth in clause (iii) of subsection (e) of paragraph 6 hereof.
“Final Dealer Designated Spread” has the meaning set forth in clause (i) of subsection (e) of
paragraph 6 hereof.
“Final Dealer Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in clause (iv) of subsection (e) of
paragraph 6 hereof.
“First Supplemental Indenture” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1 hereof.
“Hold Notice” has the meaning set forth in subsection (b) of paragraph 6 hereof.
“Hold Notice Ceiling” has the meaning set forth in subsection (b) of paragraph 6 hereof.
“Hold Notice Floor” has the meaning set forth in subsection (g) of paragraph 6 hereof.
“Holder Designated Spread” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 5 hereof.
“Holder Spread Adjustment” shall mean the adjustment of the Spread in accordance with the
procedures set forth in paragraph 5 hereof.
“Indenture” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1 hereof.
“Initial Interest Rate” has the meaning set forth on the face of this Note.
“Interest Accrual Date” means each Interest Reset Date, to but excluding the Interest Reset Date
next preceding the Conversion Date (if any).
“Interest Determination Date” has the meaning set forth on the face of this Note.
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“Interest Payment Date” shall mean each Interest Reset Date, if any, from and including the
Conversion Date, and including the Maturity Date.
“Interest Period” means the period from and including an Interest Reset Date (or, in the case of
the initial Interest Period, from and including the Original Issue Date) to but excluding the next
Interest Reset Date (or the Maturity Date).
“Interest Reset Date” means each June 19 and December 19, beginning June 19, 2007, to and including
the Maturity Date; provided, however, that if any Interest Reset Date would otherwise fall on a day
that is not a Business Day, such Interest Reset Date will be the first following day that is a
Business Day, except that if such day falls in the next calendar month, such Interest Reset Date
will be the preceding day that is a Business Day.
“Original Issue Date” has the meaning set forth on the face of this Note.
“LIBOR-Telerate” shall mean, on each Interest Determination Date, the rate for deposits in U.S.
Dollars having a maturity of six months (the “Index Maturity”) which appears on the Telerate Page
3750 (as defined below) as of 11:00 a.m. London time on such Interest Determination Date. If on
any Interest Determination Date, the rate for deposits in U.S. Dollars having the Index Maturity
does not appear on the Telerate Page 3750 as specified above, LIBOR-Telerate will be determined on
the basis of the rates at which deposits in U.S. Dollars having the Index Maturity and in a
principal amount equal to an amount that is representative for a single transaction in such market
at such time are offered by four major banks in the London interbank market selected by the
Calculation Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. London time, on such Interest Determination Date to
prime banks in the London interbank market. The Calculation Agent will request the principal
London office of each of such banks to provide a quotation of its rate. If at least two such
quotations are provided, the rate in respect of such Interest Determination Date will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR-Telerate in
respect of such Interest Determination will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted by three
major banks in The City of New York, selected by the Calculation Agent, at approximately 11:00 a.m.
New York time, on such Interest Determination Date for loans in U.S. Dollars to leading European
banks, having the Index Maturity and in a principal amount equal to an amount that is
representative for a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the
banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting as described in this sentence,
LIBOR-Telerate on such Interest Determination Date will be equal to LIBOR-Telerate in effect on the
day preceding such Interest Determination Date.
“London Banking Day” shall mean any day on which commercial banks are open for business (including
dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London.
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“Market Day” means a day which is a Business Day, a London Banking Day and a day on which markets
for U.S. government securities are open for regular trading in New York, New York.
“Market Disruption Event” shall mean any of the following (as determined in good faith by the
Calculation Agent): (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on
the New York Stock Exchange (or any successor exchange or market) or the establishment of minimum
prices on such exchange (or market); (ii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities
declared by either federal or New York state authorities; or (iii) an outbreak or escalation of
major hostilities involving the United States of America or the declaration by the United States of
a national emergency or war, other than any such outbreak, escalation or declaration arising out of
or relating to the U.S. war on terrorism that does not represent a significant departure from
conditions that exist at the date hereof.
“Maturity Date” shall mean December 19, 2046; provided, however, that if the Maturity Date would
otherwise fall on a day that is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date will be the first following
day that is a Business Day, except that if such day falls in the next calendar month, the Maturity
Date will be the preceding day that is a Business Day.
“Notes” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1 hereof.
“Redemption Amount” shall mean, as of the date of a Failed Remarketing, the sum of (i) the
principal amount of the Remarketed Notes, (ii) Accrued Interest applicable to the Remarketed Notes
as of such date if not previously paid and (iii) any accrued but unpaid interest on the principal
amount of the Remarketed Notes or on Accrued Interest applicable to the Remarketed Notes that has
not been included in Accrued Interest applicable to the Remarketed Notes in accordance with the
procedures set forth in herein.
“Remarketed Notes” has the meaning set forth in subsection (b) of paragraph 6 hereof.
“Repurchase Price” has the meaning set forth in subsection (g) of paragraph 6 hereof.
“Rule 144A Information” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 12 hereof.
“Securities Act” has the meaning set forth of the face of this Note.
“Spread” means (i) with respect to the initial Interest Reset Date, 8 basis points and (ii) with
respect to any other Interest Reset Date, the Holder Designated Spread or the Dealer Designated
Spread, as the case may be, as determined for such Interest Reset Date.
“Stated Principal Amount” has the meaning set forth on the face of this Note.
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“Telerate Page 3750” shall mean the display page designated as page 3750 on the Dow Jones Telerate
Service (or such other page as may replace page 3750 on that service for the purpose of displaying
London interbank offered rates).
“Trustee” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 1 hereof.
“U.S. Dollars” or “US$” shall mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.
3. Interest. (a) On each Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent shall determine
LIBOR-Telerate for the related Interest Reset Date and, upon request of the Trustee, shall notify
the Trustee of (i) LIBOR-Telerate and the Spread then in effect for this Note, if available, (ii)
if determined, LIBOR-Telerate and the Spread that shall become effective as a result of a
determination made on such Interest Determination Date with respect to this Note and (iii) the
amount of Accrued Interest as of the related Interest Reset Date.
(b) Subject to its right to terminate the appointment of any such agent, the Company shall take
such action as is necessary to ensure that there shall at all relevant times be a qualified
financial institution appointed and acting as its agent for the purpose of performing the actions
contemplated hereby to be performed by the Calculation Agent (such agent, including any successor
agent, the “Calculation Agent”). The Company has initially appointed AIG Financial Products Corp.
as Calculation Agent.
(c) Interest on this Note shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year and the actual number
of days elapsed.
(d) The interest rate on this Note will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by
New York law as the same may be modified by United States law of general application.
(e) Unless otherwise specified herein, all percentages resulting from any calculation of the rate
of interest will be rounded, if necessary, to the nearest one hundred-thousandth of a percentage
point, with five one-millionths of a percentage point rounded upward (e.g., 9.876545% (or .09876545) will be rounded upward to 9.87655% (or .0987655)), and all U.S. dollar amounts used in
or resulting from such calculation will be rounded to the nearest cent (with one-half cent being
rounded upward).
4. Coupon Conversion. The Company shall have the right on any Interest Reset Date scheduled to
occur on December 19, 2007 or on any December 19 thereafter until the Maturity Date (any date so
designated, the “Conversion Date”), upon prior written notice delivered to the Trustee and each
Holder, at least 170 days prior to such Interest Reset Date, to elect to pay cash interest on this
Note on each Interest Payment Date on and after the Conversion Date. Any such election, once made,
shall be irrevocable. On the Conversion Date, the Accrued Interest on such Conversion Date shall
become due and payable in the same manner as provided for payments of interest on this Note.
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Following the Conversion Date, interest on the Stated Principal Amount shall be payable on each
Interest Payment Date at a rate equal to LIBOR-Telerate plus the Spread for the Interest Period
then ending.
5. Holder Spread Adjustment. (a) Each Holder shall have the right to propose the Spread to be
applicable for one or more subsequent consecutive Interest Periods specified by such Holder for
which no Spread has been previously determined, beginning with or following the Interest Period
scheduled to begin on December 19, 2007 (each, a “Holder Designated Spread”) by notice given to the
Trustee not more than 40 days nor fewer than 30 days prior to the Interest Reset Date in respect of
such Interest Period or Interest Periods provided, however that for as long (but only for as long)
as this Note or any portion hereof is issued in the form of a Global Note, each beneficial owner of
the Notes represented by this Note may give such notice in respect of Notes beneficially owned by
it by causing the Agent Member through which such beneficial owner holds such Notes to provide to
the Trustee a notice substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto. The Trustee, the
Calculation Agent and the Company shall be entitled to rely on any such notice so provided by the
Agent Member without independent investigation thereof. The Trustee shall promptly notify the
Calculation Agent of each Holder Designated Spread.
(b) If Holders representing 100% of the outstanding Stated Principal Amount of Notes propose a
Holder Designated Spread and a common number of subsequent Interest Periods for which their
respective Holder Designated Spreads are to apply, in accordance with paragraph 8(a) above, the
Company shall notify each Holder, the Trustee and the Calculation Agent not later than 25 days
prior to the next Interest Reset Date whether the Company elects to have the highest Holder
Designated Spread be the applicable Spread for the applicable number of subsequent Interest
Periods, beginning on such Interest Reset Date. If the Company so elects, then such highest Holder
Designated Spread shall be the Spread for Interest Reset Dates relating to the applicable Interest
Periods. The adjustment of the Spread as specified in this paragraph 5 is referred to as a “Holder
Spread Adjustment”.
(c) Upon the occurrence of a Holder Spread Adjustment, the Holder Designated Spread, as determined
pursuant to paragraphs 5(a) and 5(b) above, shall be the Spread until the earliest of (i) the
Maturity Date, (ii) the next Holder Spread Adjustment and (iii) the next Dealer Spread Adjustment.
(d) If Holders representing 100% of the outstanding Stated Principal Amount of the Notes do not
propose a Holder Designated Spread and a common number of subsequent Interest Periods for which
their respective Holder Designated Spreads are to apply, in accordance with paragraph 5(a) above,
for an Interest Reset Date for which no Spread has been previously determined, or if the Company
fails to make the election specified in paragraph 5(b) above with respect to such an Interest Reset
Date, then the procedures contained in paragraph 6 below shall apply with respect to such an
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Reset Date. The Company shall notify the Trustee and each Holder of such result not fewer than 25
days prior to any such Interest Reset Date.
6. Dealer Spread Adjustment. (a) The provisions of this paragraph 6 shall apply with respect to
each Interest Reset Date for which the Spread is not adjusted pursuant to the Holder Spread
Adjustment procedure set forth in paragraph 5 above, except that the provisions of this paragraph 6
shall not in any case apply with respect to any Interest Reset Date scheduled to occur before
December 19, 2007. The procedure by which the Spread is adjusted in accordance with the provisions
of this paragraph is referred to herein as a “Dealer Spread Adjustment”.
(b) Notwithstanding the purchase of Notes on an Interest Reset Date by the Final Dealer as
contemplated in paragraph 6(e) below, each Holder may elect to retain all or a portion of its Notes
by providing notice of such election (a “Hold Notice”) to the Trustee not later than 20 days prior
to such Interest Reset Date. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Calculation
Agent of all such Hold Notices. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, with respect to a particular
Interest Reset Date, Holders (“Electing Holders") deliver Hold Notices with respect to Notes
representing more than 80% of the outstanding Stated Principal Amount of Notes (the “Hold Notice
Ceiling”), a portion of the Notes subject to Hold Notices (not exceeding 20% of the outstanding
Stated Principal Amount of Notes) shall nonetheless be subject to remarketing pursuant to this
paragraph 6, selected by the Trustee by lot from among Electing Holders, to the extent necessary so
that the total amount of Notes remarketed shall equal 20% of the outstanding Stated Principal
Amount of Notes. Such Notes (if any), together with those Notes as to which no Hold Notice has
been delivered, are referred to as “Remarketed Notes” for the respective Interest Reset Date. If,
with respect to any Interest Reset Date, Hold Notices are delivered in respect of Notes in excess
of the Hold Notice Ceiling, the Trustee shall, upon written instructions from the Company, give
written notice to Electing Holders, not later than 5:00 p.m. New York time on the fifteenth day
prior to the Interest Reset Date, of the amount of such Notes that, pursuant to this paragraph
6(b), will be Remarketed Notes, subject to the remarketing procedures set forth in this paragraph 6
for such Interest Reset Date.
(c) The Spread on all Notes, whether or not they are Remarketed Notes, will be subject to any
Dealer Spread Adjustment that occurs pursuant to this paragraph 6. In the case of a Failed
Remarketing, the Company shall be obligated to purchase, and certain Holders shall be obligated to
sell, Notes on the relevant Interest Reset Date as set forth in section (g) of this paragraph 6.
(d) On the sixth Market Day prior to each Interest Reset Date to which this paragraph 6 applies
(each, a “Calculation Date”), the Calculation Agent shall take the following actions (all
underlined times noted below are indicative and all references to a specific time are references to
New York City time):
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(i) 9:00 a.m.: The Company shall provide to the Calculation Agent the name of a Reference
Dealer, and shall provide, for such Reference Dealer so named, the name of, and telephone and
facsimile numbers and email addresses for, one individual who will represent such Reference Dealer;
in addition, the Calculation Agent shall select two additional Reference Dealers such that there
are a total of three Reference Dealers with respect to such Calculation Date (which Reference
Dealer(s) may be (or include) AIG-FS at the Calculation Agent’s option);
(ii) 9:15 a.m.: The Calculation Agent promptly shall contact each of the Reference Dealers and
request that each Reference Dealer provide to the Calculation Agent the following firm bid for the
benefit of Holders of Remarketed Notes (which bid shall remain firm for 30 minutes): a firm bid
(on an all-in basis) to purchase, for settlement on the related Interest Reset Date, the Remarketed
Notes from their respective Holders for a purchase price equal to the principal amount of the
Remarketed Notes plus (except where the Interest Reset Date is also an Interest Payment Date) the
amount of Accrued Interest applicable to the Remarketed Notes, each as of the applicable Interest
Reset Date, for settlement on the Interest Reset Date, which bid shall designate the Spread
proposed by the Reference Dealer (the “Dealer Designated Spread”) to be effective for the Interest
Period commencing on such Interest Reset Date.
(e) Provided that neither a Market Disruption Event nor a Failed Remarketing has occurred, on the
second London Banking Day prior to the applicable Interest Reset Date, the following actions shall
occur:
(i) The Calculation Agent shall notify the Company of the “Final Dealer Designated Spread”,
which shall be the lowest Dealer Designated Spread received by the Calculation Agent in accordance
with the procedures set forth in this paragraph 6.
(ii) The Spread shall equal, for the Interest Period commencing on such Interest Reset Date,
the Final Dealer Designated Spread.
(iii) The Reference Dealer providing the Final Dealer Designated Spread shall be deemed the
"Final Dealer”, provided that if two or more Reference Dealers shall have quoted the Final
Dealer Designated Spread, the Company shall determine which of the Reference Dealers is the Final
Dealer or the Final Dealers (and in the latter case, the allocation of Remarketed Notes to be made
between them).
(iv) The Company shall notify the Trustee that the Final Dealer(s) will purchase, on the
Interest Reset Date, the Remarketed Notes at a price equal to the principal amount of the
Remarketed Notes, plus (except where the Interest Reset Date is also an Interest Payment Date) the
amount of Accrued Interest applicable to the Remarketed Notes, each as of the applicable Interest
Reset Date (such sum, the “Final Dealer Purchase Price”).
(f) Each Holder of Remarketed Notes shall sell its Remarketed Notes to the Final Dealers on the
Interest Reset Date for a price equal to the percentage of the Final Dealer
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Purchase Price applicable to such Holder’s Remarketed Notes, and in the case of more than one Final
Dealer, according to the allocation designated by the Company under clause (e)(iii) above.
(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Calculation Agent determines that, on the applicable
Calculation Date, (i) a Market Disruption Event has occurred or is continuing or (ii) no Reference
Dealer has provided a firm bid in a timely manner in accordance with this paragraph 6 in a manner
satisfactory to the Calculation Agent in its sole discretion (any such occurrence described in this
clause (ii), a “Failed Remarketing”), the steps contemplated above shall be taken on the next
Market Day on which the Calculation Agent determines that no Market Disruption Event or Failed
Remarketing has occurred and is continuing. If the Calculation Agent determines in its sole
discretion that a Market Disruption Event and/or a Failed Remarketing has occurred or is continuing
for at least four consecutive Market Days starting on the applicable Calculation Date, then (A) the
Calculation Agent shall notify the Company of such determination promptly after the close of
business on such fourth Market Day and (B) the Company shall be obligated to purchase, and Holders
shall be obligated to sell, those Notes that would have been otherwise deemed Remarketed Notes had
such Failed Remarketing not occurred. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if with respect to a
particular Interest Reset Date to which the preceding sentence applies, Electing Holders had
delivered Hold Notices with respect to Notes representing less than 20% of the outstanding Stated
Principal Amount of Notes (the “Hold Notice Floor”), the Company shall be obligated to purchase all
Notes, and all Holders, including those Electing Holders who have delivered Hold Notices not
meeting the Hold Notice Floor, shall be obligated to sell all Notes, on the relevant Interest Reset
Date. The Company shall repurchase Notes pursuant to this section (g) on the applicable Interest
Reset Date from the Holders thereof at a purchase price equal to the Stated Principal Amount plus
(except where the Interest Reset Date is also an Interest Payment Date) Accrued Interest and any
accrued but unpaid interest on the Stated Principal Amount that has not been included in Accrued
Interest in accordance with the procedures set forth in paragraph 4 hereof (the “Repurchase
Price”). For the avoidance of doubt, for those Notes as to which (x) Hold Notices have been
delivered and (y) the Hold Notice Floor has been met or exceeded, the Spread shall equal, for the
Interest Period commencing on such Interest Reset Date, the Spread in effect during the immediately
preceding Interest period (except in the case of the initial Interest Reset Date, wherein the
Spread shall be 8 basis points). With respect to those Notes that will be repurchased by the
Company pursuant to this section (g), the Company shall give notice to the Holder that this Note
will be repurchased by the Company on the applicable Interest Reset Date at the price specified
above, from the Holder on such Interest Reset Date, such notice to be given no later than such
second London Banking Day prior to the Interest Reset Date in the manner described below.
(h) Unless otherwise expressly stated in this paragraph 6, each notice, bid or offer required by
this paragraph 6 to be given by the Reference Dealers shall be given telephonically and shall be
confirmed as soon as possible by fax (or such other means as
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the Calculation Agent may determine)
to each of the Trustee, the Calculation Agent and the Company.
7. Settlement Procedures. For as long (but only for as long) as this Note or any portion hereof
is issued in the form of a Global Note, the provisions of paragraph 7(a) through 7(f) below,
inclusive, shall apply with respect to this Note or such portion, as the case may be.
(a) If, on any Interest Reset Date, the Remarketed Notes are purchased by the respective Final
Dealer(s) pursuant to paragraph 6 hereof,
all beneficial interests in the Remarketed Notes held by
or through Agent Members (as defined below) shall be transferred to Depositary
account(s) designated by such Final Dealer(s). The transfers shall be made automatically, without any action
on the part of any holder or beneficial owner, by book entry through the facilities of the
Depositary. Such Final Dealer(s) shall be obligated to make payment of the relevant percentage of
the Final Dealer Purchase Price for the Remarketed Notes to the Depositary or its nominee, for
credit to the account(s) of the Agent Member(s) by or through which beneficial interests in the
Remarketed Notes are held, by the close of business on the applicable Interest Reset Date. Each
such transfer shall be made against the corresponding payment, and each such payment shall be made
against the corresponding transfer, in accordance with the Depositary’s Applicable Procedures. In
all cases, the Company shall remain obligated to make payment of accrued and unpaid interest on
this Note if such Interest Reset Date shall also be an Interest Payment Date (including Accrued
Interest if such Interest Payment Date is also the Conversion Date), with interest payable on the
applicable (or any prior) Interest Payment Date being payable to the Holder of this Note on the
corresponding Regular Record Date.
(b) If the Final Dealer(s) (or any of them, if more than one) fails to pay the applicable purchase
price for the Remarketed Notes which it is obligated to purchase on the applicable Interest Reset
Date, then a Failed Remarketing shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Company will be obligated
to pay, not later than two Business Days following the applicable Interest Reset Date, the
Redemption Amount for the Remarketed Notes or, if the Hold Notice Floor is not met, the Repurchase
Price for the Notes calculated as of the date of purchase, with settlement otherwise occurring as
described in paragraph 7(a); provided that if the Company concludes, with the concurrence of the
Calculation Agent, that any such failure was solely the result of an operational or administrative
error, and the Final Dealer(s) in question makes payment of the Final Dealer Purchase Price
(together with interest thereon, as determined by the Calculation Agent, to account for the delay)
not later than such second Business Day, no Failed Remarketing shall be deemed to have occurred and
settlement shall take place on such second Business Day as though it was the Interest Reset Date.
(c) As used herein, (i) “Agent Member” means, at any time, any person who is a member of, or
participant in, the Depositary at such time and (ii) “Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to
any payment, transfer or other transaction to be
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effected with respect to a Global Note, through
the facilities of the Depositary at any time, the policies and procedures of the Depositary
applicable to such transaction, as in effect at such time.
(d) If the Company is required to purchase the Remarketed Notes or the Notes, then, on the
applicable Interest Reset Date, all beneficial interests in the Remarketed Notes or the Notes held
by or through Agent Members shall be transferred to a Depositary account designated by the Company.
The transfers shall be made automatically, without any action on the part of any Holder or
beneficial owner of the Remarketed Notes or the Notes, by book entry through the facilities of the
Depositary. The Company shall be obligated to make payment of the Redemption Amount for the
Remarketed Notes or the Repurchase Price for the Notes to the Depositary or its nominee, for credit
to the accounts of the Agent Members by or through which beneficial interests in the Remarketed
Notes or the Notes are held, by the close of business on the applicable Interest Reset Date. Each
such transfer shall be made against the corresponding payment, and each such payment shall be made
against the corresponding transfer, in accordance with the Depositary’s Applicable Procedures. If
the Company fails to pay the Redemption Amount for the Remarketed Notes or Repurchase Price for the
Notes when such payment is due, interest will continue to accrue on the Remarketed Notes or the
Notes (including on Accrued Interest) from such Interest Reset Date to the date the payment is
made, at the rate in effect immediately prior to such Interest Reset Date plus one percent, and
shall be payable as part of such Redemption Amount or Repurchase Price, in the same manner and for
credit to the same accounts as such Redemption Amount or Repurchase Price. Whether or not the
Company purchases the Remarketed Notes, the Company shall remain obligated to make payment of
accrued and unpaid interest on this Note on the applicable Interest Reset Date, if it shall also be
an Interest Payment Date (including Accrued Interest if such Interest Payment Date is also the
Conversion Date), with interest being payable to the Holder on the corresponding Regular Record
Date as provided herein.
(e) The transactions described in paragraphs 7(a) and 7(b) above shall be executed on the
applicable Interest Reset Date through the facilities of the Depositary in accordance with its
Applicable Procedures, and the accounts of the respective Agent Members shall be debited and
credited and beneficial interests in the Remarketed Notes shall be delivered by book entry as
necessary to effect the purchases and sales provided for above. Unless the Depositary’s Applicable
Procedures require otherwise, such transactions shall settle, and all other payments in respect of
the Notes shall be made, in immediately available funds through DTC’s Same-Day Funds Settlement
System. Notwithstanding any provision hereof or of the Indenture, neither the Company, the Trustee
nor the Calculation Agent, nor any agent of any such person, shall have any responsibility with
respect to the Applicable Procedures or for any payments, transfers or other transactions, or any
notices or other communications, among the Depositary, its Agent Members, any other direct or
indirect participants therein and any beneficial owners of a Global Note. For all purposes of this
Note and the Indenture, any payment or notice to be made or given with respect to this Note by the
Company or the Calculation
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Agent shall be deemed made or given when made or given to the Depositary or its nominee, in
accordance with its Applicable Procedures.
(f) The settlement procedures described in this paragraph 7 may be modified, notwithstanding any
contrary terms of the Notes or the Indenture, to the extent required by the Depositary. In
addition, notwithstanding any contrary terms of the Notes or the Indenture, the Company may modify
the settlement procedures described in this paragraph 7 in order to facilitate the settlement
process.
If any Notes are issued in non-book-entry form, the Company shall modify the procedures
contemplated by the provisions of paragraph 7(a) through 7(e) above, inclusive, so as to ensure
that Interest Reset Date settlements of transactions in such Notes are effected in as comparable a
manner as practical, provided that such modified procedures shall not adversely affect the
interests of the holders of the outstanding Notes in any material respect.
The settlement procedures contained in this paragraph 7 may be modified, regardless of any contrary
terms of this Note or the Indenture, to the extent required by DTC or, if the book-entry system is
no longer available for the Notes at the relevant time, to the extent required to facilitate these
transactions in non-book-entry form. In addition, the Calculation Agent may modify the settlement
procedures contained in this paragraph 7 in order to facilitate the settlement process.
8. Sinking
Fund. The Notes do not have the benefit of any sinking fund obligation.
9. Defeasance. The defeasance provisions in Article Thirteen of the Indenture apply to the Notes.
Pursuant to these provisions, the entire indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive
covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Note may be defeased at any time, in each case
upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.
10. Events
of Default; Remedies. (a) If an Event of Default with respect to Notes of this series
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Notes of this series may be declared due and
payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
(b) As set forth in, and subject to, the provisions of the Indenture, no Holder of this Note will
have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for any remedy
thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given to the Trustee written notice of a
continuing Event of Default, the Holders of not less than 25% of the outstanding Stated Principal
Amount of Notes shall have made written request, and offered reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee
to institute such proceeding as trustee, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders
of a majority in outstanding Stated Principal Amount of Notes a direction inconsistent with such
request and shall have failed to institute such proceeding within 60 days; provided, however, that
such
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limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by the Holder hereof for the enforcement of
payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or any interest of this Note on or after the
respective due date expressed herein.
11. Covenants. The Notes are entitled to the benefits of the covenants of the Company set forth
in Article Ten of the Indenture.
12. Rule 144A
Information. At any time when the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the Exchange Act, upon the request of a Holder of a Note or of a beneficial owner of an interest in
a Global Note, the Company will promptly furnish or cause to be furnished Rule 144A Information (as
defined below) to such Holder or beneficial owner, or to a prospective purchaser of a Note or a
beneficial interest in a Global Note designated by such Holder or beneficial owner of such interest
in order to permit compliance by such Holder or beneficial owner with Rule 144A under the
Securities Act. “Rule 144A Information” shall be such information as is specified pursuant to
paragraph (d)(4) of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (or any successor provision thereto), as
such provision (or successor provision) may be amended from time to time.
13. Payment. No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note 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, if any) and interest on this Note at the times, place and
rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
14. Form;
Denomination. The Notes of this series are issuable only in fully registered form
without coupons in denominations of $100,000 and any multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. As
provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes of this
series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of this series and of like
tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
15. Registration;
Transfer & Exchange. (a) As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain
limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable in the Security Register,
upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in
any place where the principal of and interest on this Note are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing,
and thereupon one or more new Notes of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations
and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
(b) No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
payable in connection therewith.
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(c) Prior
to due presentment of this Note 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 Note is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Note be overdue,
and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
Section 2.4
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication of the
Notes
The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
This is one of the Notes of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned
Indenture.
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Section 2.5
Title and Terms
The Notes shall be issued in one series. The aggregate principal amount of the Notes that may
initially be authenticated and delivered under this First Supplemental Indenture is limited to
$500,000,000, except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306 or 906 of the Existing
Indenture or Article Two of this First Supplemental Indenture. The Company may, without the
consent of the Holders of the Notes, issue additional notes having the same ranking, interest rate,
Stated Maturity and CUSIP number and terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Notes, in
which event such notes and the Notes shall constitute one series for all purposes under the
Indenture, including without limitation, amendments, waivers and redemptions.
The Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be December 19, 2046.
The Company shall have no obligation to redeem or purchase the Notes pursuant to any sinking fund
or analogous provision, or at the option of a Holder thereof, except as otherwise contemplated by
paragraphs (6) and (7) on the Form of Reverse of the Notes.
The Notes shall be subject to the defeasance and discharge provisions of Section 1302 of the
Existing Indenture and the defeasance of certain obligations and certain events of default
provisions of Section 1303 of the Existing Indenture.
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The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons and only in denominations
of $100,000 and multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The Notes shall be executed, authenticated, delivered and dated in accordance with Section 303 of
the Existing Indenture.
Section 2.6
Transfer and Exchanges; Restricted Notes Legends
(a) Certain Transfers and Exchanges. Transfers and exchanges of Notes and beneficial interests in
a Global Note of the kinds specified in this Section 2.6(a) shall be made only in accordance with
this Section 2.6(a). A Note that is not a Global Note may be transferred, in whole or in part, to
a Person who takes delivery in the form of another Note that is not a Global Note as provided in
Section 305 of the Existing Indenture, provided that the Trustee shall have received a Restricted
Notes Certificate, satisfactory to the Company and duly executed by the transferor Holder or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, in which case the transferee Holder shall take delivery in the
form of a Restricted Note.
(b) Restricted Notes Legends. The Notes and their Successor Notes shall bear the Restricted Notes
Legend, subject to the following:
(i) a Note or any portion thereof which is exchanged, upon transfer or otherwise, for a Global Note
or any portion thereof shall bear the Restricted Notes Legend borne by such Global Note while
represented thereby;
(ii) a new Note which is not a Global Note and is issued in exchange for another Note (including a
Global Note) or any portion thereof, upon transfer or otherwise, shall bear the Restricted Notes
Legend borne by such other Note, provided that, if such new Note is required pursuant to Section
2.6(a) to be issued in the form of a Restricted Note, it shall bear the Restricted Notes Legend;
and
(iii) a new Note which does not bear a Restricted Notes Legend may be issued in exchange for or in
lieu of a Note (other than a Global Note) or any portion thereof which bears such a legend if, in
the judgment of the Company, placing such a legend upon such new Note is not necessary to ensure
compliance with the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and the Trustee, at the
direction of the Company, shall authenticate and deliver such a new Note as provided in this
Article Two.
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ARTICLE THREE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1 Relationship to Existing Indenture
The First Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of the Existing
Indenture. The Existing Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental
Indenture, is in all respects ratified, confirmed and approved and, with respect to the Notes, the
Existing Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this First Supplemental Indenture, shall be
read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
Section 3.2 Modification of the Existing Indenture
Except as expressly modified by this First Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Existing
Indenture shall govern the terms and conditions of the Notes.
Section 3.3 Governing Law
This instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New
York.
Section 3.4 Counterparts
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be
deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
Section 3.5 Trustee Makes No Representation
The recitals contained herein are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity or sufficiency of this First Supplemental Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed all as of the day and year first above written.
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ANNEX A — Form of Restricted
Notes Certificate
RESTRICTED NOTES CERTIFICATE
The Bank of New York
101 Barclay Street, Floor 8 West
New York, New York 10286
Attn: Corporate Trust Administration
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Reference is made to the Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2006, between American International
Group, Inc. (the “Company”) and The Bank of New York, as Trustee, as supplemented (the
“Indenture”). Terms used herein and defined in the Indenture or in Rule 144A or Rule 144 under the
U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), are used herein as so defined.
This certificate relates to U.S.$ principal amount of Notes, which are evidenced by
the following certificate(s) (the “Specified Securities”):
CUSIP No(s).
CERTIFICATE No(s).
The person in whose name this certificate is executed below (the “Undersigned”) hereby certifies
that (i) it is the sole beneficial owner of the Specified Securities, (ii) it is acting on behalf
of all the beneficial owners of the Specified Securities and is duly authorized by them to do so or
(iii) it is the Holder of a Global Note and has received a certification to the effect set forth
below. Such beneficial owner or owners are referred to herein collectively as the “Owner”. If the
Specified Securities are represented by a Global Note, they are held through the Depositary or an
Agent Member in the name of the Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner. If the Specified
Securities are not represented by a Global Note, they are registered in the name of the
Undersigned, as or on behalf of the Owner.
The Owner has requested that the Specified Securities be transferred to a person (the “Transferee”)
who will take delivery in the form of a Restricted Note. In connection with such transfer, the
Owner hereby certifies that such transfer is being effected in accordance with Rule 144A or Rule
144 under the Securities Act and all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States
and other jurisdictions. Accordingly, the Owner hereby further certifies as follows:
(1) Rule 144A Transfers. If the transfer is being effected in accordance with Rule 144A:
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(A) the Specified Securities are being transferred to a person that the Owner and any person acting
on its behalf reasonably believe is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule
144A, acquiring for its own account or for the account of a qualified institutional buyer; and
(B) the Owner and any person acting on its behalf have taken reasonable steps to ensure that the
Transferee is aware that the Owner may be relying on Rule 144A in connection with the transfer; and
(2) Rule 144 Transfers. If the transfer is being effected pursuant to Rule 144:
the transfer is occurring after a holding period of at least one year (computed in accordance with
paragraph (d) of Rule 144) has elapsed since the Specified Securities were last acquired from the
Company or from an affiliate of the Company, whichever is later, and is being effected in
accordance with the applicable amount, manner of sale and notice requirements of Rule 144.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of
the Company.
Dated:
(Print the name of the Undersigned, as such term is defined in the third paragraph of this certificate.)
(If the Undersigned is a corporation, partnership or fiduciary, the title of the person signing on behalf of the Undersigned must be stated.)
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ANNEX B — Form of
Notice (including Exhibit A)
American International Group, Inc.
INSTRUCTION
TO DTC PARTICIPANTS
, 20 [Date of Mailing]
[N.B.: Insert date that is 45 days prior to each Interest Reset Date beginning with or following 12/19/07]
URGENT — IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED
DEADLINE FOR RESPONSE:
, 20 [DATE]
[N.B.: Insert date 30 days prior to Interest Reset Dates beginning with or following 6/19/07]
The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) has identified you as a DTC Participant through which
beneficial interests in the American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”) $500,000,000
Resetable Floating Rate Notes Due December 19, 2046, Cusip No. 026874BC0 (the “Notes”) are held.
Terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Notes.
Pursuant to paragraph 6(a) of the Notes, for as long (but only for as long) as the Notes or any
portion thereof are issued in the form of a Global Note, each beneficial owner of the Notes shall
have the right to propose a Holder Designated Spread to be the Spread applicable for one or more
consecutive Interest Periods (beginning with or following the Interest Period scheduled to begin on
December 19, 2007) by notice given to the Trustee not more than 40 days nor fewer than 30 days
prior to the Interest Reset Date in respect of such Interest Period. A beneficial owner may give
such notice in respect of Notes beneficially owned by it by causing the Agent Member/DTC
Participant through which such beneficial owner holds such Notes to provide to the Trustee, on
behalf of such beneficial owner, a notice including such beneficial owner’s Holder Designated
Spread. Such notice from the Agent Member/DTC Participant must be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto.
Pursuant to paragraph 7(b) of the Notes, in the event the Spread is not adjusted pursuant to the
Holder Spread Adjustment procedure set forth in paragraph 6 of the Notes, each Holder of the Notes
may elect to retain all or a portion of its Notes by providing a Hold Notice to the Trustee not
later than 20 days prior to such Interest Reset Date. For as long as the Notes are issued in the
form of a Global Note, such notice must be given to the Trustee by the Depositary, or its nominee,
as Holder of the Notes. In order to facilitate such notice, the Agent Member/DTC Participant must
provide, on behalf of beneficial owners, Hold Notice information to the Depositary in accordance
with the Depositary’s Applicable Procedures and by providing to the Trustee a notice including such
Hold Notice information. Such notice from the Agent Member/DTC Participant must be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
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It is important that beneficial owners of the Notes receive a copy of the enclosed materials and
that you coordinate with them as soon as possible. The beneficial owners’ rights to propose a
Holder Designated Spread and to submit Hold Notice information depend upon your providing the
notices described above to the Trustee by , 20 [Deadline For Response].
Please forward a copy of
the enclosed materials to each beneficial owner that holds interests in the Notes through you. A
separate Notice in the form of Exhibit A should be provided by you to the Trustee for each
beneficial owner that holds interests in the Notes through you. If you require more copies of this
material or have any questions pertaining to this matter, please contact the Trustee.
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American International Group, Inc.
Notice to Beneficial Holders of Holders’ Rights to Provide Holder Designated Spreads and Hold Notices
, 20 [Date]
[N.B.: Not less than 40 days prior to the Interest Reset Date]
URGENT — IMMEDIATE ATTENTION REQUESTED
Reference is hereby made to the American International Group, Inc. (the “Company”) $500,000,000
Resetable Floating Rate Notes Due December 19, 2046, Cusip No. 026874BC0 (the “Notes”). Terms used
but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Notes.
Pursuant to paragraph 6(a) of the Notes, for as long as the Notes or any portion thereof are issued
in the form of a Global Note, each beneficial owner of the Notes shall have the right to propose a
Holder Designated Spread to be the Spread applicable for one or more consecutive Interest Periods
(beginning with or following the Interest Period scheduled to begin on December 19, 2007) by notice
given to the Trustee not more than 40 days nor fewer than 30 days prior to the Interest Reset Date
in respect of such Interest Period. You, as a beneficial owner, may give such notice in respect of
Notes beneficially owned by you by causing the Agent Member/DTC Participant through which you hold
such Notes to provide to the Trustee, on your behalf, a notice including your Holder Designated
Spread. Such notice from the Agent Member/DTC Participant must be substantially in the form of
Exhibit A attached hereto.
Pursuant to paragraph 7(b) of the Notes, in the event the Spread is not adjusted pursuant to the
Holder Spread Adjustment procedure set forth in paragraph 6 of the Notes, each Holder of the Notes
may elect to retain all or a portion of its Notes by providing a Hold Notice to the Trustee not
later than 20 days prior to such Interest Reset Date. For as long as the Notes are issued in the
form of a Global Note, such notice must be given to the Trustee by the Depositary, or its nominee,
as Holder of the Notes. In order to facilitate such notice, the Agent Member/DTC Participant must
provide, on your behalf, Hold Notice information to the Depositary in accordance with the
Depositary’s Applicable Procedures and by providing to the Trustee a notice including your Hold
Notice information. Such notice from the Agent Member/DTC Participant must be substantially in the
form of Exhibit A attached hereto.
If you, as a beneficial owner of Notes, wish to provide a Holder Designated Spread and/or Hold
Notice information, it is important that you forward such information to the Agent Member/DTC
Participant through which you hold such Notes as soon as possible and request that such Agent
Member/DTC Participant submit a notice in the form of Exhibit A on your behalf. Your rights to
propose a Holder Designated Spread and to submit Hold Notice information depend upon the Agent
Member/DTC Participant
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providing
the notices described above to the Trustee on your behalf by , 20 [Deadline For Response]. Please provide to your Agent Member/DTC
Participant the information that it will need to complete Exhibit A on your behalf. Do not forward
Exhibit A directly to the Trustee as Exhibit A must be forwarded by your Agent Member/DTC
Participant. If you have any questions pertaining to this matter, please contact your Agent
Member/DTC Participant.
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Exhibit A
FORM OF LETTER FROM AGENT MEMBERS
The Bank of New York,
As Trustee
101 Barclay Street, Floor 8 West
New York, New York 10286
The Depository Trust Company
55 Water Street
New York, New York 10041
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the note (Cusip No. 026874BC0 ) registered in the name of Cede & Co. as
nominee of the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), representing $500,000,000 stated principal amount
of Resetable Floating Rate Notes due December 19, 2046 (the “Notes”) of American International
Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).
The undersigned hereby confirms that it is a DTC participant (DTC Participant No.
) and that $ in aggregate outstanding Stated Principal Amount of
the Notes is held through the undersigned. The undersigned acknowledges that the Company, the
Calculation Agent, the Trustee and others will rely upon the information contained herein.
This letter relates to ** stated principal amount of the Notes held by us on
behalf of the beneficial owner of such Notes.
On behalf of and upon the instructions of the beneficial owner of such Notes, the undersigned
hereby provides the following information pursuant to paragraphs 6 and 7 of the Notes:
The beneficial owner wishes to propose a Holder Designated Spread. Yes ** No **
If yes, proposed Holder Designated Spread: ** per cent. ( ** basis points)
If yes, proposed number of Interest Periods for which Holder Designated Spread is to apply:
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The beneficial owner wishes to deliver a Hold Notice. Yes ** No **
If yes, principal amount for which Hold Notice is applicable: **
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Second Supplemental
Indenture
Dated as of January 18, 2007
(Supplemental to Indenture Dated as of October 12, 2006)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 18, 2007 (the “Second Supplemental
Indenture”), between American International Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), and The Bank of New York, a
New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called “Trustee”);
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to The Bank of New York, as
trustee, an Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2006 (the “Base Indenture”) (the Base Indenture, as
the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including by this Second Supplemental
Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of the Company’s
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein and therein called the
“Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture, and the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2006, to the Base Indenture, establishing a series
of Securities under the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 901(5) of the Base Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter
into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to add to, change or eliminate any of the
provisions in the Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided
that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of
any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the
benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with
respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no Security described in
clause (i) Outstanding;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture,
on January 18, 2007, the Company intends to issue $10,000,000 principal amount of its Securities to
be known as its US Dollar Zero Coupon Callable Notes due January 18, 2047 (the “Notes”), to be
issued as part of its Medium-Term Notes, Series AIG-FP;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee wish to amend the terms of Section 1104 of the Base
Indenture as it applies to the Notes to reduce the minimum period for the giving of a notice of
redemption to Holders of Securities pursuant to Article 11 of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions of (i) the Board of Directors of the Company adopted at a
meeting duly called on March 15, 2006 and (ii) the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors of
the Company adopted at a meeting duly called on December 14, 2006, the Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Second Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Second Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement
according to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
The Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1 Relation to Base Indenture
This Second Supplemental Indenture constitutes a part of the Base Indenture in respect of the
Notes, but shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Base Indenture insofar as it relates to
any other Securities.
Section 1.2 Definitions
For all purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the capitalized terms used herein
which are defined in the Base Indenture have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Base
Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Notice of Redemption
The first paragraph of Section 1104 of the Base Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
10 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.
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ARTICLE THREE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1 Relationship to Base Indenture
The Second Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of the Base
Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Second Supplemental Indenture,
is in all respects ratified, confirmed and approved and, as supplemented and amended by this Second
Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
Section 3.2 Modification of the Base Indenture
Except as expressly modified by this Second Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Base
Indenture shall continue to apply to each Security issued thereunder.
Section 3.3 Governing Law
This instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.
Section 3.4 Counterparts
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 3.5 Trustee Makes No Representation
The recitals contained herein are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Second Supplemental Indenture.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture
to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Third Supplemental
Indenture
Dated as of March 23, 2007
(Supplemental to Indenture Dated as of October 12, 2006)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of March 23, 2007 (the “Third Supplemental Indenture”),
between American International Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called “Trustee”);
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to The Bank of New York, as
trustee, an Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2006 (the “Base Indenture”) (the Base Indenture, as
the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including by this Third Supplemental
Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of the Company’s
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein and therein called the
“Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture, the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2006, to the Base Indenture, establishing a series
of Securities under the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 18,
2007, to the Base Indenture, amending the redemption provisions of the Base Indenture in connection
with a specific issuance of securities;
WHEREAS, Section 901(5) of the Base Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter
into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to add to, change or eliminate any of the
provisions in the Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided
that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of
any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the
benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with
respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no Security described in
clause (i) Outstanding;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, on
March 23, 2007, the Company intends to issue $15,000,000 principal amount of its Securities to be
known as its CMS Curve Accrual Notes due March 23, 2022 (the “Notes”), to be issued as part of its
Medium-Term Notes, Series AIG-FP;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee wish to amend the terms of Section 1104 of the Base
Indenture as it applies to the Notes to reduce the minimum period for the giving of a notice of
redemption to Holders of Securities pursuant to Article 11 of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions of (i) the Board of Directors of the Company adopted at a
meeting duly called on March 15, 2006 and (ii) the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors of
the Company adopted at a meeting duly called on
December 14, 2006, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental
Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Third Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement
according to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
The Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1 Relation to Base Indenture
This Third Supplemental Indenture constitutes a part of the Base Indenture in respect of the
Notes, but shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Base Indenture insofar as it relates to
any other Securities.
Section 1.2 Definitions
For all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the capitalized terms used herein which
are defined in the Base Indenture have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Base
Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Notice of Redemption
The first paragraph of Section 1104 of the Base Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than
5 days nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.
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ARTICLE THREE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1 Relationship to Base Indenture
The Third Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of the Base
Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Third Supplemental Indenture,
is in all respects ratified, confirmed and approved and, as supplemented and amended by this Third
Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
Section 3.2 Modification of the Base Indenture
Except as expressly modified by this Third Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Base
Indenture shall continue to apply to each Security issued thereunder.
Section 3.3 Governing Law
This instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
New York.
Section 3.4 Counterparts
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
Section 3.5 Trustee Makes No Representation
The recitals contained herein are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Third Supplemental Indenture.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture
to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
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ROBERT A. GENDER |
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Vice President and Treasurer |
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Attest:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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JULIE SALOVITCH-MILLER |
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
Fourth Supplemental
Indenture
Dated as of April 18, 2007
(Supplemental to Indenture Dated as of October 12, 2006)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of April 18, 2007 (the “Fourth Supplemental
Indenture”), between American International Group, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), and The Bank of New York, a
New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called “Trustee”);
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to The Bank of New York, as
trustee, an Indenture, dated as of October 12, 2006 (the “Base Indenture”) (the Base Indenture, as
the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including by this Fourth Supplemental
Indenture, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance from time to time of the Company’s
unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein and therein called the
“Securities”), to be issued in one or more series as provided in the Indenture, the First
Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 19, 2006, to the Base Indenture, establishing a series
of Securities under the Base Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 18,
2007, to the Base Indenture, amending the redemption provisions of the Base Indenture in connection
with a specific issuance of securities, and the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 23,
2007, amending the redemption provisions of the Base Indenture in connection with a specific
issuance of securities;
WHEREAS, the Company has established the following series under the Indenture: Medium-Term
Notes, Series G; Medium-Term Notes, Series AIG-FP; and Medium-Term Notes, Series MP, Matched
Investment Program (each an “Existing Series”);
WHEREAS, Section 901(5) of the Base Indenture permits the Company and the Trustee to enter
into an indenture supplemental to the Base Indenture to add to, change or eliminate any of the
provisions in the Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided
that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of
any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the
benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with
respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no Security described in
clause (i) Outstanding;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Trustee wish to amend the terms of Sections 301 and 1104 of the
Base Indenture to allow the Company to reduce the minimum period for the giving of a notice of
redemption to Holders of Securities pursuant to Article 11 of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, the changes contemplated in this Fourth Supplemental Indenture comply with the
requirements of Section 901(5) of the Base Indenture;
WHEREAS, pursuant to resolutions of (i) the Board of Directors of the Company adopted at a
meeting duly called on March 15, 2006 and (ii) the Finance Committee of the Board of Directors of
the Company adopted at a meeting duly called on December 14, 2006, the Company has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Fourth Supplemental Indenture a valid agreement
according to its terms have been done;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS FOURTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
The Company covenants and agrees with the Trustee as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
Section 1.1 Relation to Base Indenture
This Fourth Supplemental Indenture constitutes a part of the Base Indenture in respect of
Securities issued on or after the date hereof, including additional Securities issued under an
Existing Series, but shall not modify, amend or otherwise affect the Base Indenture insofar as it
relates to any other Securities, including any existing Securities issued under an Existing Series.
Section 1.2 Definitions
For all purposes of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the capitalized terms used herein
which are defined in the Base Indenture have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the Base
Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
GENERAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE SECURITIES
Section 2.1 Notice of Redemption
The first paragraph of Section 1104 of the Base Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice of redemption shall be given
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 5 Business Days
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nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be
redeemed, at his address appearing in the Security Register.
Section 2.2 Terms of the Securities
Section 301(7) of the Base Indenture is amended and restated as follows:
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which (including the notice period, if different from the notice period set forth
in Section 1104) any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option
of the Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the
Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
ARTICLE THREE
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 3.1 Relationship to Base Indenture
The Fourth Supplemental Indenture is a supplemental indenture within the meaning of the Base
Indenture. The Base Indenture, as supplemented and amended by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture,
is in all respects ratified, confirmed and approved and, as supplemented and amended by this Fourth
Supplemental Indenture, shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same instrument.
Section 3.2 Modification of the Base Indenture
Except as expressly modified by this Fourth Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of the Base
Indenture shall continue to apply to each Security issued thereunder.
Section 3.3 Governing Law
This instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of
New York.
Section 3.4 Counterparts
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed
shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and
the same instrument.
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Section 3.5 Trustee Makes No Representation
The recitals contained herein are made by the Company and not by the Trustee, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness thereof. The Trustee makes no representation as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Fourth Supplemental Indenture.
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In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Fourth Supplemental Indenture
to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
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AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
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By |
/s/
ROBERT A. GENDER |
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Name: |
Robert A. Gender |
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Title: |
Vice President and Treasurer |
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Attest:
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
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By |
/s/
JULIE SALOVITCH-MILLER |
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Name: |
Julie Salovitch-Miller |
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Title: |
VICE PRESIDENT |
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