0001140361-11-015398.txt : 20110309 0001140361-11-015398.hdr.sgml : 20110309 20110309162426 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001140361-11-015398 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110309 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110309 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110309 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: THOMSON REUTERS CORP /CAN/ CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001075124 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: MISCELLANEOUS PUBLISHING [2741] IRS NUMBER: 980176673 STATE OF INCORPORATION: A6 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31349 FILM NUMBER: 11675362 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 TIMES SQUARE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 BUSINESS PHONE: 6462234000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 3 TIMES SQUARE CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10036 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: THOMSON CORP /CAN/ DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19981211 6-K 1 form6k.htm THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION 6-K 3-9-2011 form6k.htm


UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of March 2011
Commission File Number:  1-31349

THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

3 Times Square
New York, New York 10036, United States
(Address of principal executive office)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F  o     Form 40-F  T

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1):  o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):  o

The information contained in Exhibit 99.2 of this Form 6-K is incorporated by reference as an additional exhibit to the registrant’s following registration statements on Form S-8: File No. 333-135721, 333-152029 and 333-162035.
 


 
 

 

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION
(Registrant)
     
 
By:
/s/ Marc E. Gold
 
   
Name: Marc E. Gold
   
Title:   Assistant Secretary

Date: March 9, 2011

 
 

 

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number
Description

Amended and Restated Indenture

Thomson Reuters Deferred Compensation Plan
 
 

EX-99.1 2 ex99_1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 - AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE ex99_1.htm

Exhibit 99.1
 
THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION,
as Issuer

and

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA,

as Trustee

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

_________


Amended and Restated Indenture

Dated as of December 21, 2010

_________
 
 
 

 

THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 and Amended and Restated Indenture, dated as of December 21, 2010

 

 
Trust Indenture Act Section
 
Indenture Section
       
§ 310
(a)(1)
 
607
 
(a)(2)
 
607
 
(b)
 
606
§ 312
(c)
 
701
§ 314
(a)
 
703
 
(a)(4)
 
1004
 
(c)(1)
 
102
 
(c)(2)
 
102
 
(e)
 
102
§ 315
(b)
 
502
§ 316
(a)(last
   
 
sentence)
 
101 (“Outstanding”)
 
(a)(1)(A)
 
503, 513
 
(a)(1)(B)
 
514
 
(b)
 
509
 
(c)
 
104(e)
§ 317
(a)(1)
 
504
 
(a)(2)
 
505
 
(b)
 
1003
§ 318
(a)
 
111
 
___________________________
Note:
This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

 
 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS1


     
Page
       
PARTIES
 
1
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
 
1
       
       
 
ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
       
SECTION 101.
Definitions
2
   
Act
2
   
Additional Amounts
2
   
Affiliate
2
   
Authenticating Agent
3
   
Authorized Newspaper
3
   
Bearer Security
3
   
Board of Directors
3
   
Board Resolution
3
   
branch register
3
   
branch security registrar
3
   
Business Day
3
   
Canadian Trustee
3
   
Central Register
3
   
Central Security Registrar
3
   
Clearstream
3
   
Commission
3
   
Common Depositary
4
   
Company
4
   
Company Request” or “Company Order
4
   
Component Currency
4
   
Consolidated Shareholders' Equity
4
   
Conversion Date
4
   
Conversion Event
4
   
Corporate Trust Office
4
   
corporation
4
   
coupon
4
   
covenant defeasance
4
   
Currency
4
 
________________________
 
Note:
This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.
 
 
 

 
 
   
Debt
5
   
Default
5
   
Defaulted Interest
5
   
defeasance
5
   
Depositary
5
   
Dollar” or “$
5
   
Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit
5
   
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency
5
   
Election Date
5
   
Euro
5
   
Euroclear
5
   
Event of Default
5
   
Exchange Date
5
   
Exchange Rate Agent
5
   
Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate
5
   
Extension Notice
6
   
Extension Period
6
   
First Currency
6
   
Foreign Currency
6
   
Funded Obligation
6
   
GAAP
6
   
Government Obligations
6
   
Guarantee
6
   
Holder
6
   
Indenture
6
   
Indexed Security
7
   
interest
7
   
Interest Payment Date
7
   
Judgment Currency
7
   
Lien
7
   
mandatory sinking fund payment
7
   
Market Exchange Rate
7
   
Material Subsidiary
8
   
Maturity
8
   
Officer’s Certificate
8
   
Opinion of Counsel
8
   
Optional Reset Date
8
   
optional sinking fund payment
8
   
Original Issue Discount Security
8
   
Original Stated Maturity
8
   
Other Currency
8
   
Outstanding
8
   
pari passu
10
   
Paying Agent
10
   
Person
10
   
Place of Payment
10
   
Predecessor Security
10
   
Privacy Laws
10
 
 
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Redemption Date
10
   
Redemption Price
10
   
Registered Security
10
   
Regular Record Date
10
   
Repayment Date
10
   
Repayment Price
10
   
Required Currency
10
   
Reset Notice
11
   
Responsible Officer
11
   
Secretary
11
   
Securities
11
   
Security Interest
11
   
Security Register” and “Security Registrar
11
   
Special Record Date
11
   
Specified Amount
11
   
Stated Maturity
11
   
Subsequent Interest Period
11
   
Subsidiary
11
   
Taxes
12
   
Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA
12
   
Trust Indenture Legislation
12
   
Trustee
12
   
U.S. Trustee
12
   
United States
12
   
Valuation Date
12
   
Vice President
12
   
Voting Stock/Interests
12
   
Yield to Maturity
12
SECTION 102.
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
13
SECTION 103.
Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
13
SECTION 104.
Acts of Holders
14
SECTION 105.
Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company
15
SECTION 106.
Notice to Holders; Waiver
16
SECTION 107.
Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
18
SECTION 108.
Successors and Assigns
18
SECTION 109.
Separability Clause
18
SECTION 110.
Benefits of Indenture
18
SECTION 111.
Governing Law
18
SECTION 112.
Legal Holidays
18
SECTION 113.
Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities
19
SECTION 114.
Conversion of Currency
19
SECTION 115.
Currency Equivalent
20
SECTION 116.
Securities in a Foreign Currency or in Euros
21
SECTION 117.
Conflict with Trust Indenture Legislation
21
SECTION 118.
Language Clause
21
SECTION 119.
Shareholders, Officers and Directors Exempt from Individual Liability
21
 
 
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ARTICLE TWO SECURITIES FORMS
       
SECTION 201.
Forms Generally
22
SECTION 202.
Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
22
SECTION 203.
Securities Issuable in Global Form
23
       
 
ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES
       
SECTION 301.
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
24
SECTION 302.
Denominations
28
SECTION 303.
Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
28
SECTION 304.
Temporary Securities
30
SECTION 305.
Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange
32
SECTION 306.
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
36
SECTION 307.
Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset
37
SECTION 308.
Optional Extension of Stated Maturity
40
SECTION 309.
Persons Deemed Owners
40
SECTION 310.
Cancellation
41
SECTION 311.
Computation of Interest
42
SECTION 312.
Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities
42
SECTION 313.
Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent
45
       
 
ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
       
SECTION 401.
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
46
SECTION 402.
Application of Trust Money
47
       
 
ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES
       
SECTION 501.
Events of Default
47
SECTION 502.
Notice of Defaults
48
SECTION 503.
Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
49
SECTION 504.
Collection of Debt and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
50
SECTION 505.
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
51
SECTION 506.
Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
52
SECTION 507.
Application of Money Collected
52
SECTION 508.
Limitation on Suits
52
SECTION 509.
Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest
53
SECTION 510.
Restoration of Rights and Remedies
53
SECTION 511.
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
54
SECTION 512.
Delay or Omission Not Waiver
54
SECTION 513.
Control by Holders
54
SECTION 514.
Waiver of Past Defaults
55
SECTION 515.
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
55
 
 
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ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE
       
SECTION 601.
Certain Duties, Rights and Responsibilities of Trustee.
55
SECTION 602.
Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
57
SECTION 603.
May Hold Securities
58
SECTION 604.
Money Held in Trust
58
SECTION 605.
Compensation and Reimbursement
58
SECTION 606.
Conflict of Interest
59
SECTION 607.
Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
59
SECTION 608.
Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
60
SECTION 609.
Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
61
SECTION 610.
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
62
SECTION 611.
Appointment of Authenticating Agent
62
SECTION 612.
Acceptance of Trust
64
SECTION 613.
Trustee Not Required to Give Security
64
SECTION 614.
Trustee Not Required to Possess Securities
64
SECTION 615.
Protection of Trustee
64
SECTION 616.
Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Legislation Compliance.
65
SECTION 617.
Third Party Interests
65
SECTION 618.
Privacy Laws
65
       
 
ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
       
SECTION 701.
Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders
66
SECTION 702.
Reports by the Company
66
       
 
ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
       
SECTION 801.
Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms
67
SECTION 802.
Successor Person Substituted
68
SECTION 803.
Securities to Be Secured in Certain Events
68
       
 
ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
       
SECTION 901.
Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
68
SECTION 902.
Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders
70
SECTION 903.
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
71
SECTION 904.
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
71
SECTION 905.
Conformity with Trust Indenture Legislation
72
SECTION 906.
Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
72
SECTION 907.
Notice of Supplemental Indentures
72
       
 
ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS
       
SECTION 1001.
Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest
72
 
 
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SECTION 1002.
Maintenance of Office or Agency
72
SECTION 1003.
Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
74
SECTION 1004.
Statement as to Compliance
75
SECTION 1005.
Additional Amounts
75
SECTION 1006.
Corporate Existence; To Carry on Business
77
SECTION 1007.
Negative Pledge
77
SECTION 1008.
Waiver of Certain Covenants
78
       
 
ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
       
SECTION 1101.
Applicability of Article
78
SECTION 1102.
Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
79
SECTION 1103.
Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
79
SECTION 1104.
Notice of Redemption
79
SECTION 1105.
Deposit of Redemption Price
80
SECTION 1106.
Securities Payable on Redemption Date
81
SECTION 1107.
Securities Redeemed in Part
81
SECTION 1108.
Tax Redemption
82
       
 
ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS
       
SECTION 1201.
Applicability of Article
82
SECTION 1202.
Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
83
SECTION 1203.
Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
83
       
 
ARTICLE THIRTEEN REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
       
SECTION 1301.
Applicability of Article
84
SECTION 1302.
Repayment of Securities
84
SECTION 1303.
Exercise of Option
85
SECTION 1304.
When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable
85
SECTION 1305.
Securities Repaid in Part.
86
       
 
ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
       
SECTION 1401.
Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
87
SECTION 1402.
Defeasance and Discharge
87
SECTION 1403.
Covenant Defeasance
87
SECTION 1404.
Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
88
SECTION 1405.
Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
90
SECTION 1406.
Reinstatement
91
 
 
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES
       
SECTION 1501.
Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called
91
SECTION 1502.
Call, Notice and Place of Meetings
91
SECTION 1503.
Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings
92
SECTION 1504.
Quorum; Action
92
SECTION 1505.
Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings
93
SECTION 1506.
Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings
94
       
       
TESTIMONIUM
96
SIGNATURES AND SEALS
96
       
FORMS OF CERTIFICATION
EXHIBIT A
 
 
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This AMENDED AND RESTATED INDENTURE is dated as of December 21, 2010 and is entered into between THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (herein called the “Company”), having its principal office at 3 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, United States, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, a trust company incorporated under the laws of Canada, as trustee (herein called the “Canadian Trustee”), having its principal office at 100 University Avenue, 9th Floor, North Tower, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, Canada, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (herein called the “U.S. Trustee”), having its principal office at 60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, MS NYC60 2710, New York, New York 10005, United States. The Canadian Trustee and the U.S. Trustee are also individually referred to in this Indenture as a “Trustee”.

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY

The Company and the Canadian Trustee entered into a trust indenture dated as of November 20, 2001 (the “Original Indenture”) providing for the creation and issuance from time to time of one or more series of the Company’s unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “Securities”), which may be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any person (including the Company), to be issued in one or more series as provided therein.

The Company, the Canadian Trustee and the U.S. Trustee desire to amend and restate the Original Indenture to, among other things, reflect certain amendments made to the Original Indenture pursuant to the eighth supplemental indenture dated September 20, 2005 and the eleventh supplemental indenture dated May 29, 2008 and add alternative methods to deliver and receive notices and reports under the Indenture.

Section 901(9) of the Original Indenture provides that the Company, the Canadian Trustee and the U.S. Trustee may enter into one or more indentures supplemental to the Original Indenture to make certain provisions with respect to matters arising under the Original Indenture, provided that such action does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series and any related coupons in any material respect.

The proposed amendments in this Indenture do not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series and any related coupons in any material respect.

The Company, the Canadian Trustee and the U.S. Trustee desire to amend and restate the Original Indenture in it entirety to reflect the proposed amendments and, upon becoming effective, this Indenture shall apply to all of the Securities Outstanding as of the date hereof.

This Indenture is subject to and shall be governed by the applicable provisions of the Trust Indenture Legislation.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

 
 

 

The foregoing recitals are made as representations and statements of fact by the Company and not by the Canadian Trustee or the U.S. Trustee.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of 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, and the terms “cash transaction” and “self-liquidating paper”, as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the Trust Indenture Act;

(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; and

(4)            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.

Certain terms, used principally in Article Three, are defined in that Article.

Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.

Additional Amounts” has the meaning specified in Section 1005.

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.

 
2

 

Authenticating Agent” means any Person appointed by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to Section 611 to authenticate Securities.

Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper, in the English language or in an official language of the country of publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place.  Where successive publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and in each case on any Business Day.

Bearer Security” means any Security except a Registered Security.

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.

branch register” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

branch security registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment or any other location referred to in this Indenture, expressly or impliedly, which shall include Toronto, Ontario, New York, New York and London England, hereunder, or in the Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other such location are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Canadian Trustee” means the Person named as the “Canadian Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Canadian Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Canadian Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

Central Register” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

Central Security Registrar” has the meaning specified in Section 305.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or its successor.

Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture 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.

 
3

 

Common Depositary” has the meaning specified in Section 304.

Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture 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, its Deputy Chairman, President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary and delivered to the Trustee.

Component Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 312.

Consolidated Shareholders' Equity” means the aggregate of the stated capital accounts for all outstanding shares of the Company and the amount of consolidated surplus of the Company and its Subsidiaries, whether paid in, earned, or otherwise arrived at, as such consolidated surplus is shown on the then most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company but, in any event, as of a date within 150 days of the date of determination, and computed in accordance with GAAP.

Conversion Date” has the meaning specified in Section 312(d).

Conversion Event” means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency (other than the Euro or other Currency unit) both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and by a central bank or other public institution of or within the international banking community for the settlement of transactions, (ii) the Euro or (iii) any Currency unit (or composite Currency) other than the Euro for the purposes for which it was established.

Corporate Trust Office” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office on the date of execution of this Indenture is the applicable address specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, except that with respect to presentation of Securities for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate agency business shall be conducted.

corporation” includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.

coupon” means any interest coupon appertaining to a Bearer Security.

covenant defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1403.

Currency” means any currency or currencies, composite currency or currency unit or currency units, including, without limitation, the Euro, issued by the government of one or more countries or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.

 
4

 

Debt” means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed.

Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of a certain series.

Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 1402.

Depositary” means with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Registered Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 305 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Registered Securities of that series.

Dollar” or “$” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or Currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” has the meaning specified in Section 312(g).

Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 312(f).

Election Date” has the meaning specified in Section 312(h).

Euro” means the single Currency of the participating member states from time to time of the European Union described in legislation of the European Counsel for the Operation of a single unified European Currency (whether known as the Euro or otherwise).

Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., or its successor as operator of the Euroclear System.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 501.

Exchange Date” has the meaning specified in Section 304.

Exchange Rate Agent” means, with respect to Securities of or within any series, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, a New York Clearing House bank, designated pursuant to Section 301 or Section 313.

Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate” means a tested telex or a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having the lowest denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 302 in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, sent (in the case of a telex) or signed (in the case of a certificate) by the Treasurer, any Vice President or any Assistant Treasurer of the Company.

 
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Extension Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 308.

Extension Period” has the meaning specified in Section 308.

First Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 115.

Foreign Currency” means any Currency other than Currency of the United States.

Funded Obligation” means any Debt, the principal amount of which by its terms is not payable on demand and the due date of payment of which, after giving effect to any right of extension or renewal exercisable unilaterally on the part of the obligor, is more than 18 months from the date of the creation, issue or incurring of the same.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles which are in effect from time to time in Canada (or, if the Corporation hereafter determines to prepare its principal consolidated financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles which are in effect from time to time in the United States, such principles).

Government Obligations” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, securities which are (i) direct obligations of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such government, which, in either case, are full faith and credit obligations of such government payable in such Currency and are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest or principal of the Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

Guarantee” means any guarantee, indemnity or similar obligation.

Holder” means, in the case of a Registered Security, the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register and, in the case of a Bearer Security, the bearer thereof and, when used with respect to any coupon, shall mean the bearer thereof.

Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed 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, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.

 
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Indexed Security” means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.

interest” , when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity at the rate prescribed in such Original Issue Discount Security.

Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.

Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 114.

Lien” means, with respect to any properties or assets, any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, security interest, lien, charge, encumbrance, preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever on or with respect to such properties or assets (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

mandatory sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 1201.

Market Exchange Rate” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion involving a Currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant Currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the Foreign Currency from which conversion is being made from major banks located in either New York City, Toronto, London or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent.  Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, in the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Exchange Rate Agent shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New York City, Toronto, London or another principal market for the Currency in question, or such other quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate.  Unless otherwise specified by the Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency shall be that upon which a non-resident issuer of securities designated in such Currency would purchase such Currency in order to make payments in respect of such securities.

 
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Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company the revenues of which for the 12 months ending at the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of such Subsidiary represent 5% or more of the revenues of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole for the 12 months ending at the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company, or the gross assets of which as at the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of such Subsidiary represent 5% or more of the gross assets of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries taken as a whole as at the end of the most recently completed fiscal year of the Company, calculated in each case in accordance with GAAP.

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, notice of redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by the Chairman, Deputy 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.

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel containing the information specified in Section 102, who may be counsel for the Company, including an employee of the Company (except in the case of an Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Sections 1108 or 1404 or as otherwise provided), and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.

Optional Reset Date” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

optional sinking fund payment” has the meaning specified in Section 1201.

Original Indenture means the indenture between the Company and the Canadian Trustee dated as of November 20, 2001 as it was originally executed.

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 503.

Original Stated Maturity” has the meaning specified in Section 308.

Other Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 115.

Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

 
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(i)             Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

(ii)            Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

(iii)           Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and 1403, with respect to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in Article Fourteen; and

(iv)           Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder or are present at a meeting of Holders for quorum purposes, and for the purpose of making the calculations required by Trust Indenture Legislation, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 503, (ii) the principal amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Security is originally issued by the Company as set forth in an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such calculation or in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which are certified to the Trustee as so owned shall be 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 such other obligor.

 
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pari passu”, when used with respect to the ranking of any Debt of any Person in relation to other Debt of such Person, means that each such Debt (a) either (i) is not subordinated in right of payment to any other Debt of such Person or (ii) is subordinate in right of payment to the same Debt of such Person as is the other and is so subordinate to the same extent and (b) is not subordinate in right of payment to the other or to any Debt of such Person as to which the other is not so subordinate.

Paying Agent” means any Person (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company.

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

Place of Payment” means, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities are payable as specified as contemplated by Sections 301 and 1002.

Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or the Security to which the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, as the case may be.

Privacy Laws” has the meaning specified in Section 618.

Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

Registered Security” means any Security registered in the Security Register.

Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Registered Securities of or within any series means the date, if any, specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.

Repayment Date” means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid in whole or in part at the option of the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to this Indenture.

Repayment Price” means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to this Indenture.

Required Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 114.

 
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Reset Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman or any vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or any vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the president, any vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller or any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above-designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

Secretary”, when used with respect to the Company, shall include the Secretary to the Board of Directors.

Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, “Securities” with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.

Security Interest” means any mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, conditional sale or other title retention agreement, or other similar security interest.

Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.

A “series” of Securities means all Securities denoted as part of the same series authorized by or pursuant to a particular Board Resolution as the case may be.

Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of or within any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.

Specified Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 312(h).

Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security or a coupon representing such installment of interest as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable, as such date may be extended pursuant to the provisions of Section 308.

Subsequent Interest Period” has the meaning specified in Section 307.

Subsidiary” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (whether incorporated or unincorporated) of which at the time of determination the Company, directly and/or indirectly, through one or more Subsidiaries, owns more than 50% of the shares or interests of Voting Stock/Interests of such entity.

 
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Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 1005.

Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 905.

Trust Indenture Legislation” means, at any time, statutory provisions relating to trust indentures and the rights, duties, and obligations of trustees under trust indentures and of corporations issuing debt obligations under trust indentures to the extent that such provisions are at such time in force and applicable to this Indenture, and at the date of this Indenture means (i) in respect of Securities of any series offered solely in Canada and not concurrently in the United States, the applicable provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and the regulations thereunder as amended or re-enacted from time to time and (ii) in respect of Securities of any series offered solely in the United States and not concurrently in Canada or offered concurrently in the United States and Canada, the Trust Indenture Act and the regulations thereunder.

Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

U.S. Trustee” means the Person named as the “U.S. Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor U.S. Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

United States” means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.

Valuation Date” has the meaning specified in Section 312(c).

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”.

Voting Stock/Interests” means stock or interests of the class or classes having general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the board of directors, managers, partners or trustees of a Subsidiary (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock or interests of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

Yield to Maturity” means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation principles.

 
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SECTION 102.     Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to 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, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(4)            a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.

SECTION 103.     Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.

(a)            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.

(b)            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.

 
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(c)            Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

SECTION 104.     Acts of Holders.

(a)            Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all series or one or more series, as the case may be, may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing.  If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of such series may, alternatively, be embodied in and evidenced by the record of Holders of Securities of such series voting in favor thereof, either in person or by proxies duly appointed in writing, at any meeting of Holders of Securities of such series duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article Fifteen, or a combination of such instruments and any such record.  Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company.  Such instrument or instruments and any such record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting.  Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.  The record of any meeting of Holders of Securities shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 1506.

(b)            The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof.  Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of 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.

(c)            The principal amount and serial numbers of Registered Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.

(d)            The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may be proved by the production of such Bearer Securities or by a certificate executed, as depositary, by any trust company, bank, banker or other depositary, wherever situated, if such certificate shall be deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory, showing that at the date therein mentioned such Person had on deposit with such depositary, or exhibited to it, the Bearer Securities therein described; or such facts may be proved by the certificate or affidavit of the Person holding such Bearer Securities, if such certificate or affidavit is deemed by the Trustee to be satisfactory.  The Trustee and the Company may assume that such ownership of any Bearer Security continues until (1) another certificate or affidavit bearing a later date issued in respect of the same Bearer Security is produced, or (2) such Bearer Security is produced to the Trustee by some other Person, or (3) such Bearer Security is surrendered in exchange for a Registered Security, or (4) such Bearer Security is no longer Outstanding.  The principal amount and serial numbers of Bearer Securities held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

 
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(e)            If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Registered Securities any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders , the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders, but the Company shall have no obligation to do so.  Notwithstanding Trust Indenture Legislation, such record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed.  If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders, and for that purpose the Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than eleven months after the record date.

(f)            Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

SECTION 105.     Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other documents provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

(1)            the Canadian Trustee by the U.S. Trustee, any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if delivered to an officer of the Trustee at Computershare Trust Company of Canada, 100 University Avenue, 9th floor, North Tower, Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2Y1, Canada, Attention: Manager Corporate Trust Services, or if sent by facsimile transmission (with receipt confirmed) to Computershare Trust Company of Canada, Attention: Manager, Corporate Trust Services at (416) 981-9777, shall be deemed to be validly given at the time of delivery or transmission if it is received prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, failing which it shall be deemed to have been given on the next Business Day. Notice to the Canadian Trustee may also be provided by e-mail at corporatetrust.toronto@computershare.com so long as the Canadian Trustee confirms its receipt of the e-mail by return reply, and the time of delivery shall be the time such return reply is sent by the Canadian Trustee. The Canadian Trustee may from time to time notify the Company of a change in address, e-mail address or facsimile number which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the address, e-mail address or facsimile number of the Canadian Trustee for the purposes of this Indenture.

 
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(2)            the U.S. Trustee by the Canadian Trustee, any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose under the Indenture if delivered to an officer of the U.S. Trustee at 60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, MS NYC60 2710, New York, New York 10005, United States, Attention: Trust and Securities Services, or if sent by facsimile transmission (with receipt confirmed) to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Attention: Trust and Securities Services at (732) 578-4635, shall be deemed to be validly given at the time of delivery or transmission if it is received prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, failing which it shall be deemed to have been given on the next Business Day. The U.S. Trustee may from time to time notify the Company of a change in address or facsimile number which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the address or facsimile number of the U.S. Trustee for the purposes of the Indenture.

(3)            the Company by a Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if delivered to the Company at Thomson Reuters, 3 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, United States, Attention: Treasurer, with a copy at the same address to the attention of the General Counsel, shall be deemed to be validly given at the time of delivery if it is received prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day, failing which it shall be deemed to have been given on the next Business Day. Notice to the Company may also be provided by e-mail at legal@thomsonreuters.com so long as the Company confirms its receipt of the e-mail by return reply, and the time of delivery shall be the time such return reply is sent by the Company. The Company may from time to time notify the Trustee of a change in address or e-mail address which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the address or e-mail address of the Company for the purposes of this Indenture.

SECTION 106.     Notice to Holders; Waiver.

(a)            Other than as set forth in Section 106(b), where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities by the Company or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given to each such Holder affected by such event (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and (i) mailed, first-class postage prepaid; or (ii) delivered by certified or registered mail or overnight courier. Notice shall be given to a Holder at its address as it appears in the Security Register as reflected in the Trustee’s records or as provided by a Holder to the Trustee or the Company, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. Neither the failure to mail, deliver or send such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, delivered or sent to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Registered Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities given as provided. Any notice mailed, delivered or sent to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.

 
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(b)            Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to a Holder of a global Security, such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee) in writing and (i) delivered in person; or (ii) sent by e-mail, so long as such Depositary confirms his receipt of the e-mail by return reply. Notice shall be given to such Depositary at its address as it appears in the Security Register or its e-mail address as reflected in the Trustee’s records or as provided by the Depositary to the Trustee or the Company, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.

(c)            In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders of Registered Securities when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be sufficient giving of such notice for every purpose hereunder.

(d)            Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Bearer Securities of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given to Holders of Bearer Securities if published in an Authorized Newspaper in The City of New York and in such other city or cities as may be specified in such Securities on a Business Day at least twice, the first such publication to be not earlier than the earliest date, and not later than the latest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice.  Any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date of the first such publication.

(e)            In case, by reason of the suspension of publication of any Authorized Newspaper or Authorized Newspapers or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impracticable to publish any notice to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, then such notification to Holders of Bearer Securities as shall be given with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute sufficient notice to such Holders for every purpose hereunder.  Neither the failure to give notice by publication to Holders of Bearer Securities as provided above, nor any defect in any notice so published, shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Bearer Securities or the sufficiency of any notice to Holders of Registered Securities given as provided herein.

(f)            Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in an official language of the country of publication.

(g)            Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.  Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

 
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SECTION 107.     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 108.     Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

SECTION 109.     Separability Clause.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security or coupon 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 110.     Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities or coupons, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities or coupons, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

SECTION 111.     Governing Law.

This Indenture and the Securities and coupons shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.  This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Legislation and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.

SECTION 112.     Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date or Stated Maturity or Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment or other location contemplated hereunder, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of any Security or coupon other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section), payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, need not be made at such Place of Payment or other location contemplated hereunder on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment or other location contemplated hereunder with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date or sinking fund payment date, or at the Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, sinking fund payment date, Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.

 
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SECTION 113.     Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities.

(a)            By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company (i) acknowledges that it has irrevocably designated and appointed Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc., 3 Times Square, New York, New York 10036, as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities or this Indenture that may be instituted in any federal or state court in the City of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee (whether in its individual capacity or in its capacity as Trustee hereunder), (ii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that service of process upon Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc. and written notice of said service to the Company (mailed or delivered to the Company, attention: General Counsel, at its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture and in the manner specified in Section 105 hereof), shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding.  The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc. in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding.

(b)            To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Indenture and the Securities, to the extent permitted by law.

(c)            The Company hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Securities in any federal or state court in the State of New York, Borough of Manhattan.  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

SECTION 114.     Conversion of Currency.

(a)            The Company covenants and agrees that the following provisions shall apply to conversion of Currency in the case of the Securities and this Indenture:

(i)             If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of, any court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into any other Currency (the “Judgment Currency”) an amount due or contingently due under the Securities of any series and this Indenture (the “Required Currency”), then the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which a final judgment which is not appealable or is not appealed is given or the order of enforcement is made, as the case may be (unless a court shall otherwise determine).

 
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(ii)            If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day before the day on which the judgment referred to in (i) above is given or an order of endorsement is made, as the case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and the date of receipt of the amount due, the Company shall pay such additional (or, as the case may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may be necessary so that the amount paid in the judgment Currency when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt will produce the amount in the Required Currency originally due.

(b)            In the event of the winding-up of the Company at any time while any amount or damages owing under the Securities and this Indenture, or any judgment or order rendered in respect thereof, shall remain outstanding, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Holders of Securities and the Trustee harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange between (1) the date as of which the equivalent of the amount in the Required Currency due or contingently due under the Securities and this Indenture (other than under this Subsection (b)) is calculated for the purposes of such winding-up and (2) the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in such winding-up.  For the purpose of this Subsection (b) the final date for the filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of the Company shall be the date fixed by the liquidator or otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable law as being the latest practicable date as at which liabilities of the Company may be ascertained for such winding-up prior to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.

(c)            The obligations contained in Subsections (a)(ii) and (b) of this Section shall constitute separate and independent obligations of the Company from its other obligations under the Securities and this Indenture, shall give rise to separate and independent causes of action against the Company, shall apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted by any Holder or Trustee from time to time and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of any proof of claim in the winding-up of the Company for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due hereunder (other than under Subsection (b) above) or under any such judgment or order.  Any such deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the Holders or the Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or evidence of any actual loss shall be required by the Company or the applicable liquidator.  In the case of Subsection (b) above, the amount of such deficiency shall not be deemed to be reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any liquidating distribution.

The term “rate(s) of exchange” shall mean the Bank of Canada noon rate for purchases on the relevant date of the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency, as reported by Telerate on screen 3194 (or such other means of reporting the Bank of Canada noon rate as may be agreed upon by each of the parties to this Indenture) and includes any premiums and costs of exchange payable.

SECTION 115.     Currency Equivalent.

Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, for purposes of the construction of the terms of this Indenture or of the Securities, in the event that any amount is stated herein in the Currency of one nation (or in Euros) (the “First Currency”), as of any date such amount shall also be deemed to represent the amount in the Currency of any other relevant nation (the “Other Currency”) which is required to purchase such amount in the First Currency at the Bank of Canada noon rate as reported by Telerate on screen 3194 (or such other means of reporting the Bank of Canada noon rate as may be agreed upon by each of the parties to this Indenture) on the date of determination.

 
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SECTION 116.     Securities in a Foreign Currency or in Euros.

Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 301 with respect to a particular series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of one or more series at the time Outstanding and, at such time, there are Outstanding Securities of any such affected series which are denominated in a Foreign Currency (including Euros), then the principal amount of the Securities of such series which shall be deemed to be Outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be the amount of Dollars which could be obtained for such principal amount at the Market Exchange Rate on the applicable record date, or if no such record date shall have been established, on the date that the taking of such action shall be authorized by Act of the Holders of all such affected series.  The provisions of this paragraph shall also apply in connection with any other action taken by the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, including without limitation any action under Section 503.

SECTION 117.     Conflict with Trust Indenture Legislation.

Each of the Company and the Trustee agrees to comply with all provisions of the Trust Indenture Legislation applicable to or binding upon it in connection with this Indenture and any action to be taken hereunder.  If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any mandatory requirement of Trust Indenture Legislation, such mandatory requirements shall prevail.

SECTION 118.     Language Clause.

Les parties aux présentes ont exigé que la présente convention ainsi que tous les documents et avis qui s’y rattachent et/ou qui en découleront soient rédigés en langue anglaise.  The parties hereto have required that this Indenture and all documents and notices related thereto be drawn up in English.

SECTION 119.     Shareholders, Officers and Directors Exempt from Individual Liability.

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 
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SECTION 120.     Amendment and Restatement.

Effective as of the date hereof, this Indenture amends, restates and supercedes in its entirety the Original Indenture as supplemented by the eighth supplemental indenture thereto dated September 20, 2005 and the eleventh supplemental indenture thereto dated May 29, 2008. For greater certainty, all other supplemental indentures within the meaning of Section 901 of the Original Indenture shall remain in full force and effect.

ARTICLE TWO

SECURITIES FORMS

SECTION 201.     Forms Generally.

(a)            The Registered Securities, if any, of each series and the Bearer Securities, if any, of each series and related coupons shall be in substantially the forms as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with any law, with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto, with the rules of any securities exchange or to conform to usage as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities or coupons, as evidenced by their execution of the Securities or coupons.  If the forms of Securities or coupons of any series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303(c) for the authentication and delivery of such Securities or coupons.  If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form as permitted by Section 304, the form thereof shall be established as provided in the preceding sentence.  Any portion of the text of any Security may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security.

(b)            Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, Securities in bearer form shall have interest coupons attached.

(c)            The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article.

(d)            The definitive Securities and coupons shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods on steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers of the Company executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities or coupons.

SECTION 202.     Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.

Subject to Sections 609 and 611, the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 
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Dated:  ____________________

This is one of the Securities of the series designated, and issued under the Indenture as described herein.

 
            [                            ],
 
as Trustee


 
By
 
   
Authorized Officer

THE CERTIFICATE OF THE TRUSTEE SIGNED ON THE SECURITIES WILL NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY BY THE TRUSTEE AS TO THE VALIDITY OF THE INDENTURE OR OF THE SECURITIES OR OF THEIR ISSUANCE AND THE TRUSTEE WILL IN NO RESPECT BE LIABLE OR ANSWERABLE FOR THE USE MADE OF SUCH SECURITIES OR ANY OF THEM OR THE PROCEEDS THEREOF. THE CERTIFICATE OF THE TRUSTEE SIGNED ON THE SECURITIES WILL, HOWEVER, BE A REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTY BY THE TRUSTEE THAT THE SECURITIES HAVE BEEN DULY CERTIFIED BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INDENTURE.

SECTION 203.     Securities Issuable in Global Form.

(a)            If Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as specified and contemplated by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (10) of Section 301(b), any such Security shall represent such of the Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect exchanges.  Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304.  Subject to the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, the Trustee shall deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order.  If a Company Order pursuant to Section 303 or Section 304 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel.

(b)            The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.

 
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(c)            Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, payment of principal of, (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.

(d)            Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 309 and except as provided in the preceding paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global Security (i)  in the case of a permanent global Security in registered form, the Holder of such permanent global Security in registered form, or (ii) in the case of a permanent global Security in bearer form, Euroclear or Clearstream.

ARTICLE THREE

THE SECURITIES

SECTION 301.     Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

(a)            The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

(b)            The Securities may be issued in one or more series.  There shall be established in one or more Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to Section 303, set forth in, or determined in the manner provided in, an Officer’s Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set forth in clauses (1), (2) and (19) below), if so provided, may be determined from time to time by the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series and set forth in such Securities of the series when issued from time to time):

(1)            the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from all other series of Securities) and the Trustee of the Securities of the series;

(2)            any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305);

(3)            the extent and manner, if any, to which payment on or in respect of Securities of that series will be senior or will be subordinated to the prior payment or other liabilities and obligations of the Company;

(4)            the percentage or percentages of principal amount at which the Securities of a series will be issued;

 
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(5)            the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates will be determined or extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;

(6)            the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date, if any, for the interest payable on any Registered Security on any Interest Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;

(7)            the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of the series shall be payable, where any Registered Securities of the series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange, where Securities of the series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable and, if different than the location specified in Section 105, the place or places where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served;

(8)            the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option;

(9)            the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

(10)          if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denomination or denominations in which any Registered Securities of the series shall be issuable and, if other than denominations of $5,000, the denomination or denominations in which any Bearer Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(11)          if other than the Company or the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying Agent;

(12)          if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 503 or the method by which such portion shall be determined;

(13)          if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable or in which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 312;

 
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(14)          whether the amount of payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index, formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(15)          whether the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder thereof, in a Currency other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election Date), and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are denominated or stated to be payable and the Currency in which such Securities are to be so payable, in each case in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 312;

(16)          the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;

(17)          the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 to the Securities of the series and any deletion from, modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Article Fourteen with respect to Securities of that series whether or not consistent with the provisions of Article Fourteen set forth herein;

(18)          provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;

(19)          any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or covenants (including any deletions from, modifications of or additions to Section 1008) of the Company with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;

(20)          whether Securities of the series are to be issuable as Registered Securities, Bearer Securities (with or without coupons) or both, any restrictions applicable to the offer, sale or delivery of Bearer Securities, whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable initially in temporary global form and whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or without coupons and, if so, whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global Security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if other than in the manner provided in Section 305, whether Registered Securities of the series may be exchanged for Bearer Securities of the series (if permitted by applicable laws and regulations), whether Bearer Securities of the series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of such series, and the circumstances under which and the place or places where any such exchanges may be made and if Securities of the series are to be issuable in global form, the identity of any initial depository therefor;

 
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(21)          the date as of which any Bearer Securities of the series and any temporary global Security representing Outstanding Securities of the series shall be dated if other than the date of original issuance of the first Security of the series to be issued;

(22)          the Person to whom any interest on any Registered Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, the manner in which, or the Person to whom, any interest on any Bearer Security of the series shall be payable, if otherwise than upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto as they severally mature, and the extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date will be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section 304;

(23)          if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and/or terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;

(24)          if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants, the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;

(25)          whether, under what circumstances and the Currency in which the Company will pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005 on the Securities of the series to any Holder (including any modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option);

(26)          if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the terms and conditions upon which such Securities will be so convertible or exchangeable;

(27)          the application, if any, of Sections 1005 and 1108 to the Securities of that series; and

(28)          any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations on such rights and preferences) relating to the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Legislation or the provisions of this Indenture).

(c)            All Securities of any one series and the coupons appertaining to any Bearer Securities of such series shall be substantially identical except, in the case of Registered Securities, as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such Board Resolution (subject to Section 303) and set forth in such Officer’s Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.  Not all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

 
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(d)            If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

SECTION 302.     Denominations.

The Securities of each series shall be issuable in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301.  With respect to Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions, the Registered Securities of such series, other than Registered Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof and the Bearer Securities of such series, other than the Bearer Securities issued in global form (which may be of any denomination), shall be issuable in a denomination of $5,000.

SECTION 303.     Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

(a)            The Securities and any coupons appertaining thereto shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman, its Deputy Chairman, its President or a Vice President, and attested by a Vice President, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary.  The signature of any of these officers on the Securities or coupons may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such authorized officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.

(b)            Securities or coupons bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities or coupons.

(c)            At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series together with any coupon appertaining thereto, executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities; provided, however, that, in connection with its original issuance, no Bearer Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States; and provided further that, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301, a Bearer Security may be delivered in connection with its original issuance only if the Person entitled to receive such Bearer Security shall have furnished a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture, dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the earlier of the date on which such Bearer Security is delivered and the date on which any temporary Security first becomes exchangeable for such Bearer Security in accordance with the terms of such temporary Security and this Indenture.  If any Security shall be represented by a permanent global Bearer Security, then, for purposes of this Section and Section 304, the notation of a beneficial owner’s interest therein upon original issuance of such Security or upon exchange of a portion of a temporary global Security shall be deemed to be delivery in connection with its original issuance of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent global Security.  Except as permitted by Section 306, the Trustee shall not authenticate and deliver any Bearer Security unless all appurtenant coupons for interest then matured have been detached and cancelled.  If not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such Securities and determining terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate, stated maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue.

 
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(d)            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 Trust Indenture Legislation) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating:

(1)            that the form or forms of such Securities and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(2)            that the terms of such Securities and any coupons have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

(3)            that such Securities, together with any coupons appertaining thereto, when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights, to general equitable principles and to such other qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders of such Securities and any coupons;

(4)            that the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities and any coupons, and has duly taken all necessary corporate action with respect to such issuance; and

(5)            that the issuance of such Securities and any coupons will not contravene the articles of incorporation or by-laws of the Company.

(e)            Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding two paragraphs, if not all the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs prior to or at the time of issuance of each Security, but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of issuance of the first Security of such series.

(f)             The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any 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.

 
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(g)            Each Registered Security shall be dated the date of its authentication and each Bearer Security shall be dated as of the date specified as contemplated by Section 301.

(h)            No Security or coupon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized officer, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 310 together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

SECTION 304.     Temporary Securities.

(a)            Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued, in registered form or, if authorized, in bearer form with one or more coupons or without coupons, and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as conclusively the officers executing such Securities may determine, as conclusively evidenced by their execution of such Securities.  Such temporary Securities may be in global form.

(b)            Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in accordance with the provisions of the following paragraphs), if temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay.  After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder.  Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series (accompanied by any unmatured coupons appertaining thereto), the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations; provided, however, that no definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Registered Security; and provided further that a definitive Bearer Security shall be delivered in exchange for a temporary Bearer Security only in compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 303.  Until so exchanged the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series.

(c)            If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any such temporary global Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the London office of a depositary or common depositary (the “Common Depositary”), for the benefit of Euroclear and Clearstream, for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).

 
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(d)            Without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the date specified in, or determined pursuant to the terms of, any such temporary global Security (the “Exchange Date”), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities, in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such temporary global Security, executed by the Company.  On or after the Exchange Date such temporary global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such temporary global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such temporary global Security to be exchanged.  The definitive Securities to be delivered in exchange for any such temporary global Security shall be in bearer form, registered form, permanent global bearer form or permanent global registered form, or any combination thereof, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, and, if any combination thereof is so specified, as requested by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, upon such presentation by the Common Depositary, such temporary global Security is accompanied by a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Euroclear as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be exchanged and a certificate dated the Exchange Date or a subsequent date and signed by Clearstream as to the portion of such temporary global Security held for its account then to be exchanged, each in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301); and provided further that definitive Bearer Securities shall be delivered in exchange for a portion of a temporary global Security only in compliance with the requirements of Section 303.

(e)            Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, the interest of a beneficial owner of Securities of a series in a temporary global Security shall be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor following the Exchange Date when the account holder instructs Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, to request such exchange on his behalf and delivers to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301), dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Exchange Date, copies of which certificate shall be available from the offices of Euroclear and Clearstream, the Trustee, any Authenticating Agent appointed for such series of Securities and each Paying Agent.  Unless otherwise specified in such temporary global Security, any such exchange shall be made free of charge to the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security, except that a Person receiving definitive Securities must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not take delivery of such definitive Securities in person at the offices of Euroclear or Clearstream.  Definitive Securities in bearer form to be delivered in exchange for any portion of a temporary global Security shall be delivered only outside the United States.

(f)             Until exchanged in full as hereinabove provided, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor authenticated and delivered hereunder, except that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, interest payable on a temporary global Security on an Interest Payment Date for Securities of such series occurring prior to the applicable Exchange Date shall be payable to Euroclear and Clearstream on such Interest Payment Date upon delivery by Euroclear and Clearstream to the Trustee of a certificate or certificates in the form set forth in Exhibit A-2 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301), for credit without further interest thereon on or after such Interest Payment Date to the respective accounts of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of such temporary global Security on such Interest Payment Date and who have each delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream, as the case may be, a certificate dated no earlier than 15 days prior to the Interest Payment Date occurring prior to such Exchange Date in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1 to this Indenture (or in such other form as may be established pursuant to Section 301).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, the certifications made pursuant to this paragraph shall satisfy the certification requirements of the preceding two paragraphs of this Section and of the third paragraph of Section 303 of this Indenture and the interests of the Persons who are the beneficial owners of the temporary global Security with respect to which such certification was made will be exchanged for definitive Securities of the same series and of like tenor on the Exchange Date or the date of certification if such date occurs after the Exchange Date, without further act or deed by such beneficial owners.  Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, no payments of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, owing with respect to a beneficial interest in a temporary global Security will be made unless and until such interest in such temporary global Security shall have been exchanged for an interest in a definitive Security.  Any interest so received by Euroclear and Clearstream and not paid as herein provided shall be returned to the Trustee immediately prior to the expiration of two years after such Interest Payment Date in order to be repaid to the Company in accordance with Section 1003.

 
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SECTION 305.     Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

(a)            So long as required by Trust Indenture Legislation, the Company shall keep at its principal office in the Province of Ontario, or shall cause to be kept at the office or agency of a trust corporation registered under the Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario), a securities register (the “Central Register”) of Holders of each series of Securities maintained in compliance with the laws of the Province of Ontario.  The Company will cause the particulars of each such issue, exchange or transfer of Securities to be recorded in the Central Register.  The Company shall initially be the central security registrar (the “Central Security Registrar”) for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers and exchanges of Securities in the Central Register as provided herein; provided, however, the Company may appoint from time to time one or more successor Central Security Registrars and may from time to time rescind any such appointment.  If no longer required by Trust Indenture Legislation, the Company may appoint a Person other than the Company or a trust corporation registered under the Loan and Trust Corporations Act (Ontario) as the Central Securities Registrar.

(b)            The Company shall also cause to be maintained a branch register (a “branch register”) or branch registers of Holders of Securities in accordance with Section 1002 in the same manner and containing the same information with respect to each entry contained therein as contained in the Central Register.  A copy of every entry in a branch register shall, promptly after the entry is made, be transmitted to the Central Security Registrar.  If there is a conflict between the information contained in the Central Register and the information contained in the branch register, the information contained in the Central Register shall prevail.  The Central Register together with each branch register are collectively referred to herein as the “Security Register”.  At all reasonable times, the Security Register shall be open to inspection by the Trustee.  The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as branch security registrar (the “Branch Security Registrar”) for the purpose of maintaining a branch register at its Corporate Trust Office; provided, however, the Company may appoint from time to time one or more successor or additional Branch Security Registrars and may from time to time rescind any such appointment.  The Central Security Registrar together with each Branch Security Registrar are collectively referred to herein as the “Security Registrar”.

 
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(c)            Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Registered Security of any series at the office or agency in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor.

(d)            At the option of the Holder, Registered Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Registered Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Registered Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.  Whenever any Registered Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Registered Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.  Unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities as contemplated by Section 301, Bearer Securities may not be issued in exchange for Registered Securities.

(e)            If (but only if) expressly permitted in or pursuant to the applicable Board Resolution and (subject to Section 303) set forth in the applicable Officer’s Certificate, or in any indenture supplemental hereto, delivered as contemplated by Section 301, at the option of the Holder, Bearer Securities of any series may be exchanged for Registered Securities of the same series of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Bearer Securities to be exchanged at any such office or agency, with all unmatured coupons and all matured coupons in default thereto appertaining.  If the Holder of a Bearer Security is unable to produce any such unmatured coupon or coupons or matured coupon or coupons in default, any such permitted exchange may be effected if the Bearer Securities are accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company in an amount equal to the face amount of such missing coupon or coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there is furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless.  If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which such a payment shall have been made, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount of such payment; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, interest represented by coupons shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons at an office or agency located outside the United States.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in case a Bearer Security of any series is surrendered at any such office or agency in a permitted exchange for a Registered Security of the same series and like tenor after the close of business at such office or agency on (i)  any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, such Bearer Security shall be surrendered without the coupon relating to such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, and interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of the Registered Security issued in exchange for such Bearer Security, but will be payable only to the Holder of such coupon when due in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 
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(f)             Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

(g)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any permanent global Security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph.  If any beneficial owner of an interest in a permanent global Security is entitled to exchange such interest for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another authorized form and denomination, as specified as contemplated by Section 301 and provided that any applicable notice provided in the permanent global Security shall have been given, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on which such interest may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such beneficial owner’s interest in such permanent global Security, executed by the Company.  On or after the earliest date on which such interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global Security shall be surrendered by the Common Depositary or such other depositary as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Company’s agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or from time to time in part, for definitive Securities without charge, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for each portion of such permanent global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global Security to be exchanged which, unless the Securities of the series are not issuable both as Bearer Securities and as Registered Securities, as specified as contemplated by Section 301, shall be in the form of Bearer Securities or Registered Securities, or any combination thereof, as shall be specified by the beneficial owner thereof; provided, however, that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before any selection of Securities to be redeemed and ending on the relevant Redemption Date if the Security for which exchange is requested may be among those selected for redemption; and provided, further, that no Bearer Security delivered in exchange for a portion of a permanent global Security shall be mailed or otherwise delivered to any location in the United States.  If a Registered Security is issued in exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security after the close of business at the office or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of Defaulted Interest, interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such Registered Security, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

 
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(h)            If at any time the Depositary of a series notifies the Company that it is unwilling, unable or no longer qualifies to continue as Depositary of such series or if at any time the Depositary for such series shall no longer be registered or in good standing under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall appoint a successor depositary with respect to the Securities for such series.  If a successor to the Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be, the Company’s election pursuant to Section 301 shall no longer be effective with respect to the Securities for such series and the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such global Security or Securities.

(i)             The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any series issued in the form of one or more global Securities shall no longer be represented by such global Security or Securities.  In such event the Company will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such global Security or Securities.

(j)             Upon the exchange of a global Security for Securities in definitive registered form, such global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities issued in exchange for a global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the depositary for such global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing.  The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

(k)            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.

(l)             Every Registered Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.

(m)           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 1305 not involving any transfer.

 
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(n)            The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the selection for redemption of Securities of that series under Sections 1103 or 1203 and ending at the close of business on (A) if Securities of the series are issuable only as Registered Securities, the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption and (B) if Securities of the series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the day of the first publication of the relevant notice of redemption or, if Securities of the series are also issuable as Registered Securities and there is no publication, the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the transfer of or exchange any Registered Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part, or (iii) to exchange any Bearer Security so selected for redemption except that such a Bearer Security may be exchanged for a Registered Security of that series and like tenor; provided that such Registered Security shall be simultaneously surrendered for redemption, or (iv) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.

SECTION 306.     Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

(a)            If any mutilated Security or a Security with a mutilated coupon appertaining to it 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, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, or, in case any such mutilated Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to the surrendered Security, pay such Security or coupon.

(b)            If there shall be delivered to the Company and to the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security or coupon and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security or coupon has been acquired by a good faith purchaser (as defined under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario)) or a protected purchaser (as defined in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code), as applicable, the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for the Security for which a destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains (with all appurtenant coupons not destroyed, lost or stolen), a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains.

(c)            Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, in case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or coupon has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, with coupons corresponding to the coupons, if any, appertaining to such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or to the Security to which such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, pay such Security or coupon; provided, however, that payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Bearer Securities shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 1002, be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, any interest on Bearer Securities shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the coupons appertaining thereto.

 
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(d)            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.

(e)            Every new Security of any series with its coupons, if any, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security or in exchange for a Security to which a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon appertains, shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security and its coupons, if any, or the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen coupon shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series and their coupons, if any, duly issued hereunder.

(f)            The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons.

SECTION 307.     Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional Interest Reset.

(a)            Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest, if any, on any Registered 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 such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that each installment of interest, if any, on any Registered Security may at the Company’s option be paid by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person entitled thereto pursuant to Section 309, to the address of such Person as it appears on the Security Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account located in the United States or Canada maintained by the payee.

(b)            Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to the Securities of any series, payment of interest, if any, may be made, in the case of a Bearer Security, by transfer to an account located outside the United States maintained by the payee.

(c)            Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, every permanent global Security will provide that interest, if any, payable on any Interest Payment Date will be paid to each of Euroclear and Clearstream with respect to that portion of such permanent global Security held for its account by the Common Depositary, for the purpose of permitting each of Euroclear and Clearstream to credit the interest, if any, received by it in respect of such permanent global Security to the accounts of the beneficial owners thereof.

 
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(d)            Any interest on any Registered Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date 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 and, if applicable, interest on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the rate specified in the Securities of such series (such defaulted interest and, if applicable, interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (1) or (2) below:

(1)            The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner.  The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Registered Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided.  Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.  The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given in the manner provided 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 given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose name the Registered Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).

(2)            The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Registered Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any 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.

(e)            The provisions of this Section 307(e) may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301).  The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an “Optional Reset Date”).  The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for such Security, which notice shall set forth the specific information to be contained in the Reset Notice (as defined below).  Not later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice (the “Reset Notice”) indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i) such new interest rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) or method of determining such rate (or spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity Date of such Security (each such period a “Subsequent Interest Period”), including the date or dates on which or the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.

 
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(f)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) or method of determining such interest rate (or spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) or method of determining such interest rate (or spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) or method of determining such interest rate (or spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) or method of determining such interest rate (or spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of such Security.  Such notice shall be irrevocable.  All Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an Optional Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered such Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding paragraph, will bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable).

(g)            The Holder of any such Security will have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date.  In order to obtain repayment on an Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.

(h)            Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

 
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SECTION 308.     Optional Extension of Stated Maturity.

(a)            The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301).  The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the option of the Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an “Extension Period”) up to but not beyond the date (the “Final Maturity”) set forth on the face of such Security.  The Company may exercise such option with respect to any Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the “Original Stated Maturity”), which notice shall set forth the specific information to be contained in the Extension Notice (as defined below).  If the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity a notice (the “Extension Notice”) indicating (i) the election of the Company to extend the Stated Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate, if any, applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period.  Upon the Trustee’s transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and as described in the next paragraph, such Security will have the same terms as prior to the transmittal of such Extension Notice.

(b)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate to the Holder of such Security.  Such notice shall be irrevocable.  All Securities with respect to which the Stated Maturity is extended will bear such higher interest rate.

(c)            If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder will have the option to elect repayment of such Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to such date.  In order to obtain repayment on the Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders, except that the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may by written notice to the Trustee revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original Stated Maturity.

SECTION 309.     Persons Deemed Owners.

(a)            Prior to due presentment of a Registered Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Registered Security is registered as the owner of such Registered Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 
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(b)            Title to any Bearer Security and any coupons appertaining thereto shall pass by delivery.  The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the bearer of any Bearer Security and the bearer of any coupon as the absolute owner of such Security or coupon for the purpose of receiving payment thereof or on account thereof and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security or coupons be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(c)            None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global form or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

(d)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder, with respect to such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such global Security.

SECTION 310.     Cancellation.

All Securities and coupons surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any current or future sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee.  All Securities and coupons so delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly cancelled by it.  The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee.  If the Company shall so acquire any of the Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation.  No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.  All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and certification of their disposal delivered to the Company unless by Company Order the Company shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it.

 
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SECTION 311.     Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any Securities, interest, if any, on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

SECTION 312.     Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities.

(a)            With respect to Registered Securities of any series not permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders of which have not made the election provided for in paragraph (b) below, and with respect to Bearer Securities of any series, except as provided in paragraph (d) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Registered or Bearer Security of such series will be made in the Currency in which such Registered Security or Bearer Security, as the case may be, is payable.  The provisions of this Section 312 may be modified or superseded with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301.

(b)            It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Registered Securities of any series that Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Registered Securities in any of the Currencies which may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election with signature guarantees and in the applicable form established pursuant to Section 301, not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date.  If a Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election will remain in effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change of election may be made with respect to payments to be made on any Registered Security of such series with respect to which an Event of Default has occurred or with respect to which the Company has deposited funds pursuant to Article Four or Fourteen or with respect to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Company or a notice of option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such transferee).  In the event any Holder makes any such election pursuant to the preceding sentence, such election will not be effective on any transferee of such Holder and such transferee shall be paid in the Currency indicated pursuant to paragraph (a) above unless such transferee makes an election pursuant to the preceding sentence; provided, however, that such election, if in effect at the time funds are deposited with respect to the Securities of such series as described in Section 401(a)(2), will be effective on any transferee of such Holder unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series.  Any Holder of any such Registered Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee not later than the close of business on the applicable Election Date will be paid the amount due on the applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in Section 312(a).  In no case may a Holder of Securities of any series elect to receive payments in any Currency as described in this Section 312(b) following a deposit of funds with respect to the Securities of such series as described in Section 401(a)(2).  The Trustee shall notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the aggregate principal amount of Registered Securities for which Holders have made such written election.

 
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(c)            Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each payment date for Registered Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent will deliver to the Company a written notice specifying, in the Currency in which Registered Securities of such series are payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Registered Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts in such Currency so payable in respect of the Registered Securities as to which the Holders of Registered Securities of such series shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above.  If the election referred to in paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and if at least one Holder has made such election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, on the second Business Day preceding such payment date the Company will deliver to the Trustee for such series of Registered Securities an Exchange Rate Officer’s Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign Currency payments to be made on such payment date.  Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar or Foreign Currency amount receivable by Holders of Registered Securities who have elected payment in a Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the “Valuation Date”) immediately preceding each payment date, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

(d)            If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency in which any of the Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to paragraph (b) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign Currency occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the “Conversion Date”), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date.  Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities with respect to such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency other than a Currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a Currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided in paragraph (f) or (g) below.

(e)            Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Holder of a Registered Security denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election; and if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars as provided in paragraph (d) above.

(f)             The “Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency” shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date after the Conversion Date by converting the specified Foreign Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.

 
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(g)            The “Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit” shall be determined by the Exchange Rate Agent and subject to the provisions of paragraph (h) below shall be the sum of each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.

(h)            For purposes of this Section 312 the following terms shall have the following meanings:

A “Component Currency” shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a component Currency of the relevant Currency unit, including, but not limited to, the Euro.

A “Specified Amount” of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant Currency unit, including, but not limited to, the Euro, on the Conversion Date.  If after the Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or multiplied in the same proportion.  If after the Conversion Date two or more Component Currencies are consolidated into a single Currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency.  If after the Conversion Date any Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more currencies, having an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such replacement equal to the Dollar Equivalent value of the Specified Amount of such former Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate immediately before such division and such amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies shall thereafter be Component Currencies.  If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant Currency unit, including, but not limited to, the Euro, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred to above in this definition of “Specified Amount”) occurs with respect to any Component Currency of such Currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation Date, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.

Election Date” shall mean the date for any series of Registered Securities as specified pursuant to clause (15) of Section 301(b) by which the written election referred to in paragraph (b) above may be made.

(i)             All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and changes in the Specified Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee and all Holders of such Securities denominated or payable in the relevant Currency.  The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give written notice to the Company and the Trustee of any such decision or determination.

 
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(j)             In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided for in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date.  In the event the Company so determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to the Euro or any other Currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company will immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee will promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided for in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component Currency on the Conversion Date.  In the event the Company determines in good faith that any subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount above has occurred, the Company will similarly give written notice to the Trustee and the Exchange Rate Agent.

(k)            The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information received by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information independent of the Company or the Exchange Rate Agent.

SECTION 313.     Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent.

(a)            Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.  The Company will cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301 for the purpose of determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the purpose of converting the issued Currency into the applicable payment Currency for the payment of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 312.

(b)            No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a successor Exchange Rate Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Company and the Trustee accepting such appointment executed by the successor Exchange Rate Agent.

(c)            If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange Rate Agent for any cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular series that are originally issued by the Company on the same date and that are initially denominated and/or payable in the same Currency).

 
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ARTICLE FOUR

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 401.     Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

(a)            This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or pursuant hereto and any right to receive Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005) and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when

(1)                            either

(A)           all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered and all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto (other than (i) coupons appertaining to Bearer Securities surrendered for exchange for Registered Securities and maturing after such exchange, whose surrender is not required or has been waived as provided in Section 305, (ii) Securities and coupons of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, (iii) coupons appertaining to Securities called for redemption and maturing after the relevant Redemption Date, whose surrender has been waived as provided in Section 1106, and (iv) Securities and coupons of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(B)           all Securities of such series and, in the case of (i) or (ii) below, any coupons appertaining thereto not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

(i)             have become due and payable, or

(ii)            will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

(iii)           if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company,

 
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and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose an amount in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, 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 with respect to the Securities of such series hereunder by the Company; and

(3)            the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.

(b)            Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 605, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 611 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.

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, the coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

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):

 
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(1)            default in the payment of any interest due on any Security of that series, or any related coupon, when such interest or coupon becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(2)            default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of that series at its Maturity; or

(3)            default in the deposit of any sinking fund or analogous payment when due by the terms of any Security of that series and Article Twelve; or

(4)            default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture, 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 all 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 of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under or subject to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) or other analogous bankruptcy or insolvency laws in the United States, or the issuance of a sequestration order or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or  in receipt of any substantial part of the property of the Company, and any such decree, order or appointment continues unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

(6)            the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief from creditors in respect of it or its property under or subject to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) or other analogous bankruptcy or insolvency laws in the United States or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a 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 a general 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 by it of corporate action in furtherance of any of the aforesaid purposes; or

(7)            any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

SECTION 502.     Notice of Defaults.

(a)            If an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any series shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee shall, within 90 days after the Trustee becomes aware of the occurrence of such Event of Default, give notice of such Event of Default to the Holders of that series, and may, notwithstanding that no Default has occurred with respect to the Securities of any other series, give notice to the Holders of the Securities of such other series in the manner and to the extent provided in Trust Indenture Legislation, unless such Default shall have been cured of waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the best interest of the Holders of such series and any related coupons; and provided further 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.

 
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(b)            If notice of an Event of Default has been given to Holders and such Event of Default is thereafter remedied or cured prior to the acceleration of the indebtedness of the Company hereunder pursuant to Section 503, notice that such Event of Default is no longer continuing shall be given by the Trustee to the Persons to whom notice of such Event of Default was given pursuant to this Section, such notice to be given within a reasonable time, not to exceed 30 days, after the Trustee becomes aware that such Event of Default has been remedied or cured during such period of time.

SECTION 503.     Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

(a)            If an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 501 with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee, acting on written direction of Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified portion thereof) shall become immediately due and payable.  If an Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501 occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee, acting on written direction of Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all the Securities then Outstanding may declare the principal amount (or, if any such Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Outstanding Securities to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders) and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified portion thereof) shall become immediately due and payable.

(b)            At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series (or of all series, as the case may be) has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be), by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 
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(1)            the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)),

(A)           all overdue interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) and any related coupons,

(B)           all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which has become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal 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 (or of all series, as the case may be), other than the non-payment of amounts of principal of (or premium, if any, on) or interest on Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 514.

(c)            No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 504.     Collection of Debt and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

(a)            The Company covenants that if

(1)            default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security and any related coupon when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

(2)            default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,

then the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and coupons, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, and interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, 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.

 
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(b)            If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, upon receipt of a notice in writing to the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series and upon being sufficiently indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction against all costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred, may, in its name as Trustee hereunder institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

(c)            If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (or of all series, as the case may be) 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 (or of all series, as the case may be) 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 505.     Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

(a)            In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

(1)            to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any), or such portion of the principal amount of any series of Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities as may be specified in the terms of such series, and interest, if any, owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

(2)            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 to 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 605.

 
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(b)            Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding except as aforesaid, for the electing of a trustee in bankruptcy or other person performing similar functions.

SECTION 506.     Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or with respect to the Securities or coupons may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or coupons or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities and coupons in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

SECTION 507.     Application of Money Collected.

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article with respect to the Securities shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities or coupons, or both, as the case may be, and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

First:  To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 605;

Second:  To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities and coupons 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 and coupons for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and

Third:  The balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons entitled thereto.

SECTION 508.     Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Security of any series or any related coupons 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

(1)            an Event of Default with respect to that series shall have occurred and be continuing and such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

 
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(2)            the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 501, or, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities, 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 or more in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 501, or, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, by the Holders of a majority or more in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities;

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 Holders of Securities of the same series, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 501, or of Holders of all Securities in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, 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 Holders of Securities of the same series, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 501, or of Holders of all Securities in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501.

SECTION 509.     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, as provided herein (including, if applicable, Article Fourteen) and in such Security, of the principal of (and premium, if any) and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on such Security or payment of such coupon on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security or coupon (or, in the case of redemption or repayment, on the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 510.     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 of Securities and coupons 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.

 
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SECTION 511.     Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities or coupons in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities or coupons is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

SECTION 512.     Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security of any series or coupon to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series 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 Indenture 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 513.     Control by Holders.

With respect to the Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such 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, relating to or arising under clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 501, and, with respect to all Securities, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities 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, not relating to or arising under clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 501, provided that in each case

(1)            such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

(2)            the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and

(3)            the Trustee need not take any action which might involve it in personal liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of such series not taking part in such direction.

 
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SECTION 514.     Waiver of Past Defaults.

(a)            Subject to Section 503, 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 described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4) or (7) of Section 501 (or, in the case of a default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities may waive any such past default), and its consequences, except a default

(1)            in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security or any related coupon, 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.

(b)            Upon any such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

SECTION 515.     Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

ARTICLE SIX

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 601.     Certain Duties, Rights and Responsibilities of Trustee.

(a)            The Trustee shall undertake to perform such duties and only such duties, as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.

(b)            In the exercise of the rights, powers, and duties prescribed or conferred by the terms hereunder, the Trustee shall honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Holders and exercise that degree of care, diligence and skill of a reasonably prudent trustee acting in such capacity.

(c)            In the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely and act, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

 
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(d)            No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i)             this subsection shall not be construed to limit the effect of Sections 601(a), (b) or (c);

(ii)            the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(iii)           the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee under this Indenture; and

(iv)           no provision contained in 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 or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Indenture or adequate indemnity against such risk is not reasonably assured to it.

(e)            No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from its duties, except to the extent permitted by Trust Indenture Legislation and provided that:

(i)             any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(ii)            whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate;

(iii)           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;

 
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(iv)           subject to section 601(c), 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;

(v)            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;

(vi)           the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

(vii)          the Trustee will disburse monies according to this Indenture only to the extent that monies have been deposited with it;

(viii)         in the event that Bearer Securities are issued, the Trustee, upon the occurrence or at any time during the continuance of any act, action or proceeding, may require the Holders at whose instance it is acting to deposit with it Bearer Securities held by them, for which the Trustee shall issue receipts; and

(ix)           the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and the Indenture.

(f)             Whether or not therein and expressly so provided, except to the extent expressly provided herein to the contrary, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or effecting the liability or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 601.

SECTION 602.     Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, and in any coupons shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness.  The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities or coupons, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder.  Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.

 
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SECTION 603.     May Hold Securities.

The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and coupons and, subject to Trust Indenture Legislation, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

SECTION 604.     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 605.     Compensation and Reimbursement.

(a)            The Company agrees, both before any default hereunder and thereafter until all the duties of the Trustee shall be firmly and fully performed, except any such expense, disbursement, or advance as may arise from its negligence or willful default:

(1)            to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);

(2)            except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and the reasonable expenses related to the calling of any meeting of Holders by the Company), 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 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.

(b)            The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee, to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.  As security for the performance of such obligations of the Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities or any coupons.

(c)            When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or (6), the expenses (including reasonable charges and expense of its counsel) of and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable U.S. or Canadian federal, state or provincial bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.

 
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(d)            The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.  Any amount due under this Section 605 and unpaid 30 days after request for such payment shall bear interest at the then current rate for overdue amounts charged by the Trustee.

(e)            The remuneration of the Trustee hereunder shall continue to be payable until the trusts hereof shall be finally wound up, whether or not the trusts of this Indenture shall be in course of administration by or under the direction of any court.

SECTION 606.     Conflict of Interest.

(a)            The Trustee represents to the Company that at the time of the execution and delivery hereof no material conflict of interest exists between the Trustee’s role as a fiduciary hereunder and the Trustee’s role in any other capacity and agrees that in the event of a material conflict of interest arising hereafter it will, within 90 days after becoming aware that a material conflict of interest exists, either eliminate the same or resign its trust hereunder.

(b)            If, notwithstanding Section 606(a), the Trustee has a material conflict of interest, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, of the Security Interest (if any) constituted by or under this Indenture and of the Securities of any series issued hereunder shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of the existence of such material conflict of interest.

(c)            If the Trustee contravenes Section 606(a), the Company or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any series affected thereby may apply to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice with respect to the Canadian Trustee or the U.S. federal or New York State court with respect to the U.S. Trustee for an order that the Trustee be replaced, and such court may make an order on such terms as it thinks fit.

SECTION 607.     Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
 
For as long as required by Trust Indenture Legislation, there shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series which may be the Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more series.  Each Trustee shall be a Person which shall be eligible to act as Trustee under Trust Indenture Legislation and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $35,000,000.  For so long as required by the Trust Indenture Legislation, there shall be a Canadian Trustee under this Indenture.  The Canadian Trustee shall at all times be a corporation organized under the laws of Canada or province thereof and authorized under such laws and the laws of the Province of Ontario to carry on trust business therein and be subject to supervision or examination pursuant to the Trust Companies Act (Canada) or the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation Act.  A Trustee acting as Trustee in respect of Securities of any series offered solely in the United States and not concurrently in Canada or offered concurrently in the United States and Canada shall at all times satisfy the requirements of Sections 310(a)(1), 310(a)(2) and 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.  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.

 
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SECTION 608.     Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

(a)            No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 609.

(b)            The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company upon three months notice or such shorter period as agreed to by the Company.  If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 609 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

(c)            The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.

(d)            If at any time:

(1)            the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Legislation or Section 606 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 607 and shall fail to resign 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

(3)            the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (i) the Company, by a Board Resolution, may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Trust Indenture Legislation, 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.

(e)            If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series).  If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.  If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner hereinafter provided, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

 
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(f)             The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided for in Section 106.  Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

SECTION 609.     Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

(a)            In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of all amounts due to it under Section 605, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

(b)            In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall upon payment of all amounts due to it under Section 605 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.  Whenever there is a successor Trustee with respect to one or more (but less than all) series of securities issued pursuant to this Indenture, the terms “Indenture” and “Securities” shall have the meanings specified in the provisos to the respective definitions of those terms in Section 101 which contemplate such situation.

 
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(c)            Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.

(d)            No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.

SECTION 610.     Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.  In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee or any successor Authentication Agent, as the case may be, may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee or successor Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, had itself authenticated such Securities.  In case any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any successor Trustee or any successor Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee.  In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect which this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

SECTION 611.     Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

(a)            At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series and the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section 106.  Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder.  Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company.  Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent.  Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia or the laws of Canada or any province thereof, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $35,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by U.S. federal or state or Canadian federal or provincial authority.  If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.  If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

 
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(b)            Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.

(c)            An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Company.  The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company.  Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, in the manner provided for in Section 106.  Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.  No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

 
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(d)            The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the provisions of Section 605.

(e)            If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:

Dated:  ____________________

This is one of the Securities of the series designated, and issued under the Indenture described herein.

 
           [                           ],
 
as Trustee

 
By
 
   
as Authenticating Agent
     
 
By
 
   
Authorized Officer

SECTION 612.     Acceptance of Trust.

The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided for and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture and in trust for the Holders from time to time, subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

SECTION 613.     Trustee Not Required to Give Security.

The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or security in respect of the execution of the trusts and powers of this Indenture or otherwise in respect of this Indenture.

SECTION 614.     Trustee Not Required to Possess Securities.

All rights of action under this Indenture may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof on any trial or other proceedings relative thereto.

SECTION 615.     Protection of Trustee.

(a)            The Trustee shall not incur any liability or responsibility whatsoever or in any way be responsible for the consequence of any breach on the part of the Company of any of the covenants contained in this Indenture or in any Securities or of any acts of the agents or employees of the Company.

(b)            Neither the Trustee nor any affiliate of the Trustee shall be appointed a receiver or receiver and manager or liquidator of all or any part of the assets or undertaking of the Company.

 
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(c)            Nothing in this Indenture shall impose on the Trustee any obligation to see to, or to require evidence of, the registration or filing (or renewal thereof) of this Indenture or any instrument ancillary or supplemental to this Indenture in any jurisdiction.

(d)            The Trustee shall incur no liability with respect to the delivery or non-delivery of any certificate or certificates whether delivered by hand, mail or any other means.

SECTION 616.     Anti-Money Laundering and Anti-Terrorism Legislation Compliance.

The Trustee shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Trustee, in its sole judgment, determines that such act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline.   Further, should the Trustee, in its sole judgment, determine at any time that its acting under this Indenture has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering or anti-terrorist legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on 10 Business Days written notice to the Company, provided that (i) the Trustee’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) if such circumstances are rectified to the Trustee’s satisfaction within such 10 Business Day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.

SECTION 617.     Third Party Interests.

The Company hereby represents to the Trustee that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by, the Trustee in connection with this Indenture, for or to the credit of the Company, either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case the Company hereby agrees to complete, execute and deliver forthwith to the Trustee a declaration, in the Trustee's prescribed form or in such other form as may be satisfactory to it, as to the particulars of such third party.

SECTION 618.     Privacy Laws.

The Parties acknowledge that federal and/or provincial legislation that addresses the protection of individuals’ personal information (collectively, “Privacy Laws”) applies to obligations and activities under this Indenture. Despite any other provision of this Indenture, neither party shall take or direct any action that would contravene, or cause the other to contravene, applicable Privacy Laws.  The Company shall, prior to transferring or causing to be transferred personal information to the Trustee, obtain and retain required consents of the relevant individuals to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information, or shall have determined that such consents either have previously been given upon which the Parties can rely or are not required under the Privacy Laws.  The Trustee shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that its services hereunder comply with Privacy Laws. Specifically, the Trustee agrees: (a) to have a designated chief privacy officer; (b) to maintain policies and procedures to protect personal information and to receive and respond to any privacy compliant or inquiry; (c) to use personal information solely for the purposes of providing its services under or ancillary to this Indenture and not to use it for any other purpose except with the consent of or direction from the Company or the individual involved; (d) not to sell or otherwise improperly disclose personal information to any third party; and (e) to employ administrative, physical and technological safeguards to reasonably secure and protect personal information against loss, theft, or unauthorized access, use or modification.

 
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ARTICLE SEVEN

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY

SECTION 701.     Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.

(a)            A Holder may, upon payment to either Trustee of a reasonable fee and subject to compliance with any applicable requirement of Trust Indenture Legislation, require such Trustee to furnish within 15 days after receiving the statutory declaration referred to below, a list setting out (i) the name and address of every registered Holder, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of Securities owned by each registered Holder, and (iii) the aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities, each as shown on the records of such Trustee on the day that the statutory declaration is delivered to such Trustee.  The statutory declaration shall contain (i) the name and address of the Holder, (ii) where the Holder is a corporation, its name and address for service, and (iii) a statement that the list will not be used except in connection with an effort to influence the voting of the Holders, an offer to acquire Securities, or any other matter relating to the Securities or the affairs of the Company.  Where the Holder is a corporation, the affidavit or statutory declaration shall be made by a director or officer of the corporation.

(b)            Every Holder of Securities or coupons, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee or any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of such list of the names and addresses of the Holders, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustees shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under Trust Indenture Legislation.

SECTION 702.     Reports by the Company.

(a)            The Company shall file with the Trustee such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Legislation at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to Trust Indenture Legislation.  Any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee, upon written request.

(b)            Notwithstanding that the Company may not be required to remain subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, the Company shall provide the Trustee:

(i)             within 140 days after the end of each fiscal year, the information required to be contained in the Company’s annual information form required to be provided under the laws of Canada or any province thereof to security holders of a company with securities listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange whether or not the Company has securities so listed; and

 
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(ii)            within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, the information required to be contained in reports in the Company’s quarterly reports required to be provided under the laws of Canada or any province thereof to security holders of a company with securities listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange, whether or not the Company has any of its securities so listed.

Such information will be prepared in accordance with U.S. or Canadian disclosure requirements, as applicable, and GAAP.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, such form and information shall be deemed provided to the Trustee pursuant to this clause (b) if such form and information have been filed by the Company with the Commission or applicable Canadian securities regulatory authorities and are publicly available.

ARTICLE EIGHT

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

SECTION 801.     Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.

(a)            The Company shall not amalgamate or 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)            the Person formed by such consolidation or amalgamation 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 organized and existing under the laws of any Canadian, United States, the United Kingdom, or other country that is in the European Community jurisdiction and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the Company’s obligation for the due and punctual payment of the principal of (and premium, if any), including Redemption Price and Repayment Price, and interest on all the Securities and the performance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;

(2)            immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and

(3)            the Company or such Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(b)            This Section shall only apply to a merger, amalgamation or consolidation in which the Company is not the surviving corporation and to conveyances, leases and transfers by the Company as transferor or lessor.

 
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SECTION 802.     Successor Person Substituted.

Upon any amalgamation or consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such amalgamation or consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any successor Person which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 801), except in the case of a lease, shall be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and the coupons and may be dissolved and liquidated.

SECTION 803.     Securities to Be Secured in Certain Events.

If, as a result of any amalgamation or consolidation of the Company with or merger of the Company with any other Person, or upon any conveyance, lease or transfer of the property of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person, any properties or assets of the Company would become subject to a mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance securing Debt, then unless such mortgage, pledge, charge, security interest or other encumbrance could be created without equally and ratably securing the Securities under Section 1007, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may be, prior to or simultaneously with such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease or transfer, will, with respect to such properties or assets, secure the Securities Outstanding hereunder (together with, if the Company shall so determine, any other Debt of the Company now existing or hereafter created which is not subordinate to the Securities) equally and ratably with (or prior to) all such Debt which upon such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, lease or transfer is to become secured as to such properties or assets, or will cause such Securities to be so secured; provided that for the purpose of providing such equal and rateable or prior security, the principal amount of Original Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities shall mean that amount which would at the time of making such effective provision be due and payable pursuant to Section 503 and the terms of such Original Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof, and the extent of such equal and ratable security shall be adjusted, to the extent permitted by law, as and when said amount changes over time pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Securities and Indexed Securities.

ARTICLE NINE

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

SECTION 901.     Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 
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(1)            to evidence the succession (or successive successors) of another Person to the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained herein and in the Securities; or

(2)            to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities and any related coupons (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or

(3)            to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default are being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

(4)            to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to provide that Bearer Securities may be registrable as to principal, to change or eliminate any restrictions on the payment of principal of or any premium or interest on Bearer Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Registered Securities, to permit Bearer Securities to be issued in exchange for Bearer Securities of other authorized denominations or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material respect; or

(5)            to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture with respect to one or more series; provided that any such addition or change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture which is entitled to the benefit of such provision; or

(6)            to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of Section 803 or otherwise; 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 609(b); or

(9)            to close this Indenture with respect to the issuance, authentication and delivery of additional series of Securities, 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 such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series and any related coupons in any material respect; or

 
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(10)          to add to the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the authorized amount, form, terms or purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities, as herein set forth, other conditions, limitations and restrictions thereafter to be observed, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or

(11)          to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or

(12)          to add to or change or eliminate the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to comply with Trust Indenture Legislation, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of Holders of Securities of such series and any related coupons or any other series of Securities in any material respect.

SECTION 902.     Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.

(a)            With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,

(1)            change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any) or any installment of interest on any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof (or premium, if any) or the rate of interest, if any, thereon, or change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts contemplated by Section 1005 (except as contemplated by Section 801(a) and permitted by Section 901(a)), or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security of such series that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 503 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 505, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of any Holder of any Security, or change any Place of Payment where, or the Currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after the Redemption Date or Repayment Date, as the case may be), or adversely affect any right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided pursuant to Section 301 herein, or

 
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(2)            reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture,  for any waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or voting, or

(3)            modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 514 or Section 1008, 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 of such series affected thereby provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder of a Security of such series with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 1008, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 609(b) and 901(8).

(b)            A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.  Any such supplemental indenture adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series, shall not affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

(c)            It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

SECTION 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 Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and 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.

 
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SECTION 905.     Conformity with Trust Indenture Legislation.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Legislation as then in effect.

SECTION 906.     Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture.  If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

SECTION 907.     Notice of Supplemental Indentures.

Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of each Outstanding Security affected, in the manner provided for in Section 106, setting forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.

ARTICLE TEN

COVENANTS

SECTION 1001.   Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities and any related coupons that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities, any coupons appertaining thereto and this Indenture.  Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, any interest installments due on Bearer Securities on or before Maturity shall be payable only upon presentation and surrender of the several coupons for such interest installments as are evidenced thereby as they severally mature.

SECTION 1002.   Maintenance of Office or Agency.

If the Securities of a series are issuable only as Registered Securities, 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, where Securities of that series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities, if Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, the Company will maintain (A) in The City of New York, an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where Securities of that series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable, where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served and where Bearer Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented or surrendered for payment in the circumstances described in the following paragraph (and not otherwise) (B) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series which is located outside the United States, an office or agency where Securities of that series and related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment; provided, however, that, if the Securities of that series are listed on any stock exchange located outside the United States and such stock exchange shall so require, the Company will maintain a Paying Agent for the Securities of that series in any required city located outside the United States so long as the Securities of that series are listed on such exchange, and (C) subject to any laws or regulations applicable thereto, in a Place of Payment for that series located outside the United States an office or agency where any Registered Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for exchange, where Securities of that series that are convertible and exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or exchange, as applicable and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.

 
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The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.  If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, except that Bearer Securities of any series and the related coupons may be presented and surrendered for payment at the offices specified in the Security, in London, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agents to receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, no payment of principal, premium or interest on Bearer Securities shall be made at any office or agency of the Company in the United States or by check mailed to any address in the United States or by transfer to an account maintained with a bank located in the United States; provided, however, that, if the Securities of a series are payable in Dollars, payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Bearer Security shall be made at the office of the Company’s Paying Agent in The City of New York, if (but only if) payment in Dollars of the full amount of such principal, premium or interest, as the case may be, at all offices or agencies outside the United States maintained for such purpose by the Company in accordance with this Indenture is illegal or effectively precluded by exchange controls or other similar restrictions.

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 any such designation; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of any series for such purposes.  The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.  Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for each series of Securities the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in such city and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 
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Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Currency other than Dollars or (ii) may be payable in a Currency other than Dollars, or so long as it is required under any other provision of the Indenture, then the Company will maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.

SECTION 1003.   Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

(a)            If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of such series 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.

(b)            Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities and any related coupons, it will, prior to or on each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency described in the preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.

(c)            The Company will cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) for any series of Securities to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will:

(1)            hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of such series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;

(2)            give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series; and

 
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(3)            at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.

(d)            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 sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such sums.

(e)            Except as provided in the Securities of any series, 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 premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of any series, or any coupon appertaining thereto, 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 subject to applicable abandoned property or escheat law, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security or coupon shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

SECTION 1004.   Statement as to Compliance.

So long as any of the Securities are Outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a brief certificate from the principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or treasurer as to his or her knowledge of the Company’s compliance with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture.  For purposes of this Section 1004, such compliance shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this Indenture.

SECTION 1005.   Additional Amounts.

(a)            If specified pursuant to Section 301, all payments made by the Company under or with respect to the Securities of any series will be made free and clear of and without withholding or deduction for or on account of any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge imposed or levied by or on behalf of the Government of Canada or of any province or territory thereof or by any authority or agency therein or thereof having power to tax (hereinafter “Taxes”), unless the Company is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof.  If the Company is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes from any payment made under or with respect to the Securities, the Company will pay such additional amounts (“Additional Amounts”) as may be necessary so that the net amount received by each Holder (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount the Holder would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided that no Additional Amounts will be payable:

 
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(1)            to any Person in respect of whom such taxes are required to be withheld or deducted as a result of such Person not dealing at arm’s length with the Company (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act (Canada));

(2)            to any Person by reason of such Person being connected with Canada (otherwise than merely by holding or ownership of any series of Securities or receiving any payments or exercising any rights thereunder), including without limitation a non-resident insurer who carries on an insurance business in Canada and in a country other than Canada;

(3)            which is subject to such Taxes by reason of its failure to comply with any certification, identification, information, documentation or other reporting requirement if compliance is required by law, regulation, administrative practice or an applicable treaty as a precondition to exemption from, or a reduction in the rate of deduction or withholding of, such Taxes; or

(4)            for any combination of items (1), (2) and (3);

nor will Additional Amounts be paid with respect to any payment on a Security to a Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment to the extent such payment would be required by the laws of Canada (or any political subdivision thereof) to be included in the income for Canadian federal income tax purposes of a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary or a member of such partnership or a beneficial owner who would not have been entitled to payment of the additional amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the Holder of such Security.

(b)            At least 10 days prior to each date on which any payment under or with respect to the Securities is due and payable, if the Company will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to such payment, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the fact that such Additional Amounts will be payable, the amounts so payable and will set forth such other information necessary to enable the Trustee to pay such Additional Amounts to Holders on the payment date.  Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal (and premium, if any), Redemption Price, interest or any other amount payable under or with respect to any Security such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this Section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to the provisions of this Section and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made (if applicable).

(c)            The obligations of the Company under this Section 1005 shall survive the termination of the Indenture.

 
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(d)            The Company will furnish to Holders, within 30 days after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law, certified copies of tax receipts evidencing such payment by the Company.  The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder (other than an Excluded Holder) and upon written request reimburse each such Holder for the amount of (i) any Taxes so levied or imposed which have not been withheld or deducted and remitted by the Company and which have been paid by such Holder as a result of payments made under or with respect to the Securities, (ii) any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto or from the failure to make such payment, and (iii) any Taxes imposed with respect to any reimbursement under clause (i) or (ii) above, but excluding any such Taxes on such Holder’s net income.

SECTION 1006.   Corporate Existence; To Carry on Business.

So long as any of the Securities are Outstanding, the Company will itself or through its Subsidiaries carry on its business in accordance with ordinary industry practice (which may include carrying on business in partnership), will keep or cause to be kept proper books of account in relation to its business and the business of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, and, subject to the other provisions of this Indenture, will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, and will not consolidate, amalgamate or merge with any other corporation or transfer its undertaking and property as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any other Person, except in compliance with the provisions of Article Eight; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall prevent the Company (including its Subsidiaries) from ceasing to carry on any portion of its business (but not substantially all of the Company’s consolidated business) or from ceasing to operate any premises or property if it shall be advisable and in the best interests of the Company.

SECTION 1007.   Negative Pledge.

So long as any of the Securities are Outstanding:

(a)            the Company will not create or permit to subsist after knowledge of the existence thereof any Security Interest upon any part of its undertaking or assets to secure any Debt of the Company; or

(b)            permit any Material Subsidiary to give any Guarantee to secure any Debt of the Company

without at the same time or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter according to the Holders of Securities a rateable and pari passu interest in the same Security Interest or Guarantee, as applicable, but the covenant in this Section 1007 will not apply to, or operate to prevent:

(i)             any Security Interest for, or any Guarantee by a Material Subsidiary of, any Debt of the Company, the amount of which, when aggregated with the amount of all other Debt of the Company then outstanding in respect of which Security Interest or a Guarantee by a Material Subsidiary has been given, excluding any Security Interest or Guarantee given pursuant to the exceptions in subparagraphs (ii) to (iv), would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Shareholders' Equity;

 
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(ii)            any Security Interest on (a) any asset (including shares) acquired or held by the Company to secure Debt of the Company incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction, research, development or improvement of such asset, or (b) shares of a Subsidiary organized solely to acquire any such asset;

(iii)           the assumption by the Company of any Security Interest in existence on any asset at the time of acquisition thereof, including any such assumption consequent upon any amalgamation, merger, arrangement or other corporate reorganization;

(iv)           the Company giving Security Interest (other than on shares or fixed assets) in the ordinary course of its business to any bank or banks or others to secure any Debt of the Company that is not a Funded Obligation; or

(v)            the extension, renewal or refunding of any Security Interest permitted under subparagraphs (ii) to (iv) to the extent of the principal amount of the Debt of the Company secured by and owing under any such Security at the time of such extension, renewal or refunding.

SECTION 1008.   Waiver of Certain Covenants.

The Company may, with respect to any series of Securities, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition which affects such series set forth in Section 803 or Sections 1005 to 1007, inclusive, or, as specified pursuant to Section 301 for Securities of such series, in any covenants of the Company added to Article Ten pursuant to Section 301 in connection with Securities of such series, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of each series affected by the omission (which, in the case of a covenant not set forth herein and specified pursuant to Section 301 to be applicable to the Securities of any series, shall include only those series to which such covenant is so specified to be applicable), shall in each case 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 to Holders of Securities of such series 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.

Redemption of Securities of any series (whether by operation of a sinking fund or otherwise) as permitted or required by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such form of Security and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any such form of Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern.

 
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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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution.  In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, 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 and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 1103.  In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.

SECTION 1103.   Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.

(a)            If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption on a pro rata basis, or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series established pursuant to Section 301.  The Trustee may make regulations with regard to the manner in which Securities are selected for redemption, and regulations so made shall be valid and binding upon all Holders.

(b)            The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

(c)            For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

SECTION 1104.   Notice of Redemption.

(a)            Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed.

(b)            All notices of redemption shall state:

(1)            the Redemption Date,

(2)            the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106, if any,

 
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(3)            if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the respective principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed,

(4)            in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the holder will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed,

(5)            that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106 will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,

(6)            the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, together in the case of Bearer Securities with all coupons appertaining thereto, if any, maturing after the Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any,

(7)            that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case,

(8)            that, unless otherwise specified in such notice, Bearer Securities of any series, if any, surrendered for redemption must be accompanied by all coupons maturing subsequent to the Redemption Date or the amount of any such missing coupon or coupons will be deducted from the Redemption Price unless security or indemnity satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and any Paying Agent is furnished, and

(9)            if Bearer Securities of any series are to be redeemed and any Registered Securities of such series are not to be redeemed, and if such Bearer Securities may be exchanged for Registered Securities not subject to redemption on such Redemption Date pursuant to Section 305 or otherwise, the last date, as determined by the Company, on which such exchanges may be made.

(c)            Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.

SECTION 1105.   Deposit of Redemption Price.

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 in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest, if any, on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

 
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SECTION 1106.   Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

(a)            Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be redeemed, except to the extent provided below, shall be void.  Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security or specified portions thereof shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Bearer Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of coupons for such interest; and provided further that installments of interest on Registered Securities whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

(b)            If any Bearer Security surrendered for redemption shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the Redemption Price an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless.  If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made from the Redemption Price, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.

(c)            If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.

SECTION 1107.   Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Securities Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, and having the same terms and provisions and in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

 
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SECTION 1108.   Tax Redemption.

If specified pursuant to Section 301, the Securities of a series will be subject to redemption at any time, in whole but not in part, at a Redemption Price equal to the principal amount thereof together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption on the Redemption Date specified pursuant to Section 301, upon the giving of a notice as described below, if (1) the Company determines that (a) as a result of any change in or amendment to the laws (or any regulations or rulings promulgated thereunder) of Canada or of any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or any change in official position regarding application or interpretation of such laws, regulations or rulings (including a holding by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change or amendment is announced or becomes effective on or after a date specified in Section 301, if any date is so specified, the Company has or will become obligated to pay, on the next succeeding date on which interest is due, Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1005 with respect to any Security of such series or (b) on or after a date specified pursuant to Section 301 with respect to any Security of such series, any action has been taken by any taxing authority of, or any decision has been rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction in, Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, including any of those actions specified in (a) above, whether or not such action was taken or decision was rendered with respect to the Company, or any change, amendment, application or interpretation shall be officially proposed, which, in any such case, in the Opinion of Counsel to the Company, will result in the Company becoming obligated to pay, on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, Additional Amounts with respect to any Security of such series and (2) in any such case, the Company in its business judgment determines that such obligation cannot be avoided by the use of reasonable measures available to the Company; provided however, that (i) no such notice of redemption may be given earlier than 90 or later than 30 days prior to the earliest date on which the Company would be obligated to pay such Additional Amounts were a payment in respect of the Securities then due, and (ii) at the time such notice of redemption is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect.

ARTICLE TWELVE

SINKING FUNDS

SECTION 1201.   Applicability of Article.

(a)            Redemption of Securities through operation of a sinking fund as permitted or required by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be made in accordance with such form of Security and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any such form of Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern.

 
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(b)            The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”.  If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the cash amount of any mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202.  Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.

SECTION 1202.   Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

Subject to Section 1203, in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option (1) deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company together in the case of any Bearer Securities of such series with all unmatured coupons appertaining thereto, and/or (2) receive credit for the principal amount of Securities of such series which have been previously delivered to the Trustee by the Company or for Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of the same series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided for by the terms of such series; provided, however, that such Securities have not been previously so credited.  Such Securities shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

SECTION 1203.   Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

(a)            Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 (which Securities will, if not previously delivered, accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series.  Such certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date.  In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Securities as provided in Section 1202 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such series.

 
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(b)            Not more than 60 days before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 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.

(c)            On or prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee or a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) in cash a sum equal to any interest that will accrue to the date fixed for redemption of Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date pursuant to this Section 1203.

(d)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking fund for any series of Securities, if at any time the amount of cash to be paid into such sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date, together with any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or payments for such series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the Trustee, unless requested by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the redemption of Securities of such series through the operation of the sinking fund.  Any such unused balance of moneys deposited in such sinking fund shall be added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Company, shall be applied at any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities of such series, by public or private purchase, in the open market or otherwise, at a purchase price for such Securities (excluding accrued interest and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any Paying Agent will be reimbursed by the Company) not in excess of the principal amount thereof.

ARTICLE THIRTEEN

REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

SECTION 1301.   Applicability of Article.

Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders thereof, as permitted by any form of Security issued pursuant to this Indenture, shall be made in accordance with such form of Security and this Article; provided, however, that if any provision of any such form of Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article, the provision of such form of Security shall govern.

SECTION 1302.   Repayment of Securities.

Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders thereof will, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at a price equal to the principal amount thereof, together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities.  The Company covenants that on or before the Repayment Date it will deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the principal (or, if so provided by the terms of the Securities of any series, a percentage of the principal) of and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any, on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.

 
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SECTION 1303.   Exercise of Option.

(a)            Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof will contain an “Option to Elect Repayment” form on the reverse of such Securities.  To be repaid at the option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such repayment, with the “Option to Elect Repayment” form on the reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or places or which the Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date.  If less than the entire principal amount of such Security is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the principal amount of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination for Securities of such series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the principal amount of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified.  The principal amount of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part.  Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.

(b)            For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the repayment of Securities shall related, in the case of any Security, repaid or to be repaid only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be repaid.

SECTION 1304.   When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable.

(a)            If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall have been surrendered as provided in this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of such Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein specified, and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest and the coupons for such interest appertaining to any Bearer Securities so to be repaid, except to the extent provided below, shall be void.  Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such provisions, together with all coupons, if any, appertaining thereto maturing after the Repayment Date, the principal amount of such Security so to be repaid shall be paid by the Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that coupons whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of such coupons; and provided further that unless otherwise contemplated by Section 301, in the case of Registered Securities, whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment Date, installments of interest, if any, shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.

 
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(b)            If any Bearer Security surrendered for repayment shall not be accompanied by all appurtenant coupons maturing after the Repayment Date, such Security may be paid after deducting from the amount payable therefor as provided in Section 1302 an amount equal to the face amount of all such missing coupons, or the surrender of such missing coupon or coupons may be waived by the Company and the Trustee if there be furnished to them such security or indemnity as they may require to save each of them and any Paying Agent harmless.  If thereafter the Holder of such Security shall surrender to the Trustee or any Paying Agent any such missing coupon in respect of which a deduction shall have been made as provided in the preceding sentence, such Holder shall be entitled to receive the amount so deducted; provided, however, that interest represented by coupons shall be payable only at an office or agency located outside the United States (except as otherwise provided in Section 1002) and, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, only upon presentation and surrender of those coupons.

(c)            If the principal amount of any Security surrendered for repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, such principal amount (together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to such Repayment Date) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.

SECTION 1305.   Securities Repaid in Part.

Any Security which is to be repaid only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article) 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 Securities Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, and having the same terms and provisions and in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered which is not to be repaid.

 
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN

DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

SECTION 1401.   Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, the provisions of this Article Fourteen shall apply to each series of Securities, and the Company may, at its option, effect defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 1402, or covenant defeasance of or within a series under Section 1403 in accordance with the terms of such Securities and in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 1402.   Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, “defeasance”).  For this purpose, such defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (A) and (B) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture insofar as such Securities and any related coupons are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:  (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities and any related coupons when such payments are due, (B) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1005, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article Fourteen.  Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 1402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to such Securities and any related coupons.

SECTION 1403.   Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Company’s exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Sections 803, 1006 and1007, and, if specified pursuant to Section 301, its obligations under any other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, “covenant defeasance”), and such Securities and any related coupons shall thereafter be deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the purposes of any request, demand, authorization, notice, direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder.  For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons, 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 covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 501(4) or Section 501(7) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities and any related coupons shall be unaffected thereby.

 
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SECTION 1404.   Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

(a)            The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 1402 or Section 1403 to any Outstanding Securities of or within a series and any related coupons:

(1)            The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons, (A) an amount (in such Currency in which such Securities and any related coupons are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity), except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except as provided in Sections 312 (b), 312(d) and 312(e), or (B) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on the basis of the Currency in which such Securities are then specified as payable at Stated Maturity), except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except as provided in Sections 312 (b), 312(d) and 312(e), 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 of principal of (and premium, if any), and interest, if any, under such Securities and any related coupons, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, 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 other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any) or installment of interest, if any, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities and any related coupons; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to said payments with respect to such Securities and any related coupons.  Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the Trustee, in accordance with Section 1102 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all or any portion of such Outstanding Securities at a future date in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such series and Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable.  Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the foregoing.

 
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(2)            No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any related coupons shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as paragraphs (5) or (6) of Section 501 are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

(3)            Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

(4)            In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in the United States stating that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such defeasance had not occurred.

(5)            Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.

(6)            The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the defeasance under Section 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403 (as the case may be) have been complied with.

(7)            In the case of an election under Section 1403, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in the United States to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such covenant defeasance had not occurred.

(8)            The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in Canada or a ruling from Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to the effect that the Holders of such Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian federal, provincial or territorial income tax or other tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, and will be subject to Canadian federal or provincial income tax and other tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case had such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, not occurred (and for the purposes of such opinion, such Canadian counsel shall assume that Holders of the Securities include Holders who are not resident in Canada).

 
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(9)            The Company is not an “insolvent person” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) on the date of such deposit or at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

(10)          The Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such deposit shall not cause the Trustee or the trust so created to be subject to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(b)            Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.

SECTION 1405.   Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

(a)            Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 1405, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and any related coupons and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(b)            Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to Section 301, if, after a deposit referred to in Section 1404(a)(1) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 312(b) or the terms of such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(a)(1) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs as contemplated in Section 312(d) or 312(e) or by the terms of any Security in respect of which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(a)(1) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security and any related coupons shall be deemed to have been, and will be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Security as they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable Market Exchange Rate for such Currency in effect on the third Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion Event, for such Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.

 
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(c)            The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1404 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of such Outstanding Securities and any related coupons.

(d)            Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations (or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, in accordance with this Article.

SECTION 1406.   Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 1405 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and such Securities and any related coupons shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 1402 or 1403, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 1405; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any such Security or any related coupon following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities and any related coupons to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE FIFTEEN

MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES

SECTION 1501.   Purposes for Which Meetings May Be Called.

If Securities of a series are issuable as Bearer Securities, a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to this Article to make, give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series.

SECTION 1502.   Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

(a)            The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, and the Trustee shall convene a meeting upon receipt of a request of the Company or upon receipt of a request in writing to the Trustee by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, for any purpose specified in Section 1501, to be held at such time and at such place in The City of New York, New York, London, England or Toronto, Ontario as the Trustee shall determine.  Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided for in Section 106, not less than 21 nor more than 180 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.  Holders shall reimburse the Trustee for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to the calling and holding of such meeting if called by such Holders.  The Holders shall 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 calling of such meeting on behalf of Holders, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with such meeting.

 
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(b)            In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 1501, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Company or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York, New York, London, England or Toronto, Ontario for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in paragraph (a) of this Section.

SECTION 1503.   Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person shall be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder of Holders.  The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Person entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.

SECTION 1504.   Quorum; Action.

(a)            The Persons entitled to vote 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that, if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum.  In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved.  In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting.  In the absence of a quorum at any such adjourned meeting, such adjourned meeting may be further adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chairman of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such adjourned meeting.  Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall be given as provided in Section 1502(a), except that such notice need be given only once not less than five days prior to the date on which the meeting is scheduled to be reconvened.  Notice of the reconvening of any adjourned meeting shall state expressly the percentage, as provided above, of the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series which shall constitute a quorum.

 
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(b)            Subject to the foregoing, at the reconvening of any meeting adjourned for lack of a quorum the Persons entitled to vote 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities at the time shall constitute a quorum for the taking of any action set forth in the notice of the original meeting.

(c)            Except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series; provided, however, that, except as limited by the proviso to Section 902, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series.

(d)            Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

(e)            Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1504, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and one or more additional series:

(i)             there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and

(ii)            the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under this Indenture.

SECTION 1505.   Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.

(a)            Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as its shall deem appropriate.  Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 104 or by having the signature of the person executing the proxy witnessed or guaranteed by any trust company, bank or banker authorized by Section 104 to certify to the holding of Bearer Securities.  Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 104 or other proof.

 
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(b)            The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, which need not be a Holder of Securities, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 1502(b), in which case the Company or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman.  A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.

(c)            At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him (determined as specified in the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101); provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not Outstanding.  The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.

(d)            Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 1502 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by the Chairman with consent of the Holders entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting and voting thereon; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

SECTION 1506.   Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them.  The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting.  A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 1502 and, if applicable, Section 1504.  Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Company, and another to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.  Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

 
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This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same Indenture.

*    *    *    *    *

 
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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.

 
THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION
     
     
 
By:
/s/ David Shaw
 
Name:     David Shaw
 
Title:       Senior Vice President and Treasurer
 
Attest:
/s/ Marc E. Gold
Name:
Marc E. Gold
Title:
Assistant Secretary
 
 
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY
 
OF CANADA,
 
as Trustee
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Kemi Atawo
 
Name:     Kemi Atawo
 
Title:       Corporate Trust Officer
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Mohanie Shivprasad
 
Name:     Mohanie Shivprasad
 
Title:       Associate Trust Officer

Attest:
/s/ Kelly Wood
Name:
Kelly Wood
Title:
Manager, Administration

 
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
 
AMERICAS,
 
as Trustee
     
 
by
 
     
 
DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
 
COMPANY
     
 
By:
/s/ Irina Golovashchuk
 
Name:     Irina Golovashchuk
 
Title:       Assistant Vice President
     
     
 
By:
/s/ Kenneth R. Ring
 
Name:     Kenneth R. Ring
 
Title:       Vice President

Attest:
/s/ Chris Niesz
Name:
Chris Niesz
Title:
Associate

 
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EXHIBIT A

FORMS OF CERTIFICATION


EXHIBIT A-1

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY
PERSON ENTITLED TO RECEIVE BEARER SECURITY
OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST PAYABLE PRIOR
TO THE EXCHANGE DATE

CERTIFICATE

THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION
●% Notes due ●

This is to certify that as of the date hereof, and except as set forth below, the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account (i) are owned by any person(s) that is not a citizen or resident of the United States; a corporation or partnership (including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury Regulations provide otherwise; any estate whose income is subject to United States Federal income tax regardless of its source or; a trust if (A) a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one of more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (B) a trust in existence on August 20, 1996, and treated as a United States person before this date that timely elected to continue to be treated as a United States person (“United States persons(s)”), (ii) are owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(iv) are herein referred to as “financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such United States financial institution hereby agrees, on its own behalf or through its agent, that you may advise Thomson Reuters Corporation or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) are owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)), and, in addition, if the owner is a United States or foreign financial institution described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)), this is to further certify that such financial institution has not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

 
A-1-1

 

As used herein, “United States” means the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia); and its “possessions” include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

We undertake to advise you promptly by tested telex on or prior to the date on which you intend to submit your certification relating to the above-captioned Securities held by you for our account in accordance with your operating procedures if any applicable statement herein is not correct on such date, and in the absence of any such notification it may be assumed that this certification applies as of such date.

This certificate excepts and does not relate to U.S.$● of such interest in the above-captioned Securities in respect of which we are not able to certify and as to which we understand an exchange for an interest in a permanent global security or an exchange for and delivery of definitive Securities (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) cannot be made until we do so certify.

We understand that this certificate may be required in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States.  If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.


Dated:

[To be dated no earlier than the 15th
day prior to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the
relevant Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to the Exchange Date, applicable]

 
[Name of Person Making Certification]
   
   
   
 
Name:
 
Title:

 
A-1-2

 

EXHIBIT A-2

FORM OF CERTIFICATE TO BE GIVEN BY EUROCLEAR AND CLEARSTREAM
IN CONNECTION WITH THE EXCHANGE OF A PORTION OF A
TEMPORARY GLOBAL SECURITY OR TO OBTAIN INTEREST
PAYABLE PRIOR TO THE EXCHANGE DATE

CERTIFICATE


THOMSON REUTERS CORPORATION
●% Notes due ●

This is to certify that based solely on written certifications that we have received in writing, by tested telex or by electronic transmission from each of the persons appearing in our records as persons entitled to a portion of the principal amount set forth below (our “Member Organizations”) substantially in the form attached hereto, as of the date hereof, U.S.$● principal amount of the above-captioned Securities (i) is owned by any person(s) that is not a citizen or resident of the United States; a corporation or partnership (including any entity treated as a corporation or partnership for United States Federal income tax purposes) created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia unless, in the case of a partnership, Treasury Regulations provide otherwise; any estate whose income is subject to United States Federal income tax regardless of its source or; a trust if (A) a United States court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one of more United States persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (B) a trust in existence on August 20, 1996, and treated as a United States person before this date that timely elected to continue to be treated as a United States person (“United States person(s)”), (ii) is owned by United States person(s) that are (a) foreign branches of United States financial institutions (financial institutions, as defined in U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.165-12(c)(1)(iv) are herein referred to as “financial institutions”) purchasing for their own account or for resale, or (b) United States person(s) who acquired the Securities through foreign branches of United States financial institutions and who hold the Securities through such United States financial institutions on the date hereof (and in either case (a) or (b), each such financial institution has agreed, on its own behalf or through its agent, that we may advise Thomson Reuters Corporation or its agent that such financial institution will comply with the requirements of Section 165(j)(3)(A), (B) or (C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and the regulations thereunder), or (iii) is owned by United States or foreign financial institution(s) for purposes of resale during the restricted period (as defined in United States Treasury Regulation Section 1.163-5(c)(2)(i)(D)(7)) and, to the further effect, that financial institutions described in clause (iii) above (whether or not also described in clause (i) or (ii)) have certified that they have not acquired the Securities for purposes of resale directly or indirectly to a United States person or to a person within the United States or its possessions.

 
A-2-1

 

As used herein, “United States” means the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia); and its “possessions” include Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Wake Island and the Northern Mariana Islands.

We further certify that (i) we are not making available herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) any portion of the temporary global Security representing the above-captioned Securities excepted in the above-referenced certificates of Member Organizations and (ii) as of the date hereof we have not received any notification from any of our Member Organizations to the effect that the statements made by such Member Organizations with respect to any portion of the part submitted herewith for exchange (or, if relevant, collection of any interest) are no longer true and cannot be relied upon as of the date hereof.

We understand that this certification is required in connection with certain tax legislation in the United States.  If administrative or legal proceedings are commenced or threatened in connection with which this certificate is or would be relevant, we irrevocably authorize you to produce this certificate or a copy thereof to any interested party in such proceedings.

Dated:

[To be dated no earlier than the 15th
day prior to (i) the Exchange Date or (ii) the
relevant Interest Payment Date occurring
prior to the Exchange Date, applicable]

 
[EUROCLEAR BANK S.A./N.V., as Operator
 
of the Euroclear System]
 
[CLEARSTREAM BANKING]
     
 
By
 

 
A-2-2

 
 
 

EX-99.2 3 ex99_2.htm EXHIBIT 99.2 - THOMSON REUTERS DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN ex99_2.htm

Exhibit 99.2
 
THOMSON REUTERS

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(February 1, 2011)

 
 

 

THOMSON REUTERS

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(Pre-2005 Component)

(Effective January 1, 2005)

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

     
Page
       
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1
       
ARTICLE 2
SELECTION AND ENROLLMENT
7
       
 
2.1
Selection of Participants by Committee
7
 
2.2
Enrollment Requirements
7
 
2.3
Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals
7
       
ARTICLE 3
DEFERRAL OF COMPENSATION
8
       
 
3.1
Amount of Deferral
8
 
3.2
Election to Defer
8
 
3.3
Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts
8
 
3.4
Investment of Trust Assets
8
 
3.5
Vesting of Deferral, Share and Matching Share Unit Accounts
9
 
3.6
Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances
9
 
3.7
Deferrals into Share Units
10
 
3.8
FICA and Other Taxes
10
 
3.9
Withholding on Distributions
10
       
ARTICLE 4
CONVERSION TO SHARE UNITS AND MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS
10
       
 
4.1
Conversion of Deferral Account to Share Units
10
 
4.2
Number of Share Units Credited
11
 
4.3
Matching Share Units
11
 
4.4
Vesting of Matching Share Units
11
 
4.5
Impact of Reemployment on Vesting
11
 
4.6
FICA and Other Taxes on Matching Share Units
11
 
4.7
Dividends
12
 
4.8
Adjustment in the Event of Recapitalization
12
 
4.9
Fractional Interests
12
 
4.10
Rights as Stockholder
12
       
ARTICLE 5
DEFERRAL OF STOCK OPTIONS
12
       
 
5.1
Deferral of Stock Options
12
       
ARTICLE 6
DISCRETIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS
12
       
 
6.1
Discretionary Contributions
12
       
ARTICLE 7
SHORT-TERM PAYOUT, UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES, AND WITHDRAWAL ELECTION
13
       
 
7.1
Short-Term Payout of Annual Deferral Amounts
13
 
7.2
Election Changes
13
 
7.3
Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term
13

 
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(continued)

     
Page
       
 
7.4
Withdrawal Payout Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies
13
 
7.5
Withdrawal Election
14
       
ARTICLE 8
RETIREMENT BENEFIT
14
       
 
8.1
Retirement Benefit
14
 
8.2
Payment of Retirement Benefits
14
 
8.3
Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit
15
 
8.4
Reemployment Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit
15
       
ARTICLE 9
DEATH BENEFIT
15
       
 
9.1
Death Benefit
15
 
9.2
Payment of Death Benefit
15
 
9.3
Deferral Account
16
 
9.4
Share and Matching Share Unit Accounts
16
 
9.5
Election Changes
16
       
ARTICLE 10
TERMINATION BENEFIT
16
       
 
10.1
Termination Benefit
16
 
10.2
Payment of Termination Benefit
16
 
10.3
Reemployment Prior to Completion of Termination Benefit
16
       
ARTICLE 11
DISABILITY WAIVER AND BENEFIT
17
       
 
11.1
Disability Waiver
17
 
11.2
Continued Eligibility; Disability Benefit
17
 
11.3
Reemployment Prior to Completion of Disability Benefits
17
       
ARTICLE 12
FORFEITURE
17
       
 
12.1
Forfeiture
17
       
ARTICLE 13
BENEFICIARY DESIGNATION
18
       
 
13.1
Beneficiary
18
 
13.2
Beneficiary Designation
18
 
13.3
No Beneficiary Designation
18
 
13.4
Doubt as to Beneficiary
18
 
13.5
Discharge of Obligation
18
       
ARTICLE 14
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
19
       
 
14.1
Paid Leave of Absence
19
 
14.2
Unpaid Leave of Absence
19
       
ARTICLE 15
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION
19

 
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(continued)

     
Page
       
 
15.1
Termination
19
 
15.2
Amendment
19
 
15.3
Plan Agreement
20
 
15.4
Effect of Payment
20
       
ARTICLE 16
ADMINISTRATION
21
       
 
16.1
Committee Duties
21
 
16.2
Agents
21
 
16.3
Binding Effect of Decisions
21
 
16.4
Indemnity of Committee
21
 
16.5
Employer Information
21
       
ARTICLE 17
OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS
21
       
 
17.1
Coordination with Other Benefits
21
       
ARTICLE 18
CLAIMS PROCEDURES
21
       
 
18.1
Presentation of Claim
21
 
18.2
Notification of Decision
22
 
18.3
Review of Denied Claim
22
 
18.4
Decision on Review
22
 
18.5
Legal Action
22
       
ARTICLE 19
TRUST
23
       
 
19.1
Establishment of the Trust
23
 
19.2
Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust
23
 
19.3
Distributions from the Trust
23
       
ARTICLE 20
MISCELLANEOUS
23
       
 
20.1
Status of Plan
23
 
20.2
Unsecured General Creditor
23
 
20.3
Employer’s Liability
23
 
20.4
Nonassignability
23
 
20.5
Not a Contract of Employment
24
 
20.6
Furnishing Information
24
 
20.7
Terms
24
 
20.8
Captions
24
 
20.9
Governing Law
24
 
20.10
Notice
24
 
20.11
Successors
24
 
20.12
Validity
25

 
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(continued)

     
Page
       
 
20.13
Incompetent
25
 
20.14
Court Order
25
 
20.15
Distribution in the Event of Taxation
25
 
20.16
Insurance
26
 
20.17
Legal Fees to Enforce Rights after Change in Control
26

 
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THOMSON REUTERS

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

Purpose

This Deferred Compensation Plan has been adopted by Thomson Reuters Corporation in order to provide specified benefits to a select group of senior management who contribute materially to the continued growth, development and future business success of Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc. (a Delaware corporation), its parent corporations, and any affiliate or subsidiary of Thomson Reuters Holdings, Inc. or its parent corporations.  This plan was amended effective as of September 10, 2009 solely to reflect the unification of Thomson Reuters dual listed company structure.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, deferrals and contributions under the Plan shall cease as of December 31, 2004 and the terms and conditions set forth in the Plan as of such date shall govern distribution of Plan benefits attributable to deferrals and contributions, to the extent vested, as of December 31, 2004.

ARTICLE 1
Definitions

Unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the following phrases and terms shall have the meanings indicated:

1.1            “Account” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, any or all of a Participant’s Deferral Account, Matching Share Unit Account, Share Unit Account or Discretionary Contributions Account.

1.2            “Annual Bonus” shall mean for any Plan Year any compensation, other than Base Salary and Long-Term Bonus, relating to services performed during such Plan Year, whether or not paid or included on the Federal income tax Form W-2 for such Plan Year, payable to a Participant as an Employee under any Employer’s annual bonus or incentive plans.

1.3            “Annual Deferral Amount” shall mean for any Plan Year the portion of a Participant’s Base Salary, Annual Bonus, Long-Term Bonus, bonus attributable to Deferred Cash Bonus Units, and Stock compensation attributable to the exercise of Options that is deferred pursuant to Article 3.  In the event of a Participant’s Retirement, Disability (if deferrals cease pursuant to Section 11.1), death or Termination of Employment prior to the end of a Plan Year, such year’s Annual Deferral Amount shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such event.

1.4            “Base Salary” shall mean for any Plan Year the annual cash compensation relating to services performed during such Plan Year, whether or not paid or included, if appropriate, on the Federal income tax Form W-2 for such Plan Year, including severance payments to the extent that the Participant’s continued receipt of such payments is contingent upon his complying with noncompete, nonsolicitation and/or nondisclosure restrictions, but excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, stock options, relocation expenses, incentive payments, non-monetary awards, director’s fees and other fees, and automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are included in the Participant’s gross income).  Base Salary shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified and non-qualified plans of any Employer (including amounts not otherwise included in gross income under Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4), 402(c)(3), 402(h), or 403(b)); provided, however, that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that, had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to the Participant.

 
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1.5            “Beneficiary” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in accordance with Article 13, that are entitled to receive benefits under the Plan upon the death of a Participant.

1.6            “Beneficiary Designation Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

1.7            “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

1.8            “Change in Control” shall mean the first to occur of any of the following events:

 
(a)
The direct or indirect holdings of the Thomson family, in the voting power or fair market value of the stock of Thomson Reuters Corporation or any successor thereto fall below 40 percent.  The rules in Section 318(a) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder shall be used to determine stock ownership.  For purposes of this Section 1.8(a), the Thomson family includes Lord Kenneth R. Thomson and the descendants and their spouses of the first Lord Thomson of Fleet.

 
(b)
Thomson Reuters Corporation (or any successor thereto) sells to an unrelated third party or parties (at one time or within any two year period) in the aggregate all or substantially all of its assets and the assets of its wholly owned subsidiaries immediately prior to the sale or sales.

1.9            “Claimant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 18.1.

1.10          “Closed Period” shall mean any period during which Participants are prohibited, by law or pursuant to policies established by Thomson Reuters, from acquiring or selling Shares.

1.11          “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

1.12          “Committee” shall mean the committee described in Article 16.

1.13          “Company” shall mean Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc. (Thomson Holdings Inc. prior to June 30, 2008) and any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business.

1.14          “Death Benefit” shall mean the benefit described in Article 9.

 
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1.15          “Deduction Limitation” shall mean the following limitation on a benefit that may be distributed pursuant to the Plan.  Except as otherwise provided, this limitation shall be applied to all distributions that are subject to the Deduction Limitation.  If an Employer determines in good faith prior to a Change in Control that there is a reasonable likelihood that any compensation paid to a Participant for a taxable year of the Employer would not be deductible by the Employer solely by reason of the application of the limitation under Code Section 162(m), then, to the extent deemed necessary by the Employer to ensure that the entire amount of any distribution to the Participant pursuant to the Plan is deductible, the Employer may defer all or any portion of such distribution.  Any amounts deferred pursuant to this limitation shall continue to be credited/debited with additional amounts in accordance with Section 3.6, even if such amount is being paid out in installments.  The amounts so deferred and amounts credited thereon shall be distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary (in the event of the Participant’s death) at the earliest possible date, as determined by the Employer in good faith, on which the deductibility of compensation paid or payable to the Participant will not be limited by Code Section 162(m) or, if earlier, the effective date of a Change in Control.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the Deduction Limitation shall not apply to any distributions made after a Change in Control.

1.16          “Deferral Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, an account to which shall be credited the Participant’s Annual Deferral Amounts, plus amounts credited to such account pursuant to Section 3.6, less the following: (i) amounts credited to his Share Unit Account pursuant to Section 3.7; (ii) amounts distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary that relate to his Deferral Account; and (iii) amounts converted from a Measurement Fund to Share Units pursuant to Section 4.1.  The Deferral Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant or his Beneficiary pursuant to the Plan.

1.17          “Deferred Cash Bonus Unit” shall mean any vested units under the Thomson Reuters Phantom Stock Plan (also referred to as the Cash Bonus Plan) or a similar successor plan the receipt of which is deferred pursuant to Section 3.2.

1.18          “Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean a permanent physical or mental incapacity resulting in a Participant being unable to engage in any gainful employment and which would entitle the Participant to begin receiving disability benefits under (i) the Federal Social Security Act or (ii) his Employer’s long-term disability plan, had the Participant been a participant in such a plan.

1.19          “Disability Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 11.

1.20          “Discretionary Contributions” shall mean an amount credited by an Employer on behalf of a Participant to his Discretionary Contributions Account pursuant to Section 6.1.

1.21          “Discretionary Contributions Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, an account to which shall be credited Discretionary Contributions pursuant to Section 6.1, less any amounts distributed in any form to the Participant or his Beneficiary that relate to his Discretionary Contributions Account.  The Discretionary Contributions Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant or his Beneficiary pursuant to the Plan.

 
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1.22          “Domestic Partner” shall mean a person who has formed a domestic partnership with a Participant.  A domestic partnership is: (i) a relationship between two adults of the same or opposite gender, which includes residing together and being jointly responsible for each other's common welfare and financial obligations, where the Participant has attested to meeting certain criteria for domestic partnership as determined from time to time by the Committee in accordance with applicable law; or (ii)  a domestic partnership that has been registered with a governmental entity pursuant to State or local law authorizing such registration.

1.23          “Election Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee for Participants to make elections under the Plan.

1.24          “Employee” shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer.

1.25          “Employer” shall mean the Company and any affiliate of the Company that has been selected by the Company to participate in the Plan.

1.26          “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time.

1.27          “Fair Market Value” shall mean on any day, the closing price in U.S. dollars of a Share on the New York Stock Exchange, or if not so traded on such date, the average of the closing bid and asked prices on such exchange for that date; provided, however, that (i) if the Shares are not traded on the New York Stock Exchange or (ii) if in the discretion of the Committee, such exchange does not reflect the fair market value of the Shares, then “Fair Market Value” shall mean the closing price in the applicable trading currency of a Share on the other primary trading market for the Shares, which as of the date of this Plan is the Toronto Stock Exchange, such closing price to be converted into U.S. dollars (based on the mid-market noon spot rate for exchange on the immediately preceding business day), in each case using such closing price reported in such source as the Committee deems to be reliable.  If the Shares are not traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange or on any other trading market, the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion in good faith a method for determining “Fair Market Value” as of a particular date.

1.28          “Long-Term Bonus” shall mean any cash or equity-based compensation (other than Base Salary, Annual Bonus and Deferred Cash Bonus Units) paid to a participant as an employee under any Employer’s long-term bonus and incentive plans, including, without limitation, long-term bonus awards granted pursuant to the Thomson Reuters Stock Incentive Plan.

1.29          “Matching Share Units” shall mean units representing Shares that are credited by an Employer on behalf of a Participant to his Matching Share Unit Account pursuant to Section 4.3.

1.30          “Matching Share Unit Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, an account to which shall be credited the aggregate number of Matching Share Units credited to any such Participant’s Matching Share Unit Account pursuant to Section 4.3, less any Matching Share Units distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary in Shares that relate to his Matching Share Unit Account.  The Matching Share Unit Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for determining the number of Shares to be distributed to a Participant or his Beneficiary.

 
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1.31          “Options” shall mean options to purchase Shares that are granted to a Participant under the Thomson Reuters Stock Incentive Plan or a similar successor plan.

1.32          “Participant” shall mean any Employee (i) who is selected to participate in the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan, (iii) who submits a signed Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form to the Committee, (iv) whose signed Election Form and Beneficiary Designation Form are accepted by the Committee, and (v) who commences participation in the Plan.  A spouse, former spouse, Domestic Partner, or former Domestic Partner of a Participant shall not be treated as a Participant or have an Account balance, even if he has an interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan as a result of applicable law or property settlements resulting from legal separation, divorce or dissolution of the domestic partnership.

1.33          “Plan” shall mean the Pre-2005 Component of the Thomson Reuters Deferred Compensation Plan, which shall be evidenced by this document, as it may be amended from time to time.

1.34          “Plan Agreement” shall mean a written agreement, which was entered into by and between an Employer and a Participant prior to January 1, 2001.  The Plan Agreement bearing the latest date of acceptance by the Employer shall supersede all previous Plan Agreements in their entirety and shall govern such entitlement.  Plan Agreements may provide additional benefits not set forth in the Plan or limit the benefits otherwise provided under the Plan; provided, however, that any such additional benefits or benefit limitations must be agreed to by both the Employer and the Participant.

1.35          “Plan Year” shall mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such calendar year.

1.36          “Quarterly Installment Method” shall mean a method of distributing the balance in a Participant’s Deferral Account wherein such balance is distributed in 60, 120, or 180 monthly installments, as elected by the Participant (the “Installment Period”). The amount of each monthly installment attributable to the portion of a Deferral Account, with respect to which additional amounts are credited under Section 3.6(d), shall be computed as follows:

 
(a)
The amount of each monthly installment during the calendar quarter (12-month period beginning on April 1 for installments made on or after April 1, 2006) in which the first monthly installment is paid shall equal: (i) the balance in the Deferral Account, as of the Measurement Date immediately preceding the first day of the month in which the first monthly installment is paid, divided by (ii) the number of months in the Installment Period.

 
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(b)
The amount of any subsequent monthly installment shall equal: (i) the balance in the Deferral Account as of the Measurement Date immediately preceding the first day of the calendar quarter in which any such monthly installment is paid, divided by (ii) the number of months remaining in the Installment Period as of the first day of any such calendar quarter.  Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, for installments made on or after April 1, 2006, the amount of any monthly installment payable following the initial 12-month period shall equal (i) the balance in the Deferral Account as of March 1 immediately preceding the first day of the 12-month period in which any such monthly installment is paid, divided by (ii) the number of months remaining in the Installment Period as of the first day of any such 12-month period.

For purposes hereof, “Measurement Date” shall mean the first day of the month next preceding the month in which a monthly installment is paid or such other date (determined by the Committee) as of which the balance in a Deferral Account is determined.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the amount of any monthly installment with respect to a Participant exceed the balance in the Participant’s Deferral Account as of the date on which any such installment is paid.

1.37          “Retirement”, “Retire(s)”, “Retiring”, or “Retired” shall mean, with respect to an Employee, severance from employment from all Employers (for any reason other than a leave of absence, death or Disability) on or after the attainment of age fifty-five (55).

1.38          “Retirement Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 8.

1.39          “Share Ownership Guidelines” shall mean the Thomson Reuters Executive Share Ownership Guidelines, as in effect from time to time.

1.40          “Share Ownership Guideline Amount” for any Participant shall mean the number of Shares that the Participant is expected to own under the Share Ownership Guidelines.

1.41          “Shares” shall mean common shares of Thomson Reuters Corporation.  For purposes of the Plan, the price of a Share shall be the price on the New York Stock Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee; provided, however, that no more than 7,000,000 Shares may be issued pursuant to this Plan.  Shares distributed in payment of a Participant’s Share Unit Account shall consist of newly issued Shares from treasury, and such Shares shall be distributed in accordance with and subject to applicable securities laws.

1.42          “Short-Term Payout” shall mean the benefit set forth in Sections 7.1 and 7.2.

1.43          “Share Unit Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, an account to which shall be credited the aggregate number of Share Units credited to any such Participant’s Share Unit Account pursuant to Sections 1.1, 3.7, 4.1, and 5.1, less any Share Units distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary in Shares that relate to his Share Unit Account.  The Share Unit Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for determining the number of Shares to be distributed to a Participant or his Beneficiary.

 
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1.44          “Share Units” shall mean units representing Shares that are credited to a Participant’s Share Unit Account.

1.45          “Termination Benefit” shall mean the benefit set forth in Article 10.

1.46          “Termination of Employment”, “Terminate Employment” or “Terminating Employment” shall mean the severing of employment with all Employers, voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than Retirement, Disability, death or an authorized leave of absence.

1.47          “Thomson Reuters” shall mean Thomson Reuters Corporation and its respective subsidiaries or any one of them, as the context requires.

1.48          “Trust” shall mean one or more trusts established pursuant to that certain Master Trust Agreement, dated as of February 14, 1994, between the Company and the trustee named therein, as amended from time to time.

1.49          “Unforeseeable Financial Emergency” shall mean an unanticipated emergency that is caused by an event beyond the control of the Participant that would result in severe financial hardship to the Participant resulting from (i) a sudden and unexpected illness or accident of the Participant or a dependent of the Participant, (ii) a loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or (iii) such other extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, all as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.

ARTICLE 2
Selection and Enrollment

2.1            Selection of Participants by Committee.  Participants shall be limited to a select group of senior management Employees, as determined by the Committee.

2.2            Enrollment Requirements.  As a condition to participation, each Participant shall complete, execute and return to the Committee an Election Form and a Beneficiary Designation Form, all within 30 days after being selected to participate in the Plan.  In addition, the Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines are necessary.

2.3            Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals.  If the Committee determines in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as membership in such group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, (i) terminate the Participant’s deferral election for the remainder of the Plan Year in which the Participant’s membership status changes, (ii) prevent the Participant from making future deferral elections, (iii) immediately distribute the value of the Participant’s Account as a Termination Benefit, and (iv) terminate the Participant’s participation in the Plan.

ARTICLE 3
Deferral of Compensation

 
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3.1            Amount of Deferral. Subject to Section 3.2, for any Plan Year a Participant may elect to defer his Base Salary, Annual Bonus, and/or Long-Term Bonus in any amount up to the maximum percentages of such Salary or Bonus as shall be determined for each Participant by the Committee in its sole discretion.  A Participant may elect to defer the receipt of (a) any cash bonus to which he is entitled as a result of exercising Deferred Cash Bonus Units and (b) subject to approval of the Committee, Shares that the Participant will be entitled to receive as a result of exercising Options.  Any such election shall be irrevocable.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant may elect to defer the receipt of amounts of his Base Salary, Annual Bonus, Long-Term Bonus, cash bonus attributable to the exercise of Deferred Cash Bonus Units and Shares attributable to the exercise of Options only to the extent any such amounts are earned and vested on or before December 31, 2004.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, any such amounts that are earned or become vested after December 31, 2004 may not be deferred under the Plan.

3.2            Election to Defer.  Except as provided below, for any Plan Year a Participant may make an irrevocable deferral election, by timely delivering an Election Form to the Committee, in accordance with its rules and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for which the election is made.  If no such Election Form is timely delivered for a Plan Year, the Annual Deferral Amount shall be zero for that Plan Year.  Notwithstanding any provision of the Thomson Reuters Phantom Stock Plan or the Thomson Reuters Stock Incentive Plan to the contrary, Deferred Cash Bonus Units and Options with respect to which a deferral election is made under Section 3.1 shall not be exercisable during the six-month period commencing on the date that the applicable Election Form is delivered to the Committee.

3.3            Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts.  For each Plan Year, the Base Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Salary payroll in equal amounts, as adjusted from time to time for changes in Base Salary.  The Annual Bonus and/or Long-Term Bonus portions of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time the Annual Bonus and/or Long-Term Bonus are or otherwise would be paid to the Participant.  In the case of Deferred Cash Bonus Units and Options, any amounts deferred into the Plan shall be deferred at the time that the Deferred Cash Bonus Units or Options, as the case may be, are exercised.

3.4            Investment of Trust Assets.  The trustee of the Trust shall be authorized, upon written instructions received from the Committee or an investment manager appointed by the Committee, to invest and reinvest the assets of the Trust in accordance with the applicable Trust Agreement, including the disposition of stock and reinvestment of the proceeds in one or more investment vehicles designated by the Committee.

3.5            Vesting of Deferral, Share and Matching Share Unit Accounts.  A Participant shall at all times be 100 percent vested in his Deferral Account and Share Unit Account.  A Participant’s vested interest in his Matching Share Unit Account shall be determined under Section 4.4.

3.6            Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances.  Subject to Section 3.7, amounts shall be credited or debited to a Participant’s Deferral Account in accordance with the following rules:

 
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(a)
Election of Measurement Funds.  A Participant, in connection with his initial deferral election pursuant to Section 3.1, shall elect, on an Election Form, one or more Measurement Funds (defined in Section 3.6(c)) to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to his Deferral Account.  Once each calendar month, a Participant may change the Measurement Fund(s) to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to his Deferral Account, or the portion of his Deferral Account allocated to each previously or newly elected Measurement Fund.

 
(b)
Proportionate Allocation.  In making an election described in Section 3.6(a), the Participant shall specify on the Election Form, in increments of one percentage point (1%), the percentage of his Deferral Account to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if the Participant was making an investment in that Measurement Fund with that portion of his Deferral Account).

 
(c)
Measurement Funds.  The Participant may elect one or more of the measurement funds selected by the Committee (the “Measurement Funds”) for the purpose of crediting additional amounts to his Deferral Account.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add a Measurement Fund.

 
(d)
Crediting or Debiting Method.  The performance of each Measurement Fund shall be determined by the Committee, in its reasonable discretion, based on the performance of the Measurement Funds themselves.  A Participant’s Account balance shall be credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of each applicable Measurement Fund as though: (i) a Participant’s Deferral Account was invested in the Measurement Fund(s) selected by the Participant; (ii) the portion of the Annual Deferral Amount that was actually deferred during any calendar month was invested in such Measurement Fund(s) in the percentages applicable to such calendar month, no later than the close of business on the first business day of such calendar month, at the closing price on such date; and (iii) any distribution made to a Participant that decreases such Participant’s Deferral Account ceased being invested in the Measurement Fund(s) no earlier than three business days prior to the distribution, at the closing price on such date.

 
(e)
No Actual Investment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant’s election of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to his Deferral Account thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Deferral Account shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his Deferral Account in any such Measurement Fund.  If the Company or the trustee of the Trust, in its own discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments.  Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s Deferral Account shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any investment made on his behalf by the Company or the trustee, and the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.

 
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3.7            Deferrals into Share Units.  Any Participant who is subject to the Share Ownership Guidelines or who is authorized by the Committee may elect to have all or a portion of his Annual Deferral Amount (other than amounts attributable to Base Salary) deferred into Share Units as of the date such amount is deferred or, in the event of a Closed Period, such later date as determined pursuant to the Insider Trading Policy of Thomson Reuters, which Share Units shall be credited to a Share Unit Account established in the name of the Participant.  Any such election shall be made in accordance with, and subject to, Section 3.2.  The number of Share Units to be credited to a Participant’s Share Unit Account shall be determined pursuant to Section 4.2.

3.8            FICA and Other Taxes.  For each Plan Year in which an Annual Deferral Amount is being withheld with respect to a Participant, the Participant’s Employer shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s compensation that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer, the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount.  If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this Section 3.8.

3.9            Withholding on Distributions.  The Employer, or the trustee of the Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under the Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes required to be withheld by the Employer or the trustee of the Trust, in connection with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer or the trustee of the Trust, as the case may be.

ARTICLE 4
Conversion to Share Units and Matching Contributions

4.1            Conversion of Deferral Account to Share Units.  Not more frequently than once each calendar month, any Participant who is subject to the Share Ownership Guidelines or who is authorized by the Committee, may elect to convert to Share Units part or all of the amount credited to his Deferral Account, which Share Units shall be credited to a Share Unit Account established in the name of the Participant.

4.2            Number of Share Units Credited.  Except as otherwise provided in this Section 4.2, the number of Share Units to be credited to a Participant’s Share Unit Account in connection with an election pursuant to Sections 3.7 or 4.1 shall be determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of a Share for the day before the deferral or exchange, as the case may be (the “Price Date”).  If Share Units are to be credited to a Participant’s Share Unit Account during a Closed Period, the amount to be converted into Share Units shall be deemed to be invested in the money market Measurement Fund then available under the Plan.  As soon as practicable following the end of the Closed Period, the amount credited to the Participant’s Account pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence and any earnings thereon, shall be converted to Share Units on the basis of the closing price of Shares on the day before the date of the conversion.

 
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4.3            Matching Share Units.  Each Participant’s Matching Share Unit Account shall be credited with the number of Matching Share Units equal to ten percent (10%) of the number of Share Units (not including Share Units attributable to dividends) credited to each such Participant’s Share Unit Account pursuant to Sections 1.1, 3.7, 4.1, and 5.1.

4.4            Vesting of Matching Share Units.  One-fourth of the Matching Share Units credited to a Participant’s Matching Share Unit Account during any Plan Year shall become vested on each of the first four anniversaries of the date the underlying Share Units are credited, so long as the Participant has not Terminated Employment as of the respective anniversary date.  Upon terminating employment on account of death or Disability, a Participant shall become fully vested in all Matching Share Units credited to his Matching Share Unit Account.  Upon Terminating Employment, a Participant shall forfeit all unvested Matching Share Units credited to his Matching Share Unit Account.  Upon Retiring, a Participant shall become vested in a percentage of the unvested Matching Share Units credited to his Matching Share Unit Account determined under the following schedule:

Age at Retirement
Percentage Vested
55
65
56
70
57
75
58
80
59
85
60
90
61
95
62 or older
100

4.5            Impact of Reemployment on Vesting.  A Participant who is rehired by an Employer after his Retirement or Termination of Employment shall not be entitled to amounts forfeited under Section 4.4 prior to his reemployment.

4.6            FICA and Other Taxes on Matching Share Units.  For each Plan Year in which a Participant becomes vested in Matching Share Units credited to his Matching Share Unit Account, the Participant’s Employer shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Base Salary and Annual Bonus that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer, the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes on the Matching Share Units vesting in such year.  If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this Section 4.6.

4.7            Dividends.  If and when dividends are paid on Shares, the Share Unit Account of any Participant for whom a Share Unit Account is maintained shall be credited with the number of Share Units (including fractional Share Units) equal to the number obtained by dividing: (a) the amount of dividends that would be payable on the number of Shares equal to the number of Share Units credited to any such Participant’s Share Unit Account as of the appropriate dividend record date; by (b) the closing price of one Share on the dividend payment date, computed in the same manner as specified in Section 4.2.

 
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4.8            Adjustment in the Event of Recapitalization.  In the event of any change in the outstanding Shares by reason of stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change or in the event of any special distribution to the stockholders, the number of Share Units and Matching Share Units credited to a Participant’s Share and Matching Share Unit Accounts shall be adjusted as the Committee determines is necessary and appropriate.  Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

4.9            Fractional Interests.  If any fractional Share Unit exists after a lump sum or last installment, as the case may be, of Shares is delivered to the Participant, such fractional Share Unit shall be paid to the Participant in cash.  The value of such fractional Share Unit shall be determined in accordance with procedures established from time to time by the Committee.

4.10            Rights as Stockholder.  A Participant for whom a Share Unit Account and/or an Matching Share Unit Account are maintained shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any Share Units credited to such Share Unit Account and Matching Share Units credited to such Matching Share Unit Account until such Share Units and Matching Share Units are converted to Shares and distributed to the Participant.

ARTICLE 5
Deferral of Stock Options

5.1            Deferral of Stock Options.  If a Participant defers the receipt of Shares that he is entitled to receive as a result of exercising an Option pursuant to an election under Section 3.1, the number of Share Units to be credited to the Participant’s Share Unit Account shall be determined in accordance with Section 4.2.

ARTICLE 6
Discretionary Contributions

6.1            Discretionary Contributions.  The Company may, from time to time, make Discretionary Contributions to those Participants selected to receive such contributions in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in writing by the Company at the time such Discretionary Contributions are made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, eligibility for and the terms and conditions with respect to Discretionary Contributions for members of the Executive Committee of Thomson Reuters Corporation shall be determined by the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of Thomson Reuters Corporation. Discretionary Contributions shall be allocated to the Discretionary Contributions Accounts of the respective Participants.

ARTICLE 7
Short-Term Payout, Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies,
and Withdrawal Election

 
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7.1            Short-Term Payout of Annual Deferral Amounts.  In connection with each election to defer an Annual Deferral Amount, a Participant may irrevocably elect to receive such Annual Deferral Amount as a “Short-Term Payout”.  The Short-Term Payout shall be a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the Annual Deferral Amount plus amounts credited or debited pursuant to Sections 3.6 and 3.7 on that amount, determined as of the date the Short-Term Payout is distributed.  Short-Term Payouts shall be distributed as soon as administratively possible after the first day of any Plan Year designated by the Participant that is at least five Plan Years after the Plan Year with respect to which the Annual Deferral Amount is actually deferred.

7.2            Election Changes.  Any Participant who elects a Short-Term Payout may make another election, not later than one year prior to the date the Short-Term Payout is scheduled to be distributed, to further defer the distribution of such Short-Term Payout by submitting to the Committee either a new Election Form during the open enrollment period or a distribution re-election form at any time during the Plan Year.

7.3            Other Benefits Take Precedence Over Short-Term.  Should an event occur that triggers the distribution of a benefit under Articles 8, 9, 10 or 11, any Annual Deferral Amount, plus amounts credited or debited thereon, and/or Share Units and Matching Share Units attributable thereto, that are subject to a Short-Term Payout election under Section 7.1 shall not be paid in accordance with such Article but shall be paid in accordance with the other applicable Article.

7.4            Withdrawal Payout Suspensions for Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies. A Participant who experiences an Unforeseeable Financial Emergency may request the Committee to (i) suspend any deferrals required to be made by the Participant and/or (ii) receive a partial or full payout of his Deferral Account, and/or Shares representing the Share Units or then vested Matching Share Units (as applicable) held in his Share and/or Matching Share Unit Accounts.  The payout shall not exceed the lesser of the Participant’s vested interest in the Plan (i.e., the then aggregate balance in his Deferral, Share Unit, and vested Matching Share Unit Accounts) or the amount reasonably needed to satisfy the Unforeseeable Financial Emergency.  If the Committee, in its sole discretion, approves such request, suspension shall take effect upon the date of approval and any payout shall be made as soon as administratively possible after the date of approval.  The payment of any amount under this Section 7.4 shall not be subject to the Deduction Limitation.  Any distribution from a Participant’s Share and/or vested Matching Share Unit Account pursuant to this Section 7.4 shall be in Shares.  A Participant electing a withdrawal under this Section 7.4 may designate the Account or Accounts from which any amounts so distributed shall be taken.  If no election is made, amounts distributed shall be taken first from the Participant’s Deferral Account and then from the Participant’s Share and Matching Share Unit Accounts (to the extent vested).

7.5            Withdrawal Election.  A Participant (or, after a Participant’s death, his Beneficiary) may elect to withdraw all (but not less than all) of his Deferral Account and/or all (but not less than all) of the Shares representing the Share Units and vested Matching Share Units (as applicable) held in his Share and Matching Share Unit Accounts, less a withdrawal penalty equal to ten percent (10%) of such amounts (the net amount shall be referred to as the “Withdrawal Amount”).  This election may be made at any time, before or after Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment, and whether or not such Deferral Account and/or Share Units and Matching Share Units are in the process of being distributed pursuant to an installment payment schedule.  The Participant or Beneficiary shall make such an election by filing with the Committee a written election on a form determined from time to time by the Committee.  The Withdrawal Amount shall be distributed as soon as administratively possible after the election.  Once the Withdrawal Amount is paid, the Participant’s participation in the Plan shall terminate and the Participant shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan until the second Plan Year following the Plan Year in which the Withdrawal Amount is distributed.  The payment of a Withdrawal Amount shall not be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

 
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ARTICLE 8
Retirement Benefit

8.1            Retirement Benefit.  Subject to the Deduction Limitation, a Participant who Retires shall receive the balance of his Account as a Retirement Benefit.

8.2            Payment of Retirement Benefits.  In connection with commencing participation in the Plan, a Participant may elect on an Election Form to receive his Retirement Benefit in one of the forms set forth below.  If a Participant does not make such an election, his Retirement Benefit shall be distributed in a lump sum.  Payments of a Participant’s Retirement Benefit shall be made, or commence, in the case of installments, as soon as administratively possible after the Participant Retires.  Any payment of a Participant’s Retirement Benefit hereunder shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

8.2.1         Deferral Account.  The portion of a Participant’s Retirement Benefit attributable to his Deferral Account may be received in (i) a lump sum or (ii) pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method over a period of 60, 120 or 180 months in accordance with Section 1.36.

8.2.2         Share and Matching Share Unit Accounts.  The portion of a Participant’s Retirement Benefit attributable to his Share and/or Matching Share Unit Accounts may be received in either (i) a lump sum or (ii) equal annual installments over a period of five, ten, or 15 years, provided there are at least 3,000 Share Units and vested Matching Share Units in such Accounts.  However, if, after the payment of any such annual installment, the Participant’s Share and Matching Share Unit Accounts have less than 3,000 Share Units and vested Matching Share Units, all remaining Share Units and vested Matching Share Units shall be distributed to the Participant in a lump sum on the date of the next scheduled installment.  The distribution of the portion of a Participant’s Retirement Benefit attributable to his Share and/or Matching Share Unit Accounts shall be in Shares.

8.2.3         Election Changes.  The Participant may change his Retirement Benefit election annually to an allowable method of distribution by submitting to the Committee either a new Election Form (during open enrollment) or a Distribution Re-Election Form (at any point during the Plan Year), provided that any such Election or Distribution Re-Election Form is submitted at least one year prior to the Participant’s Retirement and is accepted by the Committee in its sole discretion.  The Election Form or Distribution Re-Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee with respect to a Participant’s Deferral and Share Unit Accounts shall govern the distribution of the applicable portion of his Retirement Benefit.  Notwithstanding the above to the contrary, any Participant who enters into a severance agreement with Thomson Reuters during December 2005 and is scheduled to receive a Retirement Benefit in a lump sum in 2006 may elect on an Election Form, no later than December 31, 2005, to receive such Retirement Benefit in one of the forms set forth in this Section 8.2 commencing on or after the date such payment was scheduled to be made, provided such election complies with Section 409A of the Code.

 
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8.3            Death Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit.  If a Participant dies after Retirement but before his Retirement Benefit is paid in full, any undistributed Retirement Benefit payments shall continue and shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary (i) on the same schedule as the benefit would have been paid to the Participant had the Participant survived, or (ii) in a lump sum, if requested by the Beneficiary and allowed in the sole discretion of the Committee.

8.4            Reemployment Prior to Completion of Retirement Benefit.  If a Participant is rehired by an Employer after Retirement but before his Retirement Benefit is paid in full, any undistributed Retirement Benefit payments shall cease as soon as practicable following such reemployment.  Undistributed Retirement Benefits shall commence upon the Participant’s subsequent Retirement in accordance with the Election Form or Distribution Re-Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee.

ARTICLE 9
Death Benefit

9.1            Death Benefit.  The Beneficiary of a Participant who dies before Retiring, Terminating Employment, or suffering a Disability shall receive a Death Benefit equal to the Participant’s Account balance.

9.2            Payment of Death Benefit.  In connection with commencing participation in the Plan, a Participant may elect on an Election Form to have his Death Benefit distributed in one of the forms set forth below.  If a Participant does not make such an election, such benefit shall be distributed in a lump sum in accordance with Article 13.  However, if the aggregate value of a Participant’s Account at the time of his death is less than $50,000, payment of his Death Benefit shall be made, in the sole discretion of the Committee, in a lump sum or in installments (with his Deferral Account being paid pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method of not more than 60 months and his Share and/or Matching Share Unit Accounts being paid in annual installments over a period of not more than five years).  Payments of a Participant’s Death Benefit shall be made, or commence, in the case of installments, as soon as administratively possible after the date on which the Committee is provided with satisfactory proof of the Participant’s death.  Any payments hereunder shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

9.3            Deferral Account.  The portion of a Participant’s Death Benefit attributable to his Deferral Account may be distributed in (i) a lump sum payment or (ii) pursuant to the Quarterly Installment Method over a period of 60, 120 or 180 months in accordance with Section 1.36.

9.4            Share and Matching Share Unit Accounts.  The portion of a Participant’s Death Benefit attributable to his Share and/or Matching Share Unit Account may be distributed in either (i) a lump sum or (ii) in equal annual installments of Shares over a period of five, ten or 15 years.  The distribution of the portion of a Participant’s Death Benefit attributable to his Share and/or Matching Share Unit Accounts shall be in Shares.

 
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9.5            Election Changes.  Subject to the Committee’s consent, a Participant may annually change his Death Benefit election to an allowable payout method by submitting to the Committee either a new Election Form (during open enrollment) or a Distribution Re-Election Form (at any point during the Plan Year).  The Election or Distribution Re-Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death with respect to his Deferral Account shall govern the distribution of the portion of the Participant’s Death Benefit attributable to Measurement Funds.  The Election or Distribution Re-Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee prior to the Participant’s death with respect to deferrals or conversions into Share Units shall govern the distribution of Share Units credited to the Participant’s Account as a result of such deferral or conversion.

ARTICLE 10
Termination Benefit

10.1          Termination Benefit.  A Participant who Terminates Employment prior to his Retirement, death or Disability shall receive a Termination Benefit, which shall be equal to the value of the Participant’s vested Account.  Solely for purposes of Section 7.3 and this Article 10, a Participant who receives severance from an Employer shall be deemed to have Terminated Employment as of the last day of the period during which he is paid such severance.

10.2          Payment of Termination Benefit.  Termination Benefits shall be paid in a lump sum; provided, however, that if a Participant experiences an involuntary Termination of Employment without cause and the value of his Account at such time is equal to or greater than $100,000, the Termination Benefit shall be distributed either (a) in accordance with the payment method elected by the Participant for the distribution of his Retirement Benefit under Section 8.2 or (b) in a lump sum if no election is made.  Payments of a Participant’s Termination Benefit shall be made, or commence, in the case of installments, as soon as administratively possible after the date of such Termination of Employment.  Any payment hereunder shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

10.3          Reemployment Prior to Completion of Termination Benefit.  If a Participant is rehired by an Employer after he Terminates Employment but before his Termination Benefit is paid in full, any undistributed Termination Benefit payments shall cease as soon as practicable following such reemployment.  Undistributed Termination Benefits shall commence upon the Participant’s subsequent Termination of Employment in accordance with the Election Form or Distribution Re-Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee.

ARTICLE 11
Disability Waiver and Benefit

11.1          Disability Waiver.  A Participant who is determined by the Committee to be suffering from a Disability shall be excused from fulfilling that portion of his Annual Deferral Amount commitment that would otherwise have been withheld from the Participant’s Base Salary, Annual Bonus and/or Long-Term Bonus for the Plan Year during which he first suffers a Disability.  While Disabled, the Participant may not make any additional deferral elections, but will continue to be considered a Participant for all other purposes.  A Participant who returns to employment after his Disability ceases may elect to defer an Annual Deferral Amount for Plan Years following the Plan Year in which he so returns; provided such deferral elections are otherwise allowed and an Election Form is delivered to and accepted by the Committee for each such election in accordance with Section 3.2.

 
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11.2          Continued Eligibility; Disability Benefit. A Participant suffering a Disability shall, for purposes of the Plan, continue to be considered to be employed and shall be eligible for the benefits provided for in Articles 7, 8, 9 or 10 in accordance with such Articles.  Notwithstanding the above, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, deem the Participant to have Terminated Employment at any time after such Participant is determined to be suffering a Disability, in which case the Participant shall receive a Disability Benefit equal to his Account balance, which benefit shall be paid in a lump sum as soon as administratively possible after the Committee makes such determination.  Any such Participant who is otherwise eligible to Retire shall be deemed to have Retired as of the date he attains age 55, and shall receive his Account balance in accordance with Article 8.  Any payment hereunder shall be subject to the Deduction Limitation.

11.3          Reemployment Prior to Completion of Disability Benefits.  If a Participant recovers from his Disability and is subsequently rehired by an Employer before his Disability Benefit or Retirement Benefit is paid in full, any undistributed benefit payments shall cease as soon as practicable following such reemployment.  Undistributed benefits shall commence upon the Participant’s subsequent Retirement or Termination of Employment in accordance with the Election Form or Distribution Re-Election Form most recently accepted by the Committee.

ARTICLE 12
Forfeiture

12.1          Forfeiture.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant shall forfeit all vested and unvested Matching Share Units and Discretionary Contributions if he:

 
(a)
engages in misconduct involving dishonesty, malicious destruction of property of the Company, or the commission of a felony arising out of employment, and such misconduct results in detriment or financial loss to the Company and the termination of the Participant’s employment; manages, operates, participates in, is employed by, performs consulting services for, or is otherwise connected with, any firm, person, corporation, or enterprise that is engaged in a business that is (i) the same type of business as the business engaged in by any subsidiary or division within the Company that employed Participant prior to the date of his termination of employment and (ii) competitive with the business of such subsidiary or division;

 
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(b)
or at any time improperly discloses to others any trade secrets or other confidential information, including customer lists, relating to the Company or to the business of the Company.

ARTICLE 13
Beneficiary Designation

13.1          Beneficiary.  Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate a Beneficiary to receive any benefits payable under the Plan upon his death.

13.2          Beneficiary Designation.  A Participant may designate a Beneficiary by completing a Beneficiary Designation Form, and returning it to the Committee.  A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committee’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time.  Upon the acceptance by the Committee of a new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed shall be canceled.  The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last Beneficiary Designation Form filed by the Participant and accepted by the Committee prior to his death.  No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received and acknowledged in writing by the Committee.

13.3          No Beneficiary Designation.  If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in Sections 13.1 and 13.2 or if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s benefits, the Participant’s surviving spouse or Domestic Partner, if any, shall be deemed the designated Beneficiary.  If the Participant has no surviving spouse or Domestic Partner, the benefits remaining to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be payable to the executor or personal representative of the Participant’s estate.

13.4          Doubt as to Beneficiary.  If the Committee has any doubt as to the proper Beneficiary to receive payments pursuant to the Plan, the Committee may cause the Participant’s Employer to withhold such payments until this matter is resolved to the Committee’s satisfaction.

13.5          Discharge of Obligation.  The payment of benefits under the Plan to a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the Committee from all further obligations under the Plan with respect to the Participant, and the Participant’s Plan Agreement, if any, shall terminate upon such full payment of benefits.

ARTICLE 14
Leave of Absence

14.1          Paid Leave of Absence.  A Participant, who is authorized by his Employer to take a paid leave of absence, shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer, and the Annual Deferral Amount shall continue to be withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance with Section 3.3.

14.2          Unpaid Leave of Absence.  Any Participant, who is authorized by his Employer to take an unpaid leave of absence, shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and shall be excused from making deferrals until the earlier of the date the leave of absence expires or the Participant returns to a paid employment status.  Upon such expiration or return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining portion of the Plan Year in which the expiration or return occurs, based on the deferral election, if any, made for that Plan Year.  If no election was made for that Plan Year, no deferral shall be withheld.

 
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ARTICLE 15
Termination, Amendment and Modification

15.1          Termination.  Although the Company anticipates that it will continue the Plan indefinitely, there is no guarantee that the Company will continue the Plan or will not terminate the Plan.  Each Employer reserves the right to discontinue its sponsorship of the Plan and/or to terminate the Plan at any time with respect to any or all of its participating Employees, by action of its board of directors.  Upon the termination of the Plan with respect to any Employer, the Plan Agreements, if any, of the affected Participants shall terminate and their Account balances shall be distributed as set forth below.  Prior to a Change in Control, if the Plan is terminated with respect to all of its Participants, the Employer may, in its sole discretion and notwithstanding any elections made by any Participants, pay such benefits in a lump sum or pursuant to a Quarterly Installment Method (annual installments in the case of Share Units) of up to 15 years.  If the Plan is terminated with respect to less than all of its Participants, the benefits of the affected Participants shall be distributed in a lump sum.  With respect to a termination after a Change in Control, all benefits shall be distributed in a lump sum.  The termination of the Plan shall not adversely affect any Participant or Beneficiary who has become entitled to any benefits under the Plan as of the date of termination; provided, however, that the Employer shall have the right to accelerate installment payments without premium or prepayment penalty by distributing an amount equal to the Account balance in a lump sum or pursuant to a Quarterly Installment Method (annual installments in the case of Share Units) using fewer years.  Upon termination of the Plan, each Participant shall become one hundred percent (100%) vested in his Matching Share Unit Account.

15.2          Amendment.

 
(a)
The Company may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part by action of its board of directors, a committee thereof, or the Committee, subject to those provisions of applicable law (including, without limitation, the rules, regulations and policies of the New York Stock Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange), if any, that require the approval of shareholders or any governmental or regulatory body.  The Company may make amendments to the Plan without seeking shareholder approval except for any amendment which:

 
(i)
increases the number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, including an increase to a fixed number of Shares or a change from a fixed number of Shares to a fixed maximum percentage;

 
(ii)
increases the maximum number of Shares which may be credited to a Participant’s Share Unit Account under the Plan;

 
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(iii)
results in the crediting of Share Units to a Participant’s Share Unit Account at a price lower than the Fair Market Value of a Share for the relevant Price Date;

 
(iv)
amends the provisions of Section 4.8;

 
(v)
extends eligibility to participate in the Plan to non-Employees;

 
(vi)
changes the rights attaching to the Shares; or

 
(vii)
is required to be approved by shareholders under applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules.

 
(b)
Notwithstanding subsection 15.2(a), no amendment or modification may operate to (i) decrease the value of a Participant’s Account balance computed as of the date the amendment or modification is approved, or (ii) effect the timing of the distribution of an Account balance that is scheduled to commence on or before such date; provided, however, that the Company may accelerate the distribution of installment payments by paying the Account balance in a lump sum or pursuant to a Quarterly Installment Method (annual installments in the case of Share Units).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent required by law, regulations or stock exchange requirements, the Company will obtain approval of shareholders of Thomson Reuters for amendments to the Plan.

15.3          Plan Agreement.  Notwithstanding Sections 15.1 and 15.2 to the contrary, if a Plan Agreement contains benefits or limitations that are not in the Plan document, the Employer may amend or terminate such provisions only with the consent of the Participant.

15.4          Effect of Payment.  The full payment of the applicable benefit under Articles 7, 8, 9, 10 or 11 shall completely discharge all obligations to a Participant and his designated Beneficiaries under the Plan, and the Participant’s Plan Agreement, if any, shall terminate.

ARTICLE 16
Administration

16.1          Committee Duties.  The Plan shall be administered by a Committee, which shall consist of the Board or such committee, as the Board shall appoint.  Members of the Committee may be Participants.  The Committee shall have the discretion and authority to (a) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of this Plan and (b) decide or resolve any and all questions involving the interpretation of the Plan.  Any individual serving on the Committee who is a Participant shall not vote or act on any matter relating solely to him.  When making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely on information furnished by a Participant or the Company.

16.2          Agents.  In the administration of the Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to any Employer.

 
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16.3          Binding Effect of Decisions.  The decision or action of the Committee with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.

16.4          Indemnity of Committee.  All Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee, and any Employee to whom the duties of the Committee may be delegated, against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by the Committee or any of its members or any such Employee.

16.5          Employer Information.  To enable the Committee to perform its functions, each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants, the date and circumstances of the Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Committee may reasonably require.

ARTICLE 17
Other Benefits and Agreements

17.1          Coordination with Other Benefits.  The benefits provided for a Participant or Participant’s Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for employees of the Participant’s Employer.  The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program, except as may otherwise be provided.

ARTICLE 18
Claims Procedures

18.1          Presentation of Claim.  Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to as a “Claimant”) may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan.  If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such notice was received by the Claimant.  All other claims must be made within 180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred.  The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.

18.2          Notification of Decision.  The Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim and make a final decision within 60 days of receipt of such claim based on all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted.  This period may be extended by an additional 60 days for matters beyond the control of the Plan.  The Committee shall notify the Claimant via electronic means or in writing that (i) the Claimant’s requested determination has been made, and that the claim has been allowed in full, or (ii) the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the Claimant’s requested determination.  If any part of the claim is denied, such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant (a) the specific reasons for the denial of the claim, or any part thereof, (b) specific reference(s) to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such denial was based, (c) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and (d) an explanation of the claim review procedures set forth in Sections 18.3 and 18.4.

 
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18.3          Review of Denied Claim.  Within 75 days after receiving a notice from the Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with a committee designated by the Board to determine such appeals (the “Appeals Committee”) a written request for a review of the denial of the claim.  On receipt of such an appeal, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) will be given the opportunity to review and receive copies of any documents pertinent to the claim.  Not later than 30 days after the review procedure commences, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may request a hearing with the Appeals Committee, which the Appeals Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant.

18.4          Decision on Review.  The Appeals Committee will render a final decision within 60 days of receipt of the appeal, unless special circumstances require an extension of time to 120 days.  The Appeals Committee shall base its decision on all relevant information submitted by a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) without regard to whether such information was previously submitted or considered.  Such decision must be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it must contain (i) specific reasons for the decision, (ii) specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based, and (iii) such other matters as the Appeals Committee deems relevant, including a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring an action under ERISA section 502(a) with respect to an adverse determination after final review of the claim.

18.5          Legal Action.  A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 18 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant’s right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for benefits under this Plan.

ARTICLE 19
Trust
 
19.1          Establishment of the Trust.  The Company shall establish the Trust, and each Employer shall transfer to the Trust such assets at such times as the Employer determines in its sole discretion.

19.2          Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust.  The provisions of the Plan shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan.  The provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the Employers and the creditors of the Employers to the assets transferred to the Trust.  Each Employer shall at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan.

 
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19.3          Distributions from the Trust.  Each Employer’s obligations under the Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Employer’s obligations under the Plan.

ARTICLE 20
Miscellaneous

20.1          Status of Plan.  The Plan is intended to be a plan that is not qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1).  The Plan shall be administered and interpreted to the extent possible in a manner consistent with that intent.

20.2          Unsecured General Creditor.  Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of an Employer.  For purposes of the payment of benefits under this Plan, any and all of an Employer’s assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Employer.  An Employer’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money or distribute Shares, as the case may be, in the future.

20.3          Employer’s Liability.  An Employer’s liability for the payment of benefits shall be defined only by the Plan and related forms.  An Employer shall have no obligation to a Participant under the Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan and related forms.

20.4          Nonassignability.  Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to be, unassignable and non-transferable.  Subject to Section 20.14, no part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be: (a) subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person; (b) transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency; or (c) transferable to a spouse or Domestic Partner as a result of a property settlement or otherwise.

20.5          Not a Contract of Employment.  The terms and conditions of the Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and a Participant.  Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of any Employer as an Employee, or to interfere with the right of any Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time.

20.6          Furnishing Information.  A Participant or his Beneficiary will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of benefits hereunder, including, but not limited to, taking such physical examinations as the Committee may deem necessary.

 
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20.7          Terms.  Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be constructed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would apply, and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases when they would so apply.

20.8          Captions.  The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of the Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

20.9          Governing Law.  Subject to ERISA, the provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Connecticut without regard to its conflicts of law principles.

20.10        Notice.  Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below:

Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc.
Deferred Compensation Plan Committee
Metro Center, One Station Place
Stamford, Connecticut 06902

Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.  Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant.

20.11        Successors.  The provisions of this Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Participant’s Employer and its successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiaries.

20.12        Validity.  If any provision of this Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

20.13        Incompetent.  If the Committee determines in its discretion that a benefit under this Plan is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or a person incapable of handling the disposition of that person’s property, the Committee may direct payment of such benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the case and custody of such minor, incompetent or incapable person.  The Committee may require proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity, or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the benefit.  Any payment of a benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount.

20.14        Court Order.  The Committee is authorized to make any payments directed by court order in any action in which the Plan or the Committee has been named as a party.  In addition, if a court determines that a spouse, former spouse, Domestic Partner, or former Domestic Partner of a Participant has an interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan in connection with a property settlement or otherwise, the Committee, in its sole discretion, shall have the right, notwithstanding any election made by a Participant, to immediately distribute the spouse’s, former spouse’s, Domestic Partner’s, or former Domestic Partner’s interest in the Participant’s benefits under the Plan to that spouse, former spouse, Domestic Partner, or former Domestic Partner.

 
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20.15        Distribution in the Event of Taxation.

 
(a)
In General.  If, for any reason, all or any portion of a Participant’s benefits under this Plan becomes taxable to the Participant prior to receipt, a Participant may petition the Committee before a Change in Control, or the trustee of the Trust after a Change in Control, for a distribution of that portion of his benefit that has become taxable.  Upon the grant of such a petition, which grant shall not be unreasonably withheld (and, after a Change in Control, shall be granted), a Participant’s Employer shall distribute to the Participant immediately available funds or Shares (in the case of amounts attributable to Share Units or Matching Share Units) in an amount equal to the taxable portion of his benefit (which amount shall not exceed a Participant’s unpaid Account balance).  If the petition is granted, the tax liability distribution shall be made within 90 days of the date when the Participant’s petition is granted.  Such a distribution shall affect and reduce the benefits to be paid under this Plan.

 
(b)
Trust.  If the Trust terminates in accordance with its terms and benefits are distributed from the Trust to a Participant in accordance with such terms, the Participant’s benefits under this Plan shall be reduced to the extent of such distributions.

20.16        Insurance.  The Employers, on their own behalf or on behalf of the trustee of the Trust, and, in their sole discretion, may apply for and procure insurance on the life of the Participant, in such amounts and in such forms as the trustee may choose.  The Employers or the trustee of the Trust, as the case may be, shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any such insurance.  The Participant shall have no interest whatsoever in any such policy or policies, and at the request of the Employers shall submit to medical examinations and supply such information and execute such documents as may be required by the insurance company or companies to whom the Employers have applied for insurance.

20.17        Legal Fees to Enforce Rights after Change in Control.  The Company and each Employer is aware that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Board or the board of directors of a Participant’s Employer (which might then be composed of new members) or a shareholder of the Company or the Participant’s Employer, or of any successor corporation might then cause or attempt to cause the Company, the Participant’s Employer or such successor to refuse to comply with its obligations under the Plan and may cause or attempt to cause the Company or the Participant’s Employer to institute, or may institute, litigation seeking to deny Participants the benefits intended under the Plan.  Accordingly, if following a Change in Control, it should appear to any Participant that the Company, the Participant’s Employer or any successor corporation has failed to comply with any of its obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or, if the Company, such Employer or any other person takes any action to declare the Plan void or unenforceable or institute any litigation or other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover from any Participant the benefits intended to be provided, then the Company and the Participant’s Employer irrevocably authorize such Participant to retain counsel of his choice at the expense of the Company and the Participant’s Employer (who shall be jointly and severally liable) to represent such Participant in connection with the initiation or defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company, the Participant’s Employer or any director, officer, shareholder or other person affiliated with the Company, the Participant’s Employer or any successor thereto in any jurisdiction.

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has signed this Plan document as of this ___ day of September 2009.

 
Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc.
     
 
By:
 
     
 
Name:
 
Title:

 
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THOMSON REUTERS

DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(2005 Component)

(Effective January 1, 2005)

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

     
Page
       
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1
       
ARTICLE 2
SELECTION AND ENROLLMENT
8
       
 
2.1
Selection of Participants by Committee
8
 
2.2
Initial Enrollment Requirements
8
 
2.3
Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals
9
       
ARTICLE 3
DEFERRAL OF COMPENSATION AND SHARES
9
       
 
3.1
Amount of Deferral
9
 
3.2
Election to Defer
9
 
3.3
Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts
9
 
3.4
Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances
9
 
3.5
FICA and Other Taxes
10
 
3.6
Deferral of PRSUs
10
 
3.7
Deferral of RSUs
11
 
3.8
Vesting of Accounts
11
 
3.9
Withholding on Distributions
11
 
3.10
Adjustment in the Event of Recapitalization
11
       
ARTICLE 4
CONVERSION TO SHARE UNITS AND MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS
11
       
 
4.1
Conversion of Deferral Account to Share Units
11
 
4.2
Number of Share Units Credited
12
 
4.3
Matching Share Units
12
 
4.4
Vesting of Matching Share Units
12
 
4.5
FICA and Other Taxes on Matching Share Units
13
 
4.6
Dividends
13
 
4.7
Adjustment in the Event of Recapitalization
13
 
4.8
Rights as Stockholder
13
 
4.9
Fractional Interests
14
       
ARTICLE 5
DISCRETIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS
14
       
 
5.1
Discretionary Contributions
14
       
ARTICLE 6
SHORT-TERM PAYOUT AND UNFORESEEABLE FINANCIAL EMERGENCIES
14
       
 
6.1
Short-Term Payout
14
 
6.2
Election Changes
14
 
6.3
Distribution Event Prior to Short-Term Payout
14
 
6.4
Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies
15

 
 

 

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ARTICLE 7
DISTRIBUTION OF BENEFITS
15
       
 
7.1
Retirement Election
15
 
7.2
Forms and Timing of Distributions
15
 
7.3
Distribution Events
16
 
7.4
Distribution of Share Units
17
 
7.5
Distribution of Matching Share Units
17
 
7.6
Distribution of Discretionary Contributions
17
 
7.7
Valuation of Benefits
17
 
7.8
Changes to Elections
17
 
7.9
Automatic Cash-out of Small Accounts
18
 
7.10
Transition Elections
18
 
7.11
Key Employee Limitation
19
       
ARTICLE 8
FORFEITURE
19
       
 
8.1
Forfeiture
19
       
ARTICLE 9
DESIGNATION OF BENEFICIARY
19
       
 
9.1
Beneficiary
19
 
9.2
Beneficiary Designation
19
 
9.3
No Beneficiary Designation
19
 
9.4
Discharge of Obligation
20
       
ARTICLE 10
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
20
       
 
10.1
Paid Leave of Absence
20
 
10.2
Unpaid Leave of Absence
20
 
10.3
Leave of Absence Exceeding Six Months
20
       
ARTICLE 11
TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION
20
       
 
11.1
Termination
20
 
11.2
Amendment
20
 
11.3
Effect of Benefit Payment
21
       
ARTICLE 12
ADMINISTRATION
21
       
 
12.1
Committee Duties
21
 
12.2
Agents
22
 
12.3
Binding Effect of Decisions
22
 
12.4
Indemnity of Committee
22
 
12.5
Employer Information
22

 
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Page
       
ARTICLE 13
OTHER BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS
22
       
 
13.1
Coordination with Other Benefits
22
       
ARTICLE 14
CLAIMS PROCEDURES
22
       
 
14.1
Presentation of Claim
22
 
14.2
Notification of Decision
22
 
14.3
Review of Denied Claim
23
 
14.4
Decision on Review
23
 
14.5
Legal Action
23
       
ARTICLE 15
TRUST
23
       
 
15.1
Establishment of the Trust
23
 
15.2
Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust
24
 
15.3
Distributions from the Trust
24
 
15.4
Investment of Trust Assets
24
       
ARTICLE 16
MISCELLANEOUS
24
       
 
16.1
Status of Plan
24
 
16.2
Unsecured General Creditor
24
 
16.3
Employer’s Liability
24
 
16.4
Nonassignability
24
 
16.5
Domestic Relations Order
25
 
16.6
Not a Contract of Employment
25
 
16.7
Furnishing Information
25
 
16.8
Terms
25
 
16.9
Captions
25
 
16.10
Notice
25
 
16.11
Successors
26
 
16.12
Incompetent
26
 
16.13
Distribution in the Event of Taxation
26
 
16.14
Insurance
26
 
16.15
Legal Fees to Enforce Rights after Change in Control
26
 
16.16
Inability To Locate A Participant
27
 
16.17
Validity
27
 
16.18
Governing Law
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THOMSON REUTERS
DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

(2005 Component)

Purpose

The purpose of the Thomson Reuters Deferred Compensation Plan (“DCP”) is to provide specified benefits to a select group of senior management who contribute materially to the continued growth, development and future business success of Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc. and its affiliates.  The DCP is comprised of two components: the 2005 Component (the “Plan”) and the Pre-2005 Component. The 2005 Component governs deferred compensation that is accrued or becomes vested after December 31, 2004.  The Pre-2005 Component governs deferred compensation that was accrued and became vested on or before December 31, 2004.  Any benefits under the Pre-2005 Component that were not vested as of December 31, 2004 were transferred to the Plan, effective January 1, 2005.  Prior to April 17, 2008, the DCP was referred to as the Thomson Deferred Compensation Plan and was sponsored by Thomson Holdings Inc. The 2005 Component is intended to comply with Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code and shall be interpreted and administered accordingly.   This Plan was amended effective as of September 10, 2009 solely to reflect the unification of Thomson Reuters dual listed company structure.

ARTICLE 1
Definitions

Unless otherwise clearly apparent from the context, the following phrases and terms shall have the meanings indicated:

1.1            “Account” shall mean, with respect to a Participant, any or all of the Participant’s Deferral Account, Matching Share Unit Account, Share Unit Account, RSU Account, PRSU Account and Discretionary Contributions Account.

1.2            “Annual Bonus” shall mean for any Plan Year any cash compensation, other than Base Salary and Long-Term Bonus, relating to services performed during such Plan Year, payable to a Participant as an Employee under any Employer’s annual bonus or incentive plans.

1.3            “Annual Deferral Amount” shall mean for any Plan Year the portion of a Participant’s Base Salary, Annual Bonus, Long-Term Bonus, and/or stock compensation attributable to the vesting of PRSUs and RSUs that are deferred pursuant to Article 3.  If a Participant’s employment with all Employers terminates prior to the end of a Plan Year, the Annual Deferral Amount for such year shall be the actual amount withheld prior to such termination of employment.

1.4            “Annual Valuation Method” shall mean a method of distributing the vested balance in a Participant’s Account, wherein such balance is distributed in 60, 120, or 180 monthly installments, as elected by the Participant (the “Installment Period”), which method shall be used to compute installments paid on or after April 1, 2006. For any Participant, the amount of each installment attributable to the portion of such Account, with respect to which additional amounts are credited under Section 3.4.4, shall be computed as follows:

 
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(a)
The amount of each installment during the 12-month period beginning on April 1 in which the first installment is paid shall equal (i) the balance in such Account, as of the Measurement Date immediately preceding the first day of the month in which the first installment is paid, divided by (ii) the number of installments (i.e., the number of months) in the Installment Period.

 
(b)
The amount of any installment payable following the 12-month period referred to in paragraph (a) shall equal (i) the balance in such Account as of the March 1 immediately preceding the first day of the 12-month period in which any such installment is paid, divided by (ii) the number of installments (i.e., the number of months) remaining in the Installment Period as of the first day of any such 12-month period.

For purposes hereof, “Measurement Date” shall mean the first day of the month next preceding the month in which the first installment is paid or such other date as of which the balance in the Account is determined.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the amount of any installment with respect to a Participant exceed the balance in such Account as of the date on which any such installment is paid.

1.5            “Appeals Committee” shall mean the committee designated to hear appeals pursuant to Section 14.3.

1.6            “Base Salary” shall mean, for any Plan Year, the annual cash compensation relating to services performed during such Plan Year, whether or not paid or included on the Federal income tax Form W-2 for such Plan Year, but excluding bonuses, commissions, overtime, fringe benefits, stock options, PRSUs, RSUs and other equity grants, relocation expenses, severance, incentive payments, non-monetary awards, director’s fees and other fees, and automobile and other allowances paid to a Participant for employment services rendered (whether or not such allowances are included in the Participant’s gross income).  Base Salary shall be calculated before reduction for compensation voluntarily deferred or contributed by the Participant pursuant to all qualified and non-qualified plans of any Employer (including amounts not otherwise included in gross income under Code Sections 125, 132(f)(4), 402(c)(3), 402(h), or 403(b)); provided, however, that all such amounts will be included in compensation only to the extent that, had there been no such plan, the amount would have been payable in cash to the Participant.

1.7            “Beneficiary” shall mean one or more persons, trusts, estates or other entities, designated in accordance with Article 9, that are entitled to receive Benefits under the Plan upon the death of a Participant.

1.8            “Beneficiary Designation Form” shall mean the form established from time to time by the Committee that a Participant completes, signs and returns to the Committee to designate one or more Beneficiaries.

 
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1.9            “Benefit” or “Benefits” shall mean the vested balance of a Participant’s Account payable under the Plan.

1.10          “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

1.11          “Change in Control” shall mean the first to occur of any of the following events:

 
(a)
The direct or indirect holdings of the Thomson family, in the voting power or fair market value of the stock of Thomson Reuters Corporation (or any successor thereto) fall below 40 percent.  The rules in Section 318(a) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder shall be used to determine stock ownership.  For purposes of this Section 1.11(a), the Thomson family includes the descendants and their spouses of the first Lord Thomson of Fleet.

 
(b)
Thomson Reuters Corporation (or any successor thereto) sells to an unrelated third party or parties (at one time or within any two year period) in the aggregate all or substantially all of its assets and the assets of its wholly owned subsidiaries immediately prior to the sale or sales.

1.12          “Claimant” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 14.1.

1.13          “Closed Period” shall mean any period during which Participants are prohibited, by law or pursuant to policies established by Thomson Reuters, from acquiring or selling Shares.

1.14          “Code” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

1.15          “Committee” shall mean the committee designated to administer the Plan as described in Article 12.

1.16          “Company” shall mean Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc. (Thomson Holdings Inc. prior to June 30, 2008) and any successor to all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or business.

1.17          “Deferral Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, one or more sub-accounts to which shall be credited the Participant’s Annual Deferral Amounts, plus amounts credited to such account pursuant to Section 3.4, less the following: (i) amounts credited to his PRSU Account pursuant to Section 3.6; (ii) amounts credited to his RSU Account pursuant to Section 3.7; (iii) amounts distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary that relate to his Deferral Account; and (iv) amounts converted from a Measurement Fund to Share Units pursuant to Section 4.1.  The Deferral Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant or his Beneficiary pursuant to the Plan.

1.18          “Disability” or “Disabled” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, a permanent physical or mental incapacity resulting in the Participant being unable to engage in any gainful employment and which would entitle the Participant to begin receiving disability benefits under (i) the Federal Social Security Act or (ii) his Employer’s long-term disability plan, had the Participant been a participant in such plan.

 
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1.19          “Discretionary Contributions” shall mean an amount credited by an Employer on behalf of a Participant to his Discretionary Contributions Account pursuant to Section 5.1.

1.20          “Discretionary Contributions Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, an account to which shall be credited Discretionary Contributions pursuant to Section 5.1 plus any amounts credited pursuant to Section 3.4, less any amounts distributed in any form to the Participant or his Beneficiary that relate to his Discretionary Contributions Account.  The Discretionary Contributions Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely for the measurement and determination of the amounts to be paid to a Participant or his Beneficiary pursuant to the Plan.

1.21          “Distribution Event” shall mean the earlier of a Participant’s Retirement, Termination of Employment or death, the occurrence of which entitles the Participant (or his Beneficiary, as the case may be) to Benefits in accordance with Article 7.

1.22          “Domestic Partner”  shall mean a person who has formed a domestic partnership with a Participant.  A domestic partnership is: (i) a relationship between two adults of the same or opposite gender, which includes residing together and being jointly responsible for each other’s common welfare and financial obligations, where the Participant has attested to meeting certain criteria for domestic partnership as determined from time to time by the Committee in accordance with applicable law; or (ii) a domestic partnership that has been registered with a governmental entity pursuant to State or local law authorizing such registration.

1.23          “Election Form” shall mean the form (written or electronic) established from time to time by the Committee for Participants to make elections under the Plan.

1.24          “Employee” shall mean a person who is an employee of any Employer.

1.25          “Employer” shall mean the Company and any entity organized in the United States with whom the Company would be considered a single employer under Code Sections 414(b) or (c) that has been selected by the Company to participate in the Plan.

1.26          “ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as it may be amended from time to time.

1.27          “Fair Market Value” shall mean on any day, the closing price in U.S. dollars of a Share on the New York Stock Exchange, or if not so traded on such date, the average of the closing bid and ask prices on such exchange for that date; provided, however, that (i) if the Shares are not traded on the New York Stock Exchange or (ii) if in the discretion of the Committee, such exchange does not reflect the fair market value of the Shares, then “Fair Market Value” shall mean the closing price in the applicable trading currency of a Share on the other primary trading market for the Shares, which as of the date of this Plan is the Toronto Stock Exchange, such closing price to be converted into the applicable currency (based on the mid-market noon spot rate for the exchange on the immediately preceding business day), in each case using such closing price reported in such other source as the Committee deems to be reliable.  If the Shares are not traded on the New York Stock Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange or on any other trading market, the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion in good faith a method for determining “Fair Market Value” as of a particular date.

 
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1.28          “Key Employee” shall mean an Employee treated as a “specified employee” under Code Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i), i.e., a key employee of the Company (as defined in Code Section 416(i) without regard to paragraph (5) thereof). The Committee shall determine which Employees shall be deemed Key Employees using December 31st as an identification date.

1.29          “Key Employee Limitation” shall mean the limitation on distributions specified in Section 7.11, which is intended to comply with Section 409A.

1.30          “Long-Term Bonus” shall mean any cash compensation (other than Base Salary and Annual Bonus) and, effective January 1, 2006, PRSUs awarded to a Participant under any Employer’s long-term bonus and incentive plans.

1.31          “Matching Share Unit Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, one or more sub-accounts to which shall be credited the aggregate number of Matching Share Units credited pursuant to Sections 4.3 and 4.4.2, less any Matching Share Units distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary in Shares or cash that relate to his Matching Share Unit Account.  The Matching Share Unit Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for determining the number of Shares (and cash, in the event of a fractional Share) to be distributed to a Participant or his Beneficiary.

1.32          “Matching Share Units” and “MSUs” shall mean units representing Shares that are credited by an Employer on behalf of a Participant to his Matching Share Unit Account pursuant to Section 4.3.

1.33          “Measurement Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Sections 1.4 and 1.41.

1.34          “Measurement Funds” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4.1.

1.35          “Participant” shall mean any Employee (i) who is selected to participate in the Plan, (ii) who elects to participate in the Plan, (iii) who timely submits a signed Election Form to the Committee, (iv) whose signed Election Form is accepted by the Committee, and (v) who commences participation in the Plan.  A spouse, former spouse, Domestic Partner, or former Domestic Partner of a Participant shall not be treated as a Participant or have an Account balance, even if he has an interest in the Participant’s Benefits under the Plan as a result of applicable law or property settlements resulting from legal separation, divorce or dissolution of the domestic partnership.

1.36          “Plan” shall mean the 2005 Component of the Thomson Reuters Deferred Compensation Plan, which shall be evidenced by this document, as it may be amended from time to time.

1.37          “Plan Year” shall mean a period beginning on January 1 of each calendar year and continuing through December 31 of such calendar year.

 
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1.38          “Pre-2005 Component” shall mean the component of the Thomson Reuters Deferred Compensation Plan that governs compensation deferred under the DCP that was accrued and became vested on or before December 31, 2004.

1.39          “PRSU” shall mean a performance-based restricted share unit representing Shares payable to a Participant as a Long-Term Bonus, where the receipt of Shares upon vesting is deferred pursuant to Section 3.6.

1.40          “PRSU Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, an account to which shall be credited the aggregate number of PRSUs deferred into the Plan by such Participant pursuant to Section 3.6, less any PRSUs distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary in Shares or cash that relate to his PRSU Account.  The PRSU Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for determining the number of Shares (and cash, in the event of a fractional Share) to be distributed to a Participant or his Beneficiary.

1.41          “Quarterly Valuation Method” shall mean a method of distributing the balance in a Participant’s Account wherein such balance is distributed in 60, 120, or 180 monthly installments, as elected by the Participant (the “Installment Period”), which method shall be used to compute monthly installments paid prior to April 1, 2006. For any Participant, the amount of each monthly installment attributable to the portion of such Account, with respect to which additional amounts are credited under Section 3.4.4, shall be computed as follows:

 
(a)
The amount of each monthly installment during the calendar quarter in which the first monthly installment is paid shall equal (i) the balance in such Account, as of the Measurement Date immediately preceding the first day of the month in which the first monthly installment is paid, divided by (ii) the number of months in the Installment Period.

 
(b)
The amount of any subsequent monthly installment shall equal (i) the balance in such Account as of the Measurement Date immediately preceding the first day of the calendar quarter in which any such monthly installment is paid, divided by (ii) the number of months remaining in the Installment Period as of the first day of any such calendar quarter.

For purposes hereof, “Measurement Date” shall mean the first day of the month next preceding the month in which a monthly installment is paid or such other date (determined by the Committee) as of which the balance in an Account is determined.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, in no event shall the amount of any monthly installment with respect to a Participant exceed the balance in such Account as of the date on which any such installment is paid.

1.42          “Retirement”, “Retires”, “Retiring”, or “Retired” shall mean, with respect to any Employee, a separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A) from all Employers and any entity with whom the Company would be considered a single employer under Code Section 414(b) or (c) and Treasury Regulations §1.409A-1(h) (each, a “409A Employer”) for any reason other than a leave of absence or death on or after the attainment of age 55. If the Employee’s Employer ceases to be a 409A Employer as a result of the Company’s no longer owning, directly or indirectly, at least 50 percent of the voting power or fair market value of the stock (or other comparable ownership interest if the Employer is not a corporation) of such Employer, the Employee will be deemed to have Retired as of the date such ownership interest drops below 50 percent, provided the Employee is not employed by any other 409A Employer.

 
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1.43          “Retirement Election” shall mean the election that may be made by a Participant the first time the Participant is eligible to participate in the Plan (or any time thereafter, subject to the transition rules under Section 7.10 and the Subsequent Election Limitations), regarding the timing and form in which the Participant’s Benefit shall be distributed.

1.44          “RSU” shall mean a restricted share unit in respect of Shares granted to a Participant in May 2008, where the receipt of such Shares upon vesting is deferred pursuant to Section 3.7.

1.45          “RSU Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, an account to which shall be credited the aggregate number of RSUs deferred into the Plan by such Participant pursuant to Section 3.7, less any RSUs distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary in Shares or cash that relate to his RSU Account.  The RSU Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for determining the number of Shares (and cash, in the event of a fractional Share) to be distributed to a Participant or his Beneficiary.

1.46          “Section 409A” shall mean Section 409A of the Code, as the same may be amended from time to time, and any successor statute to such section of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

1.47          “Share Ownership Guidelines” shall mean the Thomson Reuters Executive Share Ownership Guidelines, as in effect from time to time.

1.48          “Shares” shall mean common shares of Thomson Reuters Corporation.  For purposes of the Plan, the price of a Share shall be the price on the New York Stock Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange, as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.  No more than 7,000,000 Shares may, in the aggregate, be issued pursuant to the Pre-2005 Component and Sections 4.1 and 4.3 of this Plan.  Shares distributed in payment of a Participant’s Share Unit Account shall consist of newly issued Shares from treasury, and such Shares shall be distributed in accordance with and subject to applicable securities laws.

1.49          “Share Unit Account” shall mean, with respect to any Participant, an account to which shall be credited the aggregate number of Share Units converted pursuant to Section 4.1, less any Share Units distributed to the Participant or his Beneficiary in Shares or cash that relate to his Share Unit Account.  The Share Unit Account balance shall be a bookkeeping entry only and shall be utilized solely as a device for determining the number of Shares (and cash, in the event of a fractional Share) to be distributed to a Participant or his Beneficiary.

1.50          “Share Units” shall mean units representing Shares that are credited to a Participant’s Share Unit Account.

1.51          “Short-Term Payout” shall mean the Benefit set forth in Section 6.1.

 
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1.52          “Subsequent Election Limitations” shall mean the following limitations applicable to any Participant’s subsequent election to delay receipt of all or a portion of the Benefits or to change the form of such payment: (i) such election may not take effect until at least 12 months after the date on which the election is made; (ii) with respect to an election related to Benefits payable for reasons other than death or Unforeseeable Emergency, no payments specified in a subsequent election may be made during the five-year period commencing on the date distribution of benefits would have commenced but for such subsequent election; and (iii) with respect to a subsequent election related to Benefits payable pursuant to a fixed schedule or payable at a specified time, such election may not be made less than 12 months prior to the date of the first scheduled payment.  For purposes hereof, installment payments shall be treated as a single payment.

1.53          “Termination of Employment”, “Terminate Employment” and words of similar import shall mean, with respect to any Employee, the separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A) with all Employers and any entity with whom the Company would be considered a single employer under Code Section 414(b) or (c) and Treasury Regulations §1.409A-1(h) (each, a “409A Employer”), voluntarily or involuntarily, for any reason other than Retirement, death or an authorized leave of absence. If the Employee’s Employer ceases to be considered a 409A Employer as a result of the Company’s no longer owning, directly or indirectly, at least 50 percent of the voting power or fair market value of the stock (or other comparable ownership interest if the Employer is not a corporation) of such Employer, the Employee will be deemed to have Terminated Employment as of the date such ownership interest drops below 50 percent, provided the Employee is not employed by any other 409A Employer.

1.54          “Thomson Reuters” shall mean Thomson Reuters Corporation and its respective subsidiaries or any one of them, as the context requires.

1.55          “Trust” shall mean one or more trusts established pursuant to that certain Master Trust Agreement, dated as of February 14, 1994, between the Company and the trustee named therein, as amended and restated from time to time.

1.56          “Unforeseeable Emergency” shall mean a severe financial hardship to a Participant resulting from an illness or accident of the Participant, the Participant’s spouse, the Participant’s dependent (within the meaning of Section 152(a) of the Code), or the Participant’s designated Beneficiary, loss of the Participant’s property due to casualty, or other similar extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances arising as a result of events beyond the control of the Participant, or such other circumstances or events, if any, that are included within the meaning of “unforeseeable emergency” under Section 409A.

ARTICLE 2
Selection and Enrollment

2.1            Selection of Participants by Committee.  Participants shall be limited to a select group of senior management Employees, as determined by the Committee.

 
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2.2            Initial Enrollment Requirements.  As a condition to participation, each Participant shall complete, execute and return to the Committee an Election Form, with respect to services performed subsequent to such election, within 30 days after being selected to participate in the Plan.  If an Employee already participates in a nonqualified deferred compensation plan that is required to be aggregated with this Plan under Section 409A, then such Employee will become a Participant as of the first day of the next Plan Year, provided his Election Form is timely delivered to the Committee.  The Committee shall establish from time to time such other enrollment requirements as it determines are necessary, convenient or appropriate to carry out any of the purposes or intent of the Plan or to better assure the Plan’s compliance with Section 409A.  Participation shall commence as soon as practicable following timely receipt of all required enrollment materials.

2.3            Termination of Participation and/or Deferrals. Once an Employee becomes a Participant, he shall remain a Participant until the earliest to occur of his Termination of Employment, Retirement or death.  However, if the Committee determines in good faith that a Participant no longer qualifies as a member of a select group of management or highly compensated employees, as membership in such group is determined in accordance with Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1) of ERISA, the Participant’s participation in the Plan will cease on December 31st of the Plan Year in which such determination is made.

2.4            Reemployment.  If a Participant (i) Terminates Employment or Retires, (ii) is subsequently reemployed by the Company, (iii) is selected by the Committee to again be eligible to participate in the Plan, and (iv) elects to participate in the Plan in accordance with Section 2.2, he will be treated as a new Participant with respect to amounts credited to his Account attributable to periods of service commencing on or after the date of such reemployment. Any amounts credited to the Participant’s Account attributable to periods prior to his Termination of Employment or Retirement will be treated separately for all purposes under the Plan. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, any such Participant who is reemployed during the 24-month period beginning on the date of such Termination of Employment or Retirement may not be eligible to participate in the Plan prior to the first day of the first Plan Year following the Plan Year in which such reemployment occurs.

ARTICLE 3
Deferral of Compensation and Shares

3.1            Amount of Deferral. Each Plan Year a Participant may elect, in accordance with Section 3.2, to defer his Base Salary, Annual Bonus, and/or Long-Term Bonus in any amount up to the maximum percentages of such Salary or Bonus as shall be determined for each Participant by the Committee in its sole discretion.  Except as otherwise provided herein, any such election shall be irrevocable.

3.2            Election to Defer.  Each Plan Year a Participant may make a deferral election, by timely delivering an Election Form to the Committee, in accordance with its rules and procedures, before the end of the Plan Year preceding the Plan Year for which the election is made. Elections to defer performance-based Annual and Long-Term Bonuses must be made prior to the beginning of the last calendar year in the applicable performance cycle.  If no such Election Form is timely delivered for a Plan Year, the Annual Deferral Amount shall be zero for that Plan Year.  Such annual Election Form shall indicate the time at which amounts deferred during such Plan Year are to be distributed (i.e., at Retirement/Termination of Employment or in a Short-Term Payout pursuant to Section 6.1).  Subject to the Subsequent Election Limitations, such election shall govern the distribution of deferred amounts, regardless of whether such deferred amounts are transferred from a Participant’s Deferral Account to Share Unit Account.

 
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3.3            Withholding of Annual Deferral Amounts.  For each Plan Year, the Base Salary portion of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld from each regularly scheduled Base Salary payroll in equal amounts, as adjusted from time to time for changes in Base Salary.  The Annual Bonus and/or Long-Term Bonus portions of the Annual Deferral Amount shall be withheld at the time the Annual Bonus and/or Long-Term Bonus are or otherwise would be paid to the Participant.

3.4            Crediting/Debiting of Account Balances.  Amounts shall be credited or debited to a Participant’s Deferral Account in accordance with the following rules:

3.4.1         Measurement Funds.  The Committee shall select one or more of the measurement funds for the purpose of crediting additional amounts to Deferral Accounts.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, discontinue, substitute or add a Measurement Fund.

3.4.2         Election of Measurement Funds.  A Participant, in connection with his initial deferral election pursuant to Section 2.2, shall select, on an Election Form, one or more Measurement Funds to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to his Deferral Account.  A Participant may, at any time, change the Measurement Funds to be used to determine the additional amounts to be credited to his Deferral Account, or the portion of his Deferral Account allocated to each previously or newly selected Measurement Fund.

3.4.3         Proportionate Allocation.  In making an election described in Section 3.4.2, the Participant shall specify, in increments of one percentage point (1%), the percentage of his Deferral Account to be allocated to a Measurement Fund (as if the Participant was making an investment in that Measurement Fund with that portion of his Deferral Account).

3.4.4         Crediting and Debiting of Accounts.  The performance of each Measurement Fund shall be determined by the Committee, in its reasonable discretion, based on the performance of the Measurement Funds.  A Participant’s Account balance shall be credited or debited on a daily basis based on the performance of each applicable Measurement Fund as though (i) a Participant’s Deferral Account was invested in the Measurement Funds selected by the Participant and (ii) the portion of the Annual Deferral Amount that was actually deferred during any calendar month was invested in such Measurement Funds in the percentages applicable to such calendar month, no later than the close of business on the first business day of such calendar month, at the closing price on such date.

3.4.5         No Actual Investment.  Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, the Measurement Funds are to be used for measurement purposes only, and a Participant’s selection of any such Measurement Fund, the allocation to his Deferral Account thereto, the calculation of additional amounts and the crediting or debiting of such amounts to a Participant’s Deferral Account shall not be considered or construed in any manner as an actual investment of his Deferral Account in any such Measurement Fund.  If the Company or the trustee of the Trust, in its own discretion, decides to invest funds in any or all of the Measurement Funds, no Participant shall have any rights in or to such investments.  Without limiting the foregoing, a Participant’s Deferral Account shall at all times be a bookkeeping entry only and shall not represent any investment made on his behalf by the Company or the trustee, and the Participant shall at all times remain an unsecured creditor of the Company.

 
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3.5            FICA and Other Taxes.  In accordance with Section 409A, for each Plan Year in which an Annual Deferral Amount is being withheld with respect to a Participant, the Participant’s Employer shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s compensation that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer, the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes on such Annual Deferral Amount.  If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this Section 3.5, provided such amount does not exceed the aggregate of the FICA amount and the applicable income tax withholding related to such FICA amount.

3.6            Deferral of PRSUs.  Subject to Section 3.2, any Participant who is subject to the Share Ownership Guidelines or who is authorized by the Committee may elect to defer into his PRSU Account all or a portion of any Long-Term Bonus awarded in the form of PRSUs as of the date such PRSUs are otherwise payable.  PRSUs credited to a Participant’s PRSU Account will not be counted for purposes of determining Matching Share Units.  A Participant for whom a PRSU Account is maintained shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any PRSUs until such PRSUs are converted to Shares and distributed to the Participant. If and when dividends are paid on Shares, each PRSU Account shall be credited with the number of PRSUs (including fractional PRSUs, as applicable) equal to the number obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate amount of dividends that would be payable on the number of Shares equal to the number of PRSUs credited to each such Account as of the appropriate dividend record date by (ii) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the dividend payment date, computed in the same manner as specified in Section 4.2.

3.7            Deferral of RSUs. With respect to any Participant who is granted RSUs in May 2008 and makes a transition election pursuant to Section 7.10(e) to change the timing and method of settlement of such RSUs, such RSUs shall be credited to the Participant’s RSU Account at the time of such election.  RSUs credited to a Participant’s RSU Account will be not be counted for purposes of determining Matching Share Units. A Participant for whom an RSU Account is maintained shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any RSUs until such RSUs are converted to Shares and distributed to the Participant. Dividends will not be credited to any Participant’s RSU Account.

3.8            Vesting of Accounts.  A Participant shall at all times be 100 percent vested in his Deferral Account and Share Unit Account.  A Participant shall vest in PRSUs and RSUs deferred into his PRSU and RSU Accounts, respectively, in accordance with the vesting schedule applicable to such PRSUs and RSUs at the time of grant.  A Participant’s vested interest in his Matching Share Unit Account shall be determined under Section 4.4.  A Participant’s vested interest in his Discretionary Contributions Account shall be determined by the Committee at the time a Discretionary Contribution is made to such account.

 
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3.9            Withholding on Distributions.  The Employer, or the trustee of the Trust, shall withhold from any payments made to a Participant under the Plan all federal, state and local income, employment and other taxes that the Employer or the trustee of the Trust, as applicable, deems necessary or appropriate to be withheld, in connection with such payments, in amounts and in a manner to be determined in the sole discretion of the Employer or the trustee of the Trust, as the case may be.

3.10            Adjustment in the Event of Recapitalization.  In the event of any change in the outstanding Shares by reason of stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change or in the event of any special distribution to the stockholders, the number of PRSUs and RSUs credited to a Participant’s PRSU and RSU Accounts shall be adjusted as the Committee determines is necessary and appropriate.  Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

ARTICLE 4
Conversion to Share Units and Matching Contributions

4.1            Conversion of Deferral Account to Share Units. Not more frequently than once each calendar month, any Participant who is subject to the Share Ownership Guidelines or who is authorized by the Committee, may elect to convert to Share Units part or all of the amount credited to his Deferral Account, which Share Units shall be credited to a Share Unit Account established in the name of the Participant, provided, however, that any such election made during a Closed Period shall be null and void.

4.2            Number of Share Units Credited.  The number of Share Units to be credited to a Participant’s Share Unit Account in connection with an election pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be determined on the basis of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the day before the date of the conversion.

4.3            Matching Share Units.  Each Participant’s Matching Share Unit Account shall be credited with the number of Matching Share Units (“MSUs”) equal to ten percent of the number of Share Units (not including Share Units attributable to dividends) credited to each such Participant’s Share Unit Account pursuant to Section 4.1.

4.3.1            Matching Share Units Related to Pre-2005 Component Conversions to Share Units After December 31, 2004.  The Matching Share Unit Account of any Participant who converts any amounts in his “Deferral Account” under the Pre-2005 Component to Share Units on or after January 1, 2005 shall be credited with the number of MSUs equal to ten percent of the number of “Share Units” credited to any such Participant’s “Share Unit Account” (as such terms are defined in the Pre-2005 Component) pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 5.1 of the Pre-2005 Component.  Such MSUs shall be distributed in accordance with the Participant’s Retirement Election.  If there is no such election, then distribution shall be made in a lump sum in accordance with Article 7.

4.4            Vesting of Matching Share Units.  One-fourth of the Matching Share Units credited to a Participant’s Matching Share Unit Account during any Plan Year shall become vested on each of the first four anniversaries of the date the underlying Share Units are credited, so long as the Participant has not Terminated Employment as of the respective anniversary date.  Upon terminating employment on account of death or Disability or upon termination of the Plan, a Participant shall become fully vested in all MSUs credited to his Matching Share Unit Account.  Upon Terminating Employment (other than due to Disability), a Participant shall forfeit all unvested MSUs credited to his Matching Share Unit Account.  Upon Retiring, a Participant shall become vested in a percentage of the unvested MSUs credited to his Matching Share Unit Account determined under the following schedule:

 
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Age at Retirement
Percentage Vested
55
65
56
70
57
75
58
80
59
85
60
90
61
95
62 or older
100

4.4.1         Impact of Reemployment on Vesting.  A Participant who is rehired by an Employer after his Retirement or Termination of Employment shall not be entitled to amounts forfeited under Section 4.4 prior to his reemployment.

4.4.2         Unvested Matching Share Units Transferred From Pre-2005 Component.  A Participant’s “Matching Share Units” in the Pre-2005 Component that were unvested as of December 31, 2004 shall (i) be transferred to the Participant’s Matching Share Unit Account hereunder effective January 1, 2005, (ii) continue to vest in accordance with the original vesting schedule, and (iii) subject to Section 7.10 and the Subsequent Election Limitations, be distributed in accordance with the distribution form in effect on December 31, 2004 with respect to the underlying Share Units in the Pre-2005 Component.

4.5            FICA and Other Taxes on Matching Share Units.  In accordance with Section 409A, for each Plan Year in which a Participant becomes vested in Matching Share Units credited to his Matching Share Unit Account, the Participant’s Employer shall withhold from that portion of the Participant’s Base Salary and Annual Bonus that is not being deferred, in a manner determined by the Employer, the Participant’s share of FICA and other employment taxes on the Matching Share Units vesting in such year.  If necessary, the Committee may reduce the Annual Deferral Amount in order to comply with this Section 4.5, provided such amount does not exceed the aggregate of the FICA amount and the income tax withholding related to such FICA amount.

4.6            Dividends.  If and when dividends are paid on Shares, any Share Unit Account of a Participant shall be credited with the number of Share Units (including fractional Share Units, as applicable) equal to the number obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate amount of dividends that would be payable on the number of Shares equal to the number of Share Units credited to any such Participant’s Account as of the appropriate dividend record date; by (ii) the Fair Market Value of one Share on the dividend payment date, computed in the same manner as specified in Section 4.2.  The Matching Share Units are not credited with dividends.

 
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4.7            Adjustment in the Event of Recapitalization.  In the event of any change in the outstanding Shares by reason of stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, combination or exchange of shares or other similar corporate change or in the event of any special distribution to the stockholders, the number of Share Units and Matching Share Units credited to a Participant’s Share Unit and Matching Share Unit Accounts shall be adjusted as the Committee determines is necessary and appropriate.  Any such determination shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes of the Plan.

4.8            Rights as Stockholder.  A Participant for whom a Share Unit Account and/or a Matching Share Unit Account are maintained shall have no rights as a stockholder with respect to any Share Units and/or Matching Share Units credited to such Accounts until such Share Units and/or Matching Share Units, as applicable, are converted to Shares and distributed to the Participant.

4.9            Fractional Interests.  If any fractional unit exists after a lump sum payment or last installment payment, as the case may be, of Shares is delivered to the Participant, such fractional unit shall be paid to the Participant in cash within ten days after the date of such lump sum payment or last installment payment. The value of such fractional unit shall be determined in accordance with procedures established from time to time by the Committee.

ARTICLE 5
Discretionary Contributions

5.1            Discretionary Contributions.  The Company may, from time to time, make Discretionary Contributions to those Participants selected to receive such contributions in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in writing by the Company at the time such Discretionary Contributions are made.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, eligibility for and the terms and conditions with respect to Discretionary Contributions for members of the Executive Committee of Thomson Reuters shall be determined by the Human Resources Committee of the Board of Directors of Thomson Reuters. Discretionary Contributions shall be allocated to the Discretionary Contributions Accounts of the respective Participants.  It is intended that the grant and distribution of any Discretionary Contributions shall comply with Section 409A.

ARTICLE 6
Short-Term Payout and Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies

6.1            Short-Term Payout.  In connection with each election to defer all or a portion of an Annual Deferral Amount, a Participant may elect to receive all or a portion of such Annual Deferral Amount as a “Short-Term Payout” by indicating on the Election Form a specified date that such amount is to be paid.  The Short-Term Payout shall be a lump sum payment in an amount equal to the allocated portion of the Annual Deferral Amount plus amounts credited or debited pursuant to Section 3.4 on that amount.  The Participant’s Account shall be valued as of January 1 of the Plan Year in which such distribution shall be made.  Short-Term Payouts shall be distributed within 90 days after the first day of any Plan Year designated by the Participant that is at least five Plan Years after the Plan Year with respect to which the Annual Deferral Amount is actually deferred.  Effective January 1, 2009, no more than three Short-Term Payout sub-accounts will be maintained under the Plan for the benefit of a Participant at any one time, with each such sub-account representing a specified distribution date, provided that for Participants who have more than three Short-Term Payout sub-accounts established as of January 1, 2009, the sub-accounts in excess of three will continue to be maintained until distributions are made under those sub-accounts.

 
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6.2            Election Changes.  Subject to the Subsequent Election Limitations, any Participant who elects a Short-Term Payout may make another election to further defer the distribution of such Short-Term Payout by submitting to the Committee either a new Election Form (during the open enrollment period) or a distribution re-election form (at any time during the Plan Year).

6.3            Distribution Event Prior to Short-Term Payout.  Subject to the Subsequent Election Limitations, if a Distribution Event occurs prior to a Participant’s scheduled Short-Term Payout, the vested balance in each of the Participant’s Short-Term Payout sub-accounts shall be distributed in (i) accordance with the provisions of Article 7 if such Distribution Event occurs prior to January 1, 2009, and (ii) subject to Section 7.11, a lump sum within 90 days of the Distribution Event if the Distribution Event occurs after December 31, 2008.

6.4            Unforeseeable Financial Emergencies. Upon approval by the Committee, a Participant may withdraw all or any portion of his vested Account balance for an Unforeseeable Emergency.  The amounts distributed with respect to an Unforeseeable Emergency may not exceed the amounts necessary to satisfy such Unforeseeable Emergency plus amounts necessary to pay taxes reasonably anticipated as a result of the distribution, after taking into account the extent to which such hardship is or may be relieved through reimbursement or compensation by insurance or otherwise or by liquidation of the Participant’s assets (to the extent the liquidation of such assets would not itself cause severe financial hardship) or by cessation of deferrals under this Plan.  Notwithstanding Section 3.2, if the Committee approves a distribution due to an Unforeseeable Emergency, the Participant’s deferrals under the Plan shall cease for the Plan Year in which such distribution occurs.  Any distribution pursuant to this Section 6.4 from a Participant’s Share Unit Account, PRSU Account, RSU Account, and/or vested Matching Share Unit Account shall be in Shares.  A Participant electing a withdrawal under this Section 6.4 may designate the Account or Accounts from which any amounts so distributed shall be taken.  If no election is made, amounts distributed shall be taken first from the Participant’s Deferral Account and then from the Participant’s Discretionary Contribution, Share Unit, PRSU, RSU, and Matching Share Unit Accounts (in each case, to the extent vested), respectively.

ARTICLE 7
Distribution of Benefits

7.1            Retirement Election.  The first time a Participant makes a deferral election under Section 2.2 (or elects to defer PRSUs or RSUs, if applicable), the Participant may elect to receive his Account at Retirement or Termination of Employment in one of the forms set forth in Section 7.2 (such an election is referred to as a “Retirement Election”).  Subject to Article 6, a Participant may make only one Retirement Election with respect to his Benefit.  If a Participant fails to make a Retirement Election, the Participant will be deemed to have elected to receive his Benefit in a lump sum.

 
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7.2            Forms and Timing of Distributions.  A Participant may elect, in his Retirement Election, to receive his Benefit in either a lump sum or in installments over a period of 60, 120 or 180 months pursuant to the Quarterly Valuation Method or the Annual Valuation Method, as applicable.  Benefit payments made in a lump sum shall be made during the month following (i) the Participant’s Retirement or Termination of Employment with respect to such events that occur prior to February 1, 2009 and (ii) the first anniversary of the Participant’s Retirement or Termination of Employment with respect to such events that occur after January 31, 2009. Benefit payments made in installments shall begin (a) on the first day of the third month following the Participant’s Retirement or Termination of Employment with respect to such events that occur prior to February 1, 2009 and (b) on the first day of the month following the first anniversary of the Participant’s Retirement or Termination of Employment with respect to such events that occur after January 31, 2009.

7.3            Distribution Events.  A Participant’s Benefit shall be distributed upon the occurrence of a Distribution Event in accordance with this Article 7, as follows:

7.3.1         Retirement and Termination Benefits.

 
(a)
If a Participant Retires or Terminates Employment and, on the date of such Retirement or Termination of Employment, the Participant has a Retirement Election in effect and the aggregate value of his Benefit (excluding his PRSU and RSU Accounts and, with respect to Participants who Terminate Employment or Retire on or after January 1, 2009,  Short-Term Payout amounts) is $100,000 or more, the Participant’s Benefit (other than his PRSU and RSU Accounts and, with respect to Participants who Terminate Employment or Retire on or after January 1, 2009, Short-Term Payout amounts) shall be distributed in accordance with the Retirement Election, if any.

 
(b)
If a Participant Retires or Terminates Employment without a Retirement Election in effect or, on the date of such Retirement or Termination of Employment, the aggregate value of his Benefit (excluding his PRSU and RSU Accounts and, with respect to Participants who Terminate Employment or Retire on or after January 1, 2009, Short-Term Payout amounts) is less than $100,000, the Participant’s Benefit (other than his PRSU and RSU Accounts) shall be distributed in a lump sum.

 
(c)
Notwithstanding Sections 7.3.1(a) and (b) to the contrary, if a Participant Retires prior to October 1, 2007 and, on the date of such Retirement, the aggregate value of the such Participant’s Benefit (excluding PRSUs) is less than $100,000, the Participant’s Benefit (other than PRSUs) shall be distributed in accordance with his Retirement Election, if any.

 
(d)
If a Participant Retires or Terminates Employment and, on the date of such Retirement or Termination of Employment, in the aggregate, at least 3,000 PRSUs and RSUs are credited to his PRSU Account and RSU Account (excluding Short-Term Payout amounts), subject to Sections 6.3 and 7.3.1(e), the balance in such Accounts shall be distributed in accordance with his Retirement Election, if any.

 
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(e)
If (i) a Participant does not make a Retirement Election or (ii) the Participant Retires or Terminates Employment and, on any Measurement Date, in the aggregate less than 3,000 PRSUs and RSUs are credited to his PRSU Account and RSU Account (excluding Short-Term Payout amounts), the balance in such Accounts shall be distributed in a lump sum.

7.3.2         Disability Benefit.  If a Participant Retires or Terminates Employment as a result of becoming Disabled, his vested Account shall be distributed in accordance with Section 7.3.1.  A Participant’s Disability following his Retirement or Termination of Employment shall have no effect on the time and form of distribution of his Benefits.

7.3.3         Death Benefit.  If a Participant dies before distribution of his Benefit has commenced, his Benefit shall be paid in a lump sum to his Beneficiary within 90 days of his death.  If a Participant dies while his Benefit is being distributed, his Benefit shall be distributed as follows: (i) if the remaining Benefit payments (excluding his PRSU and RSU Accounts) equals at least $50,000 on his date of death, any undistributed Benefit payments shall be paid to his Beneficiary on the same schedule as the Benefit would have been paid to the Participant had he survived; (ii) if the remaining Benefit payments (excluding his PRSU and RSU Accounts) is less than $50,000 on his date of death, any undistributed Benefit payments shall be paid to the Participant’s Beneficiary in a lump sum within 90 days of the Participant’s death; and (iii) the Benefit attributable to the Participant’s PRSU and RSU Accounts shall be distributed in accordance with Section 7.3.1 (d) and (e).

7.4            Distribution of Share Units.  Share Units credited to a Share Unit Account pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be distributed at the same time and in the same form as the amounts in the Deferral Account from which the conversion is made. Any Participant who makes a conversion election pursuant to Section 4.1 prior to January 1, 2009 shall be deemed to have made a transition election, pursuant to Section 7.10(b), (c) or (d), as applicable, provided that any such election shall not (i) accelerate the distribution of any amounts into the year in which the conversion election is made or (ii) defer to a subsequent year the distribution of amounts otherwise payable in the year in which the conversion election is made.  Share Units credited to a Participant’s Share Unit Account under Section 4.6 as a result of dividends paid on Shares will be distributed at the same time and in the same form as the underlying Share Units, as applicable, to which such dividends relate to.

7.5            Distribution of Matching Share Units.  Matching Share Units shall be distributed at the same time and in the same form as the underlying Share Units.  However, to the extent that MSUs relate to Share Units that are distributed pursuant to a Short-Term Payout election under Section 6.1 prior to the date such MSUs become vested, then such MSUs shall be distributed within 90 days after the Participant becomes vested in such MSUs.

7.6            Distribution of Discretionary Contributions.  Discretionary Contributions credited to a Participant’s Discretionary Contributions Account shall be distributed in accordance with the Retirement Election on file with respect to such Participant’s Deferral Account.  If there is no such election, then distribution shall be made in a lump sum in accordance with Section 7.2.

 
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7.7            Valuation of Benefits.  If a Participant’s Benefit is being distributed in a lump sum, the Benefit will be valued as of the first day of the month during which distributions are scheduled to commence.  If a Participant’s Benefit is being distributed in installments, the Benefit will be initially valued as of the first day of the month immediately preceding the date distributions are scheduled to commence, with subsequent valuations in accordance with the Quarterly Valuation Method or the Annual Valuation Method, as applicable.

7.8            Changes to Elections.  Subject to the Subsequent Election Limitations, a Participant may change his Retirement Election to receive Benefits in any one of the allowable methods of distribution by submitting to the Committee either a new Election Form (during open enrollment) or a distribution re-election form (at any point during the Plan Year).  Subject to the transition rules in Section 7.10, Election Forms completed pursuant to Section 3.2 relating to the amount of deferral for any year may not be changed.

7.9            Automatic Cash-out of Small Accounts.  Notwithstanding anything in the Plan or any Election Form to the contrary, effective January 1, 2008, if, after the distribution of a Participant’s Benefits commences, the aggregate value of such Benefit (excluding his PRSU and RSU Accounts) is less than $15,500 (or such other amount not in excess of the applicable dollar amount under Code Section 402(g)(1)(B) as determined by the Committee, in its sole discretion) as of any Measurement Date, such Account shall be distributed in a lump sum within 90 days of such Measurement Date.

7.10          Transition Elections.  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary:

 
(a)
On or before February 15, 2005, a Participant may (i) revoke an election to defer his 2005 Base Salary; (ii) revoke or change an election to defer his 2004 Annual Bonus or 2004 Long-Term Incentive Bonus payable in 2005; and (iii) revoke or change an election to defer his 2005 Annual Bonus or 2005 Long-Term Incentive Bonus payable in 2006.

 
(b)
During the Plan Year ending on December 31, 2006, a Participant or the Employer may change existing distribution elections under the Plan, provided that any such election shall not (i) accelerate the distribution of any amounts into 2006 or (ii) defer the distribution of amounts otherwise payable in 2006 to a subsequent year.

 
(c)
During the Plan Year ending on December 31, 2007, a Participant or the Employer may change existing distribution elections under the Plan, provided that any such election shall not (i) accelerate the distribution of any amounts into 2007 or (ii) defer the distribution of amounts otherwise payable in 2007 to a subsequent year.

 
(d)
During the Plan Year ending on December 31, 2008, a Participant or the Employer may change existing distribution elections under the Plan, provided that any such election shall not (i) accelerate the distribution of any amounts into 2008 or (ii) defer the distribution of amounts otherwise payable in 2008 to a subsequent year. Notwithstanding Section 6.1 to the contrary, any election made in accordance with the preceding sentence, with respect to bonuses payable during 2009, may specify that the bonus is to be distributed in the form of a Short-Term Payout payable between April 1 and December 31, 2009.

 
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(e)
A Participant who is granted RSUs in May 2008 may, on or before December 31, 2008, change the existing timing and method of distribution of Shares or other property in satisfaction of such RSUs, provided that any such election shall not (i) accelerate the distribution of any amounts into 2008 or (ii) defer the distribution of amounts otherwise payable in 2008 to a subsequent year.

7.11          Key Employee Limitation. Notwithstanding any Retirement Election or other provision of the Plan to the contrary, distribution of the Benefit or any other amounts payable hereunder by reason of a Participant’s Termination of Employment or Retirement to a Participant who is a Key Employee, shall not be made before six months after such separation from service or, if earlier, the Participant’s death.  At the end of such six-month period, payments that would have been payable but for the Key Employee Limitation shall be paid in a lump sum on the first day of the seventh month following the Participant’s Termination of Employment or Retirement and any remaining payments shall be made as indicated on the relevant Election Forms.

ARTICLE 8
Forfeiture

8.1            Forfeiture.  Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant shall forfeit all vested and unvested Matching Share Units and Discretionary Contributions if he: (a) engages in misconduct involving dishonesty, malicious destruction of property of the Company, or the commission of a felony arising out of employment, and such misconduct results in detriment or financial loss to the Company and the termination of the Participant’s employment; (b) manages, operates, participates in, is employed by, performs consulting services for, or is otherwise connected with, any firm, person, corporation, or enterprise that is engaged in a business that is (i) the same type of business as the business engaged in by any subsidiary or division within the Company that employed the Participant prior to the date of his termination of employment and (ii) competitive with the business of such subsidiary or division; or (c) at any time improperly discloses to others any trade secrets or other confidential information, including customer lists, relating to the Company or to the business of the Company.

ARTICLE 9
Designation of Beneficiary

9.1            Beneficiary.  Each Participant shall have the right, at any time, to designate a Beneficiary to receive any Benefits payable under the Plan upon his death.

 
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9.2            Beneficiary Designation.  A Participant may designate a Beneficiary by completing a Beneficiary Designation Form (whether in writing or electronic form), and returning or submitting, as applicable, such form to the Committee.  A Participant shall have the right to change a Beneficiary by completing, signing (if in writing) or submitting (if in electronic form) and otherwise complying with the terms of the Beneficiary Designation Form and the Committee’s rules and procedures, as in effect from time to time.  Upon the receipt by the Committee of a properly executed and/or submitted new Beneficiary Designation Form, all Beneficiary designations previously filed (including electronic submissions) shall be canceled.  The Committee shall be entitled to rely on the last properly executed Beneficiary Designation Form filed (including by electronic submissions) by the Participant and accepted by the Committee prior to his death.  No designation or change in designation of a Beneficiary shall be effective until received by the Committee.

9.3            No Beneficiary Designation.  If a Participant fails to designate a Beneficiary as provided in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 or if all designated Beneficiaries predecease the Participant or die prior to complete distribution of the Participant’s Benefits, the Participant’s surviving spouse or Domestic Partner, if any, shall be deemed the designated Beneficiary.  If the Participant has no surviving spouse or Domestic Partner, the Benefits remaining to be paid to a Beneficiary shall be paid to the executor or personal representative of the Participant’s estate.

9.4            Discharge of Obligation.  The payment of Benefits to a Beneficiary shall fully and completely discharge all Employers and the Committee from all further obligations under the Plan with respect to the Participant.

ARTICLE 10
Leave of Absence

10.1          Paid Leave of Absence.  A Participant who is authorized by his Employer to take a paid leave of absence shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer, and the Annual Deferral Amount shall continue to be withheld during such paid leave of absence in accordance with Section 3.3.

10.2          Unpaid Leave of Absence.  Any Participant who is authorized by his Employer to take an unpaid leave of absence shall continue to be considered employed by the Employer and shall be excused from making deferrals until the earlier of the date the leave of absence expires or the Participant returns to a paid employment status.  Upon such expiration or return, deferrals shall resume for the remaining portion of the Plan Year in which the expiration or return occurs, based on the deferral election, if any, made for that Plan Year.  If no election was made for that Plan Year, no deferral shall be withheld.  In accordance with Section 409A, if the period of leave exceeds six months and the Participant’s right to reemployment is not provided either by statute or contract, the Participant shall be deemed to have Terminated Employment on the first day of the month following such six-month period.

10.3          Leave of Absence Exceeding Six Months.  Notwithstanding Sections 10.1 and 10.2 to the contrary, if a leave of absence (whether paid or unpaid) exceeds six months and the Participant’s right to reemployment is not provided by law or contract, the Participant shall be deemed to have Terminated Employment on the first day of the month following such six-month period and distribution of his Benefits shall commence in accordance with Articles 6 and 7.

 
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ARTICLE 11
Termination, Amendment and Modification

11.1          Termination.  The Company intends to continue the Plan indefinitely. However, the Company, by action of its Board or a duly authorized committee thereof in accordance with its by-laws, reserves the right to terminate the Plan at any time and accelerate the distribution of Benefits, subject to the limitations on plan termination imposed by Section 409A. However, no such termination shall deprive any Participant or Beneficiary of any right accrued under the Plan prior to the date of termination. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, a Participant’s entire Benefit shall be distributed to the Participant (or Beneficiary) following termination of the Plan in such form and on the earliest date permitted under Section 409A.

11.2          Amendment.  The Company may, at any time, amend or modify the Plan in whole or in part by action of its Board, a committee thereof, or the Committee, subject to those provisions of applicable law (including, without limitation, the rules, regulations and policies of the New York Stock Exchange or the Toronto Stock Exchange, if any, that require the approval of shareholders or any governmental or regulatory body.  The Company may make amendments to the Plan without seeking shareholder approval except for any amendment that:

 
(i)
increases the number of Shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, including an increase to a fixed number of Shares or a change from a fixed number of Shares to a fixed maximum percentage;

 
(ii)
increases the maximum number of Shares which may be credited to a Participant’s Share Unit Account under the Plan;

 
(iii)
results in the crediting of Share Units to a Participant’s Share Unit Account at a price lower than the Fair Market Value of a Share for the day before the deferral or exchange, as the case may be;

 
(iv)
amends the provisions of Sections 3.10 or 4.7;

 
(v)
extends eligibility to participate in the Plan to non-Employees;

 
(vi)
changes the rights attaching to the Shares; or

 
(vii)
is required to be approved by shareholders under applicable laws, regulations or stock exchange rules.

Notwithstanding the above, no amendment or modification may operate to (a) decrease the value of a Participant’s Account balance computed as of the date the amendment or modification is approved, or (b) effect the timing of the distribution of an Account balance that is scheduled to commence on or before such date in a manner that violates Section 409A.

 
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11.3          Effect of Benefit Payment.  The full payment of a Participant’s Benefit shall completely discharge all obligations to the Participant and his designated Beneficiaries under the Plan.

ARTICLE 12
Administration

12.1          Committee Duties.  The Plan shall be administered by a Committee, which shall consist of the Board or such committee, as the Board shall appoint.  Members of the Committee may be Participants.  The Committee shall have the discretion and authority to (i) make, amend, interpret, and enforce all appropriate rules and regulations for the administration of the Plan and (ii) decide or resolve any and all questions involving the interpretation of the Plan.  Any individual serving on the Committee who is a Participant shall not vote or act on any matter relating solely to him.  When making a determination or calculation, the Committee shall be entitled to rely on information furnished by a Participant or the Company.

12.2          Agents.  In the administration of the Plan, the Committee may, from time to time, employ agents and delegate to them such administrative duties as it sees fit (including acting through a duly appointed representative) and reference herein to “Committee” shall, to the extent applicable, refer to such agent.  The Committee may from time to time consult with counsel who may be counsel to any Employer.

12.3          Binding Effect of Decisions.  The decision or action of the Committee with respect to any question arising out of or in connection with the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder shall be final and conclusive and binding upon all persons having any interest in the Plan.

12.4          Indemnity of Committee.  All Employers shall indemnify and hold harmless the members of the Committee, and any Employee to whom the duties of the Committee may be delegated, against any and all claims, losses, damages, expenses or liabilities arising from any action or failure to act with respect to this Plan, except in the case of willful misconduct by the Committee or any of its members or any such Employee.

12.5          Employer Information.  To enable the Committee to perform its functions, each Employer shall supply full and timely information to the Committee on all matters relating to the compensation of its Participants, the date and circumstances of the Retirement, Disability, death or Termination of Employment of its Participants, and such other pertinent information as the Committee may reasonably require.

ARTICLE 13
Other Benefits and Agreements

13.1          Coordination with Other Benefits.  Benefits provided for a Participant or Participant’s Beneficiary under the Plan are in addition to any other benefits available to such Participant under any other plan or program for employees of the Participant’s Employer.  The Plan shall supplement and shall not supersede, modify or amend any other such plan or program, except as may otherwise be provided.

 
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ARTICLE 14
Claims Procedures

14.1          Presentation of Claim.  Any Participant or Beneficiary of a deceased Participant (such Participant or Beneficiary being referred to as a “Claimant”) may deliver to the Committee a written claim for a determination with respect to the amounts distributable to such Claimant from the Plan.  If such a claim relates to the contents of a notice received by the Claimant, the claim must be made within 60 days after such notice was received by the Claimant.  All other claims must be made within 180 days of the date on which the event that caused the claim to arise occurred.  The claim must state with particularity the determination desired by the Claimant.

14.2          Notification of Decision.  The Committee shall consider a Claimant’s claim and make a final decision within 60 days of receipt of such claim based on all comments, documents, records, and other information submitted.  This period may be extended by an additional 60 days for matters beyond the control of the Plan.  The Committee shall notify the Claimant via electronic means or in writing that (a) the Claimant’s requested determination has been made and that the claim has been allowed in full or (b) the Committee has reached a conclusion contrary, in whole or in part, to the Claimant’s requested determination.  If any part of the claim is denied, such notice must set forth in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant (i) the specific reasons for the denial of the claim, or any part thereof, (ii) specific references to pertinent provisions of the Plan upon which such denial was based, (iii) a description of any additional material or information necessary for the Claimant to perfect the claim, and an explanation of why such material or information is necessary, and (iv) an explanation of the claim review procedures set forth in Sections 14.3 and 14.4.

14.3          Review of Denied Claim.  Within 75 days after receiving a notice from the Committee that a claim has been denied, in whole or in part, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may file with a committee designated by the Board to determine such appeals (the “Appeals Committee”) a written request for a review of the denial of the claim.  On receipt of such an appeal, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) will be given the opportunity to review and receive copies of any documents pertinent to the claim.  Not later than 30 days after the review procedure commences, a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) may request a hearing with the Appeals Committee, which the Appeals Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant.

14.4          Decision on Review.  The Appeals Committee will render a final decision within 60 days of receipt of the appeal, unless special circumstances require an extension of time to 120 days.  The Appeals Committee will base its decision on all relevant information submitted by a Claimant (or the Claimant’s duly authorized representative) without regard to whether such information was previously submitted or considered.  Such decision shall be written in a manner calculated to be understood by the Claimant, and it shall contain (i) specific reasons for the decision, (ii) specific references to the pertinent Plan provisions upon which the decision was based, and (iii) such other matters as the Appeals Committee deems relevant, including a statement of the Claimant’s right to bring an action under ERISA Section 502(a) with respect to an adverse determination after final review of the claim.

 
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14.5          Legal Action.  A Claimant’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Article 14 is a mandatory prerequisite to a Claimant’s right to commence any legal action with respect to any claim for Benefits under this Plan.

ARTICLE 15
Trust

15.1          Establishment of the Trust.  The Company shall establish the Trust, and each Employer shall transfer to the Trust such assets at such times as the Employer determines in its sole discretion.

15.2          Interrelationship of the Plan and the Trust.  The provisions of the Plan shall govern the rights of a Participant to receive distributions pursuant to the Plan.  The provisions of the Trust shall govern the rights of the Employers and the creditors of the Employers to the assets transferred to the Trust.  Each Employer shall at all times remain liable to carry out its obligations under the Plan.

15.3          Distributions from the Trust.  Each Employer’s obligations under the Plan may be satisfied with Trust assets distributed pursuant to the terms of the Trust, and any such distribution shall reduce the Employer’s obligations under the Plan.

15.4          Investment of Trust Assets.  The trustee of the Trust shall be authorized, upon written instructions received from the Committee or an investment manager appointed by the Committee, to invest and reinvest the assets of the Trust in accordance with the applicable Trust Agreement, including the disposition of stock and reinvestment of the proceeds in one or more investment vehicles designated by the Committee.

ARTICLE 16
Miscellaneous

16.1          Status of Plan.  The Plan is intended (i) to be a plan that is not qualified within the meaning of Code Section 401(a) and is unfunded and is maintained by an employer primarily for the purpose of providing deferred compensation for a select group of management or highly compensated employees within the meaning of ERISA Sections 201(2), 301(a)(3) and 401(a)(1), and (ii) to comply with Section 409A.  The Plan shall be administered and interpreted to the extent possible in a manner consistent with such intent.

16.2          Unsecured General Creditor.  Participants and their Beneficiaries, heirs, successors and assigns shall have no legal or equitable rights, interests or claims in any property or assets of an Employer.  For purposes of the payment of Benefits under this Plan, any and all of an Employer’s assets shall be, and remain, the general, unpledged unrestricted assets of the Employer.  An Employer’s obligation under the Plan shall be merely that of an unfunded and unsecured promise to pay money or distribute Shares, as the case may be, in the future.

16.3          Employer’s Liability.  An Employer’s liability for the payment of Benefits shall be defined only by the Plan and related forms.  An Employer shall have no obligation to a Participant or Beneficiary under the Plan except as expressly provided in the Plan and related forms.  While the Company will do everything reasonable to ensure the requirements of Section 409A are complied with, the Company will not have any liability to any Participant or Beneficiary if it is subsequently determined that a provision of the Plan or payment of Benefits does not comply with Section 409A.

 
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16.4          Nonassignability.  Neither a Participant nor any other person shall have any right to commute, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, anticipate, mortgage or otherwise encumber, transfer, hypothecate, alienate or convey in advance of actual receipt, the amounts, if any, payable hereunder, or any part thereof, which are, and all rights to which are expressly declared to be, unassignable and non-transferable.  Subject to Section 16.5, no part of the amounts payable shall, prior to actual payment, be (i) subject to seizure, attachment, garnishment or sequestration for the payment of any debts, judgments, alimony or separate maintenance owed by a Participant or any other person, (ii) transferable by operation of law in the event of a Participant’s or any other person’s bankruptcy or insolvency, or (iii) transferable to a spouse or Domestic Partner as a result of a property settlement or otherwise.

16.5          Domestic Relations Order.  Notwithstanding Section 16.4, all or a portion of a Participant’s Account balance may be paid to another person to the extent necessary to comply with a domestic relations order that the Company determines satisfies the requirements of a “Domestic Relations Order” as defined in Code Section 414(p)(1)(B).  The Committee may adopt procedures for the review and processing of any domestic relations order, which procedures may include default rules to apply to the time and form of distribution of amounts payable pursuant to such domestic relations order.  Any such procedures shall be considered a part of the Plan.

16.6          Not a Contract of Employment.  The terms and conditions of the Plan shall not be deemed to constitute a contract of employment between any Employer and a Participant.  Nothing in this Plan shall be deemed to give a Participant the right to be retained in the service of any Employer as an Employee, or to interfere with the right of any Employer to discipline or discharge the Participant at any time.

16.7          Furnishing Information.  A Participant or his Beneficiary will cooperate with the Committee by furnishing any and all information requested by the Committee and take such other actions as may be requested in order to facilitate the administration of the Plan and the payments of Benefits hereunder, including, but not limited to, taking such physical examinations as the Committee may deem necessary.

16.8          Terms.  Whenever any words are used herein in the masculine, they shall be constructed as though they were in the feminine in all cases where they would apply, and whenever any words are used herein in the singular or in the plural, they shall be construed as though they were used in the plural or the singular, as the case may be, in all cases when they would so apply.

16.9          Captions.  The captions of the articles, sections and paragraphs of the Plan are for convenience only and shall not control or affect the meaning or construction of any of its provisions.

 
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16.10        Notice.  Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to the Committee under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by registered or certified mail, to the address below:

Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc.
Deferred Compensation Plan Committee
Metro Center
One Station Place
Stamford, Connecticut 06902

Such notice shall be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or certification.  Any notice or filing required or permitted to be given to a Participant under this Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand-delivered, or sent by mail, to the last known address of the Participant.

16.11        Successors.  The provisions of the Plan shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Participant’s Employer and its successors and assigns and the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiaries.

16.12        Incompetent.  If the Committee determines in its discretion that a Benefit is to be paid to a minor, a person declared incompetent or a person incapable of handling the disposition of that person’s property, the Committee may direct payment of such Benefit to the guardian, legal representative or person having the care and custody of such minor, incompetent or incapable person.  The Committee may require proof of minority, incompetence, incapacity, or guardianship, as it may deem appropriate prior to distribution of the Benefit.  Any payment of a Benefit shall be a payment for the account of the Participant and the Participant’s Beneficiary, as the case may be, and shall be a complete discharge of any liability under the Plan for such payment amount.

16.13        Distribution in the Event of Taxation.  If the Internal Revenue Service or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that Plan Benefits are includible in the gross income of a Participant under Section 409A prior to actual receipt of the Benefits, the Company shall immediately cause to be distributed to the Participant the Benefits found to be so includible.

16.14        Insurance.  The Company, on its behalf or on behalf of the trustee of the Trust, and, in its sole discretion, may apply for and procure insurance on the life of any Participant, in such amounts and in such forms as the trustee may choose.  The Company or the trustee of the Trust, as the case may be, shall be the sole owner and beneficiary of any such insurance.  Any such Participant shall have no interest whatsoever in any such policy or policies, and at the request of the Company shall submit to medical examinations and supply such information and execute such documents as may be required by the insurance company or companies to whom the Company has applied for insurance.

16.15        Legal Fees to Enforce Rights after Change in Control.  The Company and each Employer is aware that upon the occurrence of a Change in Control, the Board or the board of directors of a Participant’s Employer (which might then be composed of new members) or a shareholder of the Company or the Participant’s Employer, or of any successor corporation might then cause or attempt to cause the Company, the Participant’s Employer or such successor to refuse to comply with its obligations under the Plan and may cause or attempt to cause the Company or the Participant’s Employer to institute, or may institute, litigation seeking to deny Participants the Benefits intended under the Plan.  Accordingly, if following a Change in Control, it should appear to any Participant that the Company, the Participant’s Employer or any successor corporation has failed to comply with any of its obligations under the Plan or any agreement thereunder or, if the Company, such Employer or any other person takes any action to declare the Plan void or unenforceable or institute any litigation or other legal action designed to deny, diminish or to recover from any Participant the Benefits intended to be provided, then the Company and the Participant’s Employer irrevocably authorize such Participant to retain counsel of his choice at the expense of the Company and the Participant’s Employer (who shall be jointly and severally liable) to represent such Participant in connection with the initiation or defense of any litigation or other legal action, whether by or against the Company, the Participant’s Company or any director, officer, shareholder or other person affiliated with the Company, the Participant’s Company or any successor thereto in any jurisdiction; provided, however, that the Participant submit a request for reimbursement no later than 30 days following the end of the calendar year in which the expenses are incurred, in which case reimbursement shall be made, subject to the Key Employee Limitation, by the Company and/or the Participant’s Employer within 45 days after the submission of such request.

 
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16.16        Inability To Locate A Participant.  It is the responsibility of a Participant to apprise the Committee of any change in his or her address or the address of any Beneficiary.  In the event that the Committee is unable to locate a Participant or Beneficiary within two years of a Distribution Event, the Participant’s Account shall be forfeited and amounts returned to the Company and neither the Participant or any Beneficiary shall have a claim to such Benefits.

16.17        Validity.  If any provision of the Plan shall be illegal or invalid for any reason, said illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts hereof, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had never been inserted herein.

16.18        Governing Law.  Subject to ERISA and the Code, the provisions of the Plan shall be construed and interpreted according to the laws of the State of Connecticut without regard to its conflicts of law principles.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Thomson Reuters 2005 Deferred Compensation Plan to be executed by its duly authorized officer.

     
Thomson Reuters Holdings Inc.
 
           
Date:
   
By:
   
       
Name:
 
       
Title:
 
 
 
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