UNITED STATES
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 7, 2015
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Texas | 1-10667 | 75-2291093 | ||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
801 Cherry Street, Suite 3500, Fort Worth, Texas 76102
(Address of principal executive offices, including Zip Code)
(817) 302-7000
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Not Applicable)
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
¨ | Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425) |
¨ | Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b)) |
¨ | Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c)) |
Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement |
Underwriting Agreement.
On January 12, 2015, General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (the Company) completed the public offering of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Notes due 2020 (the Floating Rate Notes), $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020 (the 2020 Notes) and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the 2025 Notes and together with the Floating Rate Notes and the 2020 Notes, the Notes) pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement, dated January 7, 2015 (the Underwriting Agreement), among the Company, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein (the Underwriters). The Notes are guaranteed by the Companys principal United States operating subsidiary, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. (the Guarantor).
The Company estimates that the net proceeds of the offering of the Notes will be approximately $2.22 billion, after deducting the Underwriters discounts and commissions and the estimated expenses of the offering. The net proceeds from the offering will be added to the Companys general funds and will be available for general corporate purposes.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations, warranties and agreements by the Company and the Guarantor, customary conditions to closing, other obligations of the parties and termination provisions. Additionally, the Company and the Guarantor have agreed to indemnify the Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933 (the Securities Act), or to contribute to payments the underwriters may be required to make because of any of those liabilities.
The foregoing description is a brief summary of the Underwriting Agreement and does not purport to be a complete statement of the parties rights and obligations thereunder. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 1.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
The Notes were sold pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-199181) as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on October 6, 2014, and automatically effective on October 6, 2014. A prospectus supplement dated January 7, 2015 relating to the Notes and supplementing the Prospectus dated October 6, 2014 was filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2) under the Securities Act. The legal opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP related to the offering of the Notes pursuant to the Registration Statement is filed as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
Indenture; Supplemental Indentures
The Company issued the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, dated January 12, 2015 (the Base Indenture), as supplemented with respect to the Floating Rate Notes by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated January 12, 2015 (the First Supplemental Indenture), as further supplemented with respect to the 2020 Notes by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 12, 2015 (the Second Supplemental Indenture), and as further supplemented with respect to the 2025 Notes by the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated January 12, 2015 (the Third Supplemental Indenture and, together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), in each case by and among the Company, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
The Floating Rate Notes will bear interest at a rate, reset quarterly, equal to three-month LIBOR plus 1.560%. Interest will accrue on the Floating Rate Notes from January 12, 2015 and the Company will pay interest on the Floating Rate Notes quarterly on January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, beginning on April 15, 2015. The Floating Rate Notes will mature on January 15, 2020.
The 2020 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 3.150% per year on the principal amount of the 2020 Notes, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2015. The 2020 Notes will mature on January 15, 2020.
The 2025 Notes will bear interest at a rate of 4.000% per year on the principal amount of the 2025 Notes, payable semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on July 15, 2015. The 2025 Notes will mature on January 15, 2025.
The Company may not redeem the Floating Rate Notes prior to maturity. The Company, at its option, may redeem the 2020 Notes and the 2025 Notes at any time in whole or from time to time in part, at a redemption price equal to the greater of (i) 100% of the principal amount of the 2020 Notes or 2025 Notes being redeemed and (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the 2020 Notes or the 2025 Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued as of the date of redemption) discounted to the date of redemption on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at a rate equal to the sum of the applicable Treasury Rate plus (x) 30 basis points in the case of the 2020 Notes and (y) 35 basis points in the case of the 2025 Notes. The Company will also pay the accrued and unpaid interest on the principal amount being redeemed to the date of redemption.
The Indenture contains covenants that limit the Companys ability to sell all or substantially all of its assets or merge or consolidate with or into other companies and that provide that the Company and certain of its subsidiaries may not grant liens to other creditors, unless the Notes are secured by liens on an equal and ratable basis to those granted to such other creditors. In addition, if a change of control (as that term is defined in the Indenture) occurs prior to the Company being rated investment grade by at least two of three listed rating agencies, the holders of Notes will have the right, subject to certain conditions, to require the Company to repurchase their Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, as of the date of repurchase.
The Indenture provides for customary events of default, including nonpayment, failure to comply with covenants or other agreements in the Indenture, any subsidiary guarantee shall cease to be in full force and effect or any guarantor shall deny or disaffirm its obligations under its subsidiary guarantee, and certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency. If any event of default occurs and is continuing with respect to a series of Notes, the trustee or the holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such series may declare all of the Notes of such series to be due and payable immediately.
Copies of the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture are attached as Exhibit 4.1, Exhibit 4.2, Exhibit 4.3 and Exhibit 4.4, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K and are incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description is a brief summary of the Indenture and does not purport to be a complete statement of the parties rights and obligations thereunder. The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the terms of the Indenture.
Item 9.01 | Financial Statements and Exhibits. |
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit |
Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated January 7, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the offer and sale of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys Floating Rate Notes due 2020, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020 and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025. | |
4.1 | Indenture, dated January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. | |
4.2 | First Supplemental Indenture, dated January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, with respect to the Floating Rate Notes due 2020. | |
4.3 | Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, with respect to the 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020. | |
4.4 | Third Supplemental Indenture, dated January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, with respect to the 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025. | |
4.5 | Form of Global Note for General Motors Financial Company, Inc.s Floating Rate Notes due 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.2). | |
4.6 | Form of Global Note for General Motors Financial Company, Inc.s 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.3). | |
4.7 | Form of Global Note for General Motors Financial Company, Inc.s 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (included in Exhibit 4.4). | |
5.1 | Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP. | |
23.1 | Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | ||||||
(Registrant) | ||||||
Date: January 12, 2015 | By: | /s/ CHRIS A. CHOATE | ||||
Chris A. Choate | ||||||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
Index to Exhibits
Exhibit |
Description | |
1.1 | Underwriting Agreement, dated January 7, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein, in connection with the offer and sale of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys Floating Rate Notes due 2020, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020 and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025. | |
4.1 | Indenture, dated January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. | |
4.2 | First Supplemental Indenture, dated January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, with respect to the Floating Rate Notes due 2020. | |
4.3 | Second Supplemental Indenture, dated January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, with respect to the 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020. | |
4.4 | Third Supplemental Indenture, dated January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., as guarantor, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, with respect to the 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025. | |
4.5 | Form of Global Note for General Motors Financial Company, Inc.s Floating Rate Notes due 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.2). | |
4.6 | Form of Global Note for General Motors Financial Company, Inc.s 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.3). | |
4.7 | Form of Global Note for General Motors Financial Company, Inc.s 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (included in Exhibit 4.4). | |
5.1 | Opinion of Hunton & Williams LLP. | |
23.1 | Consent of Hunton & Williams LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
Exhibit 1.1
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.
$250,000,000
Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020
$1,000,000,000
3.150% Senior Notes due 2020
$1,000,000,000
4.000% Senior Notes due 2025
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
January 7, 2015
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC.
CREDIT AGRICOLE SECURITIES (USA) INC.
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
RBS SECURITIES INC.
as Representatives of the several Underwriters
listed in Schedule A hereto
c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
388 Greenwich Street
New York, New York 10013
c/o Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
c/o Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc.
1301 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10019
c/o Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
11 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10010
c/o RBS Securities Inc.
600 Washington Boulevard
Stamford, Connecticut 06901
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen:
1. Introductory. General Motors Financial Company, Inc., a Texas corporation (the Company), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule A (the Underwriters) $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 (the 2020 Floating Rate Notes), $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020 (the 2020 Notes) and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the 2025 Notes and, together with the 2020 Floating Rate Notes and the 2020 Notes, the Offered Securities) to be issued under an indenture dated January 12, 2015 (as hereinafter defined) (the Base Indenture), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture relating to the 2020 Floating Rate Notes, a supplemental indenture relating to the 2020 Notes and a supplemental indenture relating to the 2025 Notes, each to be dated as of the Closing Date (collectively, the Supplemental Indentures, and the Base Indenture as supplemented by the Supplemental Indentures, the Indenture), each among the Company, the Guarantor (as defined below) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee). The Offered Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed (the Guarantee) as to payment of principal, interest and premium, on an unsecured senior basis, by AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor). Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc. are sometimes referred to collectively herein as the Representatives.
No holders of securities of the Company have rights to the registration of such securities under the Registration Statement (as defined below) or any other registration statement.
The Company and the Guarantor hereby agree with the several Underwriters as follows:
2. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor, jointly and severally, represent and warrant to, and agree with, the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company has prepared and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) an automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-199181), which contains a base prospectus (the Base Prospectus), to be used in connection with the public offering and sale of the Offered Securities. Such registration statement, as amended, including the financial statements, exhibits and schedules thereto, at each time of effectiveness under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the Securities Act), including any required information deemed to be a part thereof at the time of effectiveness pursuant to Rule 430B or 430C under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (collectively, the Exchange Act), is called the Registration Statement. Any preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities that is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), together with the Base Prospectus, is hereafter called a Preliminary Prospectus. The term Prospectus shall mean the final prospectus supplement relating to the Offered Securities dated January 7, 2015 that is first filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) after the date and time that this Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties hereto, including the Base Prospectus. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Securities Act; any reference to any amendment or supplement to any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after the date of such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be, under the Exchange Act, and incorporated by reference in such Preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, as the case may be; and any reference to any amendment to the Registration Statement shall be deemed to refer to and include any annual report of the Company filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act after the effective date of the Registration Statement that is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
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(b) The Company and the offering of the Offered Securities each meets the requirements for use of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. The Registration Statement became effective with the Commission under the Securities Act on October 6, 2014. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement is in effect, the Commission has not issued any order or notice preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus and no proceedings for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act have been instituted or are pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Guarantor, are contemplated or threatened by the Commission.
(c) The term General Disclosure Package shall mean (i) the Preliminary Prospectus dated January 7, 2015, as amended or supplemented as of the Applicable Time (as hereinafter defined), (ii) any Issuer Free Writing Communication (as hereinafter defined), (iii) any other free writing prospectus that the parties hereto shall hereafter expressly agree in writing to treat as part of the General Disclosure Package and (iv) the final term sheet, which also shall be identified in Schedule B hereto. Applicable Time means 5:45 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement. Each Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus when filed complied in all material respects with the Securities Act. Each of the Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, at each time of effectiveness, at the date hereof and at the Closing Date, complied and will comply in all material respects with the Securities Act. Each of the Registration Statement and the Preliminary Prospectus, as of its date did not, and the Prospectus, on the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date will not, include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. At the Applicable Time neither (i) the General Disclosure Package, nor (ii) any individual Supplemental Marketing Material (as hereinafter defined), when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding two sentences do not apply to statements in or omissions from the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof. The Companys Annual Report on Form l0-K most recently filed with the Commission and all subsequent reports (collectively, the Exchange Act Reports) which have been filed by the Company with the Commission, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder. Any further documents filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus or any further amendment or supplement thereto, when such documents are filed with the Commission will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act.
Free Writing Communication means a written communication (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Offered Securities and is made by means other than the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus. Issuer Free Writing Communication means a Free Writing Communication prepared by or on behalf of the Company, used or referred to by the Company or containing a description of the final terms of the Offered Securities or of their offering. Supplemental Marketing Material means an Issuer Free Writing Communication other than any Issuer Free Writing Communication specified in Schedule B to this Agreement.
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(d) (i) At the time of filing the Registration Statement, (ii) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), (iii) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Offered Securities in reliance on the exemption in Rule 163, and (iv) at time of execution of this Agreement, the Company was or is (as the case may be) a well-known seasoned issuer as defined in Rule 405. The Company agrees to pay the fees required by the Commission relating to the Offered Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).
(e) None of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, the use of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities) will violate or result in a violation of Section 7 of the Exchange Act, or any regulation promulgated thereunder, including, without limitation, Regulations T, U, and X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
(f) The Company is subject to and in compliance in all material respects with the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(g) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantor enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the obligations of the Company and the Guarantor thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles.
(h) The Base Indenture has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantor, and assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Companys and the Guarantors obligations thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles; each of the Supplemental Indentures has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantor, and upon execution and delivery of each of the Supplemental Indentures and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, the Indenture will constitute the valid and binding agreement of the Company and the Guarantor, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Companys and the Guarantors obligations thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles; and the Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the 1939 Act) and complies with the 1939 Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to an indenture that is qualified thereunder.
(i) The Offered Securities have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and when duly executed by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and, assuming due authentication of the Offered Securities by the Trustee, upon delivery to the Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will have been validly issued and delivered, and will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the Indenture, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Companys obligations thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles.
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(j) The Guarantees have been duly and validly authorized by the Guarantor and when duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and upon the due execution, authentication and delivery of the Offered Securities in accordance with the Indenture and upon delivery to the Underwriters against payment therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor, enforceable against the Guarantor in accordance with their terms, subject to the qualification that the enforceability of the Guarantors obligations thereunder may be limited by bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws relating to or affecting creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles.
(k) There are no consents, waivers and amendments required under the terms of any existing Credit Facilities, any existing Bank Lines, any existing Residual Funding Facility or any existing Credit Enhancement Agreements (each, as defined in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) necessary to ensure that the execution and delivery of, and the performance of all of the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement, the Offered Securities, the Guarantee and the Indenture (the Offered Securities, the Guarantee and the Indenture are collectively called the Operative Documents) will not conflict with or constitute a breach of, or a default under, any existing Credit Facilities, any existing Bank Lines, any existing Residual Funding Facility or any existing Credit Enhancement Agreement.
(l) The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the Actual column under the heading Capitalization.
(m) As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has no subsidiaries other than the entities listed on Exhibit A (collectively, the Subsidiaries).
(n) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Texas with full corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package, and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure so to register or qualify or to be in good standing does not have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or other), business, prospects, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole (a Material Adverse Effect).
(o) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries owns capital stock of any corporation or entity (excluding interests in Securitization Entities (as defined in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) and Credit Facility Entities (as defined in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus)) other than the Subsidiaries. Each of the Subsidiaries is a corporation, trust, limited partnership or limited liability company duly incorporated or formed and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, with all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package, and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure so to register or qualify or be in good standing does not have a Material Adverse Effect. All the outstanding shares of capital stock or beneficial interests of each of the Subsidiaries that is a corporate entity, all of the limited partnership interests of each of the Subsidiaries that is a limited partnership and all of the membership interests in each of the Subsidiaries that is a limited liability company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and
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nonassessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors qualifying shares), and free and clear of any lien, adverse claim, security interest, equity or other encumbrance, except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package and except for Permitted Liens.
(p) There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or the Guarantor, threatened, against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or to which any of their respective properties, is subject, that are not disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and which, if adversely decided, are reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect or to materially affect the issuance of the Offered Securities or the consummation of the other transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents. The General Disclosure Package contains accurate summaries of all agreements, contracts, indentures, leases or other instruments that are material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole or otherwise summarized therein. Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is involved in any strike, job action or labor dispute with any group of employees, and, to the Companys knowledge, no such action or dispute is threatened, which is reasonably likely to cause a Material Adverse Effect.
(q) Neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws or other organizational documents, (ii) in violation of any law, ordinance, administrative or governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or of any decree of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the Subsidiaries except for any such violation or violations under this clause (ii) which, singly or in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) in default in the performance of any obligation, agreement or condition contained in any bond, debenture, note or any other evidence of indebtedness or in any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole and to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound, except as may be disclosed in the General Disclosure Package.
(r) None of the issuance, offer or sale of the Offered Securities, the execution, delivery or performance by the Company and the Guarantor of this Agreement or the other Operative Documents, compliance by the Company and the Guarantor with the provisions hereof or thereof nor consummation by the Company and the Guarantor of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (i) requires any consent, approval, authorization or other order of, or registration or filing with, any court, regulatory body, administrative agency or other governmental body, agency or official (except, as of the date of this Agreement, such as may be required in compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of various jurisdictions), or conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or a default under, the certificate or articles of incorporation or formation or by-laws, or other organizational documents, of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or (ii) conflicts or will conflict with or constitutes or will constitute a breach of, or a default under any agreement, indenture, lease or other instrument that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole and to which the Company or any of the Subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound, or violates or will violate any statute, law, regulation or filing or judgment, injunction, order or decree applicable to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties, or will result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them may be bound or to which any of the property or assets of any of them is subject.
(s) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has certified the financial statements of the Company incorporated by reference as part of the Preliminary Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package and to be incorporated by reference in the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm
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within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations adopted thereunder and by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board at all times such independence was required.
(t) Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has certified the financial statements of the international operations of Ally Financial Inc. (International Operations) incorporated by reference as part of and/or included in the Preliminary Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package and to be incorporated by reference and/or included in the Prospectus, is an independent registered public accounting firm within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable published rules and regulations adopted thereunder and by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board at all times such independence was required.
(u) The financial statements, together with the related notes forming part of the General Disclosure Package, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position, results of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of the Company and the Subsidiaries on the basis stated in the General Disclosure Package at the respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply; such statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and meet the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act for registration statements on Form S-3; and the other financial and statistical information and data set forth in the General Disclosure Package is accurately presented and, to the extent such information and data is derived from the financial books and records of the Company, is prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company. The pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus have been prepared in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in the Registration Statement, the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus. The interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package fairly present the information called for in all material respects and have been prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto.
(v) The financial statements, together with the related notes forming part of the General Disclosure Package, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position, results of operations, shareholders equity and cash flows of the International Operations on the basis stated in the General Disclosure Package at the respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply; such statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act, as applicable, and in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved, except as disclosed therein, and meet the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act for registration statements on Form S-3; and the other financial and statistical information and data set forth in the General Disclosure Package is accurately presented and, to the extent such information and data is derived from the financial books and records of the International Operations, is prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the International Operations.
(w) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in connection with the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities by the Company or the Guarantee by the Guarantor.
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(x) The Company and the Guarantor have all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform their obligations under this Agreement; the execution and delivery of, and the performance by the Company and the Guarantor of their obligations under this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized by the Company and the Guarantor.
(y) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, subsequent to the date as of which such information is given in the General Disclosure Package, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction, in each case not in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and there has not been any material change in the capital stock, or material increase in the short-term or long-term debt, of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving or which would reasonably be expected to involve a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties, net worth or results of operations of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(z) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the General Disclosure Package there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and, except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock.
(aa) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has good and indefeasible title to all property (real and personal) described in the General Disclosure Package as being owned by it, free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests or other encumbrances except such as are described in the General Disclosure Package and all the material property described in the General Disclosure Package as being held under lease by each of the Company and the Subsidiaries is held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, in each case with only such exceptions as in the aggregate are not materially burdensome and do not interfere with the conduct of the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole and as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(bb) Except as permitted by the Securities Act, the Company and the Guarantor have not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of the Closing Date and completion of the distribution of the Offered Securities, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities other than the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and those communications specified on Schedule B hereto.
(cc) Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries has such permits, licenses, franchises, certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (Permits) as are necessary under applicable law to own their respective properties and to conduct their respective businesses in the manner described in the General Disclosure Package, except to the extent that the failure to have such Permits would not have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company and each of the Subsidiaries have fulfilled and performed in all material respects, all their respective material obligations with respect to the Permits, and no event has occurred which allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other material impairment of the rights of the holder of any such Permit, subject in each case to such qualification as may be set forth in the General Disclosure Package and except to the extent that any such revocation or termination would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as described in the General Disclosure Package, none of the Permits contains any restriction that is materially burdensome to the Company or any of the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
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(dd) Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company and each of the Subsidiaries have filed all tax returns required to be filed, which returns are true and correct in all material respects, except where the failure to so file such returns or their failure to be true and correct in all material respects would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is in default in the payment of any taxes which were payable pursuant to said returns or any assessments with respect thereto, except where the default in such payment would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(ee) No holder of any security of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries has any right to request or demand registration of shares of common stock or any other security of the Company because of the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Except as described in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package and except for issuances to the Companys parent, there are no outstanding options, warrants or other rights calling for the issuance of, and there are no commitments, plans or arrangements to issue, any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries or any security convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for capital stock of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries.
(ff) The Company or General Motors Company (GM) and each of the Subsidiaries owns or possesses all patents, trademarks, trademark registrations, service marks, service mark registrations, trade names, copyrights, licenses, inventions, trade secrets and rights described in the General Disclosure Package as being owned by any of them or necessary for the conduct of the respective businesses of the Company and the Subsidiaries with only such exceptions as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect and the Company is not aware of any claim to the contrary or any challenge by any other person to the rights of the Company, GM and the Subsidiaries with respect to the foregoing that, if such claim or challenge were sustained, would have a Material Adverse Effect.
(gg) Neither the Company nor the Guarantor is and, upon sale of the Offered Securities to be issued and sold thereby in accordance herewith and the application of the net proceeds to the Company of such sale as described in the General Disclosure Package under the caption Use of Proceeds, neither will be an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(hh) The Company and the Subsidiaries have regular and ongoing regulatory compliance programs and procedures that the Company believes are adequate to ensure that all requirements of applicable federal, state and local laws, and regulations thereunder (including, without limitation, usury laws, the Federal Truth in-Lending Act, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act, the Fair Credit Billing Act, the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act and the Federal Trade Commission Act) with respect to receivables owned and/or serviced by the Company or its Subsidiaries have been complied with in all material respects; and to the Companys knowledge, all such receivables comply with all such applicable legal and regulatory requirements, other than any non-compliance that is not material to the Company and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(ii) Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company maintains (i) a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, Internal Controls) that comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Sarbanes-Oxley), the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the 1939 Act, the rules and regulations of the Commission, and the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of issuers (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (collectively, the Securities Laws), and are designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding
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the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and includes those policies and procedures that (A) pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (B) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company, and (C) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Companys assets that could have a material effect on the Companys financial statements, (ii) a system of disclosure controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commissions rules and forms, which include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Companys management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and (iii) any interactive data in eXtensible Business Reporting Language included or incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and the General Disclosure Package fairly present the information called for in all material respects and are prepared in accordance with the Commissions rules and guidelines applicable thereto. Except as set forth in the Exchange Act Reports, the Company has not publicly disclosed or reported to the Board, and within the next 60 days the Company does not reasonably expect to publicly disclose or report to the Board, a significant deficiency, a material weakness, change in Internal Controls or fraud involving management or other employees who have a significant role in Internal Controls, or any violation of, or failure to comply with, the Securities Laws.
(jj) On and immediately after the Closing Date, the Company (after giving effect to the issuance of the Offered Securities and the other transactions related thereto as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus) will not be insolvent, as such term is defined in Title 11, U.S. Code, and in the debtor and creditor law of the State of New York.
(kk) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Company and the Guarantor, any director, officer, agent, employee, controlled affiliate or other person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (FCPA) or the U.K. Bribery Act 2010 (UK Bribery Act); or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment. To the knowledge of the Company, its controlled affiliates have conducted their businesses on behalf of the Company in compliance with the FCPA and the UK Bribery Act and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
(ll) The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the Money Laundering Laws) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened.
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(mm) None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or controlled affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (OFAC), the U.S. Department of State, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom (including sanctions administered or enforced by Her Majestys Treasury) or other relevant sanctions authority; and the Company will not (i) knowingly directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Offered Securities hereunder, or knowingly lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any sanctions administered by the OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, the United Kingdom (including sanctions administered or enforced by Her Majestys Treasury) or other relevant sanctions authority and (ii) has instituted and maintains policies and procedures that the Company believes are reasonably designed to detect any such use set forth in the immediately preceding clause (i).
(nn) Each Operative Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus.
(oo) Each of the Company and the Guarantor acknowledge that the Underwriters and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Underwriters pursuant to Section 7 hereof, counsel for the Company and the Guarantor and counsel for the Underwriters, will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations as to matters of fact and each of the Company and the Guarantor hereby consent to such reliance.
3. Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities. On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained, but subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters, and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, (i) with respect to the 2020 Floating Rate Notes, at a purchase price of 99.300% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from January 12, 2015 to the Closing Date, the respective principal amounts of the 2020 Floating Rate Notes set forth opposite the names of the several Underwriters on Schedule A hereto; (ii) with respect to the 2020 Notes, at a purchase price of 99.180% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from January 12, 2015 to the Closing Date, the respective principal amounts of the 2020 Notes set forth opposite the names of the several Underwriters on Schedule A hereto and (iii) with respect to the 2025 Notes, at a purchase price of 98.778% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from January 12, 2015 to the Closing Date, the respective principal amounts of the 2025 Notes set forth opposite the names of the several Underwriters on Schedule A hereto.
The Company will deliver the Offered Securities to the Representatives for the accounts of the Underwriters in the form of one or more permanent global securities in definitive form (the Offered Global Securities) deposited with the Trustee as custodian for The Depository Trust Company (DTC) and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC, against payment of the purchase price. Interests in any permanent global securities will be held only in book-entry form through DTC, except in the limited circumstances described in the General Disclosure Package. Payment for the Offered Securities shall be made by the Underwriters in Federal (same day) funds by official check or checks or wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives drawn to the order of the Company at the office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, at 9:00 A.M. (New York time), on January 12, 2015 or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the Closing Date, against delivery to the Trustee as custodian for DTC of the Offered Global Securities representing all of the Offered Securities. The Offered Global Securities will be made available for checking at the above office of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date.
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4. [Reserved].
5. Certain Agreements of the Company and the Guarantor. The Company and the Guarantor agree with the several Underwriters that:
(a) The Company will advise the Representatives promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the Preliminary Prospectus, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and will not effect such amendment or supplementation without the Representatives consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). If, at any time prior to the completion of the resale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters, any event occurs as a result of which the Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package or any Supplemental Marketing Material would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company promptly will notify the Representatives of such event and promptly will prepare, at its own expense, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission. Neither the Representatives consent to, nor the Underwriters delivery to offerees or investors of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7.
(b) Prior to the termination of the offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will not file any amendment to the Registration Statement or supplement (including the Prospectus or any Preliminary Prospectus) to the Base Prospectus unless the Company has furnished you a copy for your review prior to filing and will not file any such proposed amendment or supplement to which you reasonably object. The Company will cause the Prospectus, properly completed, and any supplement thereto to be filed in a form approved by the Representatives, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, with the Commission pursuant to the applicable paragraph of Rule 424(b) within the time period prescribed and will provide evidence satisfactory to the Representatives of such timely filing. The Company will promptly advise the Representatives (i) when the Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, shall have been filed (if required) with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b), (ii) when, prior to termination of the offering of the Offered Securities, any amendment to the Registration Statement shall have been filed or become effective, (iii) of any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment of the Registration Statement or for any supplement to the Prospectus or for any additional information, (iv) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any notice objecting to its use or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act, (v) of the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act and (vi) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose. The Company will use its best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the occurrence of any such suspension or objection to the use of the Registration Statement and, upon such issuance, occurrence or notice of objection, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal of such stop order or relief from such occurrence or objection, including, if necessary, by filing an amendment to the Registration Statement or a new registration statement and using its best efforts to have such amendment or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable.
(c) If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Securities is required to be delivered under the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), any event occurs as a result of which the Prospectus as then supplemented would include any
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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 at such time, not misleading, or if it shall be necessary to amend the Registration Statement, file a new registration statement or supplement the Prospectus to comply with the Securities Act or the Exchange Act or the respective rules thereunder, including in connection with use or delivery of the Prospectus, the Company promptly will (i) notify the Representatives of any such event, (ii) subject to the first two sentences of Section 5(b) above, prepare and file with the Commission an amendment or supplement or new registration statement which will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance, (iii) use its best efforts to have any amendment to the Registration Statement or new registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable in order to avoid any disruption in use of the Prospectus and (iv) supply any supplemented Prospectus to you in such quantities as you may reasonably request.
(d) As soon as practicable, the Company will make generally available to its security holders and to the Representatives an earnings statement or statements of the Company and its subsidiaries which will satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158.
(e) The Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters, without charge, signed copies of the Registration Statement (including exhibits thereto) and to each other Underwriter a copy of the Registration Statement (without exhibits thereto) and, so long as delivery of a prospectus by an Underwriter or dealer may be required by the Securities Act (including in circumstances where such requirement may be satisfied pursuant to Rule 172), as many copies of each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Communication and any supplement thereto as the Representatives may reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing or other production of all documents relating to the offering.
(f) Before making, preparing, using, authorizing, approving or referring to any Issuer Free Writing Communication, the Company will furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of such written communication for review and will not make, prepare, use, authorize, approve or refer to any such written communication to which the Representatives reasonably object.
(g) The Company and the Guarantor will cooperate with the Underwriters in connection with the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such states in the United States as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the resale of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters provided that the Company and the Guarantor will not be required to qualify as a foreign corporation or to file a general consent to service of process in any such state.
(h) The Company agrees that, unless it has or shall have obtained the prior written consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter, severally and not jointly, agrees with the Company that, unless it has or shall have obtained, as the case may be, the prior written consent of the Company, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Communication or that would otherwise constitute a free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405) required to be filed by the Company with the Commission or retained by the Company under Rule 433, other than a free writing prospectus containing the information contained in the final term sheet; provided that the prior written consent of the parties hereto shall be deemed to have been given in respect of the Free Writing Prospectuses included in Schedule B hereto and any electronic road show. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Representatives or the Company is hereinafter referred to as a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus. The Company agrees that (x) it has treated and will treat, as the case may be, each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an Issuer Free Writing Communication and (y) it has complied and will comply, as the case may be, with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including in respect of timely filing with the Commission, legending and record keeping.
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(i) The Company consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that (i) is not an issuer free writing prospectus as defined in Rule 433, or (ii) contains only (1) information describing the preliminary terms of the Offered Securities or their offering, (2) information that describes the final terms of the Offered Securities or their offering and that is included in the final term sheet of the Company or (3) information permitted under Rule 134 under the Securities Act; provided that each Underwriter severally covenants with the Company not to take any action without the Companys consent which consent shall be confirmed in writing that would result in the Company being required to file with the Commission under Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act a free writing prospectus prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter that otherwise would not be required to be filed by the Company thereunder, but for the action of the Underwriter.
(j) The Company will assist the Underwriters in arranging for the Offered Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(k) During the period of two years after the Closing Date, the Company will not be or become, an open-end investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act.
(l) The Company and the Guarantor will pay all expenses incidental to the performance of their obligations under this Agreement and the Indenture including (i) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and its professional advisers; (ii) all expenses in connection with the execution, issue, authentication, packaging and initial delivery of the Offered Securities, the preparation and printing of this Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Offered Securities, the Indenture, the Preliminary Prospectus, any other documents comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus, all amendments and supplements thereto, each item of Supplemental Marketing Material and any other document relating to the issuance, offer, sale and delivery of the Offered Securities; (iii) the cost of any advertising approved by the Company in connection with the issue of the Offered Securities; (iv) for any expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and the printing of memoranda relating thereto; (v) for any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Offered Securities; (vi) for expenses incurred in the distribution and filing with the Commission of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus, any other documents comprising any part of the General Disclosure Package, the Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) and any Supplemental Marketing Material to the Underwriters and (vii) any filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (including filing fees and the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Underwriters relating to such filings). The Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all travel expenses of the Underwriters and the Companys officers and employees and any other expenses of the Underwriters and the Company in connection with attending or hosting meetings with prospective purchasers of the Offered Securities.
(m) The Company will pay the registration fee for this offering within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1) under the Securities Act (without giving effect to the proviso therein) and in any event prior to the Closing Date.
(n) In connection with the offering, until the Representatives shall have notified the Company and the other Underwriters of the completion of the resale of the Offered Securities, except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package neither the Company nor any of its affiliates has or will, either alone or with one or more other persons, bid for or purchase for any account in which it or any of its
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affiliates has a beneficial interest any Offered Securities or attempt to induce any person to purchase any Offered Securities; and neither it nor any of its affiliates will make bids or purchases for the purpose of creating actual, or apparent, active trading in, or of raising the price of the Offered Securities,
(o) During the period beginning on the date hereof and ending on the Closing Date, the Company will not, without the prior written consent of the Representatives, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge, or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to, any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company and having a maturity of more than one year from the date of issue, or publicly disclose the intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5(o) shall prohibit the Company from entering into or consummating any securitization transactions or to incurring indebtedness under any Bank Lines, Credit Enhancement Agreements, Credit Facility Entities, Refinancing Indebtedness, Residual Funding Facilities, or Securitization (in each case, as defined in the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus).
(p) The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities as described in each of the General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus under the heading Use of Proceeds.
(q) Neither the Company nor the Guarantor will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Offered Securities; provided, however, that nothing herein shall prevent or prohibit the Companys election to redeem notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions set forth in the applicable indenture.
6. [Reserved].
7. Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters. The obligations of the several Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties on the part of the Company and the Guarantor herein, to the accuracy of the statements of officers of the Company and the Guarantor made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and the Guarantor of their obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
(a) The Underwriters shall have received, on the date hereof and on the Closing Date, letters dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Underwriters in form and substance satisfactory to the Underwriters from (i) Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants to the Company, and (ii) Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accountants to the International Operations, in each case, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily included in accountants comfort letters to Underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Registration Statement, General Disclosure Package and the Prospectus; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a cut-off date not earlier than three business days prior to the date hereof.
(b) Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise which in the judgment of the Representatives is material and adverse to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as one enterprise and makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or the sale of and payment for the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Section 3(a)(62) of the Exchange Act), or any public announcement that any such organization
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has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) or any announcement that the Company has been placed on negative outlook; (iii) any material and adverse change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls as would, in the judgment of the Representatives, be likely to have a material adverse effect on the success of the proposed issue, sale or distribution of the Offered Securities; (iv) any material suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or any setting of minimum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by U.S. Federal or New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities or clearance services in the United States; or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency makes it impractical or inadvisable to proceed with completion of the offering or sale of and payment for the Offered Securities.
(c) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion and a 10b-5 statement of Hunton & Williams LLP, counsel for the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters, to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto.
(d) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Frank E. Brown III, Esq., Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary of the Company, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit C hereto.
(e) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP, special securitization counsel for the Company and the Subsidiaries, dated the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit D hereto.
(f) The Underwriters shall have received on the Closing Date an opinion of Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP, Canadian counsel for the Company and the Subsidiaries, dated the Closing Date, and addressed to the Underwriters to the effect set forth in Exhibit E hereto.
(g) The Underwriters shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.
(h) The Underwriters shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of the President, Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company and the Guarantor in which such officers, to the best of their knowledge after reasonable investigation, shall state that (1) the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantor in this Agreement are true and correct, that the Company and the Guarantor have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; (2) no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) shall have been issued and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act shall have been instituted or threatened; and (3) subsequent to the respective dates of the most recent financial statements in the Exchange Act Reports included in the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change, nor any development or event involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition (financial or other), business, properties or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
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(i) The Underwriters shall have received the letters, dated the Closing Date, of Deloitte & Touche LLP which meet the requirements of subsection (a) of this Section, except that (1) each reference to the Preliminary Prospectus in the letters delivered pursuant to this subsection (i) will also include a reference to the Prospectus or the General Disclosure Package and (2) the specified date referred to in subsection (a) will be a date not more than three days prior to such Closing Date for the purposes of this subsection (i).
(j) The Prospectus, and any supplement thereto, has been filed in the manner and within the time period required by Rule 424(b); the final term sheet, and any other material required to be filed by the Company pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, shall have been filed with the Commission within the applicable time periods prescribed for such filings by Rule 433; and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or any notice objecting to its use pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) shall have been issued and no proceeding for such purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Securities Act shall have been instituted or threatened.
(k) The Offered Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.
(l) The Representatives shall have received on and as of a recent date relative to the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and the Guarantor in their respective jurisdictions of organization, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.
(m) The Company and Guarantor shall have furnished or caused to be furnished to the Underwriters such further certificates and documents as the Underwriters or their counsel shall have reasonably requested.
(n) The Company and the Guarantor shall not have failed at or prior to the Closing Date to have performed or complied in all material respects with any of their agreements herein contained and required to be performed or complied with by them hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date.
(o) The Company and the Guarantor will furnish the Underwriters with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Underwriters reasonably request. The Representatives may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.
(p) No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities or the issuance of the Guarantee; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Offered Securities or the issuance of the Guarantee.
8. Indemnification and Contribution.
(a) The Company and the Guarantor will jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees and agents and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such
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Underwriter may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange 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 the Registration Statement for the registration of the Offered Securities as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, including information deemed to be a part thereof pursuant to Rule 430B or 430C under the Securities Act, the General Disclosure Package or the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, and in each case including the Exchange Act Reports incorporated by reference therein, any Issuer Free Writing Communication, or any Supplemental Marketing Material, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, including any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of or based upon the Companys failure to perform its obligations under Section 5(a) of this Agreement, and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantor 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 in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
(b) Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantor and each of their directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or any Guarantor may become subject, under the Securities Act or the Exchange 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 the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in each case as amended or supplemented, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, 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 through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or any Guarantor in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Preliminary Prospectus and Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the first paragraph under the caption UnderwritingCommissions and Discounts, the third sentence of the first paragraph under the caption UnderwritingNew Issue of Notes, and the first paragraph under the caption UnderwritingShort Positions and Stabilizing Transactions; provided, however, that the Underwriters shall not be liable for any losses, claims, damages or liabilities arising out of or based upon the Companys failure to perform its obligations under Section 5(a) of this Agreement.
(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 subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further
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that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. 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; provided, however, that if (i) the use of counsel (including local counsel) chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest, (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party having been advised by counsel reasonably concluded that there may be one or more legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party, or (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party in connection with the defense of such action within a reasonable time after receipt by the indemnifying party of notice of the institution of such action, or (iv) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party, then in each such case, the indemnifying party shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties and such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to select separate counsel (including local counsel) to defend such action on behalf of such indemnified party or parties. 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, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that in connection with such action the indemnifying party shall not be liable for the expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to local counsel) in any one action or separate but substantially similar actions in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, designated by the Underwriters in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 8 or the Company in the case of paragraph (b) of this Section 8, representing the indemnified parties under such paragraph (a) or paragraph (b), as the case may be, who are parties to such action or actions. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under 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 (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered 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 and the Guarantor 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. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantor 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
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discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters from the Company under this Agreement. 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 and the Guarantor on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other 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). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Offered Securities purchased by it were resold exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. The Underwriters obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations and not joint.
(e) The obligations of the Company and the Guarantor under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Guarantor may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Guarantor within the meaning of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act.
9. Default of Underwriters. If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on the Closing Date and the aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of the Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of the Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of the Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 48 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10. 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.
10. Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other written statements of the Company, the Guarantor or their, officers and of the several 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 any Underwriter, the Company, the Guarantor or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 9 or if for any reason the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated, the Company shall remain responsible for the expenses to be paid or reimbursed by it pursuant to Section 5 and the respective obligations of the
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Company, the Guarantor and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 shall remain in effect and if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder the representations and warranties in Section 2 and Section 4 and all obligations under Section 5 shall remain in effect. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 or the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iii), (iv), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of Section 7(b), the Company and the Guarantor will jointly and severally reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities.
11. Notices. All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to the Underwriters, c/o Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, New York 10013, telecopy number: (646) 291-1469, Attention: General Counsel; Barclays Capital Inc., 745 7th Avenue, New York, New York 10019, Attn: Syndicate Registration, Fax: 646-834-8133; Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., 1301 Avenue of the Americas, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10019-6022; Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD; and RBS Securities Inc., 600 Washington Boulevard, Stamford, Connecticut 06901, Attention: Debt Capital Markets/Syndicate; with a copy to Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, 450 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, Attention: Richard A. Drucker, Esq.; or, if sent to the Company or any Guarantor, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at 801 Cherry Street Suite 3500, Fort Worth, Texas 76102, Attention: Secretary, with a copy to Hunton & Williams LLP, 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700, Dallas Texas 75202, Attention: L. Steven Leshin, Esq., telecopy number: (214) 468-3599; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
12. Successors. This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
13. Representation of Underwriters. You will act for the several Underwriters in connection with this purchase, and any action under this Agreement taken by you jointly or by the Representatives will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (i.e., a pdf or tif) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
15. Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Guarantor acknowledge and agree that:
(a) the Underwriters have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the underwriting, offering and resale of the Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Guarantor on the one hand and the Representatives on the other has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or are advising the Company or the Guarantor on other matters;
(b) the purchase price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company and the Guarantor following discussions and arms-length
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negotiations with the Representatives and the Company and the Guarantor are capable of evaluating and understanding and understand and accept the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
(c) the Company and the Guarantor have been advised that the Representatives and their respective affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Guarantor and that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company and the Guarantor by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
(d) the Company and the Guarantor waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company or the Guarantor in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company or the Guarantor, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company or the Guarantor.
16. Applicable Law. This Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.
17. Waiver of Jury Trial. Each the Company and the Representatives hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
The Company hereby submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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If the foregoing is in accordance with the Underwriters understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
Very truly yours, | ||||
GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |||
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||
AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |||
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written. | ||||
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||||
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. | ||||
CREDIT AGRICOLE SECURITIES (USA) INC. | ||||
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | ||||
RBS SECURITIES INC. | ||||
Acting severally on behalf of themselves and as the Representatives of the several Underwriters. | ||||
By: |
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | |||
By: |
/s/ Brian D. Bednarski | |||
Name: | Brian D. Bednarski | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
By: |
BARCLAYS CAPITAL INC. | |||
By: |
/s/ Kenneth Chang | |||
Name: | Kenneth Chang | |||
Title: | Managing Director | |||
By: |
CREDIT AGRICOLE SECURITIES (USA) INC. | |||
By: |
/s/ Mike Kendrot | |||
Name: | Mike Kendrot | |||
Title: | Head of DCM Origination, Americas | |||
By: |
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | |||
By: |
/s/ Sharon Harrison | |||
Name: | Sharon Harrison | |||
Title: |
Director |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
By: | RBS SECURITIES INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Moshe Tomkiewicz | |||
Name: | Moshe Tomkiewicz | |||
Title: | Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Underwriting Agreement]
SCHEDULE A
Underwriter |
Principal Amount of 2020 Floating Rate Notes |
Principal Amount of 2020 Notes |
Principal Amount of 2025 Notes |
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Citigroup Global Markets Inc. |
$ | 37,500,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | ||||||
Barclays Capital Inc. |
$ | 37,500,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | ||||||
Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc. |
$ | 37,500,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC |
$ | 37,500,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | ||||||
RBS Securities Inc. |
$ | 37,500,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | $ | 150,000,000 | ||||||
Mizuho Securities USA Inc. |
$ | 18,334,000 | $ | 73,333,000 | $ | 73,333,000 | ||||||
Sandler ONeill & Partners, L.P. |
$ | 18,333,000 | $ | 73,334,000 | $ | 73,333,000 | ||||||
SG Americas Securities, LLC |
$ | 18,333,000 | $ | 73,333,000 | $ | 73,334,000 | ||||||
CastleOak Securities, L.P. |
$ | 2,500,000 | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 10,000,000 | ||||||
Guzman & Company |
$ | 2,500,000 | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 10,000,000 | ||||||
Lebenthal & Co., LLC |
$ | 2,500,000 | $ | 10,000,000 | $ | 10,000,000 | ||||||
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Total |
$ | 250,000,000 | $ | 1,000,000,000 | $ | 1,000,000,000 | ||||||
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A-1
SCHEDULE B
GENERAL DISTRIBUTION ISSUER FREE WRITING COMMUNICATION
1. | Term sheet containing terms of securities, substantially in the form attached hereto. |
B-1
Final Term Sheet
[see attached.]
Exhibit A
Subsidiaries
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc.
ACF Investment Corp.
GM Financial Management Trust
AFS Management Corp.
GM Financial Consumer Discount Company
AmeriCredit Consumer Loan Company, Inc.
APGO Trust
ACAR Leasing Ltd.
AFS SenSub Corp.
AmeriCredit Funding Corp. XI
AmeriCredit Syndicated Warehouse Trust
GMF Funding Corp.
GMF Leasing LLC
GMF Leasing Warehouse Trust
GMF Wholesale Receivables LLC
GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust
General Motors Financial of Canada, Ltd.
GM Financial Canada Leasing Ltd.
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2010-3
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2010-4
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2011-1
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2011-2
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2011-3
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2011-4
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2011-5
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2012-1
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2012-2
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2012-3
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2012-4
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2012-5
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-1
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-2
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-3
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-4
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2013-5
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AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-1
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-2
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-3
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-4
AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2015-1
GM Financial Automobile Receivables Trust 2012-PP1
GM Financial Automobile Receivables Trust 2014-PP1
GMF Automobile Leasing Trust 2013-PP1
GMF Automobile Leasing Trust 2014-PP1
GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2014-1
GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2014-2
GMF Prime Automobile Warehouse Trust I
GMF Prime Automobile Warehouse Trust II
GMF Prime Automobile Warehouse Trust III
GM Financial Mexico Holdings LLC
GM Financial de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Sociedad Financiera de Objeto Múltiple, Entidad No Regulada
Servicios GMAC, S.A. de C.V.
GMAC Comercial Automotriz Chile S.A.
GMAC Automotriz Limitada
GMAC Colombia S.A. LLC
GMAC Financiera de Colombia S.A. Compañía de Financiamiento
GMAC Servicios S.A.S.
General Motors Investments Participacoes Ltda
General Motors Holdings Participacoes Ltda
GMAC Prestadora de Servicios de Mao de Obra Ltda
Banco GMAC S.A.
GMACI Corretora de Seguros S.A.
GMAC Administradora de Consórcios Ltda.
GMAC Holdings UK Limited
GMAC UK plc
GMAC Leasing GmbH
GMAC Suisse SA
GMAC Financial Services AB
GMAC Handelsbolag
General Motors Financial International B.V.
GMAC Lease B.V.
GMAC Nederland N.V.
GMAC Continental Corporation
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Masterlease Europe Renting, S.L.
GMAC España Financiación, S.A.
General Motors Financial Italia SpA
GMAC Banque S.A.
GMAC Instituicao Financeira de Credito
G.M.A.C. Comércio e Aluguer de Veículos, Lda.
GMF Europe Holdco Limited
GMF Europe LLP
General Motors Financial UK Limited
GMF Global Assignment LLC
GMF International LLC
Saab Finance Limited
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Exhibit 4.1
GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC.,
as Issuer
AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
as Guarantor
INDENTURE
Dated as of January 12, 2015
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
DEBT SECURITIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page | ||||||
Article 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
1 | |||||
Section 1.01 |
Definitions | 1 | ||||
Section 1.02 |
Other Definitions | 8 | ||||
Section 1.03 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act | 8 | ||||
Section 1.04 |
Rules of Construction | 8 | ||||
Article 2 SECURITIES |
9 | |||||
Section 2.01 |
Form and Dating | 9 | ||||
Section 2.02 |
Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series | 9 | ||||
Section 2.03 |
Execution of Securities and Guarantees | 11 | ||||
Section 2.04 |
Authentication and Delivery of Securities | 12 | ||||
Section 2.05 |
Registrar and Paying Agent | 13 | ||||
Section 2.06 |
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust | 14 | ||||
Section 2.07 |
Holder Lists | 14 | ||||
Section 2.08 |
Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest | 14 | ||||
Section 2.09 |
Transfer and Exchange | 15 | ||||
Section 2.10 |
Replacement Securities | 17 | ||||
Section 2.11 |
Outstanding Securities | 17 | ||||
Section 2.12 |
Treasury Securities | 17 | ||||
Section 2.13 |
Temporary Securities | 18 | ||||
Section 2.14 |
Cancellation | 18 | ||||
Section 2.15 |
CUSIP Numbers | 18 | ||||
Section 2.16 |
Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security | 18 | ||||
Section 2.17 |
Interest Act (Canada) | 19 | ||||
Article 3 REDEMPTION |
19 | |||||
Section 3.01 |
Applicability of Article | 19 | ||||
Section 3.02 |
Election to Redeem | 19 | ||||
Section 3.03 |
Notices to Trustee | 20 | ||||
Section 3.04 |
Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed | 20 | ||||
Section 3.05 |
Notice of Redemption | 20 | ||||
Section 3.06 |
Effect of Notice of Redemption | 21 | ||||
Section 3.07 |
Deposit of Redemption Price | 21 | ||||
Section 3.08 |
Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part | 22 | ||||
Article 4 COVENANTS |
22 | |||||
Section 4.01 |
Payment of Securities | 22 | ||||
Section 4.02 |
Maintenance of Office or Agency | 22 | ||||
Section 4.03 |
Reports | 22 |
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Section 4.04 |
Compliance Certificate |
23 | ||||
Section 4.05 |
Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee |
23 | ||||
Section 4.06 |
Paying Agents |
23 | ||||
Section 4.07 |
Additional Amounts |
24 | ||||
Section 4.08 |
Change of Control |
25 | ||||
Section 4.09 |
Calculation of Original Issue Discount and Other Amounts |
26 | ||||
Article 5 SUCCESSORS |
26 | |||||
Section 5.01 |
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets |
26 | ||||
Section 5.02 |
Successor Corporation Substituted |
27 | ||||
Article 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
27 | |||||
Section 6.01 |
Events of Default |
27 | ||||
Section 6.02 |
Acceleration |
28 | ||||
Section 6.03 |
Other Remedies |
28 | ||||
Section 6.04 |
Waiver of Past Defaults |
29 | ||||
Section 6.05 |
Control by Majority |
29 | ||||
Section 6.06 |
Limitation on Suits |
29 | ||||
Section 6.07 |
Rights of Holders to Receive Payment |
29 | ||||
Section 6.08 |
Collection Suit by Trustee |
30 | ||||
Section 6.09 |
Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
30 | ||||
Section 6.10 |
Priorities |
30 | ||||
Section 6.11 |
Undertaking for Costs |
30 | ||||
Article 7 TRUSTEE |
31 | |||||
Section 7.01 |
Duties of Trustee |
31 | ||||
Section 7.02 |
Rights of Trustee |
32 | ||||
Section 7.03 |
Individual Rights of Trustee |
33 | ||||
Section 7.04 |
Trustees Disclaimer |
33 | ||||
Section 7.05 |
Notice of Defaults |
33 | ||||
Section 7.06 |
Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Securities |
33 | ||||
Section 7.07 |
Compensation and Indemnity |
33 | ||||
Section 7.08 |
Replacement of Trustee |
34 | ||||
Section 7.09 |
Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. |
35 | ||||
Section 7.10 |
Eligibility; Disqualification |
35 | ||||
Section 7.11 |
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
35 | ||||
Article 8 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE |
35 | |||||
Section 8.01 |
Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
35 | ||||
Section 8.02 |
Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification |
36 | ||||
Section 8.03 |
Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
36 | ||||
Section 8.04 |
Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
37 | ||||
Section 8.05 |
Covenant Defeasance |
37 |
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Section 8.06 |
Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
38 | ||||
Section 8.07 |
Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
39 | ||||
Section 8.08 |
Repayment to Company |
39 | ||||
Section 8.09 |
Reinstatement |
39 | ||||
Article 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
40 | |||||
Section 9.01 |
Without Consent of Holders of Securities |
40 | ||||
Section 9.02 |
With Consent of Holders of Securities |
41 | ||||
Section 9.03 |
Limitations |
42 | ||||
Section 9.04 |
Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
42 | ||||
Section 9.05 |
Revocation and Effect of Consents |
42 | ||||
Section 9.06 |
Notation on or Exchange of Securities |
43 | ||||
Section 9.07 |
Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. |
43 | ||||
Section 9.08 |
Effect of Supplemental Indenture |
43 | ||||
Article 10 GUARANTEES |
43 | |||||
Section 10.01 |
Applicability of Article |
43 | ||||
Section 10.02 |
Guarantee |
43 | ||||
Section 10.03 |
Limitation on Guarantor Liability |
44 | ||||
Section 10.04 |
Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms |
45 | ||||
Section 10.05 |
Releases |
45 | ||||
Article 11 SECURITY |
46 | |||||
Section 11.01 |
Security |
46 | ||||
Section 11.02 |
Trustee Compliance with TIA |
46 | ||||
Article 12 MISCELLANEOUS |
46 | |||||
Section 12.01 |
Trust Indenture Act Controls |
46 | ||||
Section 12.02 |
Notices |
46 | ||||
Section 12.03 |
Communication by Holders of Securities with Other Holders of Securities |
47 | ||||
Section 12.04 |
Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
47 | ||||
Section 12.05 |
Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
48 | ||||
Section 12.06 |
Rules by Trustee and Agents |
48 | ||||
Section 12.07 |
No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders |
48 | ||||
Section 12.08 |
Governing Law |
48 | ||||
Section 12.09 |
No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
48 | ||||
Section 12.10 |
Successors |
49 | ||||
Section 12.11 |
Severability |
49 | ||||
Section 12.12 |
Counterpart Originals |
49 | ||||
Section 12.13 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
49 | ||||
Section 12.14 |
Force Majeure |
49 |
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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture Act Section | Indenture Section | |
310(a)(1) | 7.10 | |
(a)(2) |
7.10 | |
(a)(3) |
N.A. | |
(a)(4) |
N.A. | |
(a)(5) |
7.10 | |
(b) |
7.10 | |
(c) |
N.A. | |
311(a) | 7.11 | |
(b) |
7.11 | |
(c) |
N.A. | |
312(a) | 2.07 | |
(b) |
12.03 | |
(c) |
12.03 | |
313(a) | 7.06 | |
(b)(1) |
7.06 | |
(b)(2) |
7.06; 7.07 | |
(c) |
7.06; 12.02 | |
(d) |
7.06 | |
314(a) |
4.03;12.02; 12.05 | |
(b) |
11.02 | |
(c)(1) |
11.02; 12.04 | |
(c)(2) |
11.02; 12.04 | |
(c)(3) |
11.02 | |
(d) |
11.02 | |
(e) |
12.05 | |
(f) |
N.A. | |
315(a) | 7.01 | |
(b) |
7.05; 12.02 | |
(c) |
7.01 | |
(d) |
7.01 | |
(e) |
6.11 | |
316(a) (last sentence) | 2.12 | |
(a)(1)(A) |
6.05 | |
(a)(1)(B) |
6.04 | |
(a)(2) |
N.A. | |
(b) |
6.07 | |
(c) |
2.08 | |
317(a)(1) | 6.08 | |
(a)(2) |
6.09 | |
(b) |
2.06 |
N.A. means not applicable.
* | This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture. |
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INDENTURE dated as of January 12, 2015 by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., a Texas corporation (the Company), the Initial Guarantor (as defined herein) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the issuance from time to time of its debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (the Securities) to be issued in one or more Series (as defined herein) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and to provide, among other things, for the authentication, delivery and administration thereof, and the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Initial Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture in order to provide for a Guarantee (as defined herein) by the Initial Guarantor of such Series of Securities (as defined herein) as to which such a Guarantee has been made applicable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and agreement of the Company and the Initial Guarantor according to its terms have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the Holders (as defined herein) thereof, the Company, the Initial Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Securities as follows.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 | Definitions. |
Additional Amounts has the meaning specified in Section 4.07.
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 purposes of this definition, control, as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms controlling, controlled by and under common control with have correlative meanings.
Agent means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.
Bank Lines means, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans; provided that in no event will any such facility that constitutes a Credit Facility or a Residual Funding Facility be deemed to qualify as a Bank Line.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
Board of Directors means, when used with respect to the Company, the board of directors of the Company or any committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any particular respect for the Company hereunder or, when used with respect to any Guarantor, the board of directors of such Guarantor or any committee of that board duly authorized to act generally or in any particular respect for such Guarantor hereunder.
Business Day means any day other than a Legal Holiday.
Capital Stock means (i) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock, (ii) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
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corporate stock, (iii) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited) and (iv) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Change of Control means the occurrence of any one of the following: (i) General Motors Company shall at any time cease to directly or indirectly control a majority of the Voting Stock of the Company; or (ii) the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person (including any person (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act)) other than General Motors Company or any of its direct or indirect Subsidiaries becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Companys outstanding Voting Stock, measured by voting power rather than number of shares.
Code means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
Company means General Motors Financial Company, Inc., a Texas corporation, and any and all successors thereto.
Company Order means a written order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer thereof.
continuing means, with respect to any Default or Event of Default, that such Default or Event of Default has not been cured or waived.
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.
Credit Enhancement Agreements means, collectively, any documents, instruments, guarantees or agreements entered into by the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of the Securitization Entities or Credit Facility Entities for the purpose of providing credit support for the Securitization Entities or Credit Facility Entities or any of their respective Indebtedness or asset-backed securities.
Credit Facilities means any funding arrangement, other than a Bank Line, a Securitization or a Residual Funding Facility, with a financial institution, other lender, assignee or purchaser under which advances are made to a Credit Facility Entity to the extent (and only to the extent) funding thereunder is used exclusively by the Credit Facility Entity to purchase, take a pledge of or take assignment of Receivables or securities backed by Receivables from the Company or a Subsidiary and to pay the related expenses with respect to the Credit Facility Entity.
Credit Facility Debt means Indebtedness of a Credit Facility Entity outstanding under one or more Credit Facilities.
Credit Facility Entity means any Person (whether or not a Subsidiary of the Company) established for the purpose of issuing notes or other securities in connection with a Credit Facility, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of the notes or other securities, which notes and securities are backed by specified Receivables or securities backed by specified Receivables.
Custodian means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Securities in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
Default means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
Depositary means, with respect to the Securities issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.02 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Securities, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
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Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Existing 2017 Notes means the Companys 4.75% Senior Notes due 2017, issued on August 16, 2012, pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of August 16, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.
Existing 2018 Notes means the Companys 6.75% Senior Notes due 2018, issued on June 1, 2011, pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of June 1, 2011, among the Company, the Guarantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
Fitch means Fitch Ratings Inc., and its successors.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time and consistently applied.
Government Securities means securities that are: (i) direct obligations of the United States for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; (ii) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States, which, in either case under clauses (i) and (ii) of this definition, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof; or (iii) depository receipts issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Securities or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Security evidenced by such depository receipt.
Guarantee means any guarantee of any Securities by a Guarantor as contemplated by Article 10; provided that the term Guarantee, when used with respect to the Securities of any Series means a guarantee of such Securities of such Series by a Guarantor of such Securities of such Series as contemplated by Article 10.
Guarantee Termination Event means, with respect to any Guarantor, the first date following the date of this Indenture when (i) such Guarantor no longer guarantees the Existing 2017 Notes and the Existing 2018 Notes, and (ii) the Securities of any Series that are guaranteed by the Guarantee of such Guarantor have a rating by at least two of the Rating Agencies, as follows: Baa3 or better by Moodys, BBB- or better by S&P, and BBB- or better by Fitch (or, if a replacement Rating Agency has been selected for Moodys, S&P or Fitch in accordance with the definition of Rating Agency, an equivalent rating from such Rating Agency).
Guarantor means the Initial Guarantor and each other Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor in accordance with the terms hereof.
Guarantor Order means a written order signed in the name of the Guarantor by an Officer thereof.
Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under (i) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements, and (ii) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in interest or currency exchange rates.
Holder, Holder of Securities or other similar terms means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Securities Register.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person in respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), except any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade payable, if and to the extent any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP.
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Indenture means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
Initial Guarantor means AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Investment Grade Event means the first date following the date of this Indenture on which the Company has a rating by at least two of the Rating Agencies, as follows: Baa3 or better by Moodys, BBB- or better by S&P, and BBB- or better by Fitch (or, if a replacement Rating Agency has been selected for Moodys, S&P or Fitch in accordance with the definition of Rating Agency, an equivalent rating from such Rating Agency).
Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction).
Moodys means Moodys Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moodys Corporation, and its successors.
Non-Domestic Entity means a Person not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
Non-Recourse Debt means Indebtedness (i) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise), or (c) constitutes the lender; (ii) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Subsidiary that is not a Restricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness (other than the Securities being offered hereby) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and (iii) as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
Officer means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President of such Person.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, by the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company or Guarantor, as applicable, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof.
Opinion of Counsel means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
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Original Issue Date of any Security (or portion thereof) means the earlier of (i) the date of such Security or (ii) the date of any Security (or portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution.
Original Issue Discount with respect to any Security, including an Original Issue Discount Security, has the same meaning as set forth in Section 1373 of the Code, or any successor provision, and the applicable regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury promulgated thereunder.
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.02.
Permitted Liens means: (i) Liens existing on the date of this Indenture; (ii) Liens to secure Credit Facility Debt or guarantees thereof; (iii) Liens to secure borrowings under a Residual Funding Facility or guarantees thereof; (iv) Liens to secure borrowings and other obligations (including letter of credit indemnity obligations) under Bank Lines or guarantees thereof; (v) Liens to secure Securitization Debt or guarantees thereof; (vi) Liens on spread accounts, reserve accounts and other credit enhancement assets, Liens on the stock of Subsidiaries of the Company substantially all of the assets of which are spread accounts, reserve accounts and/or other credit enhancement assets, and Liens on interests in Securitization Entities, in each case incurred in connection with Credit Enhancement Agreements, Credit Facilities, Securitizations or Residual Funding Facilities; (vii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company; (viii) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition; (ix) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction or purchase of property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (but excluding Capital Stock of another Person); provided that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred, and the Indebtedness secured by the Lien may not be incurred more than 180 days after the later of the acquisition or completion of construction of the property subject to the Lien; (x) Liens securing Hedging Obligations; (xi) Liens to secure any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any Indebtedness and all other obligations secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clause (i); provided that such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property or type of property that secured the original Lien and the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clause (i) of this definition at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien; (xii) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (xiii) Liens of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $25 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (xiv) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, landlord Liens on leased properties); (xv) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (xvi) Liens imposed by law or regulation, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, repairmens and mechanics and similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review; provided, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (xvii) Liens related to minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person; (xviii) Liens on equipment of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business; (xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under
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insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business; (xx) purported Liens evidenced by filings of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property; (xxi) Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings) regarding or otherwise arising under leases entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or Liens or filings in connection with sales of accounts, payment intangibles, chattel paper or instruments; (xxii) Liens on assets of Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries that secure Non-Recourse Debt of Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries; and (xxiii) Liens in favor of a Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, government, governmental agency or political subdivision thereof or other entity.
Rating Agency means each of Moodys, S&P and Fitch, provided, that if Moodys, S&P or Fitch ceases to provide rating services to issuers or investors, the Company may appoint a replacement for such Rating Agency of recognized national standing.
Receivables means: (i) installment sale contracts and loans evidenced by promissory notes secured by new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or any other classification used by the Company from time to time; (ii) lease agreements for new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or any other classification used by the Company from time to time, and the related leased new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or vehicles from other classifications used by the Company from time to time; (iii) financing agreements, loans and other contractual arrangements with motor vehicle dealers secured by new and used automobile, truck, van, sport utility vehicle, crossover vehicle, vehicles from other classifications used by the Company from time to time, program vehicle, demonstrator and service loaner inventory of such motor vehicle dealers and other motor vehicle dealer assets; and (iv) other installment sale contracts, lease contracts, insurance and service contracts, credit, debit or charge card receivables, in the case of each of the clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this definition, that are purchased or originated in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.
Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Residual Funding Facility means any funding arrangement with a financial institution or institutions or other lenders or purchasers under which advances are made to the Company or any Subsidiary based upon residual or subordinated interests in Securitization Entities and/or Credit Facility Entities.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) 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.
Restricted Subsidiary of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not a Credit Facility Entity, Securitization Entity or Non-Domestic Entity.
S&P means Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
SEC means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities Act means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Securitization means a public or private transfer of Receivables or securities backed by Receivables in the ordinary course of business and by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly securitizes a pool of specified Receivables including any such transaction involving the sale, transfer, pledge, or assignment of specified Receivables or securities backed by specified Receivables to a Securitization Entity.
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Securitization Debt means Indebtedness of a Securitization Entity outstanding under one or more Securitizations.
Securitization Entity means any Person (whether or not a Subsidiary of the Company) (i) established for the purpose of issuing asset-backed securities, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of asset-backed securities, and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company formed exclusively for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of Credit Enhancement Agreements, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of securities.
Security or Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or, as the case may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Series or Series of Securities means a series of Securities and, except in Sections 2.02 and 2.12 and Articles 6, 7, and 12, the terms Series or Series of Securities shall also mean a Tranche in the event that the applicable Series may be issued in separate Tranches.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof), (ii) any business trust in respect to which the Company or any other Subsidiary is the beneficial owner of the residual interest, and (iii) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb).
Tranche means all Securities of the same Series which have the same issue date, maturity date, interest rate or method of determining interest, and, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, which have the same issue price.
Trustee means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving thereunder.
U.S. Person means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(o) under the Securities Act.
United States means the fifty states constituting the United States of America, its territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdictions as of the date of this Indenture.
Voting Stock means equity interests of the Company entitling the holders thereof to vote generally in the election of members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
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Section 1.02 | Other Definitions |
Term |
Defined in Section | |
Agent Members |
2.16 | |
Authentication Order |
2.04 | |
Change of Control Offer |
4.08 | |
Change of Control Payment |
4.08 | |
Change of Control Payment Date |
4.08 | |
Covenant Defeasance |
8.05 | |
Event of Default |
6.01 | |
Global Security |
2.02 | |
Legal Defeasance |
8.04 | |
Paying Agent |
2.05 | |
Payment Default |
6.01 | |
Registrar |
2.05 | |
Securities Register |
2.09 |
Section 1.03 | Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. |
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
indenture securities means the Securities;
indenture securityholder means a Holder of a Security;
indenture to be qualified means this Indenture;
indenture trustee or institutional trustee means the Trustee; and
obligor on the Securities of any Series and the Guarantees means the Company and any Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Securities of any Series and the Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04 | Rules of Construction. |
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) or is not exclusive;
(c) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(d) will shall be interpreted to express a command;
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(f) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
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ARTICLE 2
SECURITIES
Section 2.01 | Form and Dating. |
The Securities of each Series and the Trustees certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers Certificate of the Company or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, and any Guarantee by any Guarantor endorsed on or attached to any Security issued pursuant to this Indenture shall be substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to such a resolution of such applicable Guarantors Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers Certificate of such Guarantor, or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto (the provisions of which shall be appropriate to reflect the terms of each Series of Securities and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto, as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities exchange or to conform to general usage, all as may be determined by the Officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of the Securities).
The definitive Securities, and any Guarantee endorsed thereon or attached thereto, shall be printed, 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 and, if any such Guarantee is executed by a Guarantor, by the Officers of such Guarantor executing such Guarantee, as evidenced by their execution of any such Guarantee.
Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, there shall be no requirement that any Security have endorsed thereon or attached thereto a Guarantee or a notation of a Guarantee, but such a Guarantee or notation of a Guarantee may be endorsed thereon or attached thereto as contemplated by this Section 2.01.
Section 2.02 | 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 resolution of the Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers Certificate of the Company, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series:
(a) the title and ranking of the Securities of the Series (which title shall distinguish the Securities of the Series from all other Securities issued by the Company);
(b) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Sections 2.09, 2.10 or 2.13 or Article 3);
(c) if other than 100% of its aggregate principal amount, the percentage of the aggregate principal amount at which the Securities of the Series will be offered;
(d) the date or dates (whether fixed or extendable) on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;
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(e) the rate or rates, which may be fixed or variable, at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, the interest payment dates on which such interest shall be payable, the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months and the record dates for the determination of Holders to whom interest is payable;
(f) any provisions relating to the issuance of the Securities of the Series at an Original Issue Discount;
(g) the place or places where the principal of and interest on Securities of the Series shall be payable (if other than as provided elsewhere in this Indenture);
(h) whether any of such Securities are to be redeemable at the option of the Company, and if so, the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series may be so redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
(i) if other than 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity date thereof pursuant to Section 6.02 or provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 6.09;
(j) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, purchase or repay Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof, and the price or prices, at which, and the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed, purchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation (including, without limitation, the terms or method of payment thereof if other than cash), and any provision for the remarketing of the Securities;
(k) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the Series shall be issuable;
(l) whether the Securities of the Series will be certificated and, if so, the form of the Securities, including such legends as required by law or as the Company deems necessary or appropriate, the form of any temporary global security which may be issued;
(m) whether Securities of the Series are issuable in Tranches;
(n) if other than the Trustee, any trustees, authenticating or Paying Agents, transfer agents or registrars or any other agents with respect to the Securities of such Series;
(o) if the Securities of such Series do not bear interest, the applicable dates for purposes of Section 4.01 hereof;
(p) any addition to, deletion of 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 6.02;
(q) if the amount of payments of principal of, and make-whole amount, if any, and interest on, the Securities of the Series may be determined with reference to an index, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(r) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to any other affirmative or negative covenants with respect to the Securities of such Series;
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(s) whether the Securities of such Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the global form of one or more Securities (a Global Security) and in such case, (i) the Depositary for such Securities, which Depositary must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; (ii) the circumstances under which any such Global Securities may be exchanged for Global Securities registered in the name of, and under which any transfer of such Global Securities may be registered in the name of, any Person other than such Depositary or its nominee, if other than as set forth in Section 2.16; and (iii) any other provisions regarding such Global Securities which provisions may be in addition to or in lieu of, in whole or in part, the provisions of Section 2.16;
(t) whether and under what circumstances the Company will pay Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 4.07 on the Securities of the Series to any Holder who is a Non-U.S. Person (including any modification to the definition of such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the Company will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional Amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(u) whether the Securities of the Series, in whole or in specified part, will not be defeasible pursuant to Section 8.04 or 8.05, or both such Sections, and, if the Securities may be defeased, in whole or in specified part, pursuant to either or both such Sections, any provisions to permit a pledge of obligations other than Government Securities (or the establishment of other arrangements) to satisfy the requirements of Section 8.06 for defeasance of the Securities and, if other than by a resolution of the Board of Directors, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease the Securities will be evidenced;
(v) if the Securities of such Series are to be guaranteed by any Guarantors, the names of any Guarantors of the Securities of such Series (which may, but need not, include the Initial Guarantor) and the terms of the Guarantees of the Securities of such Series, including any deletions from, or modifications of or additions to, the provisions of Article 10 or any other provisions of this Indenture in connection therewith;
(w) whether the Securities of such Series are to be secured by any property, assets or other collateral and, if so, the applicable collateral, any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the provisions of Article 11; and
(x) any other terms or conditions upon which the Securities of the Series are to be issued (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).
If the Securities of any Series are to be guaranteed by any Guarantor pursuant to Article 10, there shall be established in or pursuant to one or more resolutions of such Guarantors Board of Directors and set forth in an Officers Certificate of such Guarantor, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of such Securities, the terms of the Guarantee by such Guarantor with respect to such Securities, which terms may differ from those set forth in Article 10.
All Securities of any one Series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination, except as provided in the immediately succeeding paragraph, and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to such resolution of the Board of Directors or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time, and unless otherwise provided, a Series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for issuances of additional Securities of such Series or to establish additional terms of such Series of Securities (which additional terms shall only be applicable to unissued or additional Securities of such Series).
Each Series may be issued in one or more Tranches. Except as provided in the foregoing paragraph, all Securities of a Tranche shall have the same issue date, maturity date, interest rate or method of determining interest, and, in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities, the same issue price.
Section 2.03 | Execution of Securities and Guarantees. |
At least one Officer must sign the Securities and, if any Guarantee is to be endorsed on or attached to any Securities, and if such Guarantee provides for the execution thereof by the applicable Guarantor (it being understood
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and agreed that any such Guarantee may, but need not, provide for execution by the applicable Guarantor), such Guarantee, for the Company or such Guarantor, as applicable, by manual or facsimile signature. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security or any Guarantee that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security or any Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time a Security or any Guarantee, if any, is authenticated, the Security or any Guarantee will nevertheless be valid. A Security or any Guarantee will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Security or any Guarantee has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate any Securities or any Guarantees, if any. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities or any Guarantees, if any, whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.04 | Authentication and Delivery of 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, together with, if the terms of such Securities provide for the endorsement thereon or attachment thereto of any Guarantees by any Guarantors, such Guarantees endorsed thereon or attached thereto and, if such terms so provide, executed by such Guarantors, to the Trustee for authentication, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and deliver such Securities with any such Guarantees endorsed thereon or attached thereto, to or upon the written order of the Company or such Guarantors, signed by any Officer of the Company, and if applicable, such Guarantors (an Authentication Order). In authenticating such Securities appertaining thereto, with any such Guarantees endorsed thereon or attached thereto, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities and Guarantees, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:
(a) a certified copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Companys Board of Directors or any Guarantors Board of Directors authorizing the action taken pursuant to the resolution or resolutions delivered under clause (b) of this Section 2.04;
(b) a copy of any resolution or resolutions of the Companys Board of Directors relating to such Series or any resolution or resolutions of each applicable Guarantors Board of Directors relating to such Guarantors Guarantee, in each case, certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Company or Guarantor, as applicable;
(c) an executed supplemental indenture, if any;
(d) an Officers Certificate of the Company setting forth the form and terms of the Securities of such Series as required pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02, respectively, and prepared in accordance with Sections 12.04 and 12.05;
(e) an Officers Certificate of each applicable Guarantor setting forth the form and terms of such Guarantors Guarantee of such Series as required pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.02, respectively, and prepared in accordance with Sections 12.04 and 12.05;
(f) at the option of the Company, either an Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Sections 12.04 and 12.05, or a letter addressed to the Trustee allowing the Trustee to rely on an Opinion of Counsel, substantially to the effect that:
(1) the form or forms and terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors or by a supplemental indenture as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.02 in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
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(2) such Securities have been duly authorized, and, 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 binding obligations of the Company enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights and by general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
(g) at the option of each applicable Guarantor, either an Opinion of Counsel, prepared in accordance with Sections 12.04 and 12.05, or a letter addressed to the Trustee allowing the Trustee to rely on an Opinion of Counsel, substantially to the effect that:
(1) the form or forms and terms of such Guarantors Guarantee, if any, have been duly established by or pursuant to a resolution of such Guarantors Board of Directors or by a supplemental indenture as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.02 in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(2) such Guarantee, if any, has been duly authorized, and, when such Securities with such Guarantee endorsed thereon or attached thereto are 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, such Guarantee will constitute a valid and binding obligation of such Guarantor enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors rights and by general equitable principles, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;
provided, however, that in the case of any Series issuable in Tranches, if the Trustee has previously received the documents referred to in Section 2.04(a)-(g) with respect to such Series, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such Series executed and delivered by the Company and, if required, any Guarantor of any Guarantee endorsed thereon or attached thereto, for original issuance upon receipt by the Trustee of an Authentication Order.
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such Securities may not lawfully be issued by the Company, or, if the terms of such Securities provide for the endorsement thereon or attachment thereto of any Guarantees by any Guarantors, that any such Guarantee may not lawfully be made, or if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture in a manner not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
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 2.14, together with a written statement (which need not comply with Sections 12.04 and 12.05 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.05 | Registrar and Paying Agent. |
The Company will maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof (Registrar) and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (Paying Agent). The Registrar will keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term Registrar includes any co-registrar and the term Paying Agent includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
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The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to any Global Securities.
Section 2.06 | Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. |
The Company will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders of the Securities of any Series or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the Securities of any Series and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of any Series all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Securities of any Series.
Section 2.07 | Holder Lists. |
The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a).
Section 2.08 | Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest. |
The Securities of any Series shall be issuable in definitive registered form without coupons and in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.02. In the absence of any such specification with respect to the Securities of any Series, the Securities of such Series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any multiple thereof, and interest shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Securities of any Series shall be numbered, lettered, or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as the Officers of the Company executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication, shall bear interest from the date and shall be payable on the dates, in each case, which shall be specified as contemplated by Section 2.02.
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 the payment of such interest.
The term record date as used with respect to any interest payment date (except for a date for payment of defaulted interest) shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the Securities of any Series, or, if no such date is so specified, if such interest payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the close of business on the fifteenth day of the next preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the fifteenth day of a calendar month, the close of business on the first day of such calendar month, whether or not such record date is a Business Day.
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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 (called defaulted interest for the purpose of this Section 2.08) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant record date by virtue of his having been such Holder; and such defaulted interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or clause (b) below:
(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any defaulted interest to the Persons in whose names any such Securities (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 in respect of Securities of such Series which shall be not more than 15 nor 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 thereof to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder at his address as it appears in the Security register, 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 mailed as aforesaid, such defaulted interest in respect of Securities of such Series shall be paid to the Person in whose names such Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered on such special record date and such defaulted interest shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (b).
(b) 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 the Securities of that Series 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 payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.08, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon 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 2.09 | Transfer and Exchange. |
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Securities.
(1) 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 designated pursuant to Sections 2.05 and 4.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the Securities 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 Registrar for the purposes of registration and transfer of Securities as herein provided.
(2) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Securities of any Series at an office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Sections 2.05 and 4.02 for such purpose, 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 such Series of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount.
(3) At the option of the Holder, Securities of any Series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same Series, of any authorized denominations, of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities of such Series to be exchanged at such office or agency, and upon payment, if the Company shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. 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.
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(b) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchange.
(1) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee with authenticate, Securities upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof or at the Registrars request.
(2) No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Security for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.09, 2.13 and 9.06 and Article 3 hereof).
(3) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
(4) Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company, any applicable Guarantor or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by 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.
(5) All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture and the applicable Guarantees, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(6) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required to:
(A) issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Securities during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Securities of such Series for redemption under Article 3 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;
(B) register the transfer of or to exchange any Security selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part; or
(C) register the transfer of or to exchange a Security between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(7) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Security, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security is registered as the absolute owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Security and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(8) The Trustee will authenticate Securities in accordance with Section 2.04 hereof.
(9) Any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Security shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.
(10) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.09 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
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Section 2.10 | Replacement Securities. |
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security, the Company will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Security of the same Series, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, if the Trustees requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder thereof that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Security.
Upon the issuance of any replacement Security, 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. In case any Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption in full shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, instead of issuing a replacement Security, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company and to the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company and the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof.
Every replacement Security is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Securities of the same Series duly issued hereunder.
Section 2.11 | Outstanding Securities. |
The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.11 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.12 hereof, a Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security.
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.10 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Security is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.12 | Treasury Securities. |
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of such Series have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities of such Series owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities of such Series that the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
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Section 2.13 | Temporary Securities. |
Until certificates representing the Securities are ready for delivery the Company, and, if applicable, any applicable Guarantors, may prepare and execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities for such Series (printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any Series may be issued in any authorized denomination and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of such Series but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company with the concurrence of the Trustee. Temporary Securities may contain such reference to any provisions of this Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be executed by the Company, and, if applicable, any applicable Guarantors, and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company, and, if applicable, any applicable Guarantors, shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities of such Series, and thereupon temporary Securities of such Series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by the Company for that purpose pursuant to Sections 2.05 and 4.02, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such Series a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same Series of authorized denominations.
Holders of temporary Securities will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.14 | Cancellation. |
The Company at any time may deliver Securities of such Series to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Securities of such Series surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee, and no one else, will cancel all Securities of such Series surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy canceled Securities of such Series (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all canceled Securities of such Series will be delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities of such Series to replace Securities of such Series that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.15 | 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. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
Section 2.16 | Book-Entry Provisions for Global Security. |
(a) Any Global Security of a Series initially shall (1) be registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of such Depositary, (2) be delivered to the Trustee as Custodian for such Depositary and (3) bear any required legends. Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (Agent Members) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by the Depositary, or the Trustee as its Custodian, or under the Global Security, and the Depositary may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of the Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.
(b) Transfers of any Global Security shall be limited to transfers in whole, but not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Security may
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be transferred or exchanged for definitive Securities in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary. Definitive Securities shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Security only if (1) the Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Security and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice or (2) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in any Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 2.16, the Registrar shall (if one or more definitive Securities are to be issued) reflect on the Securities Register the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Security to be transferred, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more definitive Securities of like tenor and amount.
(d) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Security to beneficial owners pursuant to clause (b) of this Section 2.16, the Global Security shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary in exchange for its beneficial interest in the Global Security, an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of authorized denominations.
(e) The Holder of any Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities of such Series.
Section 2.17 | Interest Act (Canada). |
For the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure thereunder, whenever any interest is made payable hereunder or in the Securities of any Series at any rate or percentage for or based on a period of 360 days, the yearly rate or percentage of interest to which such rate or percentage of interest is equivalent is the rate or percentage stipulated herein or in the Securities multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year and divided by 360. The foregoing sentence is for disclosure purposes only and shall not otherwise affect the terms of this Indenture or the Securities. To the extent that the Interest Act (Canada) is applicable, all interest which accrues under this Indenture on the Securities shall be calculated using the nominal rate method and not the effective rate method and the deemed reinvestment principle shall not apply to such calculations.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
Section 3.01 | 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 2.02 for Securities of any Series) in accordance with this Article 3; provided, however, that if any provision of any such Security shall conflict with any provision of this Article 3, the provision of such Security of such Series shall govern.
Section 3.02 | Election to Redeem. |
The right of the Company to elect to redeem any Securities of any Series shall be set forth in the terms of such Securities of such Series established in accordance with Section 2.02. In the case of any redemption of Securities of such Series prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities of such Series or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
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Section 3.03 | Notices to Trustee. |
If the Company elects to redeem Securities of any Series pursuant to this Indenture or the terms of the Securities of any Series established pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date of any redemption permitted hereunder, an Officers Certificate setting forth:
(a) the clause of this Indenture, of any resolution of the Board of Directors or Officers Certificate establishing the Securities of any Series or of any indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
(b) the redemption date;
(c) the principal amount of Securities of any Series to be redeemed; and
(d) the redemption price.
Section 3.04 | Selection of Securities to Be Redeemed. |
If less than all of the Securities of any Series are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Securities of such Series for redemption by such method as may be specified by the terms of such Securities of such Series or, if no such method is so specified, by such method as the Trustee shall deem appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal amount of Securities of such Series, unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange or depositary requirements.
In the event of partial redemption, the particular Securities of any Series to be redeemed will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Securities of such Series not previously called for redemption.
The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities of such Series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Security selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. Securities of such Series and portions of such Securities selected will be in multiples equal to the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such Series. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of any Series called for redemption also apply to portions of such Securities called for redemption.
Section 3.05 | Notice of Redemption. |
At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Securities or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article 8 hereof.
The notice will identify the Securities to be redeemed and will state:
(a) the redemption date;
(b) the redemption price;
(c) if any Securities of any Series is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Security to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of the same Series and in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original Security;
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(d) the name and address of the Paying Agent;
(e) that Securities of any Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(f) that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking fund, or both, if such be the case;
(g) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Securities of any Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(h) the paragraph of the Securities and/or Section of this Indenture, of any resolution of the Board of Directors or Officers Certificate establishing the Securities of any Series or of any indenture supplemental hereto pursuant to which the Securities of such Series called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(i) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities of such Series.
At the Companys request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Companys name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 35 days prior to the redemption date (or a shorter period as agreed to by the Trustee), an Officers Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.06 | Effect of Notice of Redemption. |
Subject to the next succeeding sentence, once notice of redemption is mailed as provided in Section 3.05, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. Except as otherwise provided in any indenture supplemental hereto, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or Officers Certificate for a Series, a notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.
Section 3.07 | Deposit of Redemption Price. |
Not later than 10:00 a.m. New York City time on the redemption date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities of such Series to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities of such Series to be redeemed.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption date, interest will cease to accrue on the Securities of such Series or the portions thereof called for redemption, any Guarantees endorsed thereon or attached thereto shall cease from and after the date fixed for redemption to be entitled to any benefit or security under this Indenture, and the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities or Guarantees except the right to receive the redemption price and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption. If a Security is redeemed on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Security called for redemption is not so paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Securities of such Series and Section 4.01 hereof.
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Section 3.08 | Securities Redeemed or Purchased in Part. |
Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.
ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
Section 4.01 | Payment of Securities. |
The Company will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the Securities of each Series in accordance with the terms of the Securities of such Series established pursuant to Section 2.02 hereof and this Indenture.
Section 4.02 | Maintenance of Office or Agency. |
So long as any of the Securities remain outstanding, the Company will maintain for each Series an office or agency (which may be the office of the Trustee or any Affiliate of the Trustee, or the Registrar or any co-registrar) where: (a) the Securities may be presented for payment; (b) the Securities may be presented for registration of transfer and for exchange as provided in this Indenture; and (c) notices and demands to or upon the Company or any Guarantor in respect of the Securities or of this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company fails to maintain any such required office or agency or fails 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.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.05 hereof.
Section 4.03 | Reports. |
(a) So long as any Securities are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Holders or cause the Trustee to furnish to the Holders (or file with the SEC for public availability), within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and regulations:
(1) all quarterly and annual reports that are required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange Act with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K; and
(2) all current reports that are required to be filed by the Company with the SEC on Form 8-K.
All such reports will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with all of the rules and regulations applicable to such reports. The Company will at all times comply with TIA §314(a).
If the Company is no longer subject to the periodic reporting requirements of the Exchange Act for any reason, the Company will nevertheless continue filing the reports specified in this Section 4.03(a) with the SEC within the time periods specified in the rules and regulations applicable to such reports for non-accelerated filers unless the SEC will not accept such a filing. The Company will not take any action for the purpose of causing the SEC not to accept any such filings. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, the SEC will not accept the Companys filings for any reason, the Company will post the reports referred to in this Section 4.03(a) on its website within the time periods that would apply if the Company were required to file those reports (applicable to non-accelerated filers) with the SEC.
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(b) The Company will be deemed to have furnished such reports to the Trustee and the Holders of Securities if it has filed such reports with the SEC using the EDGAR filing system and such reports are publicly available.
(c) Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.03 are for information purposes only and the Trustees receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Companys compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
Section 4.04 | Compliance Certificate. |
(a) The Company and any Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, in any resolution of the Board of Directors or Officers Certificate establishing the Securities of any Series and in any indenture supplemental hereto, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge and without personal liability the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture, in any resolution of the Board of Directors or Officers Certificate establishing the Securities of any Series and in any indenture supplemental hereto and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture, of any resolutions of the Board of Directors or Officers Certificate establishing any Securities of any Series or any indenture supplemental hereto (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and without personal liability and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge and without personal liability no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the Securities of such Series is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as any of the Securities of such Series are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days of any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
Section 4.05 | Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee. |
The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.08, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities hereunder.
Section 4.06 | Paying Agents. |
Whenever the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any Series, it will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.06, that it will:
(a) hold all sums received by it as such Paying Agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such Series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Company or by any Guarantor or other obligor on the Securities of such Series) in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such Series or of the Trustee, and upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and upon the written request of the Trustee, pay over all such sums received by it to the Trustee,
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(b) give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Company (or by any Guarantor or other obligor on the Securities of such Series) to make any payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such Series when the same shall be due and payable, and
(c) give the Trustee notice of any change of address of any Holder of which it is aware.
The Company will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such Series, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent with respect to the Securities of any Series, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such Series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such Series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action.
Anything in this Section 4.06 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all Series of Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such Series by the Company or any Paying Agent hereunder, as required by this Section 4.06, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained.
Anything in this Section 4.06 to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section 4.06 is subject to the provisions of Sections 8.07 and 8.08.
Section 4.07 | Additional Amounts. |
If Securities of a Series provide for the payment of additional amounts to any Holder who is a Non-U.S. Person in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge (Additional Amounts), the Company will pay to the Holder of any Security of such Series such Additional Amounts as may be so provided by Section 2.02. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of the principal of or interest on, or in respect of, any Security of a Series or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of a Security of a Series, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided for by the terms of such Series established pursuant to Section 2.02 to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.02, if the Securities of a Series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal or interest on which any Additional Amount shall be payable, the Company will furnish the Trustee and the Companys principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if other than the Trustee, with a compliance certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal of or interest on the Securities of that Series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that Series who are Non-U.S. Persons without withholding for or on account of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of that Series. If any such withholding shall be required, then such compliance certificate shall specify by country the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of that Series and the Company will pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts required by the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of them in reliance on any Officers Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section 4.07 or in the event the Trustee shall not withhold or deduct any sums as a result of the non-receipt of such Officers Certificate pursuant to this Section 4.07.
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Section 4.08 | Change of Control. |
(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall make an offer (a Change of Control Offer) to each Holder of Securities to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holders Securities at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of repurchase (the Change of Control Payment). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice to each Holder stating:
(1) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 45 days after the date such notice is sent (the Change of Control Payment Date);
(3) that any Securities not tendered will continue to accrue interest in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Securities accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the Security, together with such other documents as required by the applicable Security, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Securities delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is unconditionally withdrawing its election to have such Securities purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities are being purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and
(8) any other information the Company determines would be material to such Holders decision to tender Securities.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment all Securities or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, (2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Securities or portions thereof so tendered and (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an Officers Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly send to each Holder of Securities so tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Securities, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Security equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered, if any; provided that each such new Security shall be in a principal amount of at least $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Change of Control Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Payment Date.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of this Section 4.08 shall permanently terminate upon the occurrence of an Investment Grade Event, and the occurrence of a Change of Control following an Investment Grade Event shall not result in a requirement for the Company to make a Change of Control Offer.
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(d) The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes a Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.08 and purchases all Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making the Change of Control Offer.
(e) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Securities required in the event of a Change of Control.
Section 4.09 | Calculation of Original Issue Discount and Other Amounts. |
The Company shall promptly, at the end of each calendar year, calculate the Original Issue Discount accrued on outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and shall determine whether the amount of Original Issue Discount qualifies for the de minimis exception rule as set forth in Section 1273(a)(3) of the Code. If such calculated amount does not qualify for the de minimis exception rule, then the Company shall subsequently file with the Trustee no later than January 15th of each calendar year (a) 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, and (b) such other specific information relating to such Original Issue Discount as may then be relevant under the Code.
ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
Section 5.01 | Merger, Consolidation or Sale of Assets. |
(a) The Company shall not consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation) or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:
(1) either:
(A) the Company is the surviving corporation; or
(B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made is an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia;
(2) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) This Section 5.01 will not apply to any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries or any merger or consolidation of the Company (1) with or into one of its Subsidiaries for any purpose, or (2) with or into an Affiliate solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction.
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Section 5.02 | Successor Corporation Substituted. |
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Company shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Company), 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; provided, however, that the predecessor Company shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the Securities of such Series except in the case of a sale of all or substantially all of the Companys assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions of, Section 5.01 hereof.
ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Section 6.01 | Events of Default. |
In case one or more of the following events of default (unless it is either inapplicable to a particular Series or it is specifically deleted from or modified in the instrument establishing such Series and the form of Security for such Series) shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to any Series of Securities (an Event of Default):
(a) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest, if any, on, any Security of such Series;
(b) default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium on, if any, any Security of such Series;
(c) failure by the Company to comply with any of the covenants or agreements (other than a covenant or agreement in respect of the Securities of such Series a default of whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 6.01 specifically dealt with) of the Company in this Indenture or the Securities of such Series for 90 days after notice to the Company by the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all Series then outstanding affected by such failure to comply;
(d) the Company, or any applicable Guarantor, pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy Law:
(1) commences a voluntary case;
(2) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case;
(3) consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property;
(4) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or
(5) admits in writing that it generally is not paying its debts as they become due;
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(e) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that remains unstayed and in effect for 90 consecutive days and that:
(1) is for relief against the Company or any applicable Guarantor in an involuntary case;
(2) appoints a custodian of the Company or any applicable Guarantor for all or substantially all of the property of the Company or any applicable Guarantor; or
(3) orders the liquidation of the Company or any applicable Guarantor;
(f) except as permitted by this Indenture, any Guarantee is held in any judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor, denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Guarantee; or
(g) any other Event of Default provided in the supplemental indenture or resolution of the Board of Directors under which such Series of Securities is issued or in the form of Security for such Series.
The Events of Default specified in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section 6.01 are referred to herein as a Payment Default.
Section 6.02 | Acceleration. |
In the case of an Event of Default specified in clause (d) or (e) of Section 6.01 hereof, all outstanding Securities of such Series will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities in any particular Series, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series may declare all the Securities of such Series to be due and payable immediately.
Upon any such declaration, the Securities of such Series shall become due and payable immediately.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all of the Holders of all the Securities of such Series, rescind an acceleration and its consequences hereunder, if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, on the Securities of such Series that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived. Holders of the Securities of such Series shall not enforce this Indenture or the applicable Securities of such Series except as provided in this Indenture or in any resolution of the Board of Directors or Officers Certificate establishing the Securities of such Series or in any indenture supplemental hereto. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Securities of such notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.
Section 6.03 | Other Remedies. |
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the Securities of such Series so affected or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities of such Series or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities of such Series or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder of any Securities of such Series in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
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Section 6.04 | Waiver of Past Defaults. |
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such Series, waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the Securities of such Series; provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of each Series so affected may rescind such acceleration and its consequences, including any related Payment Default that resulted from such acceleration. In the case of any such waiver, the Company, any applicable Guarantors, the Trustee, and the Holders of the Securities of such Series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively. 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 6.05 | Control by Majority. |
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of each Series affected (with each Series treated as a separate class) may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders of the Securities of such Series so affected or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Section 6.06 | Limitation on Suits. |
No Holder of any Securities of such Series so affected may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities of such Series unless:
(a) such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
(b) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of each Series so affected make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;
(c) such Holder or Holders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;
(d) the Trustee does not comply with such request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of security or indemnity; and
(e) during such 60-day period, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of each Series so affected do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request.
A Holder of any Securities of such Series may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of Securities of such Series or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder of Securities of such Series.
Section 6.07 | Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of any Securities to receive payment of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, such Security, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
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Section 6.08 | Collection Suit by Trustee. |
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a) or (b) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest, if any, remaining unpaid on, the Securities of such Series so affected and interest on overdue principal, if any, and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the compensation and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
Section 6.09 | Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. |
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Securities of each Series so affected allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of such Series so affected), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the compensation and reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that such Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any such Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of such Series so affected or the rights of any such Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Section 6.10 | Priorities. |
If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
First: to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second: to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and
Third: to the Company or any applicable Guarantor, as the case may be.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Securities of such Series pursuant to this Section 6.10.
Section 6.11 | 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 or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable
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costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of Securities of each Series so affected pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series.
ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
Section 7.01 | Duties of Trustee. |
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such persons own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(1) the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(2) in the absence of bad faith, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of clause (b) of this Section 7.01;
(2) the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(3) the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee and any capacity the Trustee may serve hereunder is subject to clauses (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.
(e) No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders of Securities of any Series, unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security and written indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.
(f) The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
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Section 7.02 | Rights of Trustee. |
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.
(f) The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities of any Series unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it against the losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
(g) The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any Series unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default; or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of such Series or by any Holder of the Securities of such Series, such notice specifically identifying this Indenture and the Securities of a particular Series.
(h) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each Agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
(i) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(j) Any action taken, or omitted to be taken, by the Trustee in good faith pursuant to this Indenture upon the request or authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the Holder of any Securities shall be conclusive and binding upon all future Holders of Securities and upon Securities executed and delivered in exchange therefore or in place thereof.
(k) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the execution of the trusts and power or otherwise in respect of this Indenture.
(l) Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by the Securities.
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Section 7.03 | Individual Rights of Trustee. |
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities of any Series and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.
Section 7.04 | Trustees Disclaimer. |
The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities of any Series, it shall not be accountable for the Companys use of the proceeds from the Securities of any Series or any money paid to the Company or upon the Companys direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Securities of any Series or any other document in connection with the sale of the Securities of any Series or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.
Section 7.05 | Notice of Defaults. |
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Securities of any Series so affected a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it becomes aware of the Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, any Securities of any Series so affected, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Securities of such Series so affected.
Section 7.06 | Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Securities. |
(a) Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Securities of any Series remain outstanding, the Trustee will mail to the Holders of the Securities of such Series a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA §313(a) (but if no event described in TIA §313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA §313(b). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA §313(c).
(b) A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Securities of such Series will be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities of such Series are listed in accordance with TIA §313(d). The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Securities of such Series are listed on any stock exchange.
Section 7.07 | Compensation and Indemnity. |
(a) The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder. The Trustees compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services, except for any such disbursement, advance or expense as may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustees agents and counsel.
(b) The Company shall indemnify the Trustee and Agents and their respective officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents (each an Indemnified Party) against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by them arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of their duties under this Indenture, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company (including
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this Section 7.07) and defending themselves against any claim (whether asserted by the Company or any Holder of Securities of any Series or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of their powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense may be attributable to their negligence or willful misconduct. An Indemnified Party shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by an Indemnified Party to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and an Indemnified Party shall cooperate in the defense. An Indemnified Party may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
(c) The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or, with respect to any Person acting as Trustee under this Indenture, the earlier resignation or removal of such Trustee.
(d) To secure the Companys payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities of that Series.
(e) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(d) or (e) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
(f) The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA §313(b) to the extent applicable.
Section 7.08 | Replacement of Trustee. |
(a) A resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to one or more or all Series of Securities and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustees acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.
(b) The Trustee may resign with respect to one or more or all Series of Securities in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series may remove the Trustee with 30 days prior written notice with respect to the Securities of such Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to one or more or all Series of Securities if:
(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;
(2) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;
(3) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(4) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
(c) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason with respect to one or more Series of Securities, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee with respect to such Series of Securities. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of such Series may appoint a successor Trustee with respect to such Series of Securities to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
(d) If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to such Series of Securities.
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(e) If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder of Securities of such Series who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to such Series of Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
(f) A successor Trustee with respect to such Series of Securities will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture with respect to such Series of Securities. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders of Securities of such Series. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held with respect to such Series of Securities by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Companys obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
Section 7.09 | Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. |
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers or sells all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.
Section 7.10 | Eligibility; Disqualification. |
There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.
This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA §310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA §310(b).
Section 7.11 | Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. |
The Trustee is subject to TIA §311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA §311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA §311(a) to the extent indicated therein.
ARTICLE 8
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE
Section 8.01 | Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. |
This Indenture shall upon Company Order or Guarantor Order, cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.01), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:
(a) either:
(1) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
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(2) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:
(A) have become due and payable; or
(B) will become due and payable at their stated maturity within one year;
(C) have been called for redemption or 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; or
(D) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.04, as applicable;
and the Company or any Guarantor(s), in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the stated maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;
(b) the Company or any Guarantor(s) have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and
(c) the Company or any Guarantor 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 7.07, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 8.01, the provisions of Sections 2.05, 2.09, 8.02 and 8.08 shall survive.
Section 8.02 | Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification. |
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.08, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.01, all money and Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 or 8.05 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of Government Securities deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.03 or 8.04, 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 interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Sections 8.04 or 8.05.
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against Government Securities deposited pursuant to Sections 8.04 or 8.05 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company or the relevant Guarantor(s), as applicable, from time to time upon Company Order or Guarantor Order, as applicable, any Government Securities or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.04 or 8.05 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such Government Securities or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any Government Securities held under this Indenture.
Section 8.03 | Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. |
If pursuant to Section 2.02 provision is made for either or both of (a) defeasance of the Securities of a Series under Section 8.04 or (b) covenant defeasance of the Securities of a Series under Section 8.05, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article 8, shall
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be applicable to the Securities of such Series, and the Company may at its option at any time with respect to the Securities of such Series, elect to have either Section 8.04 (if applicable) or Section 8.05 (if applicable) be applied to the outstanding Securities of any Series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.
Section 8.04 | Legal Defeasance and Discharge. |
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.03 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.04, the Company and each Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.06 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Securities of such Series (including any Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, Legal Defeasance). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and each Guarantor will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Securities of such Series (including any Guarantees), which will thereafter be deemed to be outstanding only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 8.4, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Securities of such Series, any Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:
(1) the rights of Holders of outstanding Securities of such Series to receive solely from the trust fund described in Section 8.06 hereof, and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, such Securities of such Series when such payments are due;
(2) the Companys obligations with respect to such Securities of such Series under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;
(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee and Agents hereunder and the Companys obligations in connection therewith; and
(4) this Article 8.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.04 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.05 hereof.
Section 8.05 | Covenant Defeasance. |
Upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.03 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.05, the Company and each Guarantor will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.06 hereof, be released from their obligations under the covenants as it relates to Securities of any Series contained in Sections 4.02, 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.08 and Article 5 hereof (as well as any additional covenants specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company or an Officers Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.02) with respect to the outstanding Securities of such Series on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance), and the Securities of such Series will thereafter be deemed not outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed outstanding for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Securities of such Series shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Securities of any Series and any Guarantees, the Company and each Guarantor may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities of such Series and any Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Companys exercise under Section 8.03 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.05 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.06 hereof, Section 6.01(c) through Section 6.01(f) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.
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Section 8.06 | Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. |
In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.04 or 8.05 hereof:
(1) the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of Securities of such Series, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the outstanding Securities of such Series on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, and the Company must specify whether the Securities of such Series are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;
(2) in the case of an election under Section 8.04 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming 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 Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of an election under Section 8.05 hereof, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the incurrence of Indebtedness all or a portion of the proceeds of which will be used to defease the Securities of such Series pursuant to this Article 8 concurrently with such incurrence) or insofar as Section 6.01 (d) or (e) hereof is concerned, at any time in the period ending on the 91st day after the date of deposit;
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Company or any Guarantor is bound;
(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that on the 91st day following the deposit, the trust funds will not be subject to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally;
(7) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of Securities of such Series over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and
(8) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
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Section 8.07 | Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. |
Subject to Section 8.08 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.07, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof in respect of the outstanding Securities of such Series so affected will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities of such Series and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities of such Series of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.06 hereof 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 the outstanding Securities of such Series.
Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.06 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.06(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Section 8.08 | Repayment to Company. |
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, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, any Securities of any Series so affected and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Securities of such Series will thereafter, as an unsecured creditor, be permitted to 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, will 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 the New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
Section 8.09 | Reinstatement. |
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.04 or 8.05 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys obligations under this Indenture and the Securities of such Series will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.04 or 8.05 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.04 or 8.05 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on, if any, any Securities of such Series following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities of such Series to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
Section 9.01 | Without Consent of Holders of Securities. |
Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of any Securities of any Series, the Company, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, each Guarantor, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee for the Securities of any and all Series may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto (which shall conform to the provisions of the TIA), in form satisfactory to such Trustee, for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as security for the Securities of one or more Series, or any Guarantees endorsed thereon or attached thereto, any property or assets;
(b) to evidence the succession of another entity to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by the successor entity of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Company or such Guarantor herein and in the Securities or the Guarantees of such Guarantor, as the case may be;
(c) to add to the covenants and/or Events of Default of the Company or any Guarantor such further covenants, restrictions, conditions, provisions and/or Events of Default as the Board of Directors, applicable Guarantors Board of Directors and the Trustee shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of Securities of any or all Series and, if such additional covenants and/or Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all the Series of Securities stating that such covenants and/or Events of Default are being added solely for the benefit of such Series, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all Series of the Securities stating that such Events of Default are being added solely for the benefit of such Series); provided, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition, provision and/or Event of Default such supplemental indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such an Event of Default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such Series or any Guarantees endorsed thereon or attached thereto to waive such an Event of Default;
(d) to cure any ambiguity or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision contained herein or in any supplemental indenture; or to make such other provisions in regard to matters or questions arising under this Indenture or under any supplemental indenture as the Board of Directors or any Guarantors Board of Directors may deem necessary or desirable and which shall not materially and adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities;
(e) to establish the form or terms of Securities of such Series and any Guarantees endorsed thereon or attached thereto, as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.02;
(f) 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 the one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.08;
(g) to delete, modify or add any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 2.02, any such deletion, modification or addition shall become effective only when there is no Security of any Series outstanding created prior thereto which is entitled to the benefit of such provision;
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(h) to add any Person as an additional Guarantor under this Indenture, to add additional Guarantees or additional Guarantors in respect of any outstanding Securities under this Indenture, or to evidence the release and discharge of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantees of any Securities and its obligations under this Indenture in respect of any Securities in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(i) to secure, or, if applicable, provide additional security for, any Securities or Guarantees and to provide for matters relating thereto, and to provide for the release of any collateral as security for any Securities or Guarantees; or
(j) to amend or supplement any provision contained herein, which was required to be contained herein in order for this Indenture to be qualified under the TIA, if the TIA or regulations thereunder change what is so required to be included in qualified indentures, in any manner not inconsistent with what then may be required for such qualification.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02(b) hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and any Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 9.02.
Section 9.02 | With Consent of Holders of Securities. |
The Company, the applicable Guarantor(s), if any, and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or amending in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture, of any resolutions of the Board of Directors or Officers Certificate establishing the Securities of such Series, or of any amended or supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.04, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Securities of any Series by notice to the Trustee (including waivers obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company or any Guarantor of Securities of such Series with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities or the applicable Guarantee with respect to such Series.
Upon the request of the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Securities of such Series as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02(b) hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company and any Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amended or supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After an amended or supplemental indenture or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities of such Series affected thereby, a notice briefly describing the amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.
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Section 9.03 | Limitations. |
Without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Securities held by a non-consenting Holder):
(a) reduce the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(b) reduce the principal of, or premium, if any, on, or change the stated maturity of, any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;
(c) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;
(d) alter any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of the Securities of any Series;
(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);
(f) make the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;
(g) make any change in Sections 6.04, 6.07 or 9.03;
(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security, provided that such redemption is made at the Companys option;
(i) in the case of any Security that is subject to a Guarantee, release the Guarantor of such Guarantee from any of its obligations under such Guarantee, except in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Security;
(j) make any change in the ranking or priority of any Security or any Guarantee thereof that would adversely affect the Holders of such Security; or
(k) in the case of any Security that provides that the Holder may require the Company to repurchase or convert such Security, impair such Holders right to require such repurchase or effect such conversion of such Security in accordance with this Indenture and the terms of such Security.
Section 9.04 | Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. |
Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities of such Series will be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.
Section 9.05 | Revocation and Effect of Consents. |
Until an amendment is set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture or a waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date of the supplemental indenture or the date the waiver becomes effective.
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Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Holder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (k) of Section 9.03. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holders Security.
Section 9.06 | Notation on or Exchange of Securities. |
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Security, together with any Guarantees endorsed thereon, thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for all Securities of such Series may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate a new Security, together with any Guarantees endorsed thereon, that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Security, together with any Guarantees endorsed thereon, or attached thereto, will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
Section 9.07 | Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. |
The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to receive and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in relying upon an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.
Section 9.08 | Effect of Supplemental Indenture. |
Upon the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, any Guarantors and the Holders of Securities of each Series shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments, and all the terms and conditions of any such amended or supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
ARTICLE 10
GUARANTEES
Section 10.01 | Applicability of Article. |
If pursuant to Section 2.02 provision is made for Securities of any Series to be guaranteed by any Guarantor, then the provisions of this Article 10 shall be applicable to the Securities of such Series.
Section 10.02 | Guarantee. |
(a) Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors, if any, hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Securities of such Series or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:
(1) the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the Securities of such Series that are to be guaranteed by the Guarantee of the Guarantors, if any, pursuant to Section 2.02,
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will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the Securities of such Series, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders thereof or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and
(2) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of such Securities of such Series that are to be guaranteed by the Guarantee of the Guarantors, if any, pursuant to Section 2.02 or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
(b) Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors, if any, will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor, if any, agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
(c) Each Guarantor, if any, hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities of such Series or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities of such Series with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor. Each Guarantor, if any, hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenant that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Securities of such Series and this Indenture.
(d) If any Holder of Securities of such Series or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, any Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or any Guarantors, any amount paid by any of them to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated in full force and effect.
(e) Each Guarantor, if any, agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor, if any, further agrees that, as between any Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders of Securities of such Series and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors, if any, will have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series under the Guarantee.
(f) No Guarantee by any Guarantor of any Security, whether or not such Guarantee is or is to be endorsed thereon or attached thereto, shall be valid and obligatory for any purpose with respect to such Security until the certificate of authentication on such Security shall have been signed by or on behalf of the Trustee.
Section 10.03 | Limitation on Guarantor Liability. |
Each Guarantor, if any, of any Security, and by its acceptance of any Security, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors, if any, hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of any such Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of any such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
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Section 10.04 | Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms. |
Except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof, no Guarantor, if any, may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than the Company or another Guarantor, unless:
(1) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;
(2) subject to Section 10.05 hereof, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person will be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, and such Person (if not such Guarantor) will expressly assume all of the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee; and
(3) the Company will have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental agreements (if applicable) comply with this Indenture;
provided, however, that the foregoing will not apply to any such consolidation or merger with or into, or conveyance, transfer or lease to, any Person if the resulting, surviving or transferee Person is not or will not be a Subsidiary of the Company and the other terms of this Indenture and Securities of such Series are complied with.
In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Guarantee endorsed upon the Securities of such Series and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor Person will succeed to and be substituted for the Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor. Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Securities of such Series issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities of such Series will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.
Section 10.05 | Releases. |
A Guarantor shall be released and relieved of its obligations under its Guarantee:
(a) upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Termination Event;
(b) upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(1) in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, by way of merger, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor, in each case following which such Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary; or
(2) upon any Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such merger, consolidation, sale or other disposition, or Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee.
Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under any Guarantee as provided in this Section 10.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, if any, the Securities of such Series and for the other obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 10.
ARTICLE 11
SECURITY
Section 11.01 | Security. |
If so provided pursuant to Section 2.02 with respect to the Securities of such Series, the Securities of such Series and any Guarantees endorsed thereon or attached thereto may be secured by such property, assets or other collateral as may be specified in or pursuant to Section 2.02. Any and all terms and provisions applicable to the security for the Securities of such Series shall also be provided in or pursuant to Section 2.02, which may include provisions for the execution and delivery of such security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral agreements and other similar or related agreements as the Company and any applicable Guarantors may elect and which may provide for the Trustee to act as collateral agent or in a similar or other capacity.
Section 11.02 | Trustee Compliance with TIA. |
The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(a)(5) and (6) and 313(b)(1) of the TIA and the Company and any applicable Guarantors shall comply with Sections 314(b), 314(c) and 314(d) of the TIA, in each case in respect of any secured Securities that may be outstanding hereunder from time to time and any secured Guarantees endorsed on or attached to any Securities that may be outstanding hereunder from time to time.
ARTICLE 12
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 12.01 | Trust Indenture Act Controls. |
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA §318(c), the imposed duties will control.
Section 12.02 | Notices. |
Any notice or communication by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others address:
If to the Company or any Guarantor:
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.
801 Cherry Street, Suite 3500
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Telecopier No.: (817) 302-7897
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
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With a copy to:
Hunton & Williams LLP
1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 3700
Dallas, TX 75202
Telecopier No.: (214) 468-3599
Attention: L. Steven Leshin
If to the Trustee:
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
750 N. St. Paul Place, Suite 1750
MAC T9263-170
Dallas, TX 75201
Attn: Corporate Trust, Municipal and Escrow Services
Tel: (214) 756-7430
Fax: (214) 756-7401
The Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.
Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA §313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Company mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security, where this Indenture or a Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee) pursuant to customary procedures of such Depositary.
Section 12.03 | Communication by Holders of Securities with Other Holders of Securities. |
Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA §312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA §312(c).
Section 12.04 | Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. |
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:
(a) an Officers Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and
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(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 12.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.
Section 12.05 | Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. |
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA §314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA §314(e) and must include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been satisfied; and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.
Section 12.06 | Rules by Trustee and Agents. |
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
Section 12.07 | No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Shareholders. |
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or any Guarantors under the Securities of any Series, this Indenture, any Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Securities of any Series by accepting Securities of any Series waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Securities of any Series. The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.
Section 12.08 | Governing Law. |
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OF ANY SERIES AND THE GUARANTEES, IF APPLICABLE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 12.09 | No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. |
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
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Section 12.10 | Successors. |
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities of any Series will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 hereof.
Section 12.11 | Severability. |
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities of any Series is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 12.12 | Counterpart Originals. |
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 12.13 | Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 12.14 | Force Majeure. |
The Trustee and Agents shall not incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the control of the Trustee and Agents (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).
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SIGNATURES
Dated as of January 12, 2015 | ||||||||
General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |||||||
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |||||||
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |||||||
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Patrick T. Giordano | |||||||
Name: | Patrick T. Giordano | |||||||
Title: | Vice President |
Exhibit 4.2
GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC.,
AS ISSUER
AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
AS GUARANTOR
FLOATING RATE SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of January 12, 2015
To
INDENTURE
Dated as of January 12, 2015
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 |
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01 Definitions |
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Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.03 Rules of Construction |
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Section 1.04 Relationship With Base Indenture |
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ARTICLE 2 |
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THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01 Establishment, Form and Dating |
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Section 2.02 Registrar and Paying Agent |
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ARTICLE 3 |
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REDEMPTION OF NOTES |
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Section 3.01 Optional Redemption |
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ARTICLE 4 |
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ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 Liens |
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Section 4.02 Corporate Existence |
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Section 4.03 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees |
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ARTICLE 5 |
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DEFEASANCE |
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ARTICLE 6 |
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GUARANTEES |
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ARTICLE 7 |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.01 Governing Law |
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Section 7.02 Successors |
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Section 7.03 Severability |
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Section 7.04 Counterpart Originals |
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Section 7.05 Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
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Section 7.06 Calculation Agent |
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This FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., a Texas corporation (the Company), AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), between the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of one or more series of Securities;
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture to provide for the issuance of its Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 (the Notes), and the Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to provide for a Guarantee by the Guarantor of the Notes as to which Guarantee has been made applicable in accordance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor desire and have requested the Trustee to join with them in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement the Base Indenture and to add covenants to and remove covenants from the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes as and to the extent set forth herein to provide for the issuance and the terms of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid indenture and agreement of the Company and the Guarantor according to its terms have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders from time to time of the Notes as follows.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those Articles. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Base Indenture or in this Article. In the event of any conflict between any term defined in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the defined terms in this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and control.
Acquired Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person, Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person merges with or into or becomes a Subsidiary of such specified Person, or Indebtedness incurred by such Person in connection with the acquisition of assets, in each case so long as such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person or the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be.
Additional Notes means any additional Notes issued under the Indenture as part of the same series as the Notes.
Bank Lines means, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities with banks or other lenders providing for revolving credit loans and/or letters of credit; provided that in no event will any such facility that constitutes a Credit Facility or a Residual Funding Facility be deemed to qualify as a Bank Line.
Base Indenture has the meaning assigned to it in the recitals hereto.
Business Day is any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close and is also a London Business Day.
Calculation Agent shall initially mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, or any successor appointed from time to time by the Company acting as calculation agent in respect of the Notes.
Credit Enhancement Agreements means, collectively, any documents, instruments, guarantees or agreements entered into by the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of the Securitization Entities or Credit Facility Entities for the purpose of providing credit support for the Securitization Entities or Credit Facility Entities or any of their respective Indebtedness, obligations or asset-backed securities.
Credit Facilities means any funding arrangement, other than a Bank Line, a Securitization or a Residual Funding Facility, with a financial institution, other lender, assignee or purchaser under which advances are made to a Credit Facility Entity to the extent (and only to the extent) funding thereunder is used exclusively by the Credit Facility Entity to purchase, take a pledge of or take assignment of Receivables or securities backed by Receivables from the Company or a Subsidiary and to pay the related expenses with respect to the Credit Facility Entity.
Credit Facility Debt means Indebtedness of a Credit Facility Entity outstanding under one or more Credit Facilities.
Credit Facility Entity means any Person (whether or not a Subsidiary of the Company) established for the purpose of issuing notes or other securities in connection with a Credit Facility, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of the notes or other securities, which notes and securities are backed by Receivables or securities backed by Receivables.
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Existing 2017 Notes means the Companys 4.75% Senior Notes due 2017, issued on August 16, 2012, pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of August 16, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.
Existing 2018 Notes means the Companys 6.75% Senior Notes due 2018, issued on June 1, 2011, pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of June 1, 2011, among the Company, the Guarantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
Global Note means a certificated Note deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto. As of the date of this Supplemental Indenture all of the Notes are represented by Global Notes.
Guarantee means any guarantee of any of the Notes by a Guarantor as contemplated by Article 10 of the Base Indenture; provided that the term Guarantee, when used with respect to the Notes of any Series means a guarantee of such Notes of such Series by a Guarantor of such Notes of such Series as contemplated by Article 10 of the Base Indenture.
Guarantee Termination Event means the first date following the date of this Indenture when (i) no Guarantor guarantees the Existing 2017 Notes and the Existing 2018 Notes, (ii) a Notes Investment Grade Event has occurred and (iii) no Guarantor is an issuer or guarantor of any Triggering Indebtedness (other than any guarantee of Triggering Indebtedness that is being concurrently released). For purposes of clause (iii) of this definition, a Guarantors guarantee of any Triggering Indebtedness shall be deemed to be concurrently released when all of the conditions for the release of such guarantee are satisfied, other than for any condition related to the concurrent release of the Guarantors guarantee of any other Triggering Indebtedness. Upon the satisfaction of all of such conditions not related to the concurrent release of any guarantees of any other Triggering Indebtedness, a Guarantors guarantee of any Triggering Indebtedness and the Guarantee hereunder shall be deemed to be concurrently released and the conditions of clause (iii) shall be deemed to be satisfied.
Guarantor means AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and each other Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
Indenture means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, and as may be amended or further supplemented from time to time, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.
Initial Notes means the first $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture on the date hereof.
Interest Determination Date means the second London Business Day immediately preceding the settlement date, in the case of the Initial Interest Period, or thereafter the applicable Interest Reset Date.
Initial Interest Reset Period (or Initial Interest Period) means the period from and including January 12, 2015 to but excluding the first Interest Reset Date.
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Interest Payment Date refers to each day on which the interest rate on the Notes will be paid, which will be quarterly on January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15, commencing April 15, 2015.
Interest Reset Date refers to each day on which the interest rate on the Notes will be reset, which will be quarterly on January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15, commencing April 15, 2015, and at maturity.
Interest Reset Period (or Interest Period) means the period from and including an Interest Reset Date to but excluding the immediately succeeding Interest Reset Date; provided that the final Interest Reset Period for the Notes will be the period from and including the Interest Reset Date immediately preceding the maturity date of the Notes to but excluding the maturity date.
London Business Day means a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. dollars are transacted in the London interbank market.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the recitals hereto. For purposes of the Indenture, all references to the notes to be issued or authenticated upon transfer or replacement of or in exchange for Notes shall be deemed to refer to Notes. In addition, unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
Notes Investment Grade Event means the first date following the date of the Base Indenture on which the Notes have a rating by at least two of the Rating Agencies, as follows: Baa3 or better by Moodys, BBB- or better by S&P and BBB- or better by Fitch (or, if a replacement Rating Agency has been selected for S&P, Moodys or Fitch in accordance with the definition of Rating Agency, an equivalent rating from such Rating Agency).
Permitted Liens means: (i) Liens existing on the date of the Base Indenture; (ii) Liens to secure Credit Facility Debt or guarantees thereof; (iii) Liens to secure borrowings under a Residual Funding Facility or guarantees thereof; (iv) Liens to secure borrowings and other obligations (including letter of credit indemnity obligations) under Bank Lines or guarantees thereof; (v) Liens to secure Securitization Debt or guarantees thereof; (vi) Liens on spread accounts, reserve accounts and other credit enhancement assets, Liens on the stock of Subsidiaries of the Company substantially all of the assets of which are spread accounts, reserve accounts and/or other credit enhancement assets, and Liens on interests in Securitization Entities, in each case incurred in connection with Credit Enhancement Agreements, Credit Facilities, Securitizations or Residual Funding Facilities; (vii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company; (viii) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition; (ix) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction or purchase of property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (but excluding Capital Stock of another Person); provided that any such Lien
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may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred, and the Indebtedness secured by the Lien may not be incurred more than 180 days after the later of the acquisition or completion of construction of the property subject to the Lien; (x) Liens securing Hedging Obligations; (xi) Liens to secure any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any Indebtedness and all other obligations secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clause (i); provided that such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property or type of property that secured the original Lien and the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clause (i) of this definition at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien; (xii) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (xiii) Liens of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $25 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (xiv) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, landlord Liens on leased properties); (xv) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (xvi) Liens imposed by law or regulation, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, repairmens and mechanics and similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review; provided, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (xvii) Liens related to minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person; (xviii) Liens on equipment of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business; (xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business; (xx) purported Liens evidenced by filings of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property; (xxi) Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings) regarding or otherwise arising under leases entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or Liens or filings in connection with sales of accounts, payment intangibles, chattel paper or instruments; (xxii) Liens on assets of Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries that secure Non-Recourse Debt of Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries; and (xxiii) Liens in favor of a Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
Receivables means (i) installment sale contracts and loans evidenced by promissory notes secured by new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover
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vehicles or any other classification used by the Company from time to time, (ii) lease agreements for new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or any other classification used by the Company from time to time, and the related leased new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or vehicles from other classifications used by the Company from time to time, (iii) financing agreements, loans and other contractual arrangements with motor vehicle dealers secured by inventory of new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles, vehicles from other classifications used by the Company from time to time, program vehicles, demonstrator and service loaners of such motor vehicle dealers and other motor vehicle dealer assets, and (iv) other installment sale contracts, lease contracts, insurance and service contracts, credit, debit or charge card receivables, in the case of each of the clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), that are purchased or originated in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and includes whole and undivided interests in such receivables.
Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Residual Funding Facility means any funding arrangement with a financial institution or institutions or other lenders or purchasers under which advances are made to the Company or any Subsidiary based upon residual, subordinated or retained interests in Securitizations, Securitization Entities, Credit Facilities and/or Credit Facility Entities.
Securitization means a public or private transfer of Receivables or securities backed by Receivables by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly securitizes Receivables including any such transaction involving the sale, transfer, pledge, or assignment of Receivables or securities or debt backed by Receivables to a Securitization Entity.
Securitization Debt means Indebtedness and other obligations of a Securitization Entity outstanding under one or more Securitizations.
Securitization Entity means any Person (whether or not a Subsidiary of the Company) (i) established for the purpose of transferring Receivables or issuing asset-backed securities or debt, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of asset-backed securities, and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company formed exclusively for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of Credit Enhancement Agreements, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of securities.
Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of the Base Indenture.
Supplemental Indenture has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble hereto.
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Three-Month LIBOR will be determined by the Calculation Agent as of the applicable Interest Determination Date in accordance with the following provisions:
(i) LIBOR is the rate for deposits in U.S. dollars for the 3-month period which appears on Reuters LIBOR 01 (as defined below) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the applicable interest determination date. Reuters LIBOR 01 means the display designated on page LIBOR 01 on the Reuters Service (or such other page as may replace the LIBOR 01 page on that service, any successor service or such other service or services as may be nominated by the British Bankers Association for the purpose of displaying London interbank offered rates for U.S. dollar deposits). If no rate appears on Reuters LIBOR 01, LIBOR for such interest determination date will be determined in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (ii) below.
(ii) With respect to an interest determination date on which no rate appears on Reuters LIBOR 01 as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent shall request the principal London offices of each of four major reference banks (which may include affiliates of the Underwriters) in the London interbank market selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) to provide the Calculation Agent with a quotation of the rate at which deposits of U.S. dollars having a three-month maturity, commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date, are offered by it to prime banks in the London interbank market as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on such Interest Determination Date in a principal amount equal to an amount of not less than U.S. $1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time. If at least two such quotations are provided, LIBOR for such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of such quotations as calculated by the Calculation Agent. If fewer than two quotations are provided, LIBOR for such Interest Determination Date will be the arithmetic mean of the rates quoted as of approximately 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such Interest Determination Date by three major banks (which may include affiliates of the Underwriters) selected by the Calculation Agent (after consultation with the Company) for loans in U.S. dollars to leading European banks having a three-month maturity commencing on the second London Business Day immediately following such Interest Determination Date and in a principal amount equal to an amount of not less than U.S.$1,000,000 that is representative for a single transaction in such market at such time; provided, however, that if the banks selected as aforesaid by the Calculation Agent are not quoting such rates as mentioned in this sentence, LIBOR for such Interest Determination Date will be LIBOR determined with respect to the immediately preceding interest determination date.
Triggering Indebtedness means any Indebtedness incurred after the date of the Base Indenture to the extent that the principal amount of such Indebtedness exceeds $100 million; provided, however, that Triggering Indebtedness shall not include: (i) Indebtedness that is or would be permitted to be secured by a Permitted Lien (whether or not such Indebtedness is in fact so secured); (ii) Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) Acquired Indebtedness; and (iv) Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of extending, renewing or replacing in whole or in part Indebtedness permitted by any of clauses (i) through (iii) above.
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Trustee means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving thereunder.
Underwriters means the underwriters as set forth in Schedule A to the Underwriting Agreement dated January 7, 2015 among the Company, the Guarantor and Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc.
Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) or is not exclusive;
(c) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(d) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(e) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
Section 1.04 Relationship With Base Indenture.
The terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
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ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Establishment, Form and Dating.
There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under the Base Indenture, to be designated as the Companys Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020.
There are to be authenticated and delivered $250,000,000 principal amount of Notes, and such principal amount of Notes may be increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture by the issuance of Additional Notes. Any such Additional Notes will have the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Initial Notes, except for their issue price and, if applicable, the initial interest accrual date and the initial interest payment date, and shall constitute a single series of Securities with the Initial Notes. No Notes shall be authenticated and delivered in addition to Notes for the principal amount as so increased except as provided by Sections 2.09, 2.10, 2.13 or, to the extent applicable, 3.08 of the Base Indenture. The Notes shall be senior debt securities and shall be issued in fully registered form.
The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication with respect thereto will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication, and except as provided in Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture, will be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes. The principal of, and any premium or interest on, the Notes shall be payable in United States dollars. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture and the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of the Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
Section 2.02 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will maintain a Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes. The Registrar will keep a register with respect to the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes and to act as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 3.01 Optional Redemption.
The Notes are not subject to optional redemption prior to maturity.
ARTICLE 4
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
The Notes shall be subject to the following covenants in addition to the provisions of Article 4 of the Base Indenture (provided that Section 4.07 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes):
Section 4.01 Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under this Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
Section 4.02 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence in accordance with the organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company, and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company; provided that the company shall not be required to preserve any such right license 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 its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.03 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.
If any Restricted Subsidiary issues or guarantees any Triggering Indebtedness, then such Restricted Subsidiary shall execute a Subsidiary Guarantee; provided, that the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor under this Section shall be automatically discharged and released as provided under Section 10.05 of the Base Indenture. The foregoing covenant shall terminate upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Termination Event.
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ARTICLE 5
DEFEASANCE
Legal defeasance of the Notes under Section 8.04 of the Base Indenture and covenant defeasance of the Notes under Section 8.05 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes, and the Company may at its option by a resolution of the Board of Directors, at any time, with respect to the Notes, elect to have Section 8.04 or Section 8.05 of the Base Indenture be applied to the outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 8.06 of the Base Indenture. In addition to Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture, Article 4 of this Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to covenant defeasance under Section 8.05 of the Base Indenture.
ARTICLE 6
GUARANTEES
The provisions of Article 10 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.01 Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES, IF APPLICABLE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 7.02 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture.
Section 7.03 Severability.
In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
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Section 7.04 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 7.05 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 7.06 Calculation Agent
All calculations made by the Calculation Agent shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and binding on the Company and the Holders of the Notes. So long as Three-Month LIBOR is required to be determined with respect to the Notes, there will at all times be a Calculation Agent. In the event that any then-acting Calculation Agent shall be unable or unwilling to act, or that such Calculation Agent shall fail duly to establish the Three-Month LIBOR for any Interest Period, or that the Company proposes to remove such Calculation Agent, the Company shall appoint the Company or another person which is a bank, trust company, investment banking firm or other financial institution to act as the Calculation Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Patrick T. Giordano | |
Name: | Patrick T. Giordano | |
Title: | Vice President |
Exhibit A
THIS DEBT 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 DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNED HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.1
1 | Insert in Global Notes only. |
CUSIP No.: | 37045XAT3 | |
ISIN No.: | US37045XAT37 |
Floating Rate Senior Note due 2020
No. R-1 | $ |
GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC.
promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.]2
or registered assigns,
the principal sum of $ [(subject to the decreases and increases in principal amount set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto) on January 12, 2015.]3
Interest Payment Dates: January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15, commencing April 15, 2015.
Interest Rate: The interest rate for the Initial Interest Period will be the Three-Month LIBOR, as determined on January 8, 2015, plus 1.560% per annum. Thereafter, the interest rate for any Interest Period will be the Three-Month LIBOR, as determined on the applicable Interest Determination Date, plus 1.560% per annum. The interest rate will be reset quarterly on each Interest Reset Date.
Record Dates: 15 calendar days prior to each interest payment date.
2 | Insert in Global Notes only. |
3 | Insert in Global Notes only. |
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Dated: | ||
General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | ||
By: |
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Chris A. Choate | ||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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This is one of the Global | ||
Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture: | ||
Dated: | ||
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee | ||
By: |
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Name: | Patrick T. Giordano | |
Title: | Vice President |
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[Back of Note]
Floating Rate Senior Note due 2020
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities (the Securities) of General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (the Company, which term includes any successor Person under the Base Indenture hereinafter referred to), issued and issuable in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Base Indenture), between the Company, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), to which Base Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities issued thereunder and of the terms upon which said Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof as Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020 (the Notes), which was issued under the First Supplemental Indenture to the Base Indenture dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Supplemental Indenture, together with the Base Indenture, the Indenture) and which is initially limited to $250,000,000 in principal amount. Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.
1. INTEREST. The Company promises to pay interest at a floating rate per annum, reset quarterly on each Interest Reset Date, equal to Three-Month LIBOR, as determined on the Interest Determination Date for the Initial Interest Period and for each subsequent Interest Period, plus 1.560%, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, from January 12, 2015 or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for. The Company will pay interest quarterly on January 15, April 15, July 15 and October 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, the Interest Payment Date will be postponed to the immediately succeeding day that is a Business Day, with the same force and effect as if made on the date such payment was due, and no interest will accrue as a result of such delay, except that if that Business Day is in the immediately succeeding calendar month, the Interest Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day. Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from January 12, 2015; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be April 15, 2015.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Interest will be computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a 360-day year.
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2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on the date 15 calendar days prior to each Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.08 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be made with respect to principal of and interest and premium on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to an account in the United States that are received by the Paying Agent no later than 10 Business Days prior to the payment date. Such payment shall be 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.
3. PAYING AGENT, CALCULATION AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent, Calculation Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Calculation Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company and are not limited as to aggregate principal amount. The Notes, including any Additional Notes issued hereunder, shall contain the terms set forth herein and in the Indenture and shall constitute and be treated as one series of Notes for all purposes.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Notes are not subject to optional redemption prior to maturity.
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDERS UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall make a Change of Control Offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holders Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of repurchase (the Change of Control Payment). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice to each Holder as required by the Indenture.
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The provisions of Section 4.08 of the Indenture shall permanently terminate upon the occurrence of an Investment Grade Event, and the occurrence of a Change of Control following an Investment Grade Event shall not result in a requirement for the Company to make a Change of Control Offer.
The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes a Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth above and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making the Change of Control Offer.
8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, it need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
10. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. Without limitation on the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, and in addition to the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency provided that such action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not materially adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture.
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11. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Each of the following constitutes an Event of Default: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (ii) default in the payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes; (iii) failure by the Company for 90 days after notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of the other covenants or agreements in the Indenture; (iv) except as permitted by the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in a judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting in behalf of any Guarantor, shall, in writing, deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee; and (v) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any Guarantor. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (with a copy to the Trustee) may declare all of the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required within 30 days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
12. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
13. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Company, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
14. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
15. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
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16. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.
801 Cherry Street, Suite 3500
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE.
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Assignment Form
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 of the Indenture, check the Box: [ ]
If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 of the Indenture, state the Principal amount: $ .
Date:
Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) | ||
Signature Guarantee: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Note Custodian | ||||
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Notes or under the Indenture, that: (a) the principal of, and premium and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repurchase or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal of interest on any Note, if any, if lawful and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture or under the Notes shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed, for whatever reason, the Guarantor will obligated to pay the same immediately.
The Obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to this Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The terms of Article 10 of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference.
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor shall have any personal liability under this Subsidiary Guarantee by reason of its status as such director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder.
This is a continuing Subsidiary Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns to the extent set forth in the Indenture until full and final payment of all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of Notes and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
In certain circumstances more fully described in the Indenture, any Guarantor may be released from its liability under this Subsidiary Guarantee, and any such release will be effective whether or not noted hereon.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
For purposes hereof, the Guarantors liability will be that amount from time to time equal to the aggregate liability of the Guarantor hereunder, but shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of the Obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture and (ii) the amount, if any, which would not have (A) rendered the Guarantor insolvent (as such term
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is defined in the federal Bankruptcy Law and in the debtor and creditor law of the State of New York) or (B) left it with unreasonably small capital at the time its Subsidiary Guarantee of the Notes was entered into, after giving effect to the incurrence of existing Indebtedness immediately prior to such time; provided that, it shall be a presumption in any lawsuit or other proceeding in which the Guarantor is a party that the amount guaranteed pursuant to its Subsidiary Guarantee is the amount set forth in clause (i) above unless any creditor, or representative of creditors of the Guarantor, or debtor in possession or trustee in bankruptcy of the Guarantor, otherwise proves in such a lawsuit that the aggregate liability of the Guarantor is limited to the amount set forth in clause (ii). The Indenture provides that, in making any determination as to the solvency or sufficiency of capital of a Guarantor in accordance with the previous sentence, the right of such Guarantor to contribution from other Guarantors (if any Restricted Subsidiary executes a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.08) and any other rights such Guarantor may have, contractual or otherwise, shall be take into account.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES.
Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. | ||
By: |
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Name: | Chris A. Choate | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 4.3
GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC.,
AS ISSUER
AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
AS GUARANTOR
3.150% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2020
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of January 12, 2015
To
INDENTURE
Dated as of January 12, 2015
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01 |
Definitions |
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Section 1.02 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.03 |
Rules of Construction |
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Section 1.04 |
Relationship With Base Indenture |
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ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01 |
Establishment, Form and Dating |
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Section 2.02 |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
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ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF NOTES |
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Section 3.01 |
Optional Redemption |
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Section 3.02 |
Optional Redemption by Company |
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ARTICLE 4 ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 |
Liens |
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Section 4.02 |
Corporate Existence |
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Section 4.03 |
Additional Subsidiary Guarantees |
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ARTICLE 5 DEFEASANCE |
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ARTICLE 6 GUARANTEES |
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ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.01 |
Governing Law |
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Section 7.02 |
Successors |
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Section 7.03 |
Severability |
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Section 7.04 |
Counterpart Originals |
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Section 7.05 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
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This SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., a Texas corporation (the Company), AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture and by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), between the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of one or more series of Securities;
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture to provide for the issuance of its 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020 (the Notes), and the Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to provide for a Guarantee by the Guarantor of the Notes as to which Guarantee has been made applicable in accordance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor desire and have requested the Trustee to join with them in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement the Base Indenture and to add covenants to and remove covenants from the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes as and to the extent set forth herein to provide for the issuance and the terms of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid indenture and agreement of the Company and the Guarantor according to its terms have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders from time to time of the Notes as follows.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those Articles. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Base Indenture or in this Article. In the event of any conflict between any term defined in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the defined terms in this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and control.
Acquired Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person, Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person merges with or into or becomes a Subsidiary of such specified Person, or Indebtedness incurred by such Person in connection with the acquisition of assets, in each case so long as such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person or the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be.
Additional Notes means any additional Notes issued under the Indenture as part of the same series as the Notes.
Bank Lines means, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities with banks or other lenders providing for revolving credit loans and/or letters of credit; provided that in no event will any such facility that constitutes a Credit Facility or a Residual Funding Facility be deemed to qualify as a Bank Line.
Base Indenture has the meaning assigned to it in the recitals hereto.
Comparable Treasury Issue means that United States Treasury security or securities selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes of the applicable series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes of the applicable series.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
Credit Enhancement Agreements means, collectively, any documents, instruments, guarantees or agreements entered into by the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of the Securitization Entities or Credit Facility Entities for the purpose of providing credit support for the Securitization Entities or Credit Facility Entities or any of their respective Indebtedness, obligations or asset-backed securities.
Credit Facilities means any funding arrangement, other than a Bank Line, a Securitization or a Residual Funding Facility, with a financial institution, other lender, assignee or purchaser under which advances are made to a Credit Facility Entity to the extent (and only to the extent) funding thereunder is used exclusively by the Credit Facility Entity to purchase, take a pledge of or take assignment of Receivables or securities backed by Receivables from the Company or a Subsidiary and to pay the related expenses with respect to the Credit Facility Entity.
Credit Facility Debt means Indebtedness of a Credit Facility Entity outstanding under one or more Credit Facilities.
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Credit Facility Entity means any Person (whether or not a Subsidiary of the Company) established for the purpose of issuing notes or other securities in connection with a Credit Facility, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of the notes or other securities, which notes and securities are backed by Receivables or securities backed by Receivables.
Existing 2017 Notes means the Companys 4.75% Senior Notes due 2017, issued on August 16, 2012, pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of August 16, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.
Existing 2018 Notes means the Companys 6.75% Senior Notes due 2018, issued on June 1, 2011, pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of June 1, 2011, among the Company, the Guarantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
Global Note means a certificated Note deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto. As of the date of this Supplemental Indenture all of the Notes are represented by Global Notes.
Guarantee means any guarantee of any of the Notes by a Guarantor as contemplated by Article 10 of the Base Indenture; provided that the term Guarantee, when used with respect to the Notes of any Series means a guarantee of such Notes of such Series by a Guarantor of such Notes of such Series as contemplated by Article 10 of the Base Indenture.
Guarantee Termination Event means the first date following the date of this Indenture when (i) no Guarantor guarantees the Existing 2017 Notes and the Existing 2018 Notes, (ii) a Notes Investment Grade Event has occurred and (iii) no Guarantor is an issuer or guarantor of any Triggering Indebtedness (other than any guarantee of Triggering Indebtedness that is being concurrently released). For purposes of clause (iii) of this definition, a Guarantors guarantee of any Triggering Indebtedness shall be deemed to be concurrently released when all of the conditions for the release of such guarantee are satisfied, other than for any condition related to the concurrent release of the Guarantors guarantee of any other Triggering Indebtedness. Upon the satisfaction of all of such conditions not related to the concurrent release of any guarantees of any other Triggering Indebtedness, a Guarantors guarantee of any Triggering Indebtedness and the Guarantee hereunder shall be deemed to be concurrently released and the conditions of clause (iii) shall be deemed to be satisfied.
Guarantor means AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and each other Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
Indenture means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, and as may be amended or further supplemented from time to time, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.
Initial Notes means the first $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture on the date hereof.
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Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the recitals hereto. For purposes of the Indenture, all references to the notes to be issued or authenticated upon transfer or replacement of or in exchange for Notes shall be deemed to refer to Notes. In addition, unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
Notes Investment Grade Event means the first date following the date of the Base Indenture on which the Notes have a rating by at least two of the Rating Agencies, as follows: Baa3 or better by Moodys, BBB- or better by S&P and BBB- or better by Fitch (or, if a replacement Rating Agency has been selected for S&P, Moodys or Fitch in accordance with the definition of Rating Agency, an equivalent rating from such Rating Agency).
Permitted Liens means: (i) Liens existing on the date of the Base Indenture; (ii) Liens to secure Credit Facility Debt or guarantees thereof; (iii) Liens to secure borrowings under a Residual Funding Facility or guarantees thereof; (iv) Liens to secure borrowings and other obligations (including letter of credit indemnity obligations) under Bank Lines or guarantees thereof; (v) Liens to secure Securitization Debt or guarantees thereof; (vi) Liens on spread accounts, reserve accounts and other credit enhancement assets, Liens on the stock of Subsidiaries of the Company substantially all of the assets of which are spread accounts, reserve accounts and/or other credit enhancement assets, and Liens on interests in Securitization Entities, in each case incurred in connection with Credit Enhancement Agreements, Credit Facilities, Securitizations or Residual Funding Facilities; (vii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company; (viii) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition; (ix) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction or purchase of property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (but excluding Capital Stock of another Person); provided that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred, and the Indebtedness secured by the Lien may not be incurred more than 180 days after the later of the acquisition or completion of construction of the property subject to the Lien; (x) Liens securing Hedging Obligations; (xi) Liens to secure any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any Indebtedness and all other obligations secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clause (i); provided that such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property or type of property that secured the original Lien and the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clause (i) of this definition at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien; (xii) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (xiii) Liens of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $25 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (xiv) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, landlord Liens on leased properties); (xv) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided, that any reserve
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or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (xvi) Liens imposed by law or regulation, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, repairmens and mechanics and similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review; provided, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (xvii) Liens related to minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person; (xviii) Liens on equipment of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business; (xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business; (xx) purported Liens evidenced by filings of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property; (xxi) Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings) regarding or otherwise arising under leases entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or Liens or filings in connection with sales of accounts, payment intangibles, chattel paper or instruments; (xxii) Liens on assets of Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries that secure Non-Recourse Debt of Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries; and (xxiii) Liens in favor of a Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
Quotation Agent means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
Receivables means (i) installment sale contracts and loans evidenced by promissory notes secured by new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or any other classification used by the Company from time to time, (ii) lease agreements for new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or any other classification used by the Company from time to time, and the related leased new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or vehicles from other classifications used by the Company from time to time, (iii) financing agreements, loans and other contractual arrangements with motor vehicle dealers secured by inventory of new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles, vehicles from other classifications used by the Company from time to time, program vehicles, demonstrator and service loaners of such motor vehicle dealers and other motor vehicle dealer assets, and (iv) other installment sale contracts, lease contracts, insurance and service contracts, credit, debit or charge card receivables, in the case of each of the clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), that are purchased or originated in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and includes whole and undivided interests in such receivables.
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Reference Treasury Dealer means (i) any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc. and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined herein) selected by the Company or any of their respective affiliates that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a Primary Treasury Dealer), and their respective successors, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.
Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes of any series called for redemption that would be due after the related redemption date but for that redemption; provided that if that redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to the Notes of any series called for redemption, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such redemption date.
Residual Funding Facility means any funding arrangement with a financial institution or institutions or other lenders or purchasers under which advances are made to the Company or any Subsidiary based upon residual, subordinated or retained interests in Securitizations, Securitization Entities, Credit Facilities and/or Credit Facility Entities.
Securitization means a public or private transfer of Receivables or securities backed by Receivables by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly securitizes Receivables including any such transaction involving the sale, transfer, pledge, or assignment of Receivables or securities or debt backed by Receivables to a Securitization Entity.
Securitization Debt means Indebtedness and other obligations of a Securitization Entity outstanding under one or more Securitizations.
Securitization Entity means any Person (whether or not a Subsidiary of the Company) (i) established for the purpose of transferring Receivables or issuing asset-backed securities or debt, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of asset-backed securities, and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company formed exclusively for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of Credit Enhancement Agreements, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of securities.
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Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of the Base Indenture.
Supplemental Indenture has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble hereto.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.
Triggering Indebtedness means any Indebtedness incurred after the date of the Base Indenture to the extent that the principal amount of such Indebtedness exceeds $100 million; provided, however, that Triggering Indebtedness shall not include: (i) Indebtedness that is or would be permitted to be secured by a Permitted Lien (whether or not such Indebtedness is in fact so secured); (ii) Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) Acquired Indebtedness; and (iv) Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of extending, renewing or replacing in whole or in part Indebtedness permitted by any of clauses (i) through (iii) above.
Trustee means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving thereunder.
Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) or is not exclusive;
(c) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(d) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(e) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
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Section 1.04 Relationship With Base Indenture.
The terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Establishment, Form and Dating.
There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under the Base Indenture, to be designated as the Companys 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020.
There are to be authenticated and delivered $1,000,000,000 principal amount of Notes, and such principal amount of Notes may be increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture by the issuance of Additional Notes. Any such Additional Notes will have the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Initial Notes, except for their issue price and, if applicable, the initial interest accrual date and the initial interest payment date, and shall constitute a single series of Securities with the Initial Notes. No Notes shall be authenticated and delivered in addition to Notes for the principal amount as so increased except as provided by Sections 2.09, 2.10, 2.13 or 3.08 of the Base Indenture. The Notes shall be senior debt securities and shall be issued in fully registered form.
The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication with respect thereto will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication, and except as provided in Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture, will be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes. The principal of, and any premium or interest on, the Notes shall be payable in United States dollars. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture and the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of the Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
Section 2.02 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will maintain a Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes. The Registrar will keep a register with respect to the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
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The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes and to act as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 3.01 Optional Redemption.
The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof. Other than as specifically provided in this Article 3, any redemption pursuant to this Article 3 will be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the Base Indenture.
Section 3.02 Optional Redemption by Company.
(a) The redemption price (the Redemption Price) of the Notes to be redeemed shall be calculated as follows:
(i) If the redemption date is prior to December 15, 2019, the Notes to be redeemed may be redeemed by the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued and unpaid as of the date of redemption), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 30 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.
(ii) If the redemption date is on or after December 15, 2019, the Notes to be redeemed may be redeemed by the Company at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the redemption date.
If the redemption date is after a record date and on or prior to a corresponding interest payment date, interest will be paid on the redemption date to the holder of record on the record date.
(b) The Trustee shall not be responsible for the calculation of such Redemption Price. The Company shall calculate such Redemption Price and promptly notify the Trustee in writing thereof.
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ARTICLE 4
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
The Notes shall be subject to the following covenants in addition to the provisions of Article 4 of the Base Indenture (provided that Section 4.07 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes):
Section 4.01 Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under this Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
Section 4.02 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence in accordance with the organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company, and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company; provided that the company shall not be required to preserve any such right license 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 its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.03 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.
If any Restricted Subsidiary issues or guarantees any Triggering Indebtedness, then such Restricted Subsidiary shall execute a Subsidiary Guarantee; provided, that the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor under this Section shall be automatically discharged and released as provided under Section 10.05 of the Base Indenture. The foregoing covenant shall terminate upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Termination Event.
ARTICLE 5
DEFEASANCE
Legal defeasance of the Notes under Section 8.04 of the Base Indenture and covenant defeasance of the Notes under Section 8.05 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes, and the Company may at its option by a resolution of the Board of Directors, at any time, with respect to the Notes, elect to have Section 8.04 or Section 8.05 of the Base Indenture be applied to the outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 8.06 of the Base Indenture. In addition to Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture, Article 4 of this Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to covenant defeasance under Section 8.05 of the Base Indenture.
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ARTICLE 6
GUARANTEES
The provisions of Article 10 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.01 Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES, IF APPLICABLE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 7.02 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture.
Section 7.03 Severability.
In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 7.04 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 7.05 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Patrick T. Giordano | |
Name: | Patrick T. Giordano | |
Title: | Vice President |
Exhibit A
THIS DEBT 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 DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNED HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.1
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CUSIP No.: | 37045XAR7 | |
ISIN No.: | US |
3.150% Senior Note due 2020
No. R-1 | $ |
GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC.
promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.]2
or registered assigns,
the principal sum of $ [(subject to the decreases and increases in principal amount set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto)]3 on January 15, 2020.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2015.
Record Dates: January 1 and July 1.
2 | Insert in Global Notes only. |
3 | Insert in Global Notes only. |
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Dated: | ||
General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | ||
By: |
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Chris A. Choate | ||
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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This is one of the Global Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture: | ||
Dated: | ||
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee | ||
By: |
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Name: | Patrick T. Giordano | |
Title: | Vice President |
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[Back of Note]
3.150% Senior Note due 2020
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities (the Securities) of General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (the Company, which term includes any successor Person under the Base Indenture hereinafter referred to), issued and issuable in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Base Indenture), between the Company, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), to which Base Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities issued thereunder and of the terms upon which said Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof as 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020 (the Notes), which was issued under the Second Supplemental Indenture to the Base Indenture dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Supplemental Indenture, together with the Base Indenture, and as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture dated as January 12, 2015, the Indenture) and which is initially limited to $1,000,000,000 in principal amount. Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.
1. INTEREST. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 3.150% per annum from and including January 12, 2015 until maturity. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an Interest Payment Date). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from January 12, 2015; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be July 15, 2015. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on January 1 or December 1 on the next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.08 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately
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available funds will be made with respect to principal of and interest and premium on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to an account in the United States that are received by the Paying Agent no later than 10 Business Days prior to the payment date. Such payment shall be 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.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company and are not limited as to aggregate principal amount. The Notes, including any Additional Notes issued hereunder, shall contain the terms set forth herein and in the Indenture and shall constitute and be treated as one series of Notes for all purposes.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Notes are subject to redemption as provided in Article 3 of the Indenture.
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDERS UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall make a Change of Control Offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holders Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of repurchase (the Change of Control Payment). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice to each Holder as required by the Indenture.
The provisions of Section 4.08 of the Indenture shall permanently terminate upon the occurrence of an Investment Grade Event, and the occurrence of a Change of Control following an Investment Grade Event shall not result in a requirement for the Company to make a Change of Control Offer.
The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes a Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth above and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding
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anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making the Change of Control Offer.
8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, it need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
10. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. Without limitation on the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, and in addition to the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency provided that such action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not materially adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture.
11. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Each of the following constitutes an Event of Default: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (ii) default in the payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes; (iii) failure by the Company for 90 days after notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of the other covenants or agreements in the Indenture; (iv) except as permitted by the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in a judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting in behalf of any Guarantor, shall, in writing, deny or disaffirm its obligations under the Subsidiary Guarantee; and (v) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the
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Company or any Guarantor. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (with a copy to the Trustee) may declare all of the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required within 30 days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
12. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
13. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Company, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
14. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
15. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
16. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.
801 Cherry Street, Suite 3500
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE.
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Assignment Form
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note) |
Signature Guarantee
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 of the Indenture, check the Box: [ ]
If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 of the Indenture, state the Principal amount: $ .
Date:
Your Signature: |
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(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) | ||
Signature Guarantee: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Note Custodian | ||||
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Notes or under the Indenture, that: (a) the principal of, and premium and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repurchase or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal of interest on any Note, if any, if lawful and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture or under the Notes shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed, for whatever reason, the Guarantor will obligated to pay the same immediately.
The Obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to this Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The terms of Article 10 of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference.
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor shall have any personal liability under this Subsidiary Guarantee by reason of its status as such director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder.
This is a continuing Subsidiary Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns to the extent set forth in the Indenture until full and final payment of all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of Notes and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
In certain circumstances more fully described in the Indenture, any Guarantor may be released from its liability under this Subsidiary Guarantee, and any such release will be effective whether or not noted hereon.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
For purposes hereof, the Guarantors liability will be that amount from time to time equal to the aggregate liability of the Guarantor hereunder, but shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of the Obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture and (ii) the amount, if any, which would not have (A) rendered the Guarantor insolvent (as such term
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is defined in the federal Bankruptcy Law and in the debtor and creditor law of the State of New York) or (B) left it with unreasonably small capital at the time its Subsidiary Guarantee of the Notes was entered into, after giving effect to the incurrence of existing Indebtedness immediately prior to such time; provided that, it shall be a presumption in any lawsuit or other proceeding in which the Guarantor is a party that the amount guaranteed pursuant to its Subsidiary Guarantee is the amount set forth in clause (i) above unless any creditor, or representative of creditors of the Guarantor, or debtor in possession or trustee in bankruptcy of the Guarantor, otherwise proves in such a lawsuit that the aggregate liability of the Guarantor is limited to the amount set forth in clause (ii). The Indenture provides that, in making any determination as to the solvency or sufficiency of capital of a Guarantor in accordance with the previous sentence, the right of such Guarantor to contribution from other Guarantors (if any Restricted Subsidiary executes a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.08) and any other rights such Guarantor may have, contractual or otherwise, shall be take into account.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES.
Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. | ||
By: |
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Name: | Chris A. Choate | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 4.4
GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC.,
AS ISSUER
AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
AS GUARANTOR
4.000% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2025
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of January 12, 2015
To
INDENTURE
Dated as of January 12, 2015
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
AS TRUSTEE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01 |
Definitions |
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Section 1.02 |
Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.03 |
Rules of Construction |
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Section 1.04 |
Relationship With Base Indenture |
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ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01 |
Establishment, Form and Dating |
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Section 2.02 |
Registrar and Paying Agent |
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ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION OF NOTES |
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Section 3.01 |
Optional Redemption |
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Section 3.02 |
Optional Redemption by Company |
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ARTICLE 4 ADDITIONAL COVENANTS |
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Section 4.01 |
Liens |
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Section 4.02 |
Corporate Existence |
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Section 4.03 |
Additional Subsidiary Guarantees |
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ARTICLE 5 DEFEASANCE |
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ARTICLE 6 GUARANTEES |
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ARTICLE 7 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 7.01 |
Governing Law |
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Section 7.02 |
Successors |
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Section 7.03 |
Severability |
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Section 7.04 |
Counterpart Originals |
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Section 7.05 |
Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
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This THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this Supplemental Indenture), dated as of January 12, 2015, by and among General Motors Financial Company, Inc., a Texas corporation (the Company), AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Base Indenture and, as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture thereto and the second supplemental indenture thereto, each dated as of the date hereof, among the Company, the Trustee and the Guarantor, and as further supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), between the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, providing for the issuance by the Company from time to time of one or more series of Securities;
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture to provide for the issuance of its 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the Notes), and the Company and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
WHEREAS, the Guarantor has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to provide for a Guarantee by the Guarantor of the Notes as to which Guarantee has been made applicable in accordance with the terms of this Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company and the Guarantor desire and have requested the Trustee to join with them in the execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture in order to supplement the Base Indenture and to add covenants to and remove covenants from the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes as and to the extent set forth herein to provide for the issuance and the terms of the Notes; and
WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Supplemental Indenture a valid indenture and agreement of the Company and the Guarantor according to its terms have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE:
In consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders from time to time of the Notes as follows.
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01 Definitions.
Certain terms used principally in certain Articles hereof are defined in those Articles. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Base Indenture or in this Article. In the event of any conflict between any term defined in the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, the defined terms in this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and control.
Acquired Indebtedness means, with respect to any specified Person, Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person merges with or into or becomes a Subsidiary of such specified Person, or Indebtedness incurred by such Person in connection with the acquisition of assets, in each case so long as such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person or the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be.
Additional Notes means any additional Notes issued under the Indenture as part of the same series as the Notes.
Bank Lines means, with respect to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities with banks or other lenders providing for revolving credit loans and/or letters of credit; provided that in no event will any such facility that constitutes a Credit Facility or a Residual Funding Facility be deemed to qualify as a Bank Line.
Base Indenture has the meaning assigned to it in the recitals hereto.
Comparable Treasury Issue means that United States Treasury security or securities selected by the Quotation Agent as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes of the applicable series to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes of the applicable series.
Comparable Treasury Price means, with respect to any redemption date, (i) the average of four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Quotation Agent obtains fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations.
Credit Enhancement Agreements means, collectively, any documents, instruments, guarantees or agreements entered into by the Company, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any of the Securitization Entities or Credit Facility Entities for the purpose of providing credit support for the Securitization Entities or Credit Facility Entities or any of their respective Indebtedness, obligations or asset-backed securities.
Credit Facilities means any funding arrangement, other than a Bank Line, a Securitization or a Residual Funding Facility, with a financial institution, other lender, assignee or purchaser under which advances are made to a Credit Facility Entity to the extent (and only to the extent) funding thereunder is used exclusively by the Credit Facility Entity to purchase, take a pledge of or take assignment of Receivables or securities backed by Receivables from the Company or a Subsidiary and to pay the related expenses with respect to the Credit Facility Entity.
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Credit Facility Debt means Indebtedness of a Credit Facility Entity outstanding under one or more Credit Facilities.
Credit Facility Entity means any Person (whether or not a Subsidiary of the Company) established for the purpose of issuing notes or other securities in connection with a Credit Facility, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of the notes or other securities, which notes and securities are backed by Receivables or securities backed by Receivables.
Existing 2017 Notes means the Companys 4.75% Senior Notes due 2017, issued on August 16, 2012, pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of August 16, 2012, among the Company, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.
Existing 2018 Notes means the Companys 6.75% Senior Notes due 2018, issued on June 1, 2011, pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of June 1, 2011, among the Company, the Guarantor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee.
Global Note means a certificated Note deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that has the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached thereto. As of the date of this Supplemental Indenture all of the Notes are represented by Global Notes.
Guarantee means any guarantee of any of the Notes by a Guarantor as contemplated by Article 10 of the Base Indenture; provided that the term Guarantee, when used with respect to the Notes of any Series means a guarantee of such Notes of such Series by a Guarantor of such Notes of such Series as contemplated by Article 10 of the Base Indenture.
Guarantee Termination Event means the first date following the date of this Indenture when (i) no Guarantor guarantees the Existing 2017 Notes and the Existing 2018 Notes, (ii) a Notes Investment Grade Event has occurred and (iii) no Guarantor is an issuer or guarantor of any Triggering Indebtedness (other than any guarantee of Triggering Indebtedness that is being concurrently released). For purposes of clause (iii) of this definition, a Guarantors guarantee of any Triggering Indebtedness shall be deemed to be concurrently released when all of the conditions for the release of such guarantee are satisfied, other than for any condition related to the concurrent release of the Guarantors guarantee of any other Triggering Indebtedness. Upon the satisfaction of all of such conditions not related to the concurrent release of any guarantees of any other Triggering Indebtedness, a Guarantors guarantee of any Triggering Indebtedness and the Guarantee hereunder shall be deemed to be concurrently released and the conditions of clause (iii) shall be deemed to be satisfied.
Guarantor means AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and each other Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
Indenture means the Base Indenture, as supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, and as may be amended or further supplemented from time to time, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Base Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture.
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Initial Notes means the first $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture on the date hereof.
Notes has the meaning assigned to it in the recitals hereto. For purposes of the Indenture, all references to the notes to be issued or authenticated upon transfer or replacement of or in exchange for Notes shall be deemed to refer to Notes. In addition, unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
Notes Investment Grade Event means the first date following the date of the Base Indenture on which the Notes have a rating by at least two of the Rating Agencies, as follows: Baa3 or better by Moodys, BBB- or better by S&P and BBB- or better by Fitch (or, if a replacement Rating Agency has been selected for S&P, Moodys or Fitch in accordance with the definition of Rating Agency, an equivalent rating from such Rating Agency).
Permitted Liens means: (i) Liens existing on the date of the Base Indenture; (ii) Liens to secure Credit Facility Debt or guarantees thereof; (iii) Liens to secure borrowings under a Residual Funding Facility or guarantees thereof; (iv) Liens to secure borrowings and other obligations (including letter of credit indemnity obligations) under Bank Lines or guarantees thereof; (v) Liens to secure Securitization Debt or guarantees thereof; (vi) Liens on spread accounts, reserve accounts and other credit enhancement assets, Liens on the stock of Subsidiaries of the Company substantially all of the assets of which are spread accounts, reserve accounts and/or other credit enhancement assets, and Liens on interests in Securitization Entities, in each case incurred in connection with Credit Enhancement Agreements, Credit Facilities, Securitizations or Residual Funding Facilities; (vii) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company; (viii) Liens on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation of such acquisition; (ix) Liens securing Indebtedness incurred to finance the construction or purchase of property of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (but excluding Capital Stock of another Person); provided that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is incurred, and the Indebtedness secured by the Lien may not be incurred more than 180 days after the later of the acquisition or completion of construction of the property subject to the Lien; (x) Liens securing Hedging Obligations; (xi) Liens to secure any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance any Indebtedness and all other obligations secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clause (i); provided that such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property or type of property that secured the original Lien and the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clause (i) of this definition at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien; (xii) Liens in favor of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (xiii) Liens of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect to obligations that do not exceed $25 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding; (xiv) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the
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ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, landlord Liens on leased properties); (xv) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; provided, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (xvi) Liens imposed by law or regulation, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens, repairmens and mechanics and similar Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review; provided, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor; (xvii) Liens related to minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person; (xviii) Liens on equipment of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business; (xix) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business; (xx) purported Liens evidenced by filings of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property; (xxi) Liens arising from UCC financing statement filings (or similar filings) regarding or otherwise arising under leases entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business or Liens or filings in connection with sales of accounts, payment intangibles, chattel paper or instruments; (xxii) Liens on assets of Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries that secure Non-Recourse Debt of Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries; and (xxiii) Liens in favor of a Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries.
Quotation Agent means a Reference Treasury Dealer appointed by the Company.
Receivables means (i) installment sale contracts and loans evidenced by promissory notes secured by new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or any other classification used by the Company from time to time, (ii) lease agreements for new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or any other classification used by the Company from time to time, and the related leased new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles or vehicles from other classifications used by the Company from time to time, (iii) financing agreements, loans and other contractual arrangements with motor vehicle dealers secured by inventory of new and used automobiles, trucks, vans, sport utility vehicles, crossover vehicles, vehicles from other classifications used by the Company from time to time, program vehicles, demonstrator and service loaners of such motor vehicle dealers and other motor vehicle dealer assets, and (iv) other installment sale contracts, lease contracts, insurance and service contracts, credit, debit or charge card receivables, in the case of each of the clauses (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv), that are purchased or originated in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, and includes whole and undivided interests in such receivables.
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Reference Treasury Dealer means (i) any of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc. and a Primary Treasury Dealer (as defined herein) selected by the Company or any of their respective affiliates that is a primary U.S. Government securities dealer in New York City (a Primary Treasury Dealer), and their respective successors, provided, however, that if any of the foregoing shall cease to be a Primary Treasury Dealer, the Company will substitute therefor another Primary Treasury Dealer; and (ii) any other Primary Treasury Dealer selected by the Company.
Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Company, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Quotation Agent by such Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the third business day preceding such redemption date.
Refinancing Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Remaining Scheduled Payments means the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes of any series called for redemption that would be due after the related redemption date but for that redemption; provided that if that redemption date is not an interest payment date with respect to the Notes of any series called for redemption, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment on such Notes will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such redemption date.
Residual Funding Facility means any funding arrangement with a financial institution or institutions or other lenders or purchasers under which advances are made to the Company or any Subsidiary based upon residual, subordinated or retained interests in Securitizations, Securitization Entities, Credit Facilities and/or Credit Facility Entities.
Securitization means a public or private transfer of Receivables or securities backed by Receivables by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly securitizes Receivables including any such transaction involving the sale, transfer, pledge, or assignment of Receivables or securities or debt backed by Receivables to a Securitization Entity.
Securitization Debt means Indebtedness and other obligations of a Securitization Entity outstanding under one or more Securitizations.
Securitization Entity means any Person (whether or not a Subsidiary of the Company) (i) established for the purpose of transferring Receivables or issuing asset-backed securities or debt, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of asset-backed securities, and (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company formed exclusively for the purpose of satisfying the requirements of Credit Enhancement Agreements, regardless of whether such Person is an issuer of securities.
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Significant Subsidiary means any Subsidiary that would be a significant subsidiary as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the date of the Base Indenture.
Supplemental Indenture has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble hereto.
Treasury Rate means, with respect to any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such redemption date.
Triggering Indebtedness means any Indebtedness incurred after the date of the Base Indenture to the extent that the principal amount of such Indebtedness exceeds $100 million; provided, however, that Triggering Indebtedness shall not include: (i) Indebtedness that is or would be permitted to be secured by a Permitted Lien (whether or not such Indebtedness is in fact so secured); (ii) Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) Acquired Indebtedness; and (iv) Indebtedness incurred for the purpose of extending, renewing or replacing in whole or in part Indebtedness permitted by any of clauses (i) through (iii) above.
Trustee means Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving thereunder.
Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.03 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) or is not exclusive;
(c) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(d) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(e) references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
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Section 1.04 Relationship With Base Indenture.
The terms and provisions contained in the Base Indenture shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Supplemental Indenture and the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of the Base Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Supplemental Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
Section 2.01 Establishment, Form and Dating.
There is hereby established a new series of Securities to be issued under the Base Indenture, to be designated as the Companys 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025.
There are to be authenticated and delivered $1,000,000,000 principal amount of Notes, and such principal amount of Notes may be increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.02 of the Base Indenture by the issuance of Additional Notes. Any such Additional Notes will have the same interest rate, maturity and other terms as the Initial Notes, except for their issue price and, if applicable, the initial interest accrual date and the initial interest payment date, and shall constitute a single series of Securities with the Initial Notes. No Notes shall be authenticated and delivered in addition to Notes for the principal amount as so increased except as provided by Sections 2.09, 2.10, 2.13 or 3.08 of the Base Indenture. The Notes shall be senior debt securities and shall be issued in fully registered form.
The Notes and the Trustees certificate of authentication with respect thereto will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication, and except as provided in Section 2.09 of the Base Indenture, will be issued in the form of one or more Global Notes. The principal of, and any premium or interest on, the Notes shall be payable in United States dollars. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of the Indenture and the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of the Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
Section 2.02 Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will maintain a Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes. The Registrar will keep a register with respect to the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.
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The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent with respect to the Notes and to act as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION OF NOTES
Section 3.01 Optional Redemption.
The Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company pursuant to Section 3.02 hereof. Other than as specifically provided in this Article 3, any redemption pursuant to this Article 3 will be made pursuant to the provisions of Article 3 of the Base Indenture.
Section 3.02 Optional Redemption by Company.
(a) The redemption price (the Redemption Price) of the Notes to be redeemed shall be calculated as follows:
(i) If the redemption date is prior to October 15, 2024, the Notes to be redeemed may be redeemed by the Company at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of (1) 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed and (2) as determined by the Quotation Agent, the sum of the present values of the Remaining Scheduled Payments of principal and interest in respect of the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of interest accrued and unpaid as of the date of redemption), discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months), at a rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 35 basis points, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of redemption.
(ii) If the redemption date is on or after October 15, 2024, the Notes to be redeemed may be redeemed by the Company at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to but excluding the redemption date.
If the redemption date is after a record date and on or prior to a corresponding interest payment date, interest will be paid on the redemption date to the holder of record on the record date.
(b) The Trustee shall not be responsible for the calculation of such Redemption Price. The Company shall calculate such Redemption Price and promptly notify the Trustee in writing thereof.
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ARTICLE 4
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
The Notes shall be subject to the following covenants in addition to the provisions of Article 4 of the Base Indenture (provided that Section 4.07 of the Base Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes):
Section 4.01 Liens.
The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) upon any of their property or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless all payments due under this Indenture and the Notes are secured on an equal and ratable basis with the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer secured by a Lien.
Section 4.02 Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 5 of the Base Indenture, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence in accordance with the organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company, and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company; provided that the company shall not be required to preserve any such right license 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 its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.
Section 4.03 Additional Subsidiary Guarantees.
If any Restricted Subsidiary issues or guarantees any Triggering Indebtedness, then such Restricted Subsidiary shall execute a Subsidiary Guarantee; provided, that the Subsidiary Guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Guarantor under this Section shall be automatically discharged and released as provided under Section 10.05 of the Base Indenture. The foregoing covenant shall terminate upon the occurrence of a Guarantee Termination Event.
ARTICLE 5
DEFEASANCE
Legal defeasance of the Notes under Section 8.04 of the Base Indenture and covenant defeasance of the Notes under Section 8.05 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes, and the Company may at its option by a resolution of the Board of Directors, at any time, with respect to the Notes, elect to have Section 8.04 or Section 8.05 of the Base Indenture be applied to the outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth in Section 8.06 of the Base Indenture. In addition to Section 5.01 of the Base Indenture, Article 4 of this Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to covenant defeasance under Section 8.05 of the Base Indenture.
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ARTICLE 6
GUARANTEES
The provisions of Article 10 of the Base Indenture shall be applicable to the Notes.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.01 Governing Law.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES, IF APPLICABLE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
Section 7.02 Successors.
All agreements of the Company in this Supplemental Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Supplemental Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.04 of the Base Indenture.
Section 7.03 Severability.
In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
Section 7.04 Counterpart Originals.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
Section 7.05 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Supplemental Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. | ||
By: | /s/ Chris A. Choate | |
Name: | Chris A. Choate | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | |
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee | ||
By: | /s/ Patrick T. Giordano | |
Name: | Patrick T. Giordano | |
Title: | Vice President |
Exhibit A
THIS DEBT 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 DEBT SECURITY MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED TO, OR REGISTERED OR EXCHANGED FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF, ANY PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF AND NO SUCH TRANSFER MAY BE REGISTERED, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE. EVERY DEBT SECURITY AUTHENTICATED AND DELIVERED UPON REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER OF, OR IN EXCHANGE FOR OR IN LIEU OF, THIS DEBT SECURITY SHALL BE A GLOBAL SECURITY SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING, EXCEPT IN SUCH LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS GLOBAL SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (DTC), TO GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC. OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNED HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.1
1 | Insert in Global Notes only. |
CUSIP No.: | 37045XAS5 | |||
ISIN No.: | US37045XAS53 |
4.000% Senior Note due 2025
No. R-1 | $ |
GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY, INC.
promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.]2
or registered assigns,
the principal sum of $ [(subject to the decreases and increases in principal amount set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto)]3 on January 15, 2025.
Interest Payment Dates: January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2015.
Record Dates: January 1 and July 1.
2 | Insert in Global Notes only. |
3 | Insert in Global Notes only. |
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Dated: | ||
General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | ||
By: |
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Chris A. Choate | ||
Executive Vice President and | ||
Chief Financial Officer |
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This is one of the Global Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture: | ||
Dated: | ||
Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee | ||
By: |
| |
Name: | Patrick T. Giordano | |
Title: | Vice President |
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[Back of Note]
4.000% Senior Note due 2025
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Securities (the Securities) of General Motors Financial Company, Inc. (the Company, which term includes any successor Person under the Base Indenture hereinafter referred to), issued and issuable in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Base Indenture), between the Company, AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor), and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee under the Base Indenture), to which Base Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitation of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantor, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities issued thereunder and of the terms upon which said Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Note is one of the series designated on the face hereof as 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (the Notes), which was issued under the Third Supplemental Indenture to the Base Indenture dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Supplemental Indenture, together with the Base Indenture, and as supplemented by the first supplemental indenture and the second supplemental indenture, each dated as of January 12, 2015, and as further supplemented by this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture) and which is initially limited to $1,000,000,000 in principal amount. Capitalized terms used herein for which no definition is provided herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Indenture.
1. INTEREST. The Company promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 4.000% per annum from and including January 12, 2015 until maturity. The Company will pay interest semi-annually on January 15 and July 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each an Interest Payment Date). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from January 12, 2015; provided that if there is no existing Default in the payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a Record Date referred to on the face hereof and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment Date; provided, further, that the first Interest Payment Date shall be July 15, 2015. The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at a rate that is 1% per annum in excess of the rate then in effect; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on January 1 or December 1 on the next preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are cancelled after such Record Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.08 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose within or without the City and State of New York, or, at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set
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forth in the register of Holders, and provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be made with respect to principal of and interest and premium on, all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to an account in the United States that are received by the Paying Agent no later than 10 Business Days prior to the payment date. Such payment shall be 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.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE. The Company issued the Notes under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Notes are general unsecured obligations of the Company and are not limited as to aggregate principal amount. The Notes, including any Additional Notes issued hereunder, shall contain the terms set forth herein and in the Indenture and shall constitute and be treated as one series of Notes for all purposes.
5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION. The Notes are subject to redemption as provided in Article 3 of the Indenture.
6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Company shall not be required to make mandatory redemption payments with respect to the Notes.
7. REPURCHASE AT OPTION OF HOLDERS UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall make a Change of Control Offer to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holders Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of repurchase (the Change of Control Payment). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Company shall send a notice to each Holder as required by the Indenture.
The provisions of Section 4.08 of the Indenture shall permanently terminate upon the occurrence of an Investment Grade Event, and the occurrence of a Change of Control following an Investment Grade Event shall not result in a requirement for the Company to make a Change of Control Offer.
The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes a Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth above and purchases all Notes
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validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making the Change of Control Offer.
8. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, it need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a Record Date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.
9. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
10. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and any existing default or compliance with any provision of the Indenture or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. Without limitation on the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, and in addition to the provisions of Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture, without the consent of any Holder of a Note, the Indenture or the Notes may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency provided that such action does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Notes, to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes, to provide for the assumption of the Companys obligations to Holders of the Notes in case of a merger or consolidation, to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not materially adversely affect the legal rights under the Indenture of any such Holder, to evidence and provide for the acceptance of the appointment by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes, to comply with the requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act or to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in the Indenture.
11. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. Each of the following constitutes an Event of Default: (i) default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes; (ii) default in the payment when due of the principal of or premium, if any, on the Notes; (iii) failure by the Company for 90 days after notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding to comply with any of the other covenants or agreements in the Indenture; (iv) except as permitted by the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantee shall be held in a judicial proceeding to be unenforceable or invalid, or any Guarantor, or any Person acting in behalf of any Guarantor, shall, in writing, deny or disaffirm its obligations under
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the Subsidiary Guarantee; and (v) certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company or any Guarantor. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (with a copy to the Trustee) may declare all of the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency with respect to the Company, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable without further action or notice. Holders of the Notes may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default relating to the payment of principal or interest) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest on, or the principal of, the Notes.
The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required within 30 days of becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.
12. TRUSTEE DEALINGS WITH COMPANY. The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.
13. NO RECOURSE AGAINST OTHERS. A director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of the Company, as such, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Notes or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.
14. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.
15. ABBREVIATIONS. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).
16. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
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The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture and/or the Registration Rights Agreement. Requests may be made to:
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.
801 Cherry Street, Suite 3500
Fort Worth, TX 76102
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS NOTE, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE.
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Assignment Form
To assign this Note, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to
(Insert assignees soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
to transfer this Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
Date:
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Signature Guarantee
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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 of the Indenture, check the Box: [ ]
If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.08 of the Indenture, state the Principal amount: $ .
Date:
Your Signature: |
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Signature must be guaranteed by a participant in a recognized signature guaranty medallion program or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee.
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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
Date of Exchange |
Amount of decrease in Principal amount of this Global Note |
Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Note |
Principal Amount of this Global Note following such decrease (or increase) |
Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Note Custodian | ||||
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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
The Guarantor hereby unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Notes or under the Indenture, that: (a) the principal of, and premium and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption, repurchase or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal of interest on any Note, if any, if lawful and all other Obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under the Indenture or under the Notes shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed, for whatever reason, the Guarantor will obligated to pay the same immediately.
The Obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to this Subsidiary Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 10 of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the precise terms of this Subsidiary Guarantee. The terms of Article 10 of the Indenture are incorporated herein by reference.
No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, past, present or future, of the Guarantor shall have any personal liability under this Subsidiary Guarantee by reason of its status as such director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder.
This is a continuing Subsidiary Guarantee and shall remain in full force and effect and shall be binding upon the Guarantor and its respective successors and assigns to the extent set forth in the Indenture until full and final payment of all of the Companys Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders of Notes and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder of Notes or the Trustee, the rights and privileges herein conferred upon that party shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
In certain circumstances more fully described in the Indenture, any Guarantor may be released from its liability under this Subsidiary Guarantee, and any such release will be effective whether or not noted hereon.
This Subsidiary Guarantee shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication on the Note upon which this Subsidiary Guarantee is noted shall have been executed by the Trustee under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
For purposes hereof, the Guarantors liability will be that amount from time to time equal to the aggregate liability of the Guarantor hereunder, but shall be limited to the lesser of (i) the aggregate amount of the Obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture and (ii) the amount, if any, which would not have (A) rendered the Guarantor insolvent (as such term
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is defined in the federal Bankruptcy Law and in the debtor and creditor law of the State of New York) or (B) left it with unreasonably small capital at the time its Subsidiary Guarantee of the Notes was entered into, after giving effect to the incurrence of existing Indebtedness immediately prior to such time; provided that, it shall be a presumption in any lawsuit or other proceeding in which the Guarantor is a party that the amount guaranteed pursuant to its Subsidiary Guarantee is the amount set forth in clause (i) above unless any creditor, or representative of creditors of the Guarantor, or debtor in possession or trustee in bankruptcy of the Guarantor, otherwise proves in such a lawsuit that the aggregate liability of the Guarantor is limited to the amount set forth in clause (ii). The Indenture provides that, in making any determination as to the solvency or sufficiency of capital of a Guarantor in accordance with the previous sentence, the right of such Guarantor to contribution from other Guarantors (if any Restricted Subsidiary executes a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.08) and any other rights such Guarantor may have, contractual or otherwise, shall be take into account.
THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE, THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES.
Capitalized terms used herein have the same meanings given in the Indenture unless otherwise indicated.
AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc. | ||
By: |
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Name: | Chris A. Choate | |
Title: | Executive Vice President and | |
Chief Financial Officer |
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Exhibit 5.1
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January 12, 2015 |
General Motors Financial Company, Inc.
801 Cherry Street, Suite 3500
Fort Worth, Texas 76102
Re: | Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-199181) |
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as special counsel to General Motors Financial Company, Inc., a Texas corporation (the Company), and AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the Guarantor), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) of a Registration Statement on Form S-3ASR (Registration No. 333-199181) (the Registration Statement), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), the prospectus included therein and the prospectus supplement, dated January 7, 2015, filed with the Commission on January 9, 2015 pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Securities Act (the Prospectus Supplement), relating to the sale by the Company of $250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2020, $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 3.150% Senior Notes due 2020, and $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Companys 4.000% Senior Notes due 2025 (collectively, the Notes), which were offered and sold pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated January 7, 2015, by and among the Company, the Guarantor and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and RBS Securities Inc., as representatives of the several underwriters named therein. The obligations of the Company under the Notes are guaranteed by the Guarantor (the Guarantees).
The Notes were issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Base Indenture), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the Trustee), as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 12, 2015 (the First Supplemental Indenture), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee, a Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Second Supplemental Indenture) and a Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of January 12, 2015 (the Third Supplemental Indenture, and together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture), by and among the Company, the Guarantor and the Trustee.
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In arriving at the opinion expressed below, we have examined originals or reproductions or certified copies of such records of the Company and the Guarantor, certificates of officers of the Company and the Guarantor and of public officials and such other documents as we have deemed relevant and necessary for the purpose of rendering this opinion, including, among other things:
(i) | the Registration Statement; |
(ii) | the Prospectus Supplement; |
(iii) | the Base Indenture; |
(iv) | the First Supplemental Indenture; |
(v) | the Second Supplemental Indenture; |
(vi) | the Third Supplemental Indenture; |
(vii) | the Notes and the Guarantees; |
(viii) | the certificate of formation of the Company and the certificate of incorporation of the Guarantor, each certified by the Secretaries of State of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation; |
(ix) | the bylaws of each of the Company and the Guarantor; and |
(x) | certificates, dated as of the date hereof, containing representations to this firm as to certain factual matters and executed by certain senior officers of the Company and the Guarantor. |
For purposes of the opinion expressed below, we have assumed (i) the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, (ii) the conformity to the originals of all documents submitted as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals thereof, (iii) the legal capacity of natural persons, and (iv) the genuineness of signatures not witnessed by us. With your consent, we have also assumed that (a) the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees (collectively, the Documents) have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, other than by the Company and the Guarantor, (b) the Documents constitute legally valid and binding obligations of the parties thereto, other than the Company and the Guarantor, enforceable against each of them in accordance with their respective terms, and (c) the status of the Documents as legally valid and binding obligations of the parties is not affected by any (i) breaches of, or defaults under, agreements or instruments, (ii) violations of statutes, rules, regulations or court or governmental orders, or (iii) failures to obtain required consents, approvals or authorizations from, or make required registrations, declarations or filings with, any governmental authorities.
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We are opining herein as to the internal laws of the States of New York and Texas and the Delaware General Corporation Law, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the affect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction.
Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the assumptions, exceptions, qualifications, and limitations set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:
1. | The Notes are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company. |
2. | The Guarantees are legal, valid and binding obligations of the Guarantor. |
The opinions set forth above are subject to the qualification that the validity and enforcement of the Companys obligations under the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantors obligations under the Guarantees may be subject to (i) the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting creditors rights generally, (ii) general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) and (iii) concepts of materiality, unconscionability, reasonableness, impracticability or impossibility of performance and any implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. We express no opinion regarding any provision of the Indenture that purports to avoid the effect of fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer or similar provisions of applicable law or any provision that permits holders to collect any portion of the stated principal amount upon the acceleration of the Notes to the extent determined to constitute unearned interest.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion of counsel as Exhibit 5.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company dated on or about the date hereof, to the incorporation by reference of this opinion of counsel into the Registration Statement and to the reference to our Firm under the heading Legal Matters in the Prospectus Supplement. In giving such consent, we do not admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission issued thereunder.
This opinion is limited to the matters stated in this letter, and no opinions may be implied or inferred beyond the matters expressly stated in this letter. This opinion is given as of the date hereof and we assume no obligation to advise you after the date hereof of facts or circumstances that come to our attention or changes in the law, including judicial or administrative interpretations thereof, that occur which could affect the opinions contained herein.
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Very truly yours, |
/s/ Hunton & Williams LLP |
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