8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 1,1995
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Arizona 1-4473 86-0011170
(State or other (Commission (IRS Employer
jurisdiction of File Number) Identification
incorporation) Number)
400 North Fifth Street, P.O. Box 53999, Phoenix, Az 85004
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code (602)250-1000
NONE
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Item 7. Financial Statement, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits
(c) Exhibits.
The Registrant hereby files the following Exhibit to its
Registration Statements on Form S-3 (Nos. 33-61228 and 33-55473) which were
declared effective on April 26, 1993 and October 3, 1994, respectively.
Exhibit
No. Description
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1.3 Underwriting Agreement and related Terms Agreement,each dated
January 6, 1995, in connection with the offering of $75,000,000
of 10% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures,
Series A, Due 2025.
4.4 First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 1, 1995,
relating to the issuance of $75,000,000 of 10% Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series A, Due 2025.
4.5 Specimen of Security of 10% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures, Series A, Due 2025.
4.6 Indenture dated as of January 1, 1995 among the Company and The
Bank of New York, as Trustee.
5.2 Opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
5.3 Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell.
23.3 Consent of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
(included in Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.2).
23.4 Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell
(included in Opinion filed as Exhibit 5.3).
SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934, the Company has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(Registrant)
Dated: January 11, 1995 By Nancy E. Newquist
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Nancy E. Newquist
Treasurer
EX-1.3
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FORM OF UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 1.3
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
Securities
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January 6, 1995
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Dean Witter Reynolds Inc.
Lehman Brothers Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
PaineWebber Incorporated
Dear Sir or Madam:
1. Introduction. Arizona Public Service Company, an Arizona
corporation (the "Company"), proposes to issue and sell from time to time up to
$100,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its unsecured debentures, notes or
other evidences of indebtedness (the "Securities") registered under the
registration statement referred to in Section 2(a). The Securities will be
issued under the Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1995 between the Company and
The Bank of New York, as Trustee, (the "Indenture"), as amended and supplemented
by one or more Supplemental Indentures between the Company and the Trustee
(each, a "Supplemental Indenture") (the Indenture as amended and supplemented by
such Supplemental Indentures being sometimes hereinafter referred to as the
"Indenture"). The Securities will be issued in one or more series, which series
may vary as to interest rates, maturities, redemption provisions, selling
prices, and other terms, with all such terms for any particular issue of the
Securities being determined at the time of sale. Particular issues of the
Securities may be sold from time to time to one or more of the firms to whom
this Agreement is addressed, and to such other purchasers as the Company shall
designate and as shall agree in writing to comply with the terms and conditions
of this Agreement, for resale in accordance with the terms of offering
determined at the time of sale. The Securities involved in any such offering
are hereinafter referred to as the "Purchased Securities," the party or parties
that agree to purchase the same are hereinafter referred to as the
"Underwriters" of such Purchased Securities, and the representative or
representatives of the Underwriters, if any, specified in a Terms Agreement
referred to in Section 3 are hereinafter referred to as the "Representatives."
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. In connection
with each offering of the Purchased Securities, the Company represents and
warrants to, and agrees with, the Underwriters that:
(a) A registration statement (No. 33-55473) relating to the
Securities (including a prospectus relating to up to $200,000,000 of
the Company's first mortgage bonds) was filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") and has become effective. Such
registration statement, as amended at the time of the Terms Agreement
referred to in Section 3 relating to the Purchased Securities, is
hereinafter referred to as the "Registration Statement" and such
prospectus, as supplemented as contemplated by Section 3 to reflect the
terms of the Purchased Securities and terms of offering thereof,
including all material incorporated by reference therein, is
hereinafter referred to as the "Prospectus."
(b) Each part of the Registration Statement relating to the
Securities, when such part became effective, conformed in all respects
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Act"), the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the "Trust Indenture Act") and the rules
and regulations (the "Rules and Regulations") of the Commission and did
not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make
the statements therein not misleading, and on the date of each
Prospectus Supplement referred to in Section 3, the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus will conform in all respects to the
requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and
Regulations, and at such date none of such documents will include any
untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading; provided, however, that the foregoing does not
apply to statements in or omissions from any such documents based upon
written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter
specifically for use therein.
(c) An order of the Arizona Corporation Commission shall have
been granted authorizing the execution and delivery of the Supplemental
Indenture relating to the Purchased Securities and the issuance and
sale of the Purchased Securities on the terms and conditions herein and
in the Prospectus and the Terms Agreement referred to in Section 3
relating to the Purchased Securities, and the approval or consent of no
other public body or authority is necessary to the execution and
delivery of such Supplemental Indenture or the validity of the issuance
and sale of the Purchased Securities, except as may be required under
state securities or blue sky laws.
(d) The Company holds such valid franchises, certificates of
convenience and necessity, licenses, and permits as are necessary with
respect to the maintenance and operation of its property and business
as now conducted, except that (A) the Company from time to time makes
minor extensions of its system prior to the time a related franchise,
certificate, license, or permit is procured, (B) from time to time
communities already being served by the Company become incorporated and
considerable time may elapse before a franchise is procured, (C)
certain franchises may have expired prior to the renegotiation thereof,
(D) the Company may not have obtained certain permits or variances
relating to the environmental requirements described in any of its
Form 10-K Report, its Form 10-Q Reports, and/or its Form 8-K Reports
incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, (E) certain
minor defects and exceptions may exist which, individually and in the
aggregate, are not deemed material, and (F) the Company does not make
any representation regarding the geographical scope of any franchise,
certificate, license, or permit that is not specific as to its
geographical scope.
3. Purchase and Offering. The obligation of the Underwriters to
purchase, and the obligation of the Company to sell, the Purchased
Securities will be evidenced by an exchange of facsimile transmission or
other written communications (the "Terms Agreement") at the time the Company
determines to sell the Purchased Securities. The Terms Agreement shall
specify (by Incorporation by reference or otherwise) the party or parties
that will be Underwriters, the principal amount to be purchased by each, the
purchase price to be paid by the Underwriters, any compensation or
commissions to be paid to Underwriters, the offering price, and the terms of
the Purchased Securities not already specified in the Indenture, including,
but not limited to, interest rates, maturity, redemption provisions, and
sinking fund requirements, if any. The Terms Agreement shall also specify
(by incorporation by reference or otherwise) the time and date of delivery
and payment (the "Closing Date"), the place of delivery and payment, and any
details of the terms of offering that should be reflected in the prospectus
supplement relating to the offering of the Purchased Securities (the
"Prospectus Supplement"). It is understood that the Underwriters will offer
the Purchased Securities for sale as set forth in the Prospectus. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase the Purchased Securities shall
be several and not joint. Except as may otherwise be set forth in the Terms
Agreement, the Purchased Securities will be in definitive form and in such
denominations and registered in such names as the Underwriters may request.
4. Covenants of the Company. In connection with each offering of
Purchased Securities, the Company covenants and agrees with the several
Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will advise the Underwriters or the
Representatives promptly of any proposed amendment or supplementation
of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus and will not effect
such amendment or supplementation without the consent of the
Underwriters or the Representatives. The Company will also advise the
Underwriters or the Representatives of the institution by the
Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration
Statement or of any part thereof, and will use its best efforts to
prevent the issuance of any such stop order and to obtain as soon as
possible its lifting, if issued.
(b) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Purchased
Securities is required to be delivered under the Act, any event occurs
as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented
would include an untrue statement of a material fact, or omit to state
any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading,
or if it is necessary at any time to amend or supplement the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus to comply with the Act, the
Company promptly will prepare and file with the Commission an amendment
or supplement that will correct such statement or omission or an
amendment that will effect such compliance.
(c) As soon as practicable, but not later than 18 months, after
the date of the Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities,
the Company will make generally available to its security holders an
earning statement or statements (which need not be audited) covering a
period of at least 12 months beginning after the effective date of the
Registration Statement (as defined in Rule 158(c) under the Act), which
will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and the rules
and regulations thereunder.
(d) The Company will furnish to the Underwriters or the
Representatives such copies of the Registration Statement (including
one copy of the Registration Statement for each Representative, or for
each Underwriter if there are no Representatives, and for the counsel
for the Underwriters, which is signed and includes all exhibits), any
related preliminary prospectus supplements and the Prospectus,
including all amendments or supplements to such documents, as may be
reasonably requested.
(e) The Company will arrange or cooperate in arrangements for the
qualification of the Purchased Securities for sale and the
determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions as the Underwriters or the Representatives designate
and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for
the distribution of the Purchased Securities, provided that the Company
shall not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation in any State,
to consent to service of process in any State other than with respect
to claims arising out of the offering or sale of the Purchased
Securities, or to meet other requirements deemed by it to be unduly
burdensome.
(f) During the period of five years after the date of the Terms
Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities, the Company will
furnish to the Underwriters or the Representatives thereunder, and,
upon request, each of the other Underwriters, (i) as soon as
practicable after the end of each fiscal year, a balance sheet and
statements of income and retained earnings of the Company as at the end
of and for such year, all in reasonable detail and certified by
independent public accountants, and (ii) (A) as soon as practicable
after the end of each quarterly fiscal period (except for the last
quarterly fiscal period of each fiscal year), a balance sheet and
statement of income of the Company as at the end of and for such
period, all in reasonable detail and certified by a principal financial
or accounting officer of the Company, (B) as soon as available, a copy
of each report of the Company mailed by the Company to stockholders or
filed with the Commission, and (C) from time to time, such other
information concerning the Company as may reasonably be requested. So
long as the Company has active subsidiaries, such financial statements
will be on a consolidated basis to the extent the accounts of the
Company and its subsidiaries are consolidated.
(g) The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance
of its obligations under this Agreement, and will reimburse the
Underwriters for any reasonable expenses (including reasonable fees and
disbursements of counsel) incurred by them in connection with the
qualification of the Purchased Securities with respect to which the
Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities has been entered
for sale, and the determination of their eligibility for investment,
under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives or, if
there are no Representatives, the Underwriters designate, and the
printing of memoranda relating thereto, and for any fees charged by
investment rating agencies for the rating of the Purchased Securities.
(h) The Company will not offer or sell any other of its
Securities for a period beginning at the time of execution of the Terms
Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities and ending on the
Closing Date relating thereto without prior consent of the Underwriter
or the Representatives.
5. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The
obligations of the Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Purchased
Securities will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and
warranties on the part of the Company herein, to the accuracy of the
statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to
the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to the
following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Underwriters or the Representatives shall have received a
letter from DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, dated the date of the Terms
Agreement, confirming that they are independent certified public
accountants within the meaning of the Act and the applicable published
Rules and Regulations thereunder, and stating in effect that (i) in
their opinion the financial statements and schedules of the Company
audited by them and incorporated by reference in the Registration
Statement comply as to form in all material respects with the
applicable accounting requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 (the "1934 Act") and the published Rules and Regulations
thereunder and (ii) on the basis of a reading of the latest available
interim financial statements of the Company, inquiries of officials of
the Company responsible for financial and accounting matters, and other
specified procedures, nothing came to their attention that caused them
to believe that (A) the unaudited financial statements incorporated by
reference, if any, in the Registration Statements do not comply as to
form in all material respects with the applicable accounting
requirements of the 1934 Act and the published Rules and Regulations
thereunder or are not stated on a basis substantially consistent with
that of the audited financial statements incorporated by reference in
the Registration Statements, (B) at the date of the most recent
available unaudited financial statements and at a specified date not
more than five days prior to the date of this Agreement, there was any
increase in the amounts of common stock, redeemable preferred stock, or
non-redeemable preferred stock of the Company or any increase,
exceeding $10,000,000, in long-term debt of the Company or, at the date
of the most recent available unaudited financial statements there was
any decrease in net assets as compared with amounts shown in the most
recent financial statements incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statements, or (C) for the twelve-month period ended at
the date of the most recent available unaudited financial statements
there were any decreases, exceeding 3%, as compared with the
twelve-month period ended at the date of the most recent financial
statements incorporated by reference in the Registration Statements, in
the amounts of total revenues or net income, except in all cases for
increases or decreases which result from the declaration or payment of
dividends, or which the Registration Statement (including any material
incorporated by reference therein) discloses have occurred or may
occur, or which are described in such letter.
(b) No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or any part thereof shall have been issued and
no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the
knowledge of the Company or the Underwriters, shall be contemplated by
the Commission.
(c) Subsequent to the execution of the Terms Agreement relating
to the Purchased Securities, (i) there shall not have occurred any
change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or
affecting particularly the business or properties of the Company or its
subsidiaries which, in the judgment of a majority in interest of the
Underwriters under such Terms Agreement, including any Representatives,
materially impairs the investment quality of the Purchased Securities,
(ii) there shall not have occurred a suspension or material limitation
in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange,
(iii) there shall not have occurred a general moratorium on commercial
banking activities in New York declared by either Federal or New York
State authorities, (iv) no rating of any of the Company's debt
securities shall have been lowered and there shall have been no public
announcement that any such debt securities have been placed on
CreditWatch, Watchlist, or under any similar surveillance or review, in
each case with negative implications, by any recognized rating agency,
and (v) there shall not have occurred any outbreak or escalation of
major hostilities in which the United States is involved, any
declaration of war by Congress or any other substantial national or
international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of a majority
in interest of the Underwriters under such Terms Agreement, including
any Representatives, the effect of any such outbreak, escalation,
declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable
to proceed with completion of the sale of and payment for the Purchased
Securities.
(d) The Underwriters or the Representatives shall have received
an opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P., counsel for the Company, dated the
relevant Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Arizona and has full corporate power and authority to carry
on its business as presently conducted; and the Company is
duly qualified as a foreign corporation to do business and is
in good standing in the State of New Mexico, the only other
jurisdiction in which it owns or leases substantial
properties or in which the conduct of its business requires
such qualification;
(ii) The Purchased Securities have been duly authorized,
executed, authenticated, issued, and delivered, constitute
valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled
to the benefits provided by the Indenture (except as the same
may be limited by (a) general principles of equity or by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
moratorium, or other laws or equitable principles relating to
or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally
and (b) the qualification that certain waivers, procedures,
remedies, and other provisions of the Purchased
Securities and the Indenture may be unenforceable under
or limited by the law of the State of Arizona; however,
such law does not in such counsel's opinion
substantially prevent the practical realization of the
benefits intended by such documents) and conform to the
description thereof in the Prospectus;
(iii) The Indenture has been duly authorized, executed,
and delivered, has been duly qualified under the Trust
Indenture Act, and constitutes a valid and binding instrument
enforceable in accordance with its terms except as the same
may be limited by (a) general principles of equity or by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement,
moratorium, or other laws or equitable principles relating to
or affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights generally
and (b) the qualification that certain waivers, procedures,
remedies, and other provisions of the Purchased Securities
and the Indenture may be unenforceable under or limited by
the law of the State of Arizona; however, such law does not
in such counsel's opinion substantially prevent the practical
realization of the benefits intended by such documents;
(iv) With certain exceptions, a public service
corporation is required to obtain certificates of convenience
and necessity from the Arizona Corporation Commission under
A.R.S. Section 40-281.A for construction of its lines, plant,
services, or systems, or any extensions thereof, within the
State of Arizona, and to obtain franchises or similar
consents or permits from counties and incorporated
municipalities under A.R.S. Section 40-283.A for the
construction, operation, and maintenance of transmission
lines within the State of Arizona; to the best of such
counsel's knowledge after due inquiry, the Company holds such
valid franchises, certificates of convenience and necessity,
consents, and permits pursuant to such statutory provisions
as are necessary with respect to the maintenance and
operation of its property and business as now conducted,
except that (A) the Company from time to time makes minor
extensions of its system prior to the time a related
franchise, certificate, license, or permit is procured,
(B) from time to time communities already being served by the
Company become incorporated and considerable time may elapse
before a franchise is procured, (C) certain franchises may
have expired prior to the renegotiation thereof, (D) certain
minor defects and exceptions may exist which, individually
and in the aggregate, are not deemed material, and (E) such
counsel need not be required to express any opinion regarding
the geographical scope of any franchise, certificate,
license, or permit that is not specific as to its
geographical scope;
(v) The issuance and sale of the Purchased Securities on
the terms and conditions herein and in the Prospectus and the
Terms Agreement relating to the Purchased Securities set
forth or contemplated and the execution and delivery of the
Supplemental Indenture relating to the Purchased Securities
have been duly authorized by the Arizona Corporation
Commission, said Commission had jurisdiction in the premises,
and no further approval, authorization, or consent of any
other public board or body is necessary to the validity of
such issuance and sale of such Purchased Securities or the
execution and delivery of such Supplemental Indenture, except
as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws,
as to which laws such counsel shall not be required to
express an opinion;
(vi) The Registration Statement has become effective
under the Act, and, to the best of the knowledge of such
counsel, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the
Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for
that purpose have been instituted or are pending or
contemplated under the Act, and each part of the Registration
Statement relating to the Securities, when such part became
effective, and the Prospectus, as of the date of the
Prospectus Supplement, and each amendment or supplement
thereto, as of their respective effective or issue dates,
complied as to form in all material respects with the
requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act, and the
published Rules and Regulations; such counsel has no reason
to believe that any part of the Registration Statement, when
such part became effective, or the Prospectus, as of the date
of the Prospectus Supplement, or as of the Closing Date, or
any amendment or supplement thereto, as of their respective
effective or issue dates, or as of the Closing Date,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted
to state any material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; the
descriptions in the Registration Statement and Prospectus of
statutes, legal and governmental proceedings and contracts,
and other documents are accurate and fairly present the
information required to be shown; and to the actual knowledge
of those persons in the lawyer group described in such
opinion, there are no legal or governmental proceedings
required to be described in the Prospectus that are not
described as required, nor any contracts or documents of a
character required to be described in the Registration
Statements or Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the
Registration Statements that are not described and filed as
required (it being understood that such counsel need express
no opinion as to the financial statements or other financial
data contained in the Registration Statements or the
Prospectus); and
(vii) This Agreement and the Terms Agreement have been
duly authorized, executed, and delivered by the Company.
In giving such opinion, (a) Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. may rely solely
upon certificates of the Company as to any factual matters upon which any
such opinions are based and may rely upon the opinion of Keleher & McLeod,
P.A., referred to below, as to all matters governed by the laws of the
State of New Mexico, but the opinion of Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. shall state
that, though they are members of the Arizona Bar and do not hold themselves
out as experts on the laws of the State of New Mexico, they have made a
study of the laws of such State insofar as such laws are involved in the
conclusions stated in their opinion, and from such study it is their
opinion that such laws support such conclusions and that, in their opinion,
the Underwriters and they are justified to such extent in relying upon the
opinion of Keleher & McLeod, P.A.; and (b) the lawyer group referred to in
such opinion will mean those lawyers in the offices of Snell & Wilmer
L.L.P. who (i) have billed any time on the particular transaction to which
such opinion relates or (ii) have billed more than ten hours to any Company
matter in the twelve-month period preceding the date on which the list of
such lawyers was compiled for purposes of inquiry pursuant to such opinion.
(e) The Underwriters or the Representatives shall have received
an opinion of Keleher & McLeod, P.A., New Mexico counsel for the
Company, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that:
(i) The Company is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation to do business and is in good standing in the
State of New Mexico and has full corporate power and
authority to engage in the State of New Mexico in the
business now conducted by it therein; and
(ii) The activities of the Company in the State of New
Mexico to date do not constitute it a "public utility" as
that term is defined in the relevant laws of the State of New
Mexico, and accordingly, no public utility franchises or
certificates of convenience and necessity are necessary under
New Mexico law with respect to the maintenance and operation
of the Company's property and business as now conducted in
the State of New Mexico and no approval, authorization, or
consent of the New Mexico Public Utility Commission or any
other public board or body of the State of New Mexico is
required for the issuance and sale of the Purchased
Securities on the terms and conditions herein and in the
Prospectus set forth or contemplated or for the execution of
the Supplemental Indenture relating to the Purchased
Securities, except as may be required under New Mexico state
securities or blue sky laws, as to which laws such counsel
shall not be required to express an opinion.
In giving such opinion, Keleher & McLeod, P.A. may rely solely upon
certificates of the Company as to any factual matters upon which any
such opinions are based.
(f) The Underwriters or the Representatives shall have received
from counsel for the Underwriters such opinion or opinions, dated the
Closing Date, with respect to the incorporation of the Company, the
validity of the Purchased Securities, the Registration Statements, the
Prospectus, and other related matters as may reasonably be required,
and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as
they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such
matters. In rendering such opinion, such counsel may rely as to the
incorporation of the Company and all other matters governed by the laws
of the States of Arizona and New Mexico upon the opinions of Snell &
Wilmer L.L.P. and Keleher & McLeod, P.A., referred to above.
(g) The Underwriters or the Representatives shall have received a
certificate of the President or any Vice President and a principal
financial or accounting officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date,
in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable
investigation, shall state that the representations and warranties of
the Company in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company
has complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on its
part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing Date, that
no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been
instituted or are contemplated by the Commission, and that, subsequent
to the date of the most recent financial statements in the Prospectus,
there has been no material adverse change in the financial position or
results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries except as set
forth or contemplated in the Prospectus or as described in such
certificate.
(h) The Underwriters or the Representatives shall have received a
letter of DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP, dated the Closing Date, which meets
the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, except that the
specified date referred to in such subsection will be a date not more
than five days prior to the Closing Date for the purposes of this
subsection.
The Company will furnish the Underwriters or the Representatives
with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters, and
documents as may be reasonably requested.
6. Indemnification.
(a) The Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter
and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the
meaning of the Act against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities,
joint or several, to which such Underwriter or such controlling person
may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses,
claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise
out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue
statement of any material fact contained in any part of the
Registration Statement relating to the Securities, when such part
became effective, any preliminary prospectus or preliminary prospectus
supplement, the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, or
arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to
state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; and will
reimburse each Underwriter and each such controlling person for any
legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter or such
controlling person in connection with investigating or defending any
such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that
the Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any
such loss, claim, damage, or liability arises out of or is based upon
an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged
omission made in any of such documents in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any
Underwriter specifically for use therein. This indemnity agreement
will be in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise
have.
(b) Each Underwriter will severally indemnify and hold harmless
the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who have
signed the Registration Statement, and each person, if any, who
controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, against any losses,
claims, damages, or liabilities to which the Company or any such
director, officer, or controlling person may become subject, under the
Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or
liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based
upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material
fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement relating to
the Securities, when such part became effective, any preliminary
prospectus or preliminary prospectus supplement, the Prospectus, or any
amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the
omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the
extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or
omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in
conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such
Underwriter specifically for use therein; and will reimburse any legal
or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any such
director, officer, or controlling person in connection with
investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or
action. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability
which such Underwriter may otherwise have.
(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this
Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified
party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under this Section, notify the indemnifying party of
the commencement thereof; but the omission so to notify the
indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability that it may
have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section. In
case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it
notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the
indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the
extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party
similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel
satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, without the
consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying
party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such
indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the
indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under
this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by
such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other
than reasonable costs of investigation.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is
unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for
any loss, claim, damage, liability, or action described in
subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall
contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a
result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in
subsection (a) or (b) above on the following basis: (1) if such loss,
claim, damage, liability, or action arises under subsection (a) above,
then (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the
allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable
law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the
relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative
fault of the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other
in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such
losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant
equitable considerations; and (2) if such loss, claim, damage,
liability, or action arises under subsection (b) above, then in such
proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the
Company on the one hand and the Underwriter on the other in connection
with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims,
damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. For the purposes of clause (1) above, the relative
benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Underwriters
on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total
net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by
the Company bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions
received by the Underwriters. For the purposes of clauses (1) and (2)
above, the relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among
other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material
fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters
and the parties' relative intent, knowledge, access to information and
opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission.
The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses,
claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of
this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other
expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the
subject of this subsection (d). No person guilty of fraudulent
misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of
such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters' obligations in
this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their
respective underwriting obligations and not joint.
7. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters
default in their obligations to purchase Purchased Securities pursuant to
this Agreement and the Terms Agreement and the principal amount of Purchased
Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but
failed to purchase is ten percent (10%) or less of the principal amount of
Purchased Securities to which such Terms Agreement relates, the Underwriters
or the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for
the purchase of such Purchased Securities by other persons, including any of
the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date
the nondefaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion
to their respective commitments hereunder and under such Terms Agreement, to
purchase the Purchased Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or
Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase. If any Underwriter or
Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of Purchased
Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur is more than
the above-described amount and arrangements satisfactory to the remaining
Underwriters and the Company for the purchase of such Purchased Securities
by other persons are not made within thirty-six hours after such default,
the Terms Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any
non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 8.
As used in this Agreement, the term "Underwriter" includes any person
substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will
relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
8. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The
respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties, and other
statements of the Company or its officers and of the Underwriters set forth
in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect
regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof,
made by or on behalf of the Underwriters or the Company or any of its
officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery
of and payment for the Purchased Securities. If any Terms Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section 7, or if for any reason a purchase pursuant
to any Terms Agreement is not consummated, the Company shall remain
responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to
Section 4 and the respective obligations of the Company and the Underwriters
pursuant to Section 6 shall remain in effect.
9. Notices. All communications hereunder relating to any
offering of Purchased Securities will be in writing, and, if sent to the
Underwriters, may be mailed, delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to the
Representative first named in the Terms Agreement relating to such Purchased
Securities or the Underwriters at their addresses furnished to the Company
in writing for the purpose of communications; provided, however, that any
notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 6 will be mailed, delivered, or
telecopied and confirmed to each such Underwriter at its own address. All
communications hereunder to the Company shall be mailed to the Company,
Attention: Treasurer, at P.O. Box 53999, Phoenix, Arizona 85O72-3999, or
delivered, or telecopied and confirmed to the Company at 400 North Fifth
Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004.
10. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and
be binding upon the parties hereto and the Underwriter or Underwriters as
are named in any Terms Agreement and their respective successors and the
officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 6, and
no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
11. Representation of Underwriters. The Representatives, if any,
may act for the Underwriters in connection with any offering to which a
Terms Agreement may relate, and any action under this Agreement or such
Terms Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly or the Representative
first named in such Terms Agreement in such capacity will be binding upon
the Underwriters of Purchased Securities to which such Terms Agreement
relates.
12. Execution in Counterpart. This Agreement and any Terms
Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such respective counterparts shall
together constitute a single instrument.
If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our
agreement, kindly sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof,
whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the
Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours,
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
By Nancy E. Newquist
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Treasurer
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is
hereby confirmed and accepted as of the
date first above written
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
INCORPORATED
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
(As Representatives of the
Several Underwriters)
By Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
TERMS AGREEMENT
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January 6, 1995
Arizona Public Service Company
400 North Fifth Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Attention: Treasurer
Dear Madam:
Arizona Public Service Company (the "Company") hereby agrees to
sell to the several Underwriters (the "Underwriters") listed in the Company's
Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus Supplement") of even date herewith
relating to $75,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its Monthly Income Debt
Securities, therein designated the 10% Monthly Income Debt Securities (Junior
Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series A) (the "Purchased
Securities"), and the Underwriters hereby agree to purchase, severally and not
jointly, at a purchase price of 96.90% of the principal amount thereof plus
accrued interest from the date of original issuance, the respective principal
amounts of Purchased Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters
in the Prospectus Supplement. The sale of the Purchased Securities by the
Company and the purchase thereof by the Underwriters shall be made on the basis
of the representations, warranties, and agreements contained in the Underwriting
Agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement"), dated January 6, 1995, relating to the
issuance and sale of up to $100,000,000 of the Company's Securities under the
Company's Indenture, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions set forth
in such Underwriting Agreement. The provisions of the Underwriting Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference. As contemplated by Section 3 of the
Underwriting Agreement, certain terms of the Purchased Securities are described
in the Prospectus Supplement.
The Underwriters propose to offer the Purchased Securities to the
public in the manner and upon the terms set out in the Prospectus Supplement.
On January 12, 1995 the Company will deliver the Purchased Securities to
the Underwriters at the office of the Company, 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix,
Arizona 85004, against payment of the purchase price by transfer of funds by Fed
Wire from the Underwriters to the Company's account at a bank in Phoenix,
Arizona designated by the Company. Such purchase price will be deemed to have
been received by the Company upon the Company's receipt of the Fed Wire
reference number relating to such transfer of funds. On January 13, 1995, the
Company will pay to the Underwriters, by means of transfer of funds by Fed Wire
to a bank account designated by the Underwriters, interest on the purchase price
for one day at the January 12, 1995 Fed Funds Effective Rate. Closing shall
occur at the office of the Company, 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona, at
8:00 a.m. Phoenix time, on January 12, 1995, or at such other time and date as
the Underwriters and the Company may agree upon in writing, such time and date
being referred to as the "Closing Date." All of the Purchased Securities
referred to in this paragraph shall be in global form and registered in the name
of Cede & Co. and deposited with the Depository Trust Company, as depositary.
If the foregoing is acceptable to you, please sign below and
transmit evidence of such signing to Goldman, Sachs & Co. at your earliest
convenience. At that point, the agreement signified hereby will constitute the
Terms Agreement, as described in the Underwriting Agreement, with respect to the
$75,000,000 of Purchased Securities referred to herein.
All capitalized terms herein, not otherwise defined herein, are
used as defined in the Underwriting Agreement. This agreement may be executed in
one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but
all such respective counterparts shall together constitute a single instrument.
Very truly yours,
GOLDMAN, SACHS & CO.
DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS INC.
LEHMAN BROTHERS INC.
MORGAN STANLEY & CO.
INCORPORATED
PAINEWEBBER INCORPORATED
(As Representatives of the
Several Underwriters)
By Goldman, Sachs & Co.
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(Goldman, Sachs & Co.)
Confirmed and accepted as
of the date first above
written.
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
By Nancy E. Newquist
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Treasurer
EX-4.4
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
EXHIBIT 4.4
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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
________________
First Supplemental Indenture
Dated as of January 1, 1995
To
Indenture
Dated as of January 1, 1995
________________
10% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures
Series A, Due 2025
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FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of January 1, 1995, between
Arizona Public Service Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Arizona (herein called the "Company"), having its
principal office at 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, and The
Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the
"Trustee") under the Indenture dated as of January 1, 1995 between the Company
and the Trustee (the "Indenture").
Recitals of the Company
The Company has executed and delivered the Indenture to the Trustee
to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures,
notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the "Securities"), said Securities to
be issued in one or more series as in the Indenture provided.
Pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Company desires to
provide for the establishment of a new series of its Securities to be known as
its 10% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series A, Due 2025
(herein called the "Series A Debentures"), the form and substance of such
Series A Debentures and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof to be set
forth as provided in the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture.
All things necessary to make this First Supplemental Indenture
a valid agreement of the Company, and to make the Series A Debentures, when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, the
valid obligations of the Company, have been done.
Now, Therefore, This First Supplemental Indenture Witnesseth:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of
the Series A Debentures by the Holders thereof, and for the purpose of setting
forth, as provided in the Indenture, the form and substance of the Series A
Debentures and the terms, provisions and conditions thereof, it is mutually
agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Series A
Debentures, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
General Terms and Conditions of
the Series A Debentures
Section 101. There shall be and is hereby authorized a series
of Securities designated the "10% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest
Debentures, Series A, Due 2025", limited in aggregate principal amount to
$75,000,000, which amount shall be as set forth in any written order of the
Company for the authentication and delivery of Series A Debentures. The Series
A Debentures shall mature and the principal shall be due and payable together
with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on January 31, 2025, and shall be
issued in the form of registered Series A Debentures without coupons.
Section 102. Except as provided in Section 103 herein, the
Series A Debentures shall be issued in certificated form. Principal and
interest on the Series A Debentures issued in certificated form will be
payable, the transfer of such Series A Debentures will be registrable and such
Series A Debentures will be exchangeable for the Series A Debentures bearing
identical terms and provisions at the office or agency of the Company in the
Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York; provided, however, that
payment of interest may be made at the option of the Company by check mailed to
the registered holder at such address as shall appear in the Security Register.
Section 103. Each Series A Debenture will bear interest at the
rate of 10% per annum from the original date of issuance until the principal
thereof becomes due and payable, and on any overdue principal and (to the
extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law) on
any overdue installment of interest at the same rate per annum, payable monthly
on the last calendar day of each month (each, an "Interest Payment Date"),
commencing on January 31, 1995, to the person in whose name such Series A
Debenture or any predecessor Series A Debenture is registered, at the close of
business on the Business Day next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any
such interest installment not punctually paid or duly provided for shall
forthwith cease to be payable to the registered holders on such regular record
date, and may be paid to the person in whose name the Series A Debenture (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
special record date to be fixed by the Trustee for the payment of such
defaulted interest, notice whereof shall be given to the registered holders of
the Series A Debentures not less than 10 days prior to such special record
date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Series A
Debentures may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such
exchange, all as more fully provided in the Indenture.
The amount of interest payable for any period will be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. Interest will accrue
from the date of original issuance to, but not including, the relevant payment
date. In the event that any date on which interest is payable on the Series A
Debentures is not a Business Day, then payment of interest payable on such date
will be made on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day (and without
any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay), except that, if
such Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, such payment shall
be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with the same
force and effect as if made on such date. A "Business Day" shall mean any day
other than a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are
authorized or obligated by law to close.
Section 104. The Series A Debentures shall be defeasable
pursuant to Section 1302 and Section 1303 of the Indenture.
ARTICLE TWO
Redemption of the Series A Debentures
Section 201. The Series A Debentures will be redeemable at the
option of the Company, as a whole or in part, at anytime on or after January
31, 2000 and prior to maturity, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days'
notice, at 100% of the principal amount redeemed, together with accrued
interest to the date fixed for redemption.
ARTICLE THREE
Extension of Interest Payment Period
Section 301. The Company shall have the right, at any time
during the term of the Series A Debentures, from time to time to extend the
interest payment period, of such Series A Debentures for up to 60 consecutive
months (the "Extended Interest Payment Period"), at the end of which period the
Company shall pay all interest accrued and unpaid thereon (together with
interest thereon at the rate specified for the Series A Debentures to the
extent permitted by applicable law); provided that, during such Extended
Interest Payment Period, the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend on,
or redeem, purchase, acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any
of its capital stock or make any guarantee payments with respect to the
foregoing, except that the Company may make mandatory sinking fund payments
with respect to its $10.00 Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series U ($100 par
value), and its $7.875 Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series V ($100 par value).
Prior to the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, the
Company may further extend such period, provided that such period together with
all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 60 consecutive months or
extend beyond the Stated Maturity of the Series A Debentures. Upon the
termination of any Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all
accrued and unpaid interest then due, the Company may select a new Extended
Interest Payment Period, subject to the foregoing requirements. No interest
during an Extended Interest Payment Period, except at the end thereof, shall be
due and payable.
Section 302. (a) The Company shall give the holders of the
Series A Debentures and the Trustee written notice of its selection of such
Extended Interest Payment Period 10 Business Days prior to the earlier of (i)
the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (ii) the date the Company is
required to give notice to holders of the Series A Debentures (or, if
applicable, to the New York Stock Exchange or other applicable self- regulatory
organization) of the record or payment date of such interest payment, but in
any event not less than two business days prior to such record date.
(b) The month in which any notice is given pursuant to
paragraph (a) of this Section shall constitute one of the 60 months which
comprise the maximum Extended Interest Payment Period.
ARTICLE FOUR
Form of Series A Debenture
Section 401. The Series A Debentures and the Trustee's
certificate of authentication to be endorsed thereon are to be substantially in
the following forms:
(FORM OF FACE OF DEBENTURE)
No.______________ $_______________
CUSIP No. ______
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
10% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE, SERIES A, DUE 2025
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, a corporation duly organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona (herein referred to as the
"Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to
_______________________________________________, or registered assigns, the
principal sum of ________________________________ Dollars on January 31, 2025,
and to pay interest on said principal sum from January 12, 1995 or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, monthly on the last calendar day of each month, commencing
January 31, 1995 at the rate of 10% per annum until the principal hereof is
paid or made available for payment. The amount of interest payable on any
Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the Business Day
next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on
such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name
this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders
of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with
the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this
series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest
on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained
for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York,
in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of
payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided,
however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address
shall appear in the Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for
all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been
executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature,
this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose.
In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to
be duly executed.
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
By..............................
Attest:
...........................
(FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION)
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Dated:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By.............................
Authorized Signatory
(FORM OF REVERSE OF DEBENTURE)
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities
of the Company (herein called the Securities ), issued and to be issued in
one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1995 (herein
called the Indenture , which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in
such instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
(herein called the Trustee , which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement
of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of
the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof,
limited in aggregate principal amount to $75,000,000.
The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon
not less than 30 days' notice by mail, at any time on or after January 31,
2000, as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at a Redemption
Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such
redemption with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest
instalments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will
be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor
Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.
In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed
portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject
to the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this
Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in- fact
for any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof,
hereby waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions
contained herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Debt, whether
now outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such Holder
upon said provisions.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of
the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance with certain
conditions set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this
series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this
series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of
each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of 66 2/3% in principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is
made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture,
the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver
or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have
previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25%
in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding
shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in
respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable
indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time
Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed
to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit
instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of
principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective
due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
The Company shall have the right at any time during the term of
the Securities, from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such
Securities to up to 60 consecutive months (the "Extended Interest Payment
Period"), at the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest then
accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon at the rate specified for
the Securities to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law); provided that, during such Extended Interest Payment Period
the Company shall not declare or pay any dividend on, or redeem, purchase,
acquire or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock
or make any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing, except that the
Company may make mandatory sinking fund payments with respect to its $10.00
Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series U ($100 par value), and its $7.875
Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series V ($100 par value). Prior to the
termination of any such Extended Interest Payment Period, the Company may
further extend such Extended Interest Payment Period, provided that such Period
together with all such further extensions thereof shall not exceed 60
consecutive months. At the termination of any such Extended Interest Payment
Period and upon the payment of all accrued and unpaid interest and any
additional amounts then due, the Company may select a new Extended Interest
Payment Period.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $25 and any integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a
different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the
same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
ARTICLE FIVE
Original Issue of Series A Debentures
Section 501. Series A Debentures in the aggregate principal
amount of $75,000,000, may, upon execution of this First Supplemental
Indenture, or from time to time thereafter, be executed by the Company and
delivered to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon
authenticate and deliver said Securities to or upon the written order of the
Company, signed by its Chairman, its President, or any Vice President and its
Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, without any further action by the Company.
ARTICLE SIX
Paying Agent and Registrar
Section 601. The Bank of New York will be the Paying Agent and
Registrar for the Series A Debentures.
ARTICLE SEVEN
Sundry Provisions
Section 701. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
First Supplemental Indenture or in the form of Series A Debenture or otherwise
clearly required by the context hereof or thereof, all terms used herein or in
said form of Series A Debenture that are defined in the Indenture shall have
the several meanings respectively assigned to them thereby.
Section 702. The Indenture, as supplemented by this First
Supplemental Indenture, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and this
First Supplemental Indenture shall be deemed part of the Indenture in the
manner and to the extent herein and therein provided.
__________________
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this First
Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate
seals to be hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first
above written.
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
By Nancy E. Newquist
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(seal) Nancy E. Newquist
Treasurer
Attest:
Betsy A. Pregulamn
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
By Walter N. Gitlin
----------------
(seal) Walter N. Gitlin
Vice President
Attest:
Robert F. McIntyre
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Robert F. McIntyre
Assistant Vice President
State of Arizona )
) ss.:
County of Maricopa )
On the 11th day of January, 1995, before me personally came
Nancy E. Newquist, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that she is the Treasurer of Arizona Public Service Company, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that she
knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is
such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of
Directors of said corporation; and that she signed her name thereto by like
authority.
Kris Jesberger
..............................
(seal) Official Seal
Kris Jesberger
Notary Public - State of Arizona
Maricopa County
My Commission Expires Aug. 16, 1998
State of New York )
) ss.:
County of New York )
On the 10th day of January, 1995, before me personally came
Walter N. Gitlin, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say
that he is Vice President of The Bank of New York, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the
seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such
corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors
of said corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
Timothy J. Shea
..............................
Timothy J. Shea
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 01SH5027547
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires May 5, 1996
EX-4.5
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SPECIMEN OF SECURITY
EXHIBIT 4.5
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A
SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
No. A-1 $75,000,000
CUSIP No. 040555 77 3
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
10% JUNIOR SUBORDINATED DEFERRABLE INTEREST DEBENTURE, SERIES A, DUE 2025
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Arizona (herein referred to as the
"Company", which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), for
value received, hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the
principal sum of Seventy-Five Million and No/100 Dollars ($75,000,000) on
January 31, 2025, and to pay interest on said principal sum from January 12,
1995 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been
paid or duly provided for, monthly on the last calendar day of each month,
commencing January 31, 1995 at the rate of 10% per annum until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment. The amount of interest payable on
any Interest Payment Date shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture,
be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest, which shall be the close of business on the Business Day next
preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid
or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to
be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities
of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be
paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the
requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series
may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as
more fully provided in said Indenture.
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for
that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City and State of New York, in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that
at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the
Security Register.
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this
Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all
purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed
by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this
Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be
duly executed.
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
By...........................................
Attest:
.................................
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Dated:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
By...........................................
Authorized Signatory
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of
the Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 1, 1995 (herein called the
"Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee (herein
called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under the
Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the
respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of
the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This
Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof, limited in
aggregate principal amount to $75,000,000.
The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 days' notice by mail, at any time on or after January 31, 2000, as
a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at a Redemption Price equal
to 100% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption
with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest instalments whose
Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the
Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at
the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face
hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.
In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new
Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed
portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.
The indebtedness evidenced by this Security is, to the extent
provided in the Indenture, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Debt, and this Security is issued subject to
the provisions of the Indenture with respect thereto. Each Holder of this
Security, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such
provisions, (b) authorizes and directs the Trustee on his behalf to take such
action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the
subordination so provided and (c) appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for
any and all such purposes. Each Holder hereof, by his acceptance hereof, hereby
waives all notice of the acceptance of the subordination provisions contained
herein and in the Indenture by each holder of Senior Debt, whether now
outstanding or hereafter incurred, and waives reliance by each such Holder upon
said provisions.
The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of
the entire indebtedness of this Security upon compliance with certain conditions
set forth in the Indenture.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series
shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series
may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein
provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and
obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of
each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and
the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of 66 2/3% in principal amount of
the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The
Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time
Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain
past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or
waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such
Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued
upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this
Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture,
the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount
of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this
Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the
coin or currency, herein prescribed.
The Company shall have the right at any time during the term of
the Securities, from time to time to extend the interest payment period of such
Securities to up to 60 consecutive months (the "Extended Interest Payment
Period"), at the end of which period the Company shall pay all interest then
accrued and unpaid (together with interest thereon at the rate specified for the
Securities to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under
applicable law); provided that, during such Extended Interest Payment Period the
Company shall not declare or pay any dividend on, or redeem, purchase, acquire
or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of its capital stock or make
any guarantee payments with respect to the foregoing, except that the Company
may make mandatory sinking fund payments with respect to its $10.00 Cumulative
Preferred Stock, Series U ($100 par value), and its $7.875 Cumulative Preferred
Stock, Series V ($100 par value). Prior to the termination of any such Extended
Interest Payment Period, the Company may further extend such Extended Interest
Payment Period, provided that such Period together with all such further
extensions thereof shall not exceed 60 consecutive months. At the termination of
any such Extended Interest Payment Period and upon the payment of all accrued
and unpaid interest and any additional amounts then due, the Company may select
a new Extended Interest Payment Period.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered
form without coupons in denominations of $25 and any integral multiple thereof.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized
denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to
cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of
transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee
may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither
the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
EX-4.6
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FORM OF INDENTURE
EXHIBIT 4.6
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ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
TO
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
Trustee
______________
Indenture
Dated as of January 1, 1995
______________
(For Subordinated Securities or, if Article Fourteen is made non-applicable
(as permitted by Section 301), for Senior Securities)
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..............................................................
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318,
inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture
Act Section Indenture Section
Section 310(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 608
610
Section 311(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Section 312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
702
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Section 313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
Section 314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
1004
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Section 315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
Section 316(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
(a)(1)(A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 502
512
(a)(1)(B). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Section 317(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1003
Section 318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
___________________
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
Parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Recitals of the Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
Section 101. Definitions:
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Affiliate; control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board of Directors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Board Resolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Business Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Company Request; Company Order . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Corporate Trust Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Covenant Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Defaulted Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Depositary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Event of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Exchange Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Expiration Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Global Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Interest Payment Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Investment Company Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Notice of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Officers' Certificate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Opinion of Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Original Issue Discount Security . . . . . . . . . . 4
Outstanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Paying Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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Note: This table of contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be
a part of the Indenture.
Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Place of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Predecessor Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Redemption Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Regular Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Responsible Officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Securities Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Security Register; Security Registrar . . . . . . . 6
Senior Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Special Record Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Stated Maturity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Subsidiary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
U.S. Government Obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Vice President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions . . . . . . . . 8
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . . . . . . . 8
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company . . . . . . . 11
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . . . . . . 12
Section 109. Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 110. Separability Clause . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 112. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Section 113. Legal Holidays . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Section 202. Form of Face of Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities . . . . . . . . 20
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication . . 20
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series . . . . . . . . 20
Section 302. Denominations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating . . . 23
Section 304. Temporary Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange 25
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities . . 27
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved . . . 28
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 309. Cancellation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 310. Computation of Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Section 311. CUSIP Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture . . . . . . 31
Section 402. Application of Trust Money . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment . 34
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession
of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 506. Application of Money Collected . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Section 507. Limitation on Suits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Section 512. Control by Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws . . . . . . 40
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . 40
Section 602. Notice of Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities 42
Section 605. May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 606. Money Held in Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Section 608. Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility . . . . . . 43
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor . 44
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . . . . . . . 45
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession
to Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company . 47
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent . . . . . . . . 47
ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses
of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications
to Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Section 703. Reports by Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 704. Reports by Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on
Certain Terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Section 802. Successor Substituted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders . 52
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders . . 53
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . 54
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures . . . . . . . . . 54
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act . . . . . . . . 54
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures . 55
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest . . . . . 55
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . 55
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust . 56
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default . . . . . . . . 57
Section 1005. Existence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 1009. Calculation of Original Issue Discount. . . . . . . . 58
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . 59
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed . 59
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date . . . . . . . 61
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities 62
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund . . . . . 62
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 1301. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance . . 64
Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations
to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions . . 66
Section 1306. Reinstatement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Subordination of Debentures
Section 1401. Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt. . . . . . . . 67
Section 1402. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Default . . . . . . . 68
Section 1403. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc . . . 69
Section 1404. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt . . 70
Section 1405. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination . . . . . . . . 71
Section 1406. Notice to Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Section 1407. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt;
Preservation of Trustee's Rights . . . . . . . . 72
Section 1408. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt . . 72
Section 1409. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions . . . . . . . 73
Section 1410. Defeasance of this Article Fourteen . . . . . . . . 73
Testimonium . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Signatures and Seals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
INDENTURE, dated as of January 1, 1995, between Arizona Public Service
Company, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State
of Arizona (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at 400
North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85004, and The Bank of New York, a New York
banking corporation, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee").
Recitals of the Company
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture
provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
Now, Therefore, This Indenture Witnesseth:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof,
as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
Definitions and Other Provisions
of General Application
Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case
may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted
by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of
such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on
which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or
obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after
the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then
the body performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Company"
shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its
Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary,
and delivered to the Trustee.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal corporate trust office of the
Trustee in the City of New York, New York at which at any particular time its
corporate trust business shall be administered.
"corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or business trust.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in
whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as
Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or
such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such
Securities).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions
hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such
supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms
of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by
Section 301.
"interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means
interest payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Security.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal becomes
due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated
Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or
otherwise.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4).
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President,
and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers
signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, or other counsel who shall be acceptable to the
Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides for
an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to
Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary
amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent
(other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by
the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the
Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be
redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this
Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to
Section 1302; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in
exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated
and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities
in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof
satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser
in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original
Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the
amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such
date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to
Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the
Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of
such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as
specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal
amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or
currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S.
dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as
contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or,
in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the
amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be
protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which
the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so
owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding
if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee's
right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not
the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the
Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by
such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any
Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in
lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that
purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
"Responsible Officer", when used with respect to the Trustee, means 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.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Senior Debt" of the Company means the principal of, premium, if any,
interest on and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following,
whether outstanding at the date of execution of this Indenture or thereafter
incurred, created or assumed: (a) all indebtedness of the Company evidenced by
notes, debentures, bonds or other securities sold by the Company for money,
including all first mortgage bonds of the Company outstanding from time to time;
(b) all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in the preceding clause
(a) assumed by or guaranteed in any manner by the Company, including through
an agreement to purchase, contingent or otherwise; and (c) all renewals,
extensions or refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in any of the
preceding causes (a) and (b); unless, in the case of any particular
indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding, the instrument creating or
evidencing the same or the assumption or guarantee of the same expressly
provides that such indebtedness, renewal, extension or refunding is not
superior in right of payment to or is pari passu with the Securities.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date
specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such
Security or such instalment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means a corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting
stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company or by one or
more other Subsidiaries, or by the Company and one or more other
Subsidiaries. For the purposes of this definition, "voting stock" means
stock which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors,
whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of stock has such
voting power by reason of any contingency.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however,
that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such
date, "Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such
amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first paragraph
of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant
to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee"
shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at
any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with respect
to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish
to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the
Trust Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the
form of an Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the
Company, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall
comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other
requirements set forth in this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Indenture 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 condition or covenant has been complied with.
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but
one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters
and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person
may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several
documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise
of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or
representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel
may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate
or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company
stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the
possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representa-
tions with respect to such matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consoli-
dated and form one instrument.
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments
of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent
duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly
provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly
required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action
embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as
the "Act" of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of
execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent
shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in
the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or
by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to
take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such
instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient
proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same,
may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of
the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registra-
tion of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in
respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or
the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is
made upon such Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided
that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this
paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any
notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph.
If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no
other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not
such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the
applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new
record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set
pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no
effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render
ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of
Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is
taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to
the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant
series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any
declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to
institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction
referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such
series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of
Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other
Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or
direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record
date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken
on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record
date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee
from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has
previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date
previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be
cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be
construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the
date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to
this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company's expense, shall cause notice of
such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable
Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of
Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of
the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in
writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the
manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration
Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record
date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record
date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such
record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its
right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the
180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one
or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture
to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing
to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention:
Corporate Trust Trustee Administration, or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient
for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company
addressed to it at the address of its principal office specified in the
first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each
Holder affected by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the
earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any
case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail
such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular
Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other
Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice
may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice,
either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of
such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee,
but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any
action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee
shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of
and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust
Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision
shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded,
as the case may be.
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind
its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
Section 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
thereby.
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right,
remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of
laws principles thereof.
Section 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of
Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of
the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically
states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of
interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place
of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day
at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the
Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity.
ARTICLE TWO
Security Forms
Section 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set
forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, sub-
stitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of
identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be
required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary
therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers
executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the
form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to
a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be
certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order
contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such
Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as
determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the
regulations thereunder.]
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
..........................................................................
No. ......... $ ........
CUSIP NO. ________
Arizona Public Service Company, a corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of Arizona (herein called the "Company", which term
includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to),
for value received, hereby promises to pay to
..............................................., or registered assigns, the
principal sum of ...................................... Dollars on
........................................................ [if the Security is
to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert , and to pay interest thereon
from ............. or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for, semi-annually on ............
and ............ in each year, commencing ........., at the rate of ....%
per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment
[if applicable, insert , provided that any principal and premium, and any
such instalment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the
rate of ...% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until
they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be
payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such
Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the ....... or .......
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such
Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such
Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close
of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to
Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such
Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at
Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue
premium shall bear interest at the rate of ....% per annum (to the extent
that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the
dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for
payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on
demand. Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid
on demand shall bear interest at the rate of ......% per annum (to the
extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally
enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is
paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall
be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in ............, in such
coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable,
insert ; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of
interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the
Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
In Witness Whereof, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
By...................................................
Attest:
.........................................
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or
more series under an Indenture, dated as of September 1, 1994 (herein called
the "Indenture", which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such
instrument), between the Company and The Bank of New York, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee", which term includes any successor trustee under
the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement
of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and
of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and
delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof
[if applicable, insert , limited in aggregate principal amount to
$...........].
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable,
insert (1) on ........... in any year commencing with the year ...... and
ending with the year ...... through operation of the sinking fund for this
series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and
(2)] at any time [if applicable, insert on or after .........., 19..], as
a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following
Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If
redeemed [if applicable, insert on or before ..............., ...%, and if
redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning ............. of the years
indicated,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
---- ---------- ---- ----------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert
(whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued
interest to the Redemption Date, but interest instalments whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the
Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record
at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the
face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on ............
in any year commencing with the year .... and ending with the year ....
through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption
Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and
(2) at any time [if applicable, insert on or after ............], as a
whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices
for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund
(expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table
below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning ............ of the
years indicated,
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Otherwise
Through Operation Than Through
of the Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
---- ------------ --------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to .....% of the principal
amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through
operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, but interest instalments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as
provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
not, prior to ............., redeem any Securities of this series as
contemplated by [if applicable, insert Clause (2) of] the preceding
paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by
the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an
interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally
accepted financial practice) of less than .....% per annum.]
[If applicable, insert The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on ............ in each year beginning with the year .......
and ending with the year ...... of [if applicable, insert not less than
$.......... ("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $.........
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this
series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if
applicable, insert mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited
against subsequent [if applicable, insert mandatory] sinking fund payments
otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert , in the inverse
order in which they become due].]
[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or
Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion
hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation
hereof.]
[If applicable, insert paragraph regarding subordination of the
Security.]
[If applicable, insert The Indenture contains provisions for
defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or]
[certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth
in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur
and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may
be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in
the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to insert formula for
determining the amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so
declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal,
premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in
respect of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any,
on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with
the consent of the Holders of 66 2/3% in principal amount of the Securities
at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in
principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding,
on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive
compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such
consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and
binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange
herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver
is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have
previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than
25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time
Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute
proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the
Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee shall not have received from
the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series
at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and
shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after
receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall
not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company,
which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin
or currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at
the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and
any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or
his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new
Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and
for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated
transferee or transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $....... and any integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations
therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like
aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of
a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering
the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or
exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner
hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by
notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall
have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture
hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a Depositary or a
nominee thereof. This Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for
a Security registered, and no transfer of this Security in whole or in part
may be registered, in the name of any Person other than such Depositary or a
nominee thereof, except in the limited circumstances described in the
Indenture.
Section 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
...........................................
As Trustee
By.........................................
Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE THREE
The Securities
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to
Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an
Officers' Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental
hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series,
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish
the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture
(except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the
series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any
Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall
be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one
or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on
the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the
series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear
interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall
accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be
payable the manner of determination of such Interest Payment Dates and the
Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date;
(6) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the
duration of such extension;
(7) the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may
be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company and, if
other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the
Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any
Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous
provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or
periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and
conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or
purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple
thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be
issuable;
(11) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any
Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or
pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be
determined;
(12) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the
currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and
the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the
United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the
definition of "Outstanding" in Section 101;
(13) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of
the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder
thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or
those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or
interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be
payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which
such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in
which such amount shall be determined);
(14) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of
the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be
payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant
to Section 502;
(15) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any
Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more
dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be
the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any
purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof
which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated
Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior
to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such
amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
(16) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any
specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or
Section 1303 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board
Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease
such Securities shall be evidenced;
(17) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in
such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the
form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global
Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and
any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in
Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered,
and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for
such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
(18) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to
any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or
the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount
thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;
(19) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten
which applies to Securities of the series; and
(20) the non-application of, or any addition to or change in, Article
Fourteen with respect to Securities of the series;
(21) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by
Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except
as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to
the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set
forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers' Certificate
referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such
action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the
Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the
Officers' Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
Section 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified
denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of
such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof.
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one
of its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested
by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any
of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who
were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold
such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or
did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by
the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order
for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in
accordance with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such
Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by
Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the
additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such
Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant
to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been
established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such terms
have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the
Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and
legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with
their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability
relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to general equity
principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at
one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate
otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion
of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or
prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such
documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original
issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated
and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the
Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as
provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security
shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and
shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed,
typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denom-
ination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of
which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities
may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause
definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any
one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or
more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denom-
inations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so
exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities
of such series and tenor.
Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide
for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The
Trustee is hereby appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of
registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series
at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or
more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and
of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the
Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities
are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the
Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
other than exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any
transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor)
are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of
that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period
beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing
of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption
under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such
mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion
of any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only
to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be
registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global
Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a
nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall
constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered,
and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be
registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as
Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred
and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security
or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in
lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as
contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for
other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities
issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be
registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall
direct.
(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of
transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any
portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906
or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of,
and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the
name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a
nominee thereof.
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and
(ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of
them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of
notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by
a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen
Security, a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion
may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected
therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu
of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the
destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by
anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly
issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement
or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect
to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and
is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more
Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the
Regular Record Date for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such
Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its
election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to
the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their
respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of
business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company
shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest
proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the
proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with
the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to
be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements
satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the
proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this
Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than
15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed
payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of
the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify
the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the
expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of
such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given
to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date.
Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of
such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered
at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer
be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the
Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent
with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such
Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in
exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to
interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other
Security.
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any
premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for
all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and
neither the Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee
shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
Section 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall,
if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the
Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time
deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously
authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in
any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other
Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and
sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the
Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for
any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee
shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order; provided, however, that
the Trustee shall not be required to destroy such cancelled Securities.
Section 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers (if then
generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use "CUSIP" numbers in notices
of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers
either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a
redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
Satisfaction and Discharge
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange
of Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the
expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than
(i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have
been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for
whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the
Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have
been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under
arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the
Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the
purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such
deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to
the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable
hereunder by the Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent
herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations
of the Company to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 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
and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying
Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee
may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any
premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with
the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
Remedies
Section 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for
such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of
any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or
governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that
series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default
for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium on any
Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due
by the terms of a Security of that series; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty
of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a
default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section
specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this
Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that
series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of
at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it
to be remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a
decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary
case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly
filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or compo-
sition of or in respect of the Company under any applicable Federal or
state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or
order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect
for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding
under any applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to
be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry
of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company in an
involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or state bank-
ruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the
commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against
it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking
reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or state law, or the
consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or
taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee,
sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or of any substan-
tial part of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability
to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate
action by the Company in furtherance of any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of
that series.
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(5) or 501(6)) with respect to Securities of any series at the
time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the
Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of
all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are
Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of
such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and
payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal
amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If
an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6) with respect to
Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal
amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that
series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall
automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of
the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in
this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and
the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient
to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that
series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed
therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest
upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such
Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series,
other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have
been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by
Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if
any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of
the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on
such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the
extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest
on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the
rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition
thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such
series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem
most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the
specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in
aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other
proper remedy.
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture
Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any
such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect
and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such
claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee,
trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such
judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such
payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to
the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee
any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts
due the Trustee under Section 607.
No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any
plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee
to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding;
provided, however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for
the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member
of a creditors' or other similar committee.
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any
of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating
thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought
in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment
shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of
which such judgment has been recovered.
Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee
and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or
any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the
notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender
thereof if fully paid:
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
and
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal
of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or
for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and pay-
able on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest,
respectively.
Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this
Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other
remedy hereunder, unless
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a
continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to
the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default
in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in
compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request
and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given
to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall
have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any
provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of
any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or
preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this
Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and
ratable benefit of all of such Holders.
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any
Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to
Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption
Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and
such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely
to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee
and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been
instituted.
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the
Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or
remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be
cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder
or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion
or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not
prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate
right or remedy.
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall
impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of
Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this
Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from
time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by
the Holders, as the case may be.
Section 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to
the Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or
with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee
which is not inconsistent with such direction.
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to
such series and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on
any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent
or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such
suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess
costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent
provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor
the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require
such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by
the Company or the Trustee.
Section 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it
will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever
claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law
wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect
the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the
extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or
advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or
impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law
had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
The Trustee
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or
otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it
shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording
protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this
Section.
Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of
such default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act;
provided, however, that in the case of any default of the character
specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no
such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the
occurrence thereof. For the purpose of this Section, the term "default"
means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining
from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument,
opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond,
debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be
sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any
resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall
deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking,
suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other
evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad
faith on its part, rely upon an Officers' Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice
of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the
rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such
Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity
against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it
in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the
facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further
inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit,
and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or
investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and
premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney; and
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or
perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or
attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or
negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by
it hereunder.
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements
of the Company, and 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. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be
accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the
proceeds thereof.
Section 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to
Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same
rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying
Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from
other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under
no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be
agreed to in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services
rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision
of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense,
disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any
loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its
part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or admini-
stration 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.
The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all property and
funds held by it hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee
pursuant to this Section 607, except with respect to funds held in trust for the
benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an
Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6), the expenses
(including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the
compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of
administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency or
other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this
Indenture.
Section 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject
to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the
extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with
respect to Securities of more than one series.
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that
is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a
combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of its supervising or examining authority, then for the
purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture
Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be
its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the
Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one
or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611
shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving
of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of
any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written
request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall
fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any
such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged 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, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect
to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with
respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with
respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that
any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities
of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be
only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series)
and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within
one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence
of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company
and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall,
forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the
Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by
Section 611, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of
such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each
appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any
series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in
Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office.
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor
Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested
with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but,
on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an
instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and
trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring
Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental
hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and
which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable
to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with
respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed
necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue
to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or
facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental
indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and
that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder
separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any
other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all
the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such
successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which
the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and
confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts
referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any
merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party,
or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate
trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any
Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the
Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor
Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or
any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims
against the Company (or any such other obligor).
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect
to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on
behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon
original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial
redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so
authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall
be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee
hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authen-
tication 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, authorized under such laws to act as
Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than
$50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State
authority. If such Authenticating Agent 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 Authenticating Agent 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, such
Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the
effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating
Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall
continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authen-
ticating Agent.
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 Authen-
ticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give
notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all
Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such
Authenticating Agent will serve. 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.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time
reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
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 alternative cer-
tificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
THE BANK OF NEW YORK
........................................,
As Trustee
By......................................,
As Authenticating Agent
By.......................................
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE SEVEN
Holders' Lists and Reports by Trustee and Company
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) monthly, on each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the
Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the
Holders of Securities of each series as of such Regular Record Date, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within
30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of
similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the
time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in
its capacity as Security Registrar.
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the
corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee
nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant
to the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant
thereto. If required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee
shall, within sixty days after each May 15 following the date of this Indenture
deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such May 15, which complies with
the provisions of such Section 313(a).
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will promptly notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock
exchange.
Section 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit
to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at
the times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that 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 within 15 days after the same is so required to be
filed with the Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, and the Company shall not permit any Person to
consolidate with or merge into the Company or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to the Company, unless:
(1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another
Person or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any Person, the Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which
acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and
assets of the Company substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation,
partnership, unincorporated organization or trust, shall be organized and
validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in
form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the
performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part
of the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating
any indebtedness which becomes an obligation of the Company or any
Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the
Company or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of
Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would
become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing;
(3) if, as a result of any such consolidation or merger or such
conveyance, transfer or lease, properties or assets of the Company would
become subject to a mortgage, pledge, lien, security interest or other
encumbrance which would not be permitted by this Indenture, the Company or
such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take such steps as shall
be necessary effectively to secure the Securities equally and ratably with
(or prior to) all indebtedness secured thereby; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger,
conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required
in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply
with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the
properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in
accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such
conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted
for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as
the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the
predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under
this Indenture and the Securities.
ARTICLE NINE
Supplemental Indentures
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may
enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory
to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the
assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein
and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to
be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that
such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the
Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the
Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events
of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly
being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such
extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of
Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal,
and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the
issuance of Securities in uncertificated form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this
Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that
any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to
any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such
supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor
(ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to
such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such
Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder
by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more
series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as
shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of
Section 611; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision
herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or
questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant
to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of any series in any material respect.
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and
the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the
Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for
the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or
eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any
manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this
Indenture; provided, however, that 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 any instalment
of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal
amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon
the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an
Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due
and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof
pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, or the coin
or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is
payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of
redemption, on or after the Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any
such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required
for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or
certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this
Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or
Section 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 affected
thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to
require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the
references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section and
Section 1008, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more 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.
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 (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected
in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such
supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The
Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under
this Indenture or otherwise.
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such
supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes;
and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and
delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution
of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if
required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as
to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company
shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform,
in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental
indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and
delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such
series.
ARTICLE TEN
Covenants
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any
premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the
terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be
presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series
and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written
notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of
such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any
such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the
address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be
made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company
hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be
presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to
time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation
or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any
series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the
Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the
location of any such other office or agency.
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of
the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that
series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled
thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest
so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise
disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its
action or failure so to act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series
of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided
by the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee)
the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument
in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the
provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and
(2) during the continuance of any default by the Company (or any other
obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in
respect of the Securities of that series, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying
Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay,
or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums
held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by
the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by
the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent
to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium
or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two
years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable
shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the
Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such
Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to
the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such
Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that
the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such
repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in
a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each
Business Day and of general circulation in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and
that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days
from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then
remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an
Officers' Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the
signers thereof the Company is in default in the performance and observance
of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without
regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder)
and, if the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and
the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.
Section 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its
existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or
franchise if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation
thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company
and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
Section 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in
good condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary
equipment and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals,
replacements, betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment
of the Company may be necessary so that the business carried on in
connection therewith may be properly and advantageously conducted at all
times; provided, however, that nothing in this Section shall prevent the
Company from discontinuing the operation or maintenance of any of such
properties if such discontinuance is, in the judgment of the Company,
desirable in the conduct of its business or the business of any Subsidiary
and not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, and
(2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid,
might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or any
Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay
or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment,
charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested
in good faith by appropriate proceedings.
Section 1008. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities
of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term,
provision or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to
Section 301(18), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such
series if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least 66-
2/3% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall,
by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or
generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no
such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition
except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall
become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the
Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in
full force and effect.
Section 1009. Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar
year a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount
(including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities
as of the end of such year.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
Redemption of Securities
Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in
accordance with this Article.
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of
the Company the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount
of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor
of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities
prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the
terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall
furnish the Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with
such restriction.
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless
all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities
of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the
Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the
selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any
Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the
principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination
(which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such
Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified
tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single
Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not
more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the
Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously
called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any
Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal
amount thereof to be redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less
than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has
been or is to be redeemed.
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address
appearing in the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed
(including CUSIP number) and shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series con-
sisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identifi-
cation (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the
principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if
less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a
single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular
Security to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due
and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable,
that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered
for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the
Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be
irrevocable.
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee
or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the
Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all
the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of
any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such
Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with
accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, instalments of interest
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable
to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities,
registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates
according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor
in the Security.
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so
requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder
thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of
such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the
same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested
by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for
the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
Sinking Funds
Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified
as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms
of any Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by
the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an "optional sinking
fund payment". If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash
amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided
in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of
the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the
application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the
terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of
any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series
required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the
extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the
Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The
Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose
by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to
be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the
amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment
for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting
Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any
Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days prior to each such
sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be
redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in
Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the
name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in
Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such
Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sec-
tions 1106 and 1107.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
Section 1301. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302
or Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as
the case may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible
pursuant to such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable
requirements provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the
conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be
evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, and the
provisions of Article Fourteen shall cease to be effective, with respect to
such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called
"Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall
be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by
such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such
Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments
acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until
otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of
such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section
1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the
principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are
due, (2) the Company's obligations with respect to such Securities under
Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties
and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to
compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to
have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise
of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such Securities.
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1)
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 801(3),
Sections 1006 through 1007, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to
Section 301(19), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4)
(with respect to any of Section 801(3), Sections 1006 through 1007, inclusive,
and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 301(19), 901(2) or
901(7)), and 501(7) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of
Default and the provisions of Article Fourteen shall cease to be effective, in
each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and
after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied
(hereinafter called "Covenant Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Covenant
Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit
to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition
or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so
specified in the case of Section 501(4)) or Article Fourteen, whether directly
or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section
or Article or by reason of any reference in any such Section or Article to any
other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 1302
or Section 1303 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be
deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the
requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for
the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as
security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations
which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect
thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one
day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a
combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in
a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and
discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other
qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium
and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used
herein, "U.S. Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a
direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which
the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii)
an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an
agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of
which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by
the United States of America, which, in either case (i) or (ii), is not
callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any
depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation
which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account
of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific
payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which
is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to
the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific
payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that
(A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the
Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this
instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax
law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not
recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the
deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount,
in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such
deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any
Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company
shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect
that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for
Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant
Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be
subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and
at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant
Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other
Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange,
will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would
become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other
Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such
deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(5) and
(6), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such
deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed
satisfied until after such 90th day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee
to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture
Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such
Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach
or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the
trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be
registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
(9) At the time of such deposit, (A) no default in the payment of any
principal of or premium or interest on any Senior Debt shall have occurred
and be continuing, (B) no event of default with respect to any Senior Debt
shall have resulted in such Senior Debt becoming, and continuing to be, due
and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise have become due
and payable (unless payment of such Senior Debt has been made or duly
provided for), and (C) no other event of default with respect to any Senior
Debt shall have occurred and be continuing permitting (after notice or lapse
of time or both) the holders of such Senior Debt (or a trustee on behalf of
such holders) to declare such Senior Debt due and payable prior to the date
on which it would otherwise have become due and payable.
(10) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been
complied with.
Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be
Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof)
deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes
of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are
referred to collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1304 in
respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee,
in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to
the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the
Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the
Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in
respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in
trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.
Money and U.S. Government Obligations so held in trust shall not be subject
to the provisions of Article Fourteen.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is
for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request
any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in
Section 1304 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a
nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the
amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such
Securities.
Section 1306. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations
under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been
discharged or released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with
respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent
is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with
respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided,
however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any
premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its
obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the
Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in
trust.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
Subordination of Debentures
Section 1401. Securities Subordinate to Senior Debt.
Unless otherwise provided in a supplemental indenture or pursuant to
Section 301, the Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities
issued hereunder by his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees,
that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this
Article Fourteen; and each Holder of a Security, whether upon original issue
or upon transfer or assignment thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by
such provisions.
The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all
Securities issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner
hereinafter set forth, be subordinate and subject in right of payment to
the prior payment in full of all Senior Debt, whether outstanding at the
date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.
No provision of this Article Fourteen shall prevent the occurrence of
any default or Event of Default hereunder.
Section 1402. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Default.
In the event and during the continuation of any default in the payment
of principal, premium, interest or any other payment due on any Senior Debt
continuing beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the instrument
evidencing such Senior Debt, unless and until such default shall have been
cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist, and in the event that the
maturity of any Senior Debt has been accelerated because of a default, then
no payment shall be made by the Company with respect to the principal
(including redemption and sinking fund payments) of, or premium, if any, or
interest on the Securities.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment shall be
received by the Trustee or any holder when such payment is prohibited by the
preceding paragraphs of this Section 1402, such payment shall be held in
trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid over or delivered to, the
holders of Senior Debt or their respective representatives, or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any of such Senior
Debt may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, but
only to the extent that the holders of the Senior Debt (or their
representative or representatives or a trustee) notify the Trustee within 90
days of such payment of the amounts then due and owing on the Senior Debt
and only the amounts specified in such notice to the Trustee shall be paid
to the holders of Senior Debt.
Section 1403. Payment Over of Proceeds Upon Dissolution, Etc.
Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the
Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or
reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due
or to become due upon all Senior Debt shall first be paid in full, or
payment thereof provided for in money in accordance with its terms, before
any payment is made on account of the principal with its terms, before any
payment is made on account of the principal (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities; and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or
liquidation or reorganization any payment by the Company, or distribution of
assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be
entitled, except for the provisions of this Article Fourteen, shall be paid
by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating
trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, or by
the Holders of the Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if
received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Debt (pro rata to
such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Debt held by
such holders, as calculated by the Company) or their representative or
representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant
to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Debt may have been issued, as
their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all
Senior Debt in full, in money or money's worth, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Debt,
before any payment or distribution is made to the holders of Securities or
to the Trustee.
In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received
by the Trustee or the holders of the Securities before all Senior Debt is
paid in full, or provision is made for such payment in money in accordance
with its terms, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the
benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior Debt
or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees
under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior
Debt may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as
calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Debt
remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Debt in full in
money in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Debt.
For purposes of this Article Fourteen, the words, "cash, property or
securities" shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as
reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the
payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this
Article Fourteen with respect to the Securities to the payment of all Senior
Debt which may at the time be outstanding; provided that (i) the Senior Debt
is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any such
reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of the
Senior Debt are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such
reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or
the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or
dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its
property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another
corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article Eight
hereof shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or
reorganization for the proposes of this Section 1403 if such other
corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or
transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article Eight hereof. Nothing
in Section 1402 or in this Section 1403 shall apply to claims of, or
payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607.
Section 1404. Subrogation to Rights of Holders of Senior Debt.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Debt, the rights of the
holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders
of Senior Debt to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or
securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Debt until the principal
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full;
and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payment or distributions to
the holders of the Senior Debt of any cash, property or securities to which
the holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for
the provisions of this Article Fourteen, and no payment over pursuant to the
provisions of this Article Fourteen, to or for the benefit of the holders of
Senior Debt by holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as between
the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Debt, and the
Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on
account of the Senior Debt. It is understood that the provisions of this
Article Fourteen are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining
the relative rights of the holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and
the holders of the Senior Debt on the other hand.
Nothing contained in this Article Fourteen or elsewhere in this
Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between
the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Debt, and the
holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute
and unconditional, to pay to the holders of the Securities the principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as and when the same
shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended
to or shall affect the relative rights of the holders of the Securities and
creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Securities,
nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the holder of
any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable
law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under
this Article Fourteen of the holders of Senior Debt in respect of cash,
property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such
remedy.
Upon any payment of distribution of assets of the Company referred to in
this Article Fourteen, the Trustee, subject to the provision of Article Six,
and the holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order
or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver,
trustee in bankruptcy, liquidation trustee, agent or other person making
such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of
the Securities, for the purposes of ascertaining the persons entitled to
participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Debt and other
indebtedness of the Company, the amount hereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article Fourteen.
Section 1405. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of a Security by his acceptance thereof authorizes and
directs the Trustee in his behalf to take such action as may be necessary or
appropriate to effectuate the subordination provided in this Article
Fourteen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
Section 1406. Notice to Trustee.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making
of any payment of monies to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities
pursuant to the provisions of this Article Fourteen. Notwithstanding the
provisions of this Article Fourteen or any other provision of this
Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence
of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of monies to or
by the Trustee in respect of the Securities pursuant to the provisions of
this Article Fourteen, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee
shall have received written notice thereof at the Principal Office of the
Trustee from the Company or a holder or holders of Senior Debt or from any
trustee therefor; and before the receipt of any such written notice, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall be entitled in all
respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if the
Trustee shall not have received the notice provided for in this Section 1406
at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof
any money may become payable for any purpose (including, without limitation,
the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding,
the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such money and to
apply the same to the purposes for which they were received, and shall not
be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it within
two Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Article Six, shall be entitled
to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a person representing
himself to be a holder of Senior Debt (or a trustee on behalf of such
holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a holder of Senior
Debt or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event that
the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with
respect to the right of any person as a holder of Senior Debt to participate
in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Fourteen, the
Trustee may request such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Debt held by such
Person, the extent to which such person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such
person under this Article Fourteen, and if such evidence is not furnished
the Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such person to receive such payment.
Section 1407. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Debt; Preservation of
Trustee's Rights.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the
rights set forth in this Article Fourteen in respect of any Senior Debt at
any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Debt,
and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights
as such holder.
Nothing in this Article Fourteen shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 607.
Section 1408. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Debt.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders
of Senior Debt and, subject to the provisions of Article Six, the Trustee
shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Debt if it shall in good faith
mistakenly pay over or deliver to holders of Securities, the Company or any
other person money or assets to which any holder of Senior Debt shall be
entitled by virtue of this Article Fourteen or otherwise.
Section 1409. No Waiver of Subordination Provisions.
No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Debt to enforce
subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced
or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by
any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any
noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of
this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder
may have or otherwise be charged with.
Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph,
the holders of Senior Debt may, at any time and from time to time, without
the consent of or notice to the Trustee or the holders of the Securities,
without incurring responsibility to the holders of the Securities and
without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Article or
the obligations hereunder of the holders of the Securities to the holders of
Senior Debt, do any one or more of the following: (i) change the manner,
place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment of, or renew or
alter, Senior Debt, or otherwise amend or supplement in any manner Senior
Debt or any instrument evidencing the same or any agreement under which
Senior Debt is outstanding; (ii) sell, exchange, release or otherwise deal
with any property pledged, mortgaged or otherwise securing Senior Debt;
(iii) release any person liable in any manner for the collection of Senior
Debt; and (iv) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against the
Company and any other person.
Section 1410. Defeasance of this Article Fourteen.
The subordination of the Securities provided by this Article Fourteen is
expressly made subject to the provisions for Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance in Article Thirteen hereof and, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, upon the effectiveness of any such Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance, the Securities then outstanding shall thereupon cease to be
subordinated pursuant to this Article Fourteen.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
In Witness Whereof, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed
and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY
(seal) By Nancy E. Newquist
................................
Treasurer
Attest:
Betsy A. Pregulman
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Trustee
(seal) By Walter N. Gitlin
................................
Vice President
Attest:
Robert F. McIntyre
..................
Assistant Vice President
State of Arizona )
) ss.:
County of Maricopa )
On the 11th day of January, 1995, before me personally came Nancy E.
Newquist, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she
is Treasurer of Arizona Public Service Company, one of the corporations
described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that she knows the
seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such
corporate seal; that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of
said corporation; and that she signed her name thereto by like authority.
Kris Jesberger
.......................................
Official Seal
(seal) Kris Jesberger
Notary Public
State of Arizona
Maricopa County
My Commission Expires Aug. 16, 1998
State of New York )
) ss.:
County of New York )
On the 10th day of January, 1995, before me personally came Walter N.
Gitlin, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he is
Vice President of The Bank of New York, one of the corporations described in and
which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
Timothy J. Shea
......................................
Timothy J. Shea
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 01SH5027547
Qualified in New York County
Commission Expires May 5, 1996
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OPINION OF SNELL & WILMER L.L.P.
EXHIBIT 5.2
January 9, 1995
Arizona Public Service Company
400 North Fifth Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to your proposed offering of up to $200,000,000 of
your Securities (the "Securities"), as contemplated by the combined
prospectus contained in the Registration Statement (the "Registration
Statement") on Form S-3 (Registration No. 33-55473) filed by you on
September 14, 1994, with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC")
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which Securities include
$100,000,000 of either New Bonds or Debt Securities (as such terms are
defined in the Registration Statement), or any combination thereof, to be
registered pursuant to the Registration Statement, and $100,000,000 of First
Mortgage Bonds previously registered under Registration No. 33-61228. The
SEC declared the Registration Statement effective on October 3, 1994.
We have examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified
to our satisfaction, of such corporate records, agreements, and other
instruments, certificates, orders, opinions, correspondence with public
officials, certificates provided by your officers and representatives, and
other documents as we have deemed necessary or advisable for the purposes of
rending the opinions set forth herein.
Based on the foregoing, it is our opinion that after you shall have
entered into one or more underwriting agreements with the underwriters of
the Securities then to be offered or the representatives of such
underwriters, and you and such underwriters or representatives shall have
determined by agreement the initial public offering price for each of such
Securities and the underwriters' discounts therefrom and commission
therefor, pursuant to the authorization of your Board of Directors and the
applicable order of the Arizona Corporation Commission, then, when (i) the
Securities have been issued, sold, executed, authenticated, and delivered,
and (ii) the purchase price therefor has been paid to you as contemplated in
the Registration Statement (including the Exhibits thereto) and in any
relevant amendment thereto or in any Rule 424 supplement to the prospectus
contained in the Registration Statement, the Securities will be validly
issued and will constitute legal, valid, and binding obligations of you
except as the same may be limited by (a) general principles of equity or by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, or other
laws or equitable principles relating to or affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights generally, or by equitable principles that limit the right
to specific performance or otherwise limit remedial action or the
enforcement of the security provided for the Securities, (b) the necessity
for compliance with the statutory procedural requirements governing the
exercise of remedies by a secured creditor, and (c) the qualification that
certain waivers, procedures, remedies, and other provisions of the
Securities may be unenforceable under or limited by the law of the State of
Arizona; however, such law does not in our opinion substantially prevent the
practical realization of the benefits thereof.
In giving the foregoing opinion, we are relying upon the opinion of
Keleher & McLeod, P.A., your New Mexico counsel, to the effect that your
activities to date do not constitute you a "public utility" as that term is
defined in the laws of New Mexico, and that, accordingly, no approval,
authorization, or consent of the New Mexico Public Service Commission or any
other public board or body of the State of New Mexico is required for the
issuance and sale of the Securities.
Consent is hereby given to the use of this opinion as part of the
Registration Statement referred to above and to the use of our name wherever
it appears in said Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
Very truly yours,
Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.
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OPINION OF SULLIVAN & CROMWELL
EXHIBIT 5.3
January 6, 1995
Arizona Public Service Company,
400 North Fifth Street,
Phoenix, Arizona 85004.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as your special tax counsel in connection with the
offering of 10% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, Series A,
Due 2025 and hereby confirm to you our opinion as set forth under the heading
"United States Taxation" in the Prospectus Supplement, dated January 6, 1995,
supplementing the Prospectus, dated January 6, 1995, relating to the
Registration Statement No. 33-55473 filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
We hereby consent to the filing with the Securities and Exchange
Commission of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, or as an
exhibit to a Report on Form 8-K that is incorporated by reference therein, and
to the references to us in the Prospectus Supplement under the headings "United
States Taxation" and "Legal Matters." In giving such consent, we do not thereby
admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under
Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Very truly yours,
Sullivan & Cromwell