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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 1998
REGISTRATION NO. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
DOVER CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 53-0257888
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification Number)
280 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017-1292
(212) 922-1640
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)
ROBERT G. KUHBACH, ESQ.
DOVER CORPORATION
280 PARK AVENUE
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10017-1292
(212) 922-1640
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
JOSEPH W. SCHMIDT, ESQ.
COUDERT BROTHERS
1114 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10036
(212) 626-4400
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time
to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement, as determined
by the Registrant.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered
pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following
box. [ ]
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered
on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act
of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, check the following box. [X]
If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering
pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box
and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier
effective registration statement for the same offering. [ ]
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c)
under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement
for the same offering. [ ]
If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434,
please check the following box. [ ]
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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TITLE OF PROPOSED PROPOSED
EACH CLASS OF AMOUNT MAXIMUM MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF
SECURITIES TO BE OFFERING PRICE AGGREGATE REGISTRATION
TO BE REGISTERED REGISTERED(1) PER UNIT(2) OFFERING PRICE(2) FEE
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Debt Securities $350,000,000 100% $350,000,000 $103,250
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(1) Or, if any Debt Securities are issued at an original issue discount, such
greater principal amount as shall result in an aggregate offering price
equal to $350,000,000.
(2) Estimated solely for purposes of calculating the registration fee, which
is calculated in accordance with Rule 457(o).
THE REGISTRANT HEREBY AMENDS THIS REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON SUCH DATE OR
DATES AS MAY BE NECESSARY TO DELAY ITS EFFECTIVE DATE UNTIL THE REGISTRANT SHALL
FILE A FURTHER AMENDMENT WHICH SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THIS REGISTRATION
STATEMENT SHALL THEREAFTER BECOME EFFECTIVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8(a) OF
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, OR UNTIL THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT SHALL BECOME
EFFECTIVE ON SUCH DATE AS THE COMMISSION, ACTING PURSUANT TO SAID SECTION 8(a),
MAY DETERMINE.
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INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY
OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED PRIOR TO THE TIME THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
BECOMES EFFECTIVE. THIS PROSPECTUS SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR
THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF THESE
SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE
UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF
ANY SUCH STATE.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MARCH 18, 1998
$350,000,000
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DEBT SECURITIES
Dover Corporation (the "Company"), directly or through agents, dealers or
underwriters designated from time to time, may offer, issue and sell, in one or
more series or issuances, up to $350,000,000 aggregate initial public offering
price of secured or unsecured debt securities (the "Debt Securities") of the
Company, in one or more series, each on terms to be determined at the time of
sale. When a particular series of Debt Securities is offered, a supplement to
this Prospectus (each a "Prospectus Supplement") will be delivered with this
Prospectus. The Prospectus Supplement will set forth the specific terms of the
offering and sale of the offered Debt Securities.
The Company has not yet determined whether any of the Debt Securities
offered hereby will be listed on any exchange or over-the-counter market. If the
Company decides to seek listing of any such Debt Securities, the Prospectus
Supplement relating thereto will disclose such exchange or market.
THESE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION NOR HAS
THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS
PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A
CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
The Debt Securities will be sold directly to purchasers, to or through
agents, underwriters or dealers, as designated from time to time, or through a
combination of such methods. The Company reserves the sole right to accept, and,
together with its agents, from time to time, to reject in whole or in part any
proposed purchase of Debt Securities to be made directly or through agents. If
agents of the Company or any underwriters are involved in the sale of the Debt
Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered, the names of
such agents or underwriters and any applicable commissions or discounts will be
set forth in or may be calculated from the Prospectus Supplement with respect to
such Debt Securities. See "Plan of Distribution."
This Prospectus may not be used to consummate sales of Debt Securities
unless accompanied by the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
The date of this Prospectus is March __, 1998.
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AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (together with all amendments
and exhibits thereto, the "Registration Statement") under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), with respect to the Debt Securities
offered hereby. This Prospectus does not contain all of the information set
forth in the Registration Statement, part of which has been omitted in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the Commission. For further
information about the Company and the Debt Securities offered hereby, reference
is made to the Registration Statement, including the exhibits filed as a part
thereof and otherwise incorporated therein. Statements made in this Prospectus
as to the contents of any agreement or other document referred to herein are
qualified by reference to the copy of such agreement or other document filed as
an exhibit to the Registration Statement or such other document, each such
statement being qualified in its entirety by such reference.
The Company is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and, in accordance
therewith, files periodic reports, proxy statements and other information with
the Commission. The Registration Statement, including the exhibits thereto, as
well as such reports and other information filed by the Company with the
Commission, can be inspected, without charge, and copied at the public reference
facilities maintained by the Commission at 450 Fifth Street, N.W., Room 1024,
Washington D.C., 20549; 7 World Trade Center, Suite 1300, New York, New York
10048 and 500 West Madison Street, Suite 1400, Chicago, Illinois 60661. The
Commission also maintains a site on the World Wide Web at http://www.sec.gov,
which contains reports, proxy statements and other information regarding
registrants that file electronically with the Commission and certain of the
Company's filings are available at such web site. Copies of such materials can
be obtained from the Public Reference Section of the Commission at 450 Fifth
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549 at prescribed rates. Reports and other
information concerning the Company can also be inspected at the offices of the
New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005.
INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS BY REFERENCE
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant
to the Exchange Act are hereby incorporated by reference in this Prospectus: (1)
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 1996; (2)
Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended, March 31, June 30, and
September 30, 1997; (3) Annual Report to Stockholders for 1997 filed with the
Commission on March 11, 1998; and (4) all other documents subsequently filed by
the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
after the date of this Prospectus and before the termination of the offering of
all Debt Securities to which this Prospectus relates shall be deemed to be a
part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be
incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded
for purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein
or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.
Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so
modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
The Company herein undertakes to provide without charge to each person to
whom this Prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request of such person,
a copy of any and all documents incorporated by reference in this Prospectus
(other than exhibits to such documents unless such exhibits are incorporated by
reference therein). Requests for such copies should be directed to Dover
Corporation, 280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017-1292, Attn: Corporate
Secretary, telephone number (212) 922-1640. The information relating to the
Company contained in this Prospectus does not purport to be comprehensive and
should be read together with the information contained in the documents
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.
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DISCLOSURE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Prospectus and the documents that are incorporated by reference,
particularly sections of any Annual Report to Stockholders under the headings
"Outlook" or "Management's Discussion and Analysis", contain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act. Such
statements relate to, among other things, industries in which the Company
operates, the U.S. economy, earnings, cash flow and operating improvements and
are indicated by words or phrases such as "anticipates," "supports," "plans,"
"projects," "expects," "should," "hope," "forecast," "Dover believes,"
"management is of the opinion" and similar words or phrases. Such statements may
also be made by management orally. Forward-looking statements are subject to
inherent uncertainties and risks, including among others: increasing price and
product/service competition by foreign and domestic competitors, including new
entrants; technological developments and changes; the ability to continue to
introduce competitive new products and services on a timely, cost effective
basis; the mix of products/services; the achievement of lower costs and
expenses; domestic and foreign governmental and public policy changes including
environmental regulations; protection and validity of patent and other
intellectual property rights; the continued success of the Company's acquisition
program; the cyclical nature of the Company's businesses; and the outcome of
pending and future litigation and governmental proceedings. In addition, such
statements could be affected by general industry and market conditions and
growth rates, and general domestic and international economic conditions
including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations. In light of
these risks and uncertainties, actual events and results may vary significantly
from those included in or contemplated or implied by such statements. The
Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
THE COMPANY
The Company is a diversified industrial manufacturing corporation
encompassing over 46 operating companies which manufacture a broad range of
specialized industrial products and sophisticated manufacturing equipment. As
used herein, the term the "Company" refers to Dover Corporation and its
consolidated subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated or unless the context
otherwise requires.
The Company's businesses are divided into five business segments. Dover
Technologies builds sophisticated automated assembly equipment for the
electronics industry, industrial printers for coding and marking, and
specialized electronic components. Dover Industries makes products for use in
the waste handling, bulk transport, automotive service, commercial food service
and machine tool industries. Dover Diversified builds assembly and production
machines, heat transfer equipment, specialized compressors, and food
refrigeration and display cases, as well as products for use in the defense,
aerospace and other industries. Dover Resources manufactures products primarily
for the automotive, fluid handling, petroleum and chemical industries. Dover
Elevator manufactures, installs and services elevators primarily in North
America.
The Company emphasizes growth and strong internal cash flow. It has a
long-standing and successful acquisition program pursuant to which, from January
1, 1993 through December 31, 1997, the Company made 60 acquisitions at a total
acquisition cost of $1.375 billion. These acquisitions have had a substantial
impact on the increase in the Company's sales and earnings since 1993. The
Company's acquisition program traditionally focused on acquiring new or
stand-alone businesses. However, since 1993, increased emphasis has been placed
on acquiring businesses which can be added on to existing operations. The
Company aims to be in businesses marked by growth, innovation and higher than
average profit margins. It seeks to have each of its businesses be a leader in
its market as measured by market share, innovation, profitability and return on
assets.
The Company practices a highly decentralized management style. The
presidents of operating companies are very autonomous and have a high level of
independent responsibility for their businesses and their performance. This is
in keeping with the Company's operating philosophy that small independent
operations are better able to
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serve customers by focusing closely on their products and reacting quickly to
customer needs. The Company's executive management becomes involved only to
guide and manage capital, assist in major acquisitions, evaluate, motivate and,
if necessary, replace operating management, and provide selected other services.
The address and telephone number of the Company's principal executive
offices are 280 Park New York, New York 10017-1292, (212) 922-1640. Dover
Corporation is a Delaware corporation which conducts substantially all its
business through subsidiaries.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the
Company anticipates that any net proceeds from the sale of Debt Securities will
be used for general corporate purposes, which may include but are not limited to
acquisitions and the reduction of the level of the Company's commercial paper
outstanding. When a particular series of Debt Securities is offered, the
Prospectus Supplement relating thereto will set forth the Company's intended use
for the net proceeds received from the sale of such Debt Securities. The Company
has historically used commercial paper and debt securities, together with
internally generated cash, to finance acquisitions.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth the ratio of earnings to fixed charges of
the Company for the periods indicated.
Year Ended December 31,
1997 1996 1995 1994 1993
Ratio of earnings to fixed charges(a) 11.6x 12.1x 9.5x 7.8x 9.0x
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(a) Computed by dividing fixed charges of the Company into earnings before
income taxes plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense
and the portion of rental expense which is deemed to be representative of
the interest factor.
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The Debt Securities are to be issued under an indenture (the "Indenture"),
between the Company and a trustee, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), a copy of which
is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus is
a part. The Debt Securities may be issued from time to time in one or more
series. The particular terms of each series, or of Debt Securities forming a
part of a series, which are offered by a Prospectus Supplement will be described
in such Prospectus Supplement.
The following summaries of certain provisions of the Indenture do not
purport to be complete and are subject, and are qualified in their entirety by
reference, to all the provisions of the Indenture, including the definitions
therein of certain terms, and, with respect to any particular Debt Securities,
to the description of the terms thereof included in the Prospectus Supplement
relating thereto. Wherever particular Sections or defined terms of the Indenture
are referred to herein or in a Prospectus Supplement, such Sections or defined
terms are incorporated by reference herein or therein, as the case may be.
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The Company conducts substantially all its business through subsidiaries.
Although the Notes are senior obligations of the Company, they are effectively
subordinated to all existing and future liabilities of the Company's
subsidiaries. The Indenture does not restrict the ability of the Company's
subsidiaries to incur indebtedness. Because the Company is a holding company,
the Company's ability to service its indebtedness is dependent on dividends and
other payments made to it on its investments in its subsidiaries.
GENERAL
The Indenture will provide that Debt Securities in separate series may be
issued thereunder from time to time without limitation as to aggregate principal
amount. The Company may specify a maximum aggregate principal amount for the
Debt Securities of any series. (Section 301) The Debt Securities are to have
such terms and provisions which are not inconsistent with the Indenture,
including as to maturity, principal and interest, as the Company may determine.
The Debt Securities will be unsecured obligations of the Company and will rank
on a parity with all other unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of the
Company.
The applicable Prospectus Supplement will set forth the price or prices at
which the Debt Securities to be offered will be issued and will describe the
following terms of such Debt Securities: (1) the title of such Debt Securities;
(2) any limit on the aggregate principal amount of such Debt Securities or the
series of which they are a part; (3) the date or dates on which the principal of
any of such Debt Securities will be payable; (4) the rate or rates at which any
of such Debt Securities will bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which
any such interest will accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest will be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest
payable on any Interest Payment Date; (5) the place or places where the
principal of and any premium and interest on any of such Debt Securities will be
payable; (6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which
and the terms and conditions on which any of such Debt Securities may be
redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; (7) the obligation,
if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any of such Debt Securities
pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of the
Holder thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions on which any of such Debt Securities will be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to any such obligation; (8)
the denominations in which any of such Debt Securities will be issuable, if
other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof;(9) if
other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency,
currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or
interest on any of such Debt Securities will be payable (and the manner in which
the equivalent of the principal amount thereof in the currency of the United
States of America is to be determined for any purpose, including for the purpose
of determining the principal amount deemed to be Outstanding at any time); (10)
if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal
amount of any of such Debt Securities which will be payable upon declaration of
acceleration of the Maturity thereof; (11) if the principal amount payable at
the Stated Maturity of any of such Debt Securities will not be determinable as
of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which will be
deemed to be such principal amount as of any such date for any purpose,
including the principal amount thereof which will be due and payable upon any
Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which will be deemed to be
Outstanding as of any such date (or, in any such case, the manner in which such
deemed principal amount is to be determined); (12) if applicable, that such Debt
Securities, in whole or any specified part, are defeasible pursuant to the
provisions of the Indenture described under "Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance
- -- Defeasance and Discharge" or "Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance -- Covenant
Defeasance", or under both such captions; (13) whether any of such Debt
Securities will be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more
Global Securities and, if so, the respective Depositaries for such Global
Securities, the form of any legend or legends to be borne by any such Global
Security in addition to or in lieu of the legend referred to under "Form,
Exchange and Transfer -- Global Securities" and, if different from those
described under such caption, any circumstances under which any such Global
Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Debt Securities registered,
and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered,
in the names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or
its nominee; (14) any addition to or change in the Events of Default applicable
to any of such Debt Securities and any change in the right of the Trustee or the
Holders to declare the principal amount of any of
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such Debt Securities due and payable; (15) any addition to or change in the
covenants in the Indenture described under "Certain Restrictive Covenants"
applicable to any of such Debt Securities; and (16) any other terms of such Debt
Securities not inconsistent with the provisions of the Indenture. (Section 301)
Debt Securities, including Original Issue Discount Securities, may be sold
at a substantial discount below their principal amount. Certain special United
States federal income tax considerations (if any) applicable to Debt Securities
sold at an original issue discount may be described in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. In addition, certain special United States federal income tax or
other considerations (if any) applicable to any Debt Securities which are
denominated in a currency or currency unit other than United States dollars may
be described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
FORM, EXCHANGE AND TRANSFER
The Debt Securities of each series will be issuable only in fully
registered form, without coupons, and, unless otherwise specified in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, only in denominations of $1,000 and integral
multiples thereof. (Section 302)
At the option of the Holder, subject to the terms of the Indenture and the
limitations applicable to Global Securities, Debt Securities of each series will
be exchangeable for other Debt Securities of the same series of any authorized
denomination and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount. (Section 305)
Subject to the terms of the Indenture and the limitations applicable to
Global Securities, Debt Securities may be presented for exchange as provided
above or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or with the form of
transfer endorsed thereon duly executed) at the office of the Security Registrar
or at the office of any transfer agent designated by the Company for such
purpose. No service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Debt Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. Such transfer or exchange will be effected upon the Security
Registrar or such transfer agent, as the case may be, being satisfied with the
documents of title and identity of the person making the request. The Company
has appointed the Trustee as Security Registrar. Any transfer agent (in addition
to the Security Registrar) initially designated by the Company for any Debt
Securities will be named in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. (Section 305)
The Company may at any time designate additional transfer agents or rescind the
designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the office through
which any transfer agent acts, except that the Company will be required to
maintain a transfer agent in each Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of
each series. (Section 1002)
If the Debt Securities of any series (or of any series and specified
terms) are to be redeemed in part, the Company will not be required to (i)
issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Security of that series (or of
that series and specified terms, as the case may be) during a period beginning
at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Security that may be selected for redemption and ending
at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (ii) register the
transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption, in whole or in
part, except the unredeemed portion of any such Security being redeemed in part.
(Section 305)
GLOBAL SECURITIES
Some or all of the Debt Securities of any series may be represented, in
whole or in part, by one or more Global Securities which will have an aggregate
principal amount equal to that of the Debt Securities represented thereby. Each
Global Security will be registered in the name of a Depositary or a nominee
thereof identified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, will be deposited
with such Depositary or nominee or a custodian therefor and will bear a legend
regarding the restrictions on exchanges and registration of transfer thereof
referred to below and any such other matters as may be provided for pursuant to
the Indenture.
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Notwithstanding any provision of the Indenture or any Security described
herein, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Debt
Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part
may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such
Global Security or any nominee of such Depositary unless (i) the Depositary has
notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for such Global Security or has ceased to be qualified to act as such as
required by the Indenture, (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an
Event of Default with respect to the Debt Securities represented by such Global
Security or (iii) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to
or in lieu of those described above as may be described in the applicable
Prospectus Supplement. All securities issued in exchange for a Global Security
or any portion thereof will be registered in such names as the Depositary may
direct. (Sections 204 and 305)
As long as the Depositary, or its nominee, is the registered Holder of a
Global Security, the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, will be
considered the sole owner and Holder of such Global Security and the Debt
Securities represented thereby for all purposes under the Debt Securities and
the Indenture. Except in the limited circumstances referred to above, owners of
beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to have such
Global Security or any Debt Securities represented thereby registered in their
names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of
certificated Debt Securities in exchange therefor and will not be considered to
be the owners or Holders of such Global Security or any Debt Securities
represented thereby for any purpose under the Debt Securities or the Indenture.
All payments of principal of and any premium and interest on a Global Security
will be made to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the Holder
thereof. The laws of some jurisdictions require that certain purchasers of
securities take physical delivery of such securities in definitive form. These
laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests in a Global
Security.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a Global Security will be limited to
institutions that have accounts with the Depositary or its nominee
("participants") and to persons that may hold beneficial interests through
participants. In connection with the issuance of any Global Security, the
Depositary will credit, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, the
respective principal amounts of Debt Securities represented by the Global
Security to the accounts of its participants. Ownership of beneficial interests
in a Global Security will be shown only on, and the transfer of those ownership
interests will be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary
(with respect to participants' interests) or any such participant (with respect
to interests of persons held by such participants on their behalf). Payments,
transfers, exchanges and others matters relating to beneficial interests in a
Global Security may be subject to various policies and procedures adopted by the
Depositary from time to time. None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of
the Company or the Trustee will have any responsibility or liability for any
aspect of the Depositary's or any participant's records relating to, or for
payments made on account of, beneficial interests in a Global Security, or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
interests.
Payment and Paying Agents
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
payment of interest on a Security on any Interest Payment Date will be made to
the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities)
is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest. (Section 307)
Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
principal of and any premium and interest on the Debt Securities of a particular
series will be payable at the office of such Paying Agent or Paying Agents as
the Company may designate for such purpose from time to time, except that at the
option of the Company payment of any interest may be made by check mailed to the
address of the Person entitled thereto as such address appears in the Security
Register. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the corporate trust office of the Trustee in The City of New York will be
designated as the Company's sole Paying Agent for payments with respect to Debt
Securities of each series. Any other Paying Agents initially designated by the
Company for the Debt Securities of a particular series will be named in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. The
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Company may at any time designate additional Paying Agents or rescind the
designation of any Paying Agent or approve a change in the office through which
any Paying Agent acts, except that the Company will be required to maintain a
Paying Agent in each Place of Payment for the Debt Securities of a particular
series. (Section 1002)
All moneys paid by the Company to a Paying Agent for the payment of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Security which remain unclaimed
at the end of two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due
and payable will be repaid to the Company, and the Holder of such Security
thereafter may look only to the Company for payment thereof.
(Section 1003)
COVENANTS
The Indenture contains the following covenants:
Limitation on Secured Debt
The Company may not, and may not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
incur or guarantee any evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed ("Debt")
secured by a Lien on any (i) Principal Property or any part thereof, (ii)
Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary
owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, without in any
such case (i), (ii) or (iii) effectively providing that the Debt Securities are
secured equally and ratably with (or, at the Company's option, prior to) such
secured Debt and any other Debt required to be so secured, unless the aggregate
amount of all such secured Debt, plus all Attributable Debt of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Sale and Leaseback transactions
involving Principal Properties (with the exception of such transactions which
are excluded as described in "Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions"
below), would not exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
The foregoing restriction shall not apply to, and there will be excluded
from Debt in any computation under such restriction, (i) Debt secured by a Lien
in favor of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) Debt secured by a Lien
in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress or advance payments or
payments pursuant to contracts or statute, (iii) Debt secured by a Lien on
property, Capital Stock or Debt existing at the time of acquisition thereof
(including acquisition through merger, consolidation or otherwise), (iv) Debt
incurred or guaranteed to finance the acquisition of property, Capital Stock or
Debt, or to finance construction on, or improvement or expansion of, property,
which Debt is incurred within 180 days of such acquisition or completion of
construction, improvement or expansion, and is secured solely by a Lien on the
property, Capital Stock or Debt acquired, constructed, improved or expanded, (v)
Debt consisting of industrial revenue or pollution control bonds or similar
financing secured solely by a Lien on the property the subject thereof, or (vi)
any extension, renewal or replacement of any Debt referred to in the foregoing
clauses (iii) or (iv). (Section 1008)
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into any Sale
and Leaseback Transaction involving any Principal Property or any part thereof
after the date of the Indenture unless the aggregate amount of all Attributable
Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such
transactions plus all secured Debt to which the restrictions described in
"Limitation on Secured Debt" above apply would not exceed 10% of Consolidated
Net Tangible Assets.
The foregoing restriction shall not apply to, and there shall be excluded
from Attributable Debt in any computation under such restriction, any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction if (i) the lease is for a period of not in excess of three
years, including renewal rights, (ii) the lease secures or relates to industrial
revenue or pollution control bonds or similar financing, (iii) the transaction
is between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted
Subsidiaries, or (iv) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, within 180 days
after the sale
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is completed, applies an amount equal to the greater of (A) the net proceeds of
the sale of the Principal Property leased or (B) the fair market value of the
Principal Property leased either to (1) the retirement of Debt Securities, other
Funded Debt of the Company ranking on a parity with the Debt Securities, or
Funded Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the purchase of other property
which will constitute a Principal Property having a value at least equal to the
value of the Principal Property leased. (Section 1009)
MERGERS, CONSOLIDATIONS AND CERTAIN SALES OF ASSETS
The Company shall not, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell,
assign, convey, transfer or lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially
all of its properties and assets to any Person or group of affiliated Persons,
or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction
or transactions if such transaction or transactions, in the aggregate, would
result in a sale, assignment, transfer, lease or disposal of all or
substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis to any other Person or group of affiliated
Persons, unless: (1) in a transaction in which the Company does not survive or
in which the Company sells, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially
all of its assets, the successor entity to the Company is organized under the
laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or the District of
Columbia and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture executed and
delivered to the Trustee in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the
Company's obligations under the Indenture; (2) immediately before and after
giving effect to such transaction and treating any Debt which becomes an
obligation of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such
transaction as having been incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary
at the time of the transaction, no Event of Default or event that with the
passing of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (3) if, as a result of any such
transaction, property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
would become subject to a Lien prohibited by the provisions of the Indenture
described under "Limitation on Secured Debt" above, the Company or the successor
entity to the Company shall have secured the Debt Securities as required by said
covenant; and (4) certain other conditions are met. (Section 801)
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS
Set forth below is a summary of certain of the defined terms used in the
Indenture. Reference is made to the Indenture for the full definition of all
such terms, as well as any other terms used herein for which no definition is
provided. (Section 101)
"Attributable Debt" means, with respect to a lease in a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, the total net amount of rent required to be paid during the
remaining primary term of such lease, discounted at a rate per annum equal to
6.45% calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices. The
net amount of rent required to be paid under any such lease for any such period
shall be the aggregate amount of rent payable by the lessee with respect to such
period after excluding amounts required to be paid on account of maintenance,
repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, utility, operating and labor costs and
similar charges.
"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock or
other equity participation, including partnership interests, whether general or
limited, of such Person.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the aggregate amount of assets of
the Company and its Subsidiaries after deducting (i) all liabilities other than
deferred income taxes, commercial paper, short-term bank Debt, Funded Debt and
shareholders' equity, and (ii) all goodwill and other intangibles.
"Funded Debt" means (i) all Debt having a maturity of more than 12 months
from the date as of which the determination is made or having a maturity of 12
months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendible
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beyond 12 months from such date at the option of the borrower and (ii) rental
obligations payable more than 12 months from such date under leases which are
capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (such
rental obligations to be included as Funded Debt at the amount so capitalized at
the date of such computation and to be included for the purposes of the
definition of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets both as an asset and as Funded
Debt at the amount so capitalized).
"Lien" means, with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage or deed
of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security
interest, lien, charge, easement (other than any easement not materially
impairing usefulness or marketability), encumbrance, preference, priority or
other security agreement, or any equivalent of any of the foregoing under the
laws of any applicable jurisdiction, on or with respect to such property or
assets (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
"Principal Property" means any facility owned by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary the gross book value of which (including related land,
improvements, machinery and equipment so owned, without deduction of any
depreciation reserves) on the date as of which the determination is being made
exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which owns a Principal
Property.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement with any lender or
investor or to which such lender or investor is a party providing for the
leasing by such Person of any property or asset of such Person which has been or
is being sold or transferred by such Person more than 180 days after the
acquisition thereof or the completion of construction or commencement of
operation thereof to such lender or investor or to any person to whom funds have
been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such
property or asset. The stated maturity of such arrangement shall be the date of
the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such arrangement prior to
the first date on which such arrangement may be terminated by the lessee without
payment of a penalty.
"Subsidiary" means (i) a corporation more than 50% of the voting stock of
which is owned by the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries or (ii) any other
Person (other than a corporation) of which the Company and/or one or more
Subsidiaries has at least a majority ownership and power to direct the policies,
management and affairs.
EVENTS OF DEFAULT
Each of the following will constitute an Event of Default under the
Indenture with respect to Debt Securities of any series: (a) failure to pay
principal of or any premium on any Security of that series when due; (b) failure
to pay any interest on any Debt Securities of that series when due, continued
for 30 days; (c) failure to deposit any sinking fund payment, when due, in
respect of any Security of that series; (d) failure to perform any other
covenant of the Company in the Indenture (other than a covenant included in the
Indenture solely for the benefit of a series other than that series), continued
for 60 days after written notice has been given by the Trustee, or the Holders
of at least 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that
series, as provided in the Indenture; and (e) certain events in bankruptcy,
insolvency or reorganization involving the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
(Section 501)
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in clause
(e) above) with respect to the Debt Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding shall occur and be continuing, either the Trustee or the Holders of
at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of that series by notice as provided in the Indenture may declare the
principal amount of the Debt Securities of that series (or, in the case of any
Security that is an Original Issue Discount Security or the principal amount of
which is not then determinable, such portion of the principal amount of such
Security, or such other amount in lieu of such principal amount, as
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may be specified in the terms of such Security) to be due and payable
immediately. If an Event of Default described in clause (e) above with respect
to the Debt Securities of any series at the time Outstanding shall occur, the
principal amount of all the Debt Securities of that series (or, in the case of
any such Original Issue Discount Security or other Security, such specified
amount) will automatically, and without any action by the Trustee or any Holder,
become immediately due and payable. After any such acceleration, but before a
judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of that series may, under
certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of
Default, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal (or other specified
amount), have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture. (Section 502)
For information as to waiver of defaults, see "Modification and Waiver".
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture relating to the duties of the
Trustee in case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Trustee
will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the
Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders, unless such Holders
shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity. (Section 603) Subject to
such provisions for the indemnification of the Trustee, the Holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any
series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust
or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Debt Securities of that
series. (Section 512)
No Holder of a Security of any series will have any right to institute any
proceeding with respect to the Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver
or a trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless (i) such Holder has
previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default
with respect to the Debt Securities of that series, (ii) the Holders of at least
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of
that series have made written request, and such Holder or Holders have offered
reasonable indemnity, to the Trustee to institute such proceeding as trustee and
(iii) the Trustee has failed to institute such proceeding, and has not received
from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Debt Securities of that series a direction inconsistent with such request,
within 60 days after such notice, request and offer. (Section 507) However, such
limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of a Security for the
enforcement of payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on such
Security on or after the applicable due date specified in such Security.
(Section 508)
The Company will be required to furnish to the Trustee annually a
statement by certain of its officers as to whether or not the Company, to their
knowledge, is in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of the Indenture and, if so, specifying all such known
defaults. (Section 1004)
MODIFICATION AND WAIVER
Modifications and amendments of the Indenture may be made by the Company
and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of each series affected by
such modification or amendment; provided, however, that no such modification or
amendment may, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
instalment of principal of or interest on, any Security, (b) reduce the
principal amount of, or any premium or interest on, any Security, (c) reduce the
amount of principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security
payable upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof, (d) change the place or
currency of payment of principal of, or any premium or interest on, any
Security, (e) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment on or with respect to any Security, (f) reduce the percentage in
principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of any series, the consent of
whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the Indenture, (g)
reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Debt Securities of any
series necessary for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the
Indenture or for waiver of certain defaults or (h) modify such provisions with
respect to modification and waiver. (Section 902)
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The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt
Securities of any series may waive compliance by the Company with certain
restrictive provisions of the Indenture. (Section 1010) The Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities of any series
may waive any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment
of principal, premium or interest and certain covenants and provisions of the
Indenture which cannot be amended without the consent of the Holder of each
Outstanding Security of such series affected. (Section 513)
The Indenture will provide that in determining whether the Holders of the
requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Debt Securities have given or
taken any direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action under the Indenture
as of any date, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security
that will be deemed to be Outstanding will be the amount of the principal
thereof that would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the
Maturity thereof to such date, (ii) if, as of such date, the principal amount
payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable (for example,
because it is based on an index), the principal amount of such Security deemed
to be Outstanding as of such date will be an amount determined in the manner
prescribed for such Security and (iii) the principal amount of a Security
denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units that will be
deemed to be Outstanding will be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of
such date in the manner prescribed for such Security, of the principal amount of
such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in clause (i) or (ii)
above, of the amount described in such clause). Certain Debt Securities,
including those for whose payment or redemption money has been deposited or set
aside in trust for the Holders and those that have been fully defeased pursuant
to Section 1302 of the Indenture, will not be deemed to be Outstanding. (Section
101)
Except in certain limited circumstances, the Company will be entitled to
set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of
Outstanding Debt Securities of any series entitled to give or take any
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action under the Indenture, in the
manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture. In certain
limited circumstances, the Trustee will be entitled to set a record date for
action by Holders. If a record date is set for any action to be taken by Holders
of a particular series, such action may be taken only by persons who are Holders
of Outstanding Debt Securities of that series on the record date. To be
effective, such action must be taken by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of such Debt Securities within a specified period following the record
date. For any particular record date, this period will be 180 days or such
period as may be specified by the Company (or the Trustee, if it set the record
date), and may be shortened or lengthened (but not beyond 180 days) from time to
time. (Section 104)
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
If and to the extent indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement,
the Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have certain provisions of
the Indenture relating to defeasance and discharge of indebtedness or defeasance
of certain restrictive covenants in the Indenture, applied to the Debt
Securities of any series, or to any specified part of a series.
(Section 1301)
Defeasance and Discharge
The Indenture will provide that, upon the Company's exercise of its option
(if any) to have Section 1302 of the Indenture applied to any Debt Securities,
the Company will be discharged from all its obligations with respect to such
Debt Securities (except for certain obligations to exchange or register the
transfer of Debt Securities, to replace stolen, lost or mutilated Debt
Securities, to maintain paying agencies and to hold moneys for payment in trust)
upon the deposit in trust for the benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities
of money or U.S. Government Obligations, or both, which, through the payment of
principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will
provide money in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on such Debt Securities on the respective Stated Maturities in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture and such Debt Securities. Such
defeasance or discharge may occur only if, among other things, the Company has
delivered to the
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Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Company has received from,
or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a
ruling, or there has been a change in tax law, in either case to the effect that
Holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and
at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and
discharge were not to occur. (Sections 1302 and 1304)
Defeasance of Certain Covenants
The Indenture will provide that, upon the Company's exercise of its option
(if any) to have Section 1303 of the Indenture applied to any Debt Securities,
the Company may omit to comply with certain restrictive covenants, including
those described under "Covenants" above and any that may be described in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, and the occurrence of certain Events of
Default, which are described above in clause (d) (with respect to such
covenants) under "Events of Default" and any that may be described in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement, will be deemed not to be or result in an Event
of Default, in each case with respect to such Debt Securities. The Company, in
order to exercise such option, will be required to deposit, in trust for the
benefit of the Holders of such Debt Securities, money or U.S. Government
Obligations, or both, which, through the payment of principal and interest in
respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide money in an amount
sufficient to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on such Debt
Securities on the respective Stated Maturities in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture and such Debt Securities. The Company will also be required, among
other things, to deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that
Holders of such Debt Securities will not recognize gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance of certain
obligations and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amount, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit
and defeasance were not to occur. In the event the Company exercised this option
with respect to any Debt Securities and such Debt Securities were declared due
and payable because of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the amount of
money and U.S. Government Obligations so deposited in trust would be sufficient
to pay amounts due on such Debt Securities at the time of their respective
Stated Maturities but may not be sufficient to pay amounts due on such Debt
Securities upon any acceleration resulting from such Event of Default. In such
case, the Company would remain liable for such payments.
(Sections 1303 and 1304)
NOTICES
Notices to Holders of Debt Securities will be given by mail to the
addresses of such Holders as they may appear in the Security Register.
(Sections 101 and 106)
TITLE
The Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may
treat the Person in whose name a Security is registered as the absolute owner
thereof (whether or not such Security may be overdue) for the purpose of making
payment and for all other purposes. (Section 308)
GOVERNING LAW
The Indenture and the Debt Securities will be governed by, and construed
and enforced in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.
(Section 112)
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
The Company may sell the Debt Securities to one or more underwriters for
public offering and sale by them and may also sell the Debt Securities to
investors directly or through agents. Any such underwriter or agent involved in
the offer and sale of Debt Securities will be named in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement. The Company has reserved the right to sell or exchange Debt
Securities directly to investors on its own behalf in those jurisdictions where
and in such manner as it is authorized to do so.
The distribution of the Debt Securities may be effected from time to time
in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be changed, or
at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such
prevailing market prices, or at negotiated prices. The Company may also, from
time to time, authorize dealers, acting as the Company's agents, to offer and
sell Debt Securities upon the terms and conditions as are set forth in the
applicable Prospectus Supplement. In connection with the sale of Debt
Securities, underwriters may receive compensation from the Company in the form
of underwriting discounts or commissions and may also receive commissions from
purchasers of the Debt Securities for whom they may act as agent. Underwriters
may sell Debt Securities to or through dealers, and such dealers may receive
compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the
underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as
agent. Unless otherwise indicated in a Prospectus Supplement, an agent will be
acting on a best efforts basis and a dealer will purchase Debt Securities as a
principal, and may then resell such Debt Securities at varying prices to be
determined by the dealer.
Any underwriting compensation paid by the Company to underwriters or
agents in connection with the offering of Debt Securities, and any discounts,
concessions or commissions allowed by underwriters to participating dealers,
will be set forth in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. Dealers and agents
participating in the distribution of Debt Securities may be deemed to be
underwriters, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit
realized by them on resale of the Debt Securities may be deemed to be
underwriting discounts and commissions. Underwriters, dealers and agents may be
entitled, under agreements entered into with the Company, to indemnification
against and contribution toward certain civil liabilities, including liabilities
under the Securities Act, and to reimbursement by the Company for certain
expenses.
Certain of the underwriters, dealers or agents and their associates may
engage in transactions with and perform services for the Company in the ordinary
course of business.
LEGAL MATTERS
Certain legal matters with respect to the Debt Securities offered hereby
will be passed upon for the Company by Robert G. Kuhbach, Esq., Vice President,
General Counsel and Secretary of the Company. Certain legal matters will be
passed upon for any agents or underwriters by counsel for such agents or
underwriters identified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements of the Company as of December 31,
1997 and 1996 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31,
1997, and the consolidated financial statements and related financial statement
schedule of the Company as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for each of the two
years in the period ended December 31, 1996 incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement have been incorporated herein in reliance on the reports
of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P., independent accountants, given on the authority of
that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
ITEM 14. OTHER EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
The expenses to be paid by the Company in connection with the distribution
of the securities being registered are as set forth in the following table:
Securities and Exchange Commission Fee.............................. $ 103,250
*Rating Agency...................................................... 100,000
*Legal Fees and Expenses............................................ 100,000
*Accounting Fees and Expenses....................................... 30,000
*Printing Expenses.................................................. 15,000
*Blue Sky Fees...................................................... 20,000
*Trustee/Issuing & Paying Agent Fees and Expenses................... 25,000
*Miscellaneous...................................................... 26,750
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*Total........................................................ $ 420,000
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*Estimated.
ITEM 15. INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS
The Registrant is a Delaware corporation. Section 145 of the Delaware
General Corporation Law generally provides that a corporation is empowered to
indemnify any person who is or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding by reason of the
fact that he is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Registrant
or is or was serving, at the request of the Registrant, in any of such
capacities of another corporation or other enterprise, if such director,
officer, employee or agent acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably
believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Registrant, and,
with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to
believe his conduct was unlawful. The statute describes in detail the right of
the Registrant to indemnify any such person. Article XII of the By-Laws of the
Company provides for indemnification of directors, officers, employees and
agents of the Company for expenses (including attorney's fees), judgments, fines
and amounts paid in settlement with respect to threatened, pending or completed
actions, suits or proceedings to the full extent permitted under the laws of the
State of Delaware. Article SEVENTEENTH of the Restated Certificate of
Incorporation of the Registrant, as amended, eliminates the liability of
directors to the fullest extent permitted under the above-referenced Delaware
statute.
The Company has in effect a policy insuring itself, its subsidiaries and
their respective directors and officers, to the extent they may be required or
permitted to indemnify such officers or directors, against certain liabilities
arising from acts or omissions in the discharge of their duties that they shall
become legally obligated to pay. The policy is for a period ending November 5,
1999 and provides a maximum coverage of $35 million and (subject to certain
enumerated exclusions) covers 100% of all losses above the deductible amount of
$5,000 per director or officer.
ITEM 16. EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT
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*1 Form of Underwriting Agreement.
4.1 Form of Indenture.
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*4.2 Form of Debt Security.
5 Opinion of Robert G. Kuhbach, Esq.
12 Statement regarding Computation of Ratios.
23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
23.2 Consent of Robert G. Kuhbach, Esq. (contained in his
opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration
Statement).
24 Powers of Attorney (contained on pages II-3 and II-4).
**25 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.
* To be filed by amendment or by a report on Form 8-K pursuant to Regulation
S-K, Item 601(b).
** To be filed separately pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 305(b)(2).
ITEM 17. UNDERTAKINGS
(a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:
(i) To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of
the Securities Act of 1933;
(ii) To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising
after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most
recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in
the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more
than a 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set
forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the
effective registration statement;
(iii) To include any material information with respect to the
plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration
statement or any material change to such information in the
registration statement;
provided, however, that the information required to be included in a
post-effective amendment by paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii)
above may be contained in periodic reports filed with or furnished
to the Commission by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are incorporated by
reference in the registration statement.
(2) That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed
to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered
therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed
to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(3) To remove from registration by means of a post-effective
amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at
the termination of the offering.
(b) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each filing of the
registrant's annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d)
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of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is incorporated by reference in the
registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement
relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(h) Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the
Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling
persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise, the
registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange
Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and is, therefore unenforceable. In the event that a
claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by
the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or
controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person
in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless
in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act of 1933 and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
(j) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to file an application
for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under
Subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act (the "Act") in
accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Commission under
Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the
requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York on March 17, 1998.
DOVER CORPORATION
By: /s/ Thomas L. Reece
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Thomas L. Reece
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature
appears below does hereby constitute and appoint Thomas L. Reece, John F. McNiff
and Robert G. Kuhbach, and each of them, with full power of substitution and
full power to act without the other, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent to act for him in his name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to
sign a registration statement on Form S-3 and any or all amendments thereto
(including without limitation any post-effective amendments thereto), and any
registration statement for the same offering that is to be effective under Rule
462(b) of the Securities Act, and to file each of the same, with all exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each
of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises in order to
effectuate the same as fully, to all intents and purposes, as they or he might
or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed by each of the following persons in the
capacities and on the dates indicated.
SIGNATURE TITLE DATE
/s/ Thomas L. Reece President, Chief March 17, 1998
Thomas L. Reece Executive Officer and
Director (Principal
Executive Officer)
/s/ John F. McNiff Vice President - Finance March 17, 1998
John F. McNiff and Director (Principal
Financial Officer)
/s/ Alfred Suesser Controller (Principal March 17, 1998
Alfred Suesser Accounting Officer)
Director March __, 1998
David H. Benson
/s/ Magalen O. Bryant Director March 17, 1998
Magalen O. Bryant
/s/ Jean-Pierre M. Ergas Director March 17, 1998
Jean-Pierre M. Ergas
/s/ Roderick J. Fleming Director March 17, 1998
Roderick J. Fleming
/s/ John F. Fort Director March 17, 1998
John F. Fort
/s/ James L. Koley Director March 17, 1998
James L. Koley
Director March __, 1998
Anthony J. Ormsby
/s/ Gary L. Roubos Director March 17, 1998
Gary L. Roubos
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EXHIBIT INDEX
EXHIBIT PAGE
NUMBER DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT NO.
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*1 Form of Underwriting Agreement.
4.1 Form of Indenture. 21
*4.2 Form of Debt Security.
5 Opinion of Robert G. Kuhbach, Esq. 96
12 Statement regarding Computation of Ratios. 99
23.1 Consent of Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P. 100
23.2 Consent of Robert G. Kuhbach, Esq. (contained in his. 98
opinion filed as Exhibit 5 to this Registration Statement).
24 Powers of Attorney (contained on pages II-3 and II-4). 18
**25 Statement of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1.
* To be filed by amendment or by a report on Form 8-K pursuant to Regulation
S-K, Item 601(b).
** To be filed separately pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 305(b)(2).
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EXHIBIT 4.1
DOVER CORPORATION
TO
TRUSTEE
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INDENTURE
DATED AS OF , 1998
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page
Recitals of the Company...................................................... 1
ARTICLE ONE Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application...... 1
Section 101.Definitions.................................................. 1
Act.......................................................... 2
Affiliate.................................................... 2
Attributable Debt............................................ 2
Authenticating Agent......................................... 2
Board of Directors........................................... 2
Board Resolution............................................. 2
Business Day................................................. 2
Capital Stock................................................ 3
Commission................................................... 3
Company...................................................... 3
Company Request" or "Company Order........................... 3
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets............................. 3
Corporate Trust Office....................................... 3
corporation.................................................. 3
Covenant Defeasance.......................................... 3
Defaulted Interest........................................... 3
Defeasance................................................... 3
Depositary................................................... 3
Event of Default............................................. 3
Exchange Act................................................. 3
Expiration Date.............................................. 4
Funded Debt.................................................. 4
Global Security.............................................. 4
Holder....................................................... 4
Indenture.................................................... 4
interest..................................................... 4
Interest Payment Date........................................ 4
Investment Company Act....................................... 4
Lien......................................................... 4
Maturity..................................................... 4
Notice of Default............................................ 5
Officers' Certificate........................................ 5
Opinion of Counsel........................................... 5
Original Issue Discount Security............................. 5
Outstanding.................................................. 5
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Paying Agent................................................. 6
Person....................................................... 6
Place of Payment............................................. 6
Predecessor Security......................................... 6
Principal Property........................................... 6
Redemption Date.............................................. 6
Redemption Price............................................. 7
Regular Record Date.......................................... 7
Restricted Subsidiary........................................ 7
Sale and Leaseback Transaction............................... 7
Securities................................................... 7
Securities Act............................................... 7
Security Register" and "Security Registrar................... 7
Special Record Date.......................................... 7
Stated Maturity.............................................. 7
Subsidiary................................................... 7
Trust Indenture Act.......................................... 7
Trustee...................................................... 8
U.S. Government Obligation................................... 8
Vice President............................................... 8
Section 102.Compliance Certificates and Opinions......................... 8
Section 103.Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee....................... 9
Section 104.Acts of Holders; Record Dates................................ 9
Section 105.Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company........................ 11
Section 106.Notice to Holders; Waiver.................................... 12
Section 107.Conflict with Trust Indenture Act............................ 12
Section 108.Effect of Headings and Table of Contents..................... 12
Section 109.Successors and Assigns....................................... 12
Section 110.Separability Clause.......................................... 13
Section 111.Benefits of Indenture........................................ 13
Section 112.Governing Law................................................ 13
Section 113.Legal Holidays............................................... 13
ARTICLE TWO Security Forms............................................... 13
Section 201.Forms Generally.............................................. 13
Section 202.Form of Face of Security..................................... 14
Section 203.Form of Reverse of Security.................................. 16
Section 204.Form of Legend for Global Securities......................... 20
Section 205.Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.............. 20
ARTICLE THREE The Securities............................................... 20
Section 301.Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series......................... 20
Section 302.Denominations................................................ 23
Section 303.Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating............... 23
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Section 304.Temporary Securities......................................... 24
Section 305.Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.......... 25
Section 306.Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities............. 27
Section 307.Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved............... 28
Section 308.Persons Deemed Owners........................................ 29
Section 309.Cancellation................................................. 29
Section 310.Computation of Interest...................................... 29
ARTICLE FOUR Satisfaction and Discharge................................... 30
Section 401.Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture...................... 30
Section 402.Application of Trust Money................................... 31
ARTICLE FIVE Remedies..................................................... 31
Section 501.Events of Default............................................ 31
Section 502.Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment........... 33
Section 503.Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for
Enforcement by Trustee....................................... 34
Section 504.Trustee May File Proofs of Claim............................. 34
Section 505.Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.. 35
Section 506.Application of Money Collected............................... 35
Section 507.Limitation on Suits.......................................... 35
Section 508.Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal,
Premium and Interest......................................... 36
Section 509.Restoration of Rights and Remedies........................... 36
Section 510.Rights and Remedies Cumulative............................... 37
Section 511.Delay or Omission Not Waiver................................. 37
Section 512.Control by Holders........................................... 37
Section 513.Waiver of Past Defaults...................................... 37
Section 514.Undertaking for Costs........................................ 38
Section 515.Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws...................... 38
ARTICLE SIX The Trustee.................................................. 38
Section 601.Certain Duties and Responsibilities.......................... 38
Section 602.Notice of Defaults........................................... 39
Section 603.Certain Rights of Trustee.................................... 39
Section 604.Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities....... 40
Section 605.May Hold Securities.......................................... 40
Section 606.Money Held in Trust.......................................... 41
Section 607.Compensation and Reimbursement............................... 41
Section 608.Conflicting Interests........................................ 41
Section 609.Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility...................... 42
Section 610.Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor............ 42
Section 611.Acceptance of Appointment by Successor....................... 43
Section 612.Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.. 44
Section 613.Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company............ 45
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Section 614.Appointment of Authenticating Agent.......................... 45
ARTICLE SEVEN Holders' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY............ 47
Section 701.Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.... 47
Section 702.Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders....... 47
Section 703.Reports by Trustee........................................... 48
Section 704.Reports by Company........................................... 48
ARTICLE EIGHT Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease......... 48
Section 801.Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms......... 48
Section 802.Successor Substituted........................................ 49
ARTICLE NINE Supplemental Indentures...................................... 50
Section 901.Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders........... 50
Section 902.Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.............. 51
Section 903.Execution of Supplemental Indentures......................... 52
Section 904.Effect of Supplemental Indentures............................ 52
Section 905.Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.......................... 52
Section 906.Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures........... 52
ARTICLE TEN Covenants................................................... 53
Section 1001.Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.................. 53
Section 1002.Maintenance of Office or Agency............................. 53
Section 1003.Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust........... 54
Section 1004.Statement by Officers as to Default......................... 55
Section 1005.Existence................................................... 55
Section 1006.Maintenance of Properties................................... 55
Section 1007.Payment of Taxes and Other Claims........................... 55
Section 1008.Limitation on Secured Debt.................................. 56
Section 1009.Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions............... 56
Section 1010.Waiver of Certain Covenants................................. 57
ARTICLE ELEVEN Redemption of Securities.................................... 57
Section 1101.Applicability of Article.................................... 57
Section 1102.Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee....................... 57
Section 1103.Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed........... 58
Section 1104.Notice of Redemption........................................ 59
Section 1105.Deposit of Redemption Price................................. 59
Section 1106.Securities Payable on Redemption Date....................... 60
Section 1107.Securities Redeemed in Part................................. 60
ARTICLE TWELVE Sinking Funds............................................... 60
Section 1201.Applicability of Article.................................... 60
Section 1202.Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities....... 61
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Section 1203.Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund................... 61
ARTICLE THIRTEEN Defeasance and Covenant Defeasance.......................... 62
Section 1301.Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.................................................. 62
Section 1302.Defeasance and Discharge.................................... 62
Section 1303.Covenant Defeasance......................................... 62
Section 1304.Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance............. 63
Section 1305.Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held
in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.......................... 65
Section 1306.Reinstatement............................................... 65
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DOVER CORPORATION
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS INDENTURE RELATING TO SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318,
INCLUSIVE, OF THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST INDENTURE
ACT SECTION INDENTURE SECTION
Section 10(a)(1).............................................................609
(a)(2).............................................................609
(a)(3)..................................................Not Applicable
(a)(4)..................................................Not Applicable
(b)................................................................608
610
Section 311(a)...............................................................613
(b)................................................................613
Section 312(a)...............................................................701
..................................................................702
(b)................................................................702
(c)................................................................702
Section 313(a)...............................................................703
(b)................................................................703
(c)................................................................703
(d)................................................................703
Section 314(a)...............................................................704
(a)(4).............................................................101
1004
(b).....................................................Not Applicable
(c)(1).............................................................102
(c)(2).............................................................102
(c)(3)..................................................Not Applicable
(d).....................................................Not Applicable
(e)................................................................102
Section 315(a)...............................................................601
(b)................................................................602
(c)................................................................601
(d)................................................................601
(e)................................................................514
Section 316(a)...............................................................101
(a)(1)(A)..........................................................502
512
(a)(1)(B)..........................................................513
(a)(2)..................................................Not Applicable
(b)................................................................508
(c)................................................................104
Section 317(a)(1)............................................................503
(a)(2).............................................................504
(b)...............................................................1003
Section 318(a)...............................................................107
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NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a
part of the Indenture.
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INDENTURE, dated as of ______________________, between DOVER
CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (herein called the "Company"), having its principal office at
_____________________, and _____________________, a ________________ duly
organized and existing under the laws of _____________________, as Trustee
(herein called the "Trustee").
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured
debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the
"Securities"), to be issued in one or more series as in this Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the
Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the
Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and
proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as
follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the
singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the
meanings assigned to them therein;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles[, and, except as otherwise herein expressly
provided, the term "generally accepted accounting
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principles" with respect to any computation required or permitted
hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally
accepted at the date of such computation;
(4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case
may be, of this Indenture; and
(5) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other
words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to
any particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act", when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified
in Section 104.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition,
"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to
direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly,
whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms "controlling"and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the
foregoing.
"Attributable Debt" means, with respect to a lease in a Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, the total net amount of rent required to be paid during
the remaining primary term of such lease, discounted at a rate per annum equal
to the interest rate on the Securities, calculated in accordance with generally
accepted accounting practices. The net amount of rent required to be paid under
any such lease for any such period shall be the aggregate amount of rent payable
by the lessee with respect to such period after excluding amounts required to be
paid on account of maintenance, repairs, insurance, taxes, assessments, utility,
operating and labor costs and similar charges.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person authorized by the Trustee
pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of one or more series.
"Board of Directors" means either the board of directors of the Company
or any duly authorized committee of that board.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by
the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
"Business Day", when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means
each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which
banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law
or executive order to close.
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"Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests,
participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock or
other equity participation, including partnership interests, whether general or
limited, of such Person.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, from time to
time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the
execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the
duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body
performing such duties at such time.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Company" shall mean such successor Person.
"Company Request" or "Company Order" means a written request or order
signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the Board, its Vice
Chairman of the Board, its President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"Consolidated Net Tangible Assets" means the aggregate amount of assets
of the Company and its Subsidiaries after deducting (i) all liabilities other
than deferred income taxes, commercial paper, short-term bank Debt, Funded Debt
and shareholders' equity, and (ii) all goodwill and other intangibles.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Trustee
in at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be
administered.
"Corporation" means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock
company or business trust.
"Covenant Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
"Defaulted Interest" has the meaning specified in Section 307.
"Defeasance" has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
"Depositary" means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable
in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing
agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary
for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301.
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 501.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any
statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
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"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 104.
"Funded Debt" means (i) all Debt having a maturity of more than 12
months from the date as of which the determination is made or having a maturity
of 12 months or less but by its terms being renewable or extendible beyond 12
months from such date at the option of the borrower and (ii) rental obligations
payable more than 12 months from such date under leases which are capitalized in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (such rental
obligations to be included as Funded Debt at the amount so capitalized at the
date of such computation and to be included for the purposes of the definition
of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets both as an asset and as Funded Debt at the
amount so capitalized).
"Global Security" means a Security that evidences all or part of the
Securities of any series and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such
legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
"Indenture" means this instrument as originally executed and as it may
from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures
supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof,
including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental
indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture,
respectively. The term "Indenture" shall also include the terms of particular
series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301.
"Interest", when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount
Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest
payable after Maturity.
"Interest Payment Date", when used with respect to any Security, means
the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Security.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and
any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Lien" means, with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage or
deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, security
interest, lien, charge, easement (other than any easement not materially
impairing usefulness or marketability), encumbrance, preference, priority or
other security agreement, or any equivalent of any of the foregoing under the
laws of any applicable jurisdiction, on or with respect to such property or
assets (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement having substantially the same economic effect as any of the
foregoing).
"Maturity", when used with respect to any Security, means the date on
which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal becomes due
and payable as therein or
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herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of
acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
"Notice of Default" means a written notice of the kind specified in
Section 501(4) or 501(5).
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President or a Vice President, and
by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers
signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the
principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustee.
"Original Issue Discount Security" means any Security which provides
for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon
a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the
date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture, except:
(1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
(2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any
Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and
segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own
Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if
such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor
satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected
pursuant to Section 1302; and
(4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or
in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been
authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any
such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to
the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid
obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other
action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal
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amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be
Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and
payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date
pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable
at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount
of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as
specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount
of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units
which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent,
determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section
301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security
described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in
such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon
the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be
disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining
whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only
Securities which the Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.
Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as
Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the
pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee
is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of
the Company or of such other obligor.
"Paying Agent" means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political
subdivision thereof.
"Place of Payment", when used with respect to the Securities of any
series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and
interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as
contemplated by Section 301.
"Predecessor Security" of any particular Security means every previous
Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such
particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security
authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
"Principal Property" means any facility owned by the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary the gross book value of which (including related land,
improvements, machinery and equipment so owned, without deduction of any
depreciation reserves) on the date as of which the determination is being made
exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
"Redemption Date", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this
Indenture.
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"Redemption Price", when used with respect to any Security to be
redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this
Indenture.
"Regular Record Date" for the interest payable on any Interest Payment
Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose
as contemplated by Section 301.
"Restricted Subsidiary" means any Subsidiary which owns a Principal
Property.
"Sale and Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement with any lender
or investor or to which such lender or investor is a party providing for the
leasing by such Person of any property or asset of such Person which has been or
is being sold or transferred by such Person more than 180 days after the
acquisition thereof or the completion of construction or commencement of
operation thereof to such lender or investor or to any person to whom funds have
been or are to be advanced by such lender or investor on the security of such
property or asset. The stated maturity of such arrangement shall be the date of
the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such arrangement prior to
the first date on which such arrangement may be terminated by the lessee without
payment of a penalty.
"Securities" has the meaning stated in the first recital of this
Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered
under this Indenture.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute
successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Security Register" and "Security Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 305.
"Special Record Date" for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
"Stated Maturity", when used with respect to any Security or any
instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in
such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such
instalment of principal or interest is due and payable.
"Subsidiary" means (i) a corporation more than 50% of the voting stock
of which is owned by the Company and/or one or more Subsidiaries or (ii) any
other Person (other than a corporation) of which the Company and/or one or more
Subsidiaries has at least a majority ownership and power to direct the policies,
management and affairs.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
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"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such
pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter
"Trustee" shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and
if at any time there is more than one such Person, "Trustee" as used with
respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to
Securities of that series.
"U.S. Government Obligation" has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
"Vice President", when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee,
means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or
words added before or after the title "vice president".
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take
any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to
the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust
Indenture Act. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Company, or an
Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act and any other requirements set forth in
this Indenture.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a
condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include,
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate
or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions
herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions
contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual,
he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable
him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
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SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or
covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all
such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such
Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one
such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one
or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify
or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company may be based,
insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of
reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are
erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or
representations by, an officer or officers of the Company stating that the
information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the
Company, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should
know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such
matters are erroneous.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more
applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other
instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and
form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of
substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly
appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such
action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered
to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such
instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced
thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of
a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and
the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
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certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any
other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the
same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of
transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of
anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in
reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such
Security.
The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to
give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be
given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, provided that the
Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph
shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice,
declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders,
shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be
effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date
by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such
series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a
record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the
record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person
be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed
to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal
amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action
is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the
Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the
proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the
Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in
the manner set forth in Section 106.
The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of
determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join
in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of
acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute
proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in
Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any
record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be
entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such
action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable
Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of such series on such record date.
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Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting
a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set
pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect),
and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any
action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly
after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the
Company's expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action
by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in
writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner
set forth in Section 106.
With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party
hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the "Expiration
Date" and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or
later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the
proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and
to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in
Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date
is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section,
the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially
designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with
respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided
in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be
later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to
all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly
appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with
regard to all or any part of such principal amount.
SECTION 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to
be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or
filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office,
Attention: , or
(2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be
sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein
expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of its principal
office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any
other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
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SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such
notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided)
if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected
by such event, at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not later
than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any),
prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is
given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any
notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such
notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice
in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to
receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be
the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with
the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity
of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by
reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail,
then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall
constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
SECTION 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision
of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under such Act to be a part of and
govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of
this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to
apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
SECTION 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are
for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 109. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall
bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
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SECTION 110. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of
the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 111. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied,
shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors
hereunder[, the holders of Senior Debt] and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 112. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed
and enforced in accordance with the law of the State of New York.
SECTION 113. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated
Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment,
then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities
(other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal
(and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date,
but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment
with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or
Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity; provided that no interest shall
accrue for the period from and after such interest Payment Date, Redemption Date
or Stated Maturity, as the case may be.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set
forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto,
in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
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substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this
Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification
and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply
with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities,
as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series
is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an
appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to
the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on
steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined
by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of
such Securities.
SECTION 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code
and the regulations thereunder.]
DOVER CORPORATION
No. ________ $ ______________
Dover Corporation, a corporation duly organized and existing under the
laws of Delaware (herein called the "Company", which term includes any successor
Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby
promises to pay to ___________, or registered assigns, the principal sum of
___________ Dollars on ___________ [if the Security is to bear interest prior
to Maturity, insert C , and to pay interest thereon from ___________ or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for, semi-annually on ___________ and ___________ in each year,
commencing ___________, at the rate of ____% per annum, until the principal
hereof is paid or made available for payment. The interest so payable, and
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as
provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business
on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the ___________ or
___________ (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding
such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly
provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular
Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or
one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a
Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by
the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this
series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner
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not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture].
[If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert C The
principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a
default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated
Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall
bear interest at the rate of ....% per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due
until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue
principal or premium shall be payable on demand.]
Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable,
insert C any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in ___________, in such coin
or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal
tender for payment of public and private debts [if applicable, insert C;
provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be
made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Security Register].
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set
forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes
have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security
shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or
obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly
executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
DOVER CORPORATION
By:
Attest:
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SECTION 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the
Company (herein called the "Securities"), issued and to be issued in one or more
series under an Indenture, dated as of ________ (herein called the "Indenture",
which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), between
the Company and __________, as Trustee (herein called the "Trustee", which term
includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby
made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of
rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the
Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and
are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series
designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert C, limited in aggregate
principal amount to $________].
[If applicable, insert C The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, [if applicable, insert C
(1) on ____________ in any year commencing with the year _____ and ending with
the year _____ through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a
Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if
applicable, insert C on or after _____________, 19__], as a whole or in part, at
the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as
percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert C on or
before ___________, ___%, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning
___________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Redemption
Year Price Year Price
- ---- ---------- ---- ----------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ____% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert C (whether
through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to
the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or
prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the
relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert C The Securities of this series are subject to
redemption upon not less than 30 days' notice by mail, (1) on _________ in any
year commencing with the year _____ and ending with the year _____ through
operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for
redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of
the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if
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applicable, insert C on or after _____________], as a whole or in part, at the
election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than
through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period
beginning __________ of the years indicated,
Redemption Price
For Redemption Redemption Price For
Through Operation Redemption Otherwise
of the Than Through Operation
Year Sinking Fund of the Sinking Fund
- ---- ----------------- ----------------------
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the
sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption
Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more
Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant
Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
[If applicable, insert C Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may
not, prior to ____________, redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated
by [if applicable, insert C Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of,
or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or
indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company
(calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less
than ___% per annum.]
[If applicable, insert C The sinking fund for this series provides for
the redemption on ___________ in each year beginning with the year ____ and
ending with the year ____ of [if applicable, insert C not less than $__________
("mandatory sinking fund") and not more than] $__________ aggregate principal
amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or
redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert C
mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if
applicable, insert C mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be
made [if applicable, insert C, in the inverse order in which they become due].]
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[If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert C In the
event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities
of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be
issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
[If applicable, insert C The Indenture contains provisions for
defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or]
[certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this
Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in
the Indenture.]
[If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert C
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and
be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared
due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
[If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert C If an
Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be
continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be
declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the
Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to C insert formula for determining the
amount. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable
and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each
case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally
enforceable), all of the Company's obligations in respect of the payment of the
principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.]
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be
affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the
consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities at
the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains
provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount
of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the
Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company
with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the
Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of
this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all
future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration
of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not
notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the
Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding
with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or
for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given
the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of this series, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
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Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written
request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee reasonable indemnity, and the Trustee
shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of
Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with
such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60
days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing
shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the
enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon
on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security
or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which
is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and
interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or
currency, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security
Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the
office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any
premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of
this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or
transferees.
The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $_________ and any integral multiple
thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein
set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate
principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different
authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer
or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all
purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the
Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture
shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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SECTION 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the
Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A
SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE
REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE
THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
SECTION 205. Form of Trustee's Certificate of Authentication.
The Trustee's certificates of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
__________________________
As Trustee
By________________________
Authorized Officer
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated
and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303,
set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers' Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance
of Securities of any series,
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(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall
distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other
series);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107
and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are
deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
(3) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the
series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that
Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the
close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities
of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such
interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such
interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such
interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
(6) the place or places where the principal of and any premium
and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
(7) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at
which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the
series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the
Company and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which
any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be
evidenced;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or
purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or
analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the
terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be
redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral
multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the
series shall be issuable;
(10) if other than the currency of the United States of
America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the
principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series
shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent
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thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any
purpose, including for purposes of the definition of "Outstanding" in
Section 101;
(11) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the
portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502;
(12) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of
any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or
more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be
deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such
date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal
amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other
than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as
of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the
manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be
determined);
(13) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in
whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section
1302 or Section 1303 or both such Sections and, if other than by a
Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to
defease such Securities shall be evidenced;
(14) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be
issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global
Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such
Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be
borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set
forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of
those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in
which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in
whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons
other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee
thereof;
(15) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which
applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of
the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the
principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;
(16) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in
Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and
(17) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be
inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted
by Section 901(5)).
All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical
except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant
to the Board Resolution referred to
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above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner
provided, in the Officers' Certificate referred to above or in any such
indenture supplemental hereto.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken
pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action
shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and
delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers'
Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form
without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination
with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series
shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its
Chairman of the Board, its Vice Chairman of the Board, its President or one of
its Vice Presidents, under its corporate seal reproduced thereon attested by its
Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these
officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
Securities bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals
who were at any time the proper officers of the Company shall bind the Company,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such
offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not
hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of
this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the
Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance
with the Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the
form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or
pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301,
in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities
under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be
entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in
relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or
pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 201, that such
form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture;
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(2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by
or pursuant to Board Resolution as permitted by Section 301, that such
terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this
Indenture; and
(3) that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by
the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any
conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable in
accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of
general applicability relating to or affecting creditors' rights and to
general equity principles.
If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustee shall not be
required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities
pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee's own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner
which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding
paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one
time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers' Certificate otherwise
required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel
otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the
authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered
at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security
of such series to be issued.
Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a
certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any
Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security
has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder
but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such
Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all
purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the
benefits of this Indenture.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the
Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten,
mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination,
substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they
are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and
other variations as the
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officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their
execution of such Securities.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will
cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable
delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the
temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive
Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such
series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that
series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one
or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more
definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary
Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits
under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes
collectively referred to as the "Security Register") in which, subject to such
reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the
registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed "Security Registrar" for the purpose of registering Securities and
transfers of Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series
at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series,
the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in
the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities
of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and
aggregate principal amount.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged
for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of
like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to
be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so
surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
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Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or
for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly
endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the
Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient
to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection
with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than
exchanges pursuant to Section 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.
If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor)
are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that
series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of
redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and
ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register
the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or
in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only
to Global Securities:
(1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture
shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such
Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary
or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global
Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this
Indenture.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no
Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities
registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part
may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary
for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such
Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable
to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased
to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) there
shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect
to such Global Security or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if
any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified
for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
(3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global
Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all
Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion
thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such
Global Security shall direct.
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(4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global
Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section,
Section 304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such
Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company
shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange
therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal
amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence
to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii)
such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and
any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the
Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide
purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security
of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number
not contemporaneously outstanding.
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has
become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may,
instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company
may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other
expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
Every new Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in
lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original
additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be
entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with
any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the
extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or
payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
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SECTION 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with
respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable,
and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall
be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date
for such interest.
Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not
punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein
called "Defaulted Interest") shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and
such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each
case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
(1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted
Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the
close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The
Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted
Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the
date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate
amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or
shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit
prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to
be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such
Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee
shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted
Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days
prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days
after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record
Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities
of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not less than 10
days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having
been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in
whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective
Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the
following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on
the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required
by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the
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Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of
payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security
delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange
for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued
and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer,
the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such
Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium
and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other
purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall be
affected by notice to the contrary.
SECTION 309. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of
transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if
surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee
and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the
Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may
deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for
cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company
has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly
canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in
exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as
expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities held by the
Trustee shall be disposed of as directed by a Company Order.
SECTION 310. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect
(except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, at the expense of
the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, when
(1) either
(A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been
destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid
as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose
payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or
segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter
repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as
provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or
(B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to
the Trustee for cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) will become due and payable at their
Stated Maturity within one year, or
(iii) are to be called for redemption within
one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving
of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense,
of the Company,
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for
the purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the
entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to
the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become
due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the
case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums
payable hereunder by the Company; and
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(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the
obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of
the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money shall
have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of
this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last
paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust
and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this
Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent
(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may
determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and
interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
"Event of Default", wherever used herein with respect to Securities of
any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such
Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected
by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or
any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security
of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such
default for a period of 30 days; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of or any premium
on any Security of that series at its Maturity; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when
and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or
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(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or
warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or
warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in
this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been
included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of series of
Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or
breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice
specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and
stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable U.S. Federal or State or other applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or
order adjudging the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary a bankrupt or
insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under any applicable U.S.
Federal or State or other applicable law, or appointing a custodian,
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar
official of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or of any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or
liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or
order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in
effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(6) the commencement by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S.
Federal or State or other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding
to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the
entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary in an involuntary case or proceeding under any
applicable U.S. Federal or State or other applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement
of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
or relief under any applicable U.S. Federal or State or other
applicable law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or
to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or of any substantial part
of its property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit
of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay
its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate
action by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in furtherance of
any such action; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to
Securities of that series.
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SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in
Section 501(5) or 501(6)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time
Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every such case the Trustee or the
Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series
(or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities,
such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by
the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to
the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such
declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately
due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6)
with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the
principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of
that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the
principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof)
shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of
the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to
Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for
payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this
Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the
Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that
series,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any
Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than
by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon
at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is
lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee
hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel;
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that
series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of
that series which have become due solely by such declaration of
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513.
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No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any
Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default
continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the
Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such
Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue
principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates
prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further
amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs
and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and
enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by
such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual
to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of
any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any
power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any
other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee
shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act
in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such
proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and
receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims
and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee,
liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial
proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such
payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the
Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607.
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No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee
to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the
Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided,
however, that the Trustee may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election
of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors'
or other similar committee.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities
may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of
the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and
any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name
as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the
ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such
judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium
or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the
payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under
Section 607; and
SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for
principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect
of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected,
ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the
amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any
premium and interest, respectively.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to
institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy
hereunder, unless
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(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the
Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities
of that series;
(2) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request
to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of
Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee
reasonable indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be
incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice,
request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such
proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has
been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a
majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have
any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision
of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of
such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any
other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in
the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such
Holders.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of
any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to
receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such
Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall
not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce
any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been
discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to
the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any
determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and
thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue
as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
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SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment
of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of
Section 306, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee
or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and
every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and
in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter
existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any
right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities
to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair
any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or
an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law
to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case
may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the
Securities of such series, provided that
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of
law or with this Indenture, and
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the
Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the
Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such
series and its consequences, except a default
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(1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under
Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event
of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every
purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or
other default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this
Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to
file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against
any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act
shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make
such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company.
SECTION 515. Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that
it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim
or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever
enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants
or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may
lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law
and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of
every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Indenture shall require the Trustee to
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expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that
repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is
not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided,
every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of this Section.
SECTION 602. Notice of Defaults.
If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series,
the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such
default as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act; provided,
however, that in the case of any default of the character specified in Section
501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no such notice to Holders
shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof. For the
purpose of this Section, the term "default" means any event which is, or after
notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect
to Securities of such series.
SECTION 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed
or presented by the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein
shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order,
and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established
prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officers'
Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written
advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and
complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken,
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
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(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request
or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction,
consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may
make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters
as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or
attorney; and
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or
through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
SECTION 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the
Trustee's certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of
the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to
the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the
Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or
application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 605. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security
Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other
capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections
608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would
have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security
Registrar or such other agent.
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SECTION 606. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be
under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as
otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
The Company agrees
(1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to
the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to
reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses,
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in
accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its
agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or
bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the
acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim
or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of
its powers or duties hereunder.
SECTION 608. Conflicting Interests.
If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the
meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such
interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to
the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent
permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting
interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to
Securities of more than one series or a trustee under that certain indenture
dated November 14, 1995 by and beteen the Company and First National Bank of
Chicago, as trustee.
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SECTION 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of each series, which may be Trustee hereunder for
Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is
eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such has a combined
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes
reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements
of its supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section
and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and
surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article.
SECTION 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a
successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the
acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 611.
The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of
one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the
instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall
not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series.
The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities
of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the
Company.
If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after
written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a
bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months, or
(2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609
and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company
or by any such Holder, or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be
adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its
property shall be appointed
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or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of
its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation
or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the
Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months
may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court
of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all
Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting,
or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect
to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution,
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of
such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable
requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal
or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders
of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series
delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so
appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance
with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect
to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or
the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, any
Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least
six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of such series.
The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of
the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of
a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders
of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice
shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
SECTION 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall
execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal
of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request
of the Company or the
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successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges,
execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the
rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign,
transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the
retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of
one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto
wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall
contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and
confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that
or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2)
if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm
that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and
(3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts
hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or
in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the
same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts
hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by
any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the
Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such
retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such successor Trustee relates.
Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute
any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming
to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the
first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of
such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under
this Article.
SECTION 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation
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to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or
substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the
successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of
any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case
any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee
then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such
authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities
so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
SECTION 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company
(or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against
the Company (or any such other obligor).
SECTION 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect
to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf
of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original
issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof
or pursuant to Section 306, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to
the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all
purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is
made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the
Trustee or the Trustee's certificate of authentication, such reference shall be
deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an
Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of
the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be
acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and
doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof
or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such
Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then
for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such
Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately
in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or
converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting
from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent
shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding
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to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent,
shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be
otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice
thereof to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate
the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such
Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of
resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such
Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating
Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such
appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities
of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any
successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder
shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor
hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent.
No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the
provisions of this Section.
The Trustee agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to
time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, and the
Trustee shall be entitled to be reimbursed for such payments, subject to the
provisions of Section 607.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant
to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in
addition to the Trustee's certificate of authentication, an alternative
certificate of authentication in the following form:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred
to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
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As Trustee
By:
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As Authenticating Agent
By:
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Authorized Officer
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS' LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee
(1) semi-annually, not later than ________ and __________ in
each year, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require,
of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series
as of the preceding _______ or _________, as the case may be, and
(2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing,
within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a
list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days
prior to the time such list is furnished;
excluding from any such list names and addresses received by the Trustee in its
capacity as Security Registrar.
SECTION 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent
list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701 and the names and
addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security
Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in
Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to
their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding
rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust
Indenture Act.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees
with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor
any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any
disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to
the Trust Indenture Act.
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SECTION 703. Reports by Trustee.
The Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the
Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any
Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company
will notify the Trustee when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.
SECTION 704. Reports by Company.
The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and
transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such
summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the
times and in the manner provided pursuant to such Act; provided that any such
information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the
Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the
Commission.
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not, in a single transaction or a series of related
transactions, (a) consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, (b)
convey, transfer or lease, or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all of
its properties and assets to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, or (c)
permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to enter into any such transaction or
transactions if such transaction or transactions, in the aggregate, would result
in a sale, assignment, transfer, lease or disposal of all or substantially all
of the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis to any other Person or group of affiliated Persons, unless:
(1) in a transaction in which the Company consolidates with or
merges with or into another Person and is not the surviving entity of
such consolidation or merger or in which the Company directly or
indirectly sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise
disposes of all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an
entirety, (a) the Person formed by such consolidation or with or into
which the Company is merged or the Person that acquires by sale,
assignment, conveyance, transfer, lease or
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other disposition all or substantially all of the properties and assets
of the Company as an entirety (for purposes of this Article Eight, a
"Successor Company") shall be a corporation, partnership or trust,
shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United
States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and
(b) the Successor Company shall expressly assume by an indenture
supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form
satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the
principal of and interest on all the Securities and the performance of
every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be
performed or observed;
(2) immediately before and after giving effect to such
transaction and treating any Debt incurred by the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been
incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of
such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice
or lapse of time, or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have
occurred and be continuing;
(3) if, as a result of any such transaction, property and
assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary would become subject
to a Lien which would not be permitted by Section 1008, the Company or,
if applicable, the Successor Company, as the case may be, shall take
such steps as shall be necessary effectively to secure the Securities
equally and ratably with (or prior to) Debt secured by such Lien; and
(4) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers'
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such
consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a
supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction,
such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all
conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction
have been complied with.
SECTION 802. Successor Substituted.
Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company
into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties
and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with
Section 801, the Successor Company formed by such consolidation or into which
the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made
shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power
of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor
Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case
of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.
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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a
Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the
Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of
the Company herein and in the Securities; or
(2) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of
the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants
are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities,
stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the
benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein
conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of
the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional
Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of
Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are
expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or
(4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate
the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not
registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or
to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated
form; or
(5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of
this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided
that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i)
apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of
such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such
provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security
with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when
there is no such Security Outstanding; or
(6) to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of
Section 1008 or otherwise; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series
as permitted by Sections 201 and 301; or
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(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment
hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one
or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this
Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee,
pursuant to the requirements of Section 611; or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other
provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such
action pursuant to this Clause (9) shall not adversely affect the
interests of the Holders of Securities of any series.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such
supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may
enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of
adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the
Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any
instalment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the
principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium
payable upon the redemption thereof, or reduce the amount of the
principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security
which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of
the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of
Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any
premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the
Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the
Redemption Date), or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is
required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose
Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain
provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their
consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513
or Section 1010, except to increase any such percentage or to provide
that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security
affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be
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deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in
the references to "the Trustee" and concomitant changes in this Section
and Section 1010, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with
the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other
provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the
benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the
rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant
or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to
approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall
be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any
supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of
the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive,
and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an
Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the
Trustee's own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article,
this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental
indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder
of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder
shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall
conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the
execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall
if required by the Trustee, bear
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a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such
supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any
series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company,
to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company
and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding
Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of
Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium
and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of
the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of
Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented
or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered
for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture
may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the
location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any
time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or
shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations,
surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust
Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent
to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other
offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented
or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind
such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission
shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office
or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such
purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such
designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other
office or agency.
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SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with
respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the
principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a
sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein
provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any
series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying
Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities
other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in
which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions
of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the
Securities of that series, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith
pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in
respect of the Securities of that series.
The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or
by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in
trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee
upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or
such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee,
such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to
such money.
Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held
by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or
interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years
after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be
paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall
be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter,
as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof,
and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust
money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being
required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to
be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily
published on each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New
York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
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specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid
to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
The Company will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date hereof, an Officers'
Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof
the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms,
provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of
grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company shall be
in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of
which they may have knowledge.
SECTION 1005. Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all
things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence,
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the
Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer
desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and that the loss
thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.
SECTION 1006. Maintenance of Properties.
The Company will cause all properties used or useful in the conduct of
its business or the business of any Subsidiary to be maintained and kept in good
condition, repair and working order and supplied with all necessary equipment
and will cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
betterments and improvements thereof, all as in the judgment of the Company may
be necessary so that the business carried on in connection therewith may be
properly and advantageously conducted at all times; provided, however, that
nothing in this Section shall prevent the Company from discontinuing the
operation or maintenance of any of such properties if such discontinuance is, in
the judgment of the Company, desirable in the conduct of its business or the
business of any Subsidiary and not disadvantageous in any material respect to
the Holders.
SECTION 1007. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged,
before the same shall become delinquent, (1) all taxes, assessments and
governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or
upon the income, profits or property of the Company
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or any Subsidiary, and (2) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies
which, if unpaid, might by law become a lien upon the property of the Company or
any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay
or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge
or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings.
SECTION 1008. Limitation on Secured Debt.
The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to,
incur or guarantee any evidence of indebtedness for money borrowed ("Debt")
secured by a Lien on any (i) Principal Property or any part thereof, (ii)
Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary now owned or hereafter acquired by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or (iii) Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary
owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, without in any
such case (i), (ii) or (iii) effectively providing that the Securities are
secured equally and ratably with (or, at the Company's option, prior to) such
secured Debt and any other Debt required to be so secured, unless the aggregate
amount of all such secured Debt, plus all Attributable Debt of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Sale and Leaseback transactions
involving Principal Properties (with the exception of such transactions which
are excluded by the second paragraph of Section 1009), would not exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
The foregoing restriction shall not apply to, and there will be
excluded from Debt in any computation under such restriction, (i) Debt secured
by a Lien in favor of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) Debt secured
by a Lien in favor of governmental bodies to secure progress or advance payments
or payments pursuant to contracts or statute, (iii) Debt secured by a Lien on
property, Capital Stock or Debt existing at the time of acquisition thereof
(including acquisition through merger, consolidation or otherwise), (iv) Debt
incurred or guaranteed to finance the acquisition of property, Capital Stock or
Debt, or to finance construction on, or improvement or expansion of, property,
which Debt is incurred within 180 days of such acquisition or completion of
construction, improvement or expansion, and is secured solely by a Lien on the
property, Capital Stock or Debt acquired, constructed, improved or expanded, (v)
Debt consisting of industrial revenue or pollution control bonds or similar
financing secured solely by a Lien on the property the subject thereof, or (vi)
any extension, renewal or replacement of any Debt referred to in the foregoing
clauses (iii) or (iv).
SECTION 1009. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.
Neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary will enter into any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction involving any Principal Property or any part
thereof after the date of original issuance of the Securities unless the
aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries with respect to such transactions plus all secured Debt to which
the restrictions described in Section 1008 apply would not exceed 10% of
Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
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The foregoing restriction shall not apply to, and there shall be
excluded from Attributable Debt in any computation under such restriction, any
Sale and Leaseback Transaction if (i) the lease is for a period of not in excess
of three years, including renewal rights, (ii) the lease secures or relates to
industrial revenue or pollution control bonds or similar financing, (iii) the
transaction is between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between
Restricted Subsidiaries, or (iv) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,
within 180 days after the sale is completed, applies an amount equal to the
greater of (A) the net proceeds of the sale of the Principal Property leased or
(B) the fair market value of the Principal Property leased either to (1) the
retirement of Securities, other Funded Debt of the Company ranking on a parity
with the Securities, or Funded Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the
purchase of other property which will constitute a Principal Property having a
value at least equal to the value of the Principal Property leased.
SECTION 1010. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
Securities of such series, the Company may, with respect to the Securities of
any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision
or condition set forth in any covenant provided pursuant to Section 301(16),
901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in any of
Sections 1008 to 1009, inclusive, if before the time for such compliance the
Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in
such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or
condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall
become effective, the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee
in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force
and effect.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated
Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in
accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced
by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section
301 for such Securities.
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In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the
Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single
Security), the Company shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date
fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the
Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of
Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the
Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to
the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of
such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the
Trustee with an Officers' Certificate evidencing compliance with such
restriction.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed
(unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be
redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the
particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of
such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee
shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series,
provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security
shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum
authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of
such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption
affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not
previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the
Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities
selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be
redeemed.
The provisions of the two preceding paragraphs shall not apply with
respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such
Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such
redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the
Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than
the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the
portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be
redeemed.
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SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption
Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his address appearing in
the Security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date,
(2) the Redemption Price,
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any
series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed,
the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such
Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be
redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series
consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal
amount of the particular Security to be redeemed,
(4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price
will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and,
if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after
said date,
(5) the place or places where each such Security is to
be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price, and
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such
is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of
the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company's request, by the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the
Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of
money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption
Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities
which are to be redeemed on that date.
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SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so
to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the
Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the
Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any
such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest
to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such
Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the
close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the
provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon
surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until
paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in
the Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered
at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires,
due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to
the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney
duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service
charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of
any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of
the Security so surrendered.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund
for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the
terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a "mandatory sinking fund
payment", and any payment in
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excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is
herein referred to as an "optional sinking fund payment". If provided for by the
terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be
subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment
shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of
such Securities.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other
than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit
Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the
Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such
Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund
payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made
pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by
the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited
have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be
received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price,
as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall
be reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any
Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate
specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such
Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if
any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to
Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so
delivered. Not less than 45 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date,
the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund
payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the
redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company
in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner
stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1301. Company's Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The Company may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 1302
or Section 1303 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the
case may be, designated pursuant to Section 301 as being defeasible pursuant to
such Section 1302 or 1303, in accordance with any applicable requirements
provided pursuant to Section 301 and upon compliance with the conditions set
forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board
Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 301 for
such Securities.
SECTION 1302. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the
Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with
respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called
"Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be
deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such
Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities
and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at
the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the
same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated
or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully
set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any
premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company's
obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002
and 1003, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the
Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any
Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have
Section 1303 applied to such Securities.
SECTION 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Company's exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section
applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1)
the Company shall be released from its obligations under Section 801(3),
Sections 1005 through 1009, inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to
Section 301(16), 901(2) or 901(7) for the benefit of the Holders of such
Securities and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4)
(with respect to any of Section 801(3), Sections 1005 through 1009, inclusive,
and any such covenants
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provided pursuant to Section 301(16), 901(2) or 901(7)), and 501(7) shall be
deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to
such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions
set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied (hereinafter called "Covenant
Defeasance"). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with
respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have
no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any
such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section
501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere
herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to
any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this
Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section
1302 or Section 1303 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case
may be:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or
caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which
satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to
comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust
funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments,
specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the
benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money in an amount, or
(B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of
principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their
terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any
payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case
sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of
independent public accountants expressed in a written certification
thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall
be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay
and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such
Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, "U.S.
Government Obligation" means (x) any security which is (i) a direct
obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the
full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or
(ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting
as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and
credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either
case (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the
issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as
defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with
respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause
(x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such
depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of
principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so
specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount
payable to the holder
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of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in
respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of
principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
(2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has
been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since
the date of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable
Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that,
and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such
Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax
purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be
effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal
income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times
as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not
to occur.
(3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303
apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may
be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not
recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of
the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same
amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case
if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
(4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor
any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any
securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
(5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time
or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such
Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be
continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such
event specified in Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior to
the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that
this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th
day).
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of
the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within
the meaning of such Act).
(7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any
other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by
which it is bound.
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(8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not
result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an
investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act
unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from
registration thereunder.
(9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance have been complied with.
SECTION 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all
money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited
with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this
Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to
collectively as the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any
Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with
the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either
directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its
own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such
Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal
and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or
other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations
deposited pursuant to Section 1304 or the principal and interest received in
respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for
the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any
money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with
respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm
of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then
be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as
the case may be, with respect to such Securities.
SECTION 1306. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in
accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any
order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining
or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this
Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been
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discharged or released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with
respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is
permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect
to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided, however, that if
the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any
such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall
be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to
receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
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This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts
shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be
duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be hereunto affixed and
attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
DOVER CORPORATION
By:
Attest: ----------------------------------
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By:
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Attest:
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STATE OF NEW YORK)
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ______ day of ________, ____, before me personally came
___________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that
he is ___________ of Dover Corporation, one of the corporations described in and
which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said
corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal;
that it was so affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said
corporation; and that he signed his name thereto by like authority.
___________________________________
STATE OF NEW YORK)
) ss.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
On the ______ day of _________, ____, before me personally came
___________, to me known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that
he is ___________ of ___________, one of the corporations described in and which
executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation;
that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so
affixed by authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation; and that he
signed his name thereto by like authority.
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EXHIBIT 5
[Letterhead of Dover Corporation]
March 17, 1998
Dover Corporation
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Re: Form S-3 Registration Statement
for $350,000,000 Aggregate
Offering Price of Debt Securities
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I am Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Dover
Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and, as such, am generally
familiar with its affairs, records, documents and obligations. I am rendering my
opinion in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the "Securities Act"), of the registration statement on Form S-3 (the
"Registration Statement") relating to the registration by the Company of up to
$350,000,000 aggregate offering price of debt securities (the "Debt
Securities"). The Debt Securities are to be issued in one or more series
pursuant to an indenture (the "Indenture") to be entered into by the Company and
a trustee (the "Trustee").
I have been provided with a draft prospectus (the "Prospectus") which
is part of the Registration Statement. The Prospectus provides that it will be
supplemented in the future by one or more supplements to the Prospectus (each, a
"Prospectus Supplement"). I have examined the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, the form of Indenture and the originals or certified, photostatic or
facsimile copies of such records and other documents as I have deemed relevant
and necessary as the basis for the opinions set forth below. In such
examination, I have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the
genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me
as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to
me as certified, photostatic or facsimile copies and the authenticity of the
originals of such copies.
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Dover Corporation
March 17, 1998
Page 2
Based upon my examination described above, and subject to the
assumptions and qualifications stated herein, I am of the opinion that, (a) when
the Debt Securities of any series have been established in accordance with the
terms of the Indenture and approved by the Special Committee of the Board of
Directors of the Company in accordance with the resolutions authorizing the
issuance and delivery of the Debt Securities, duly authenticated by the Trustee
and duly executed and delivered on behalf of the Company against payment
therefor in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Indenture and as
contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the related
Prospectus Supplement(s), and (b) when the Registration Statement and any
required post-effective amendments thereto have all become effective under the
Securities Act, and (c) assuming that the terms of the Debt Securities as
executed and delivered are as described in the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus and the related Prospectus Supplement(s), and (d) assuming that the
Debt Securities as executed and delivered do not violate any law applicable to
the Company or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or
instrument binding upon the Company, and (e) assuming that the Debt Securities
as executed and delivered comply with all requirements and restrictions, if any,
applicable to the Company, whether imposed by any court or governmental or
regulatory body having jurisdiction over the Company, the Debt Securities of
such series will constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable against the Company in accordance with the terms of such Debt
Securities.
The foregoing opinion is limited to the federal securities laws of the
United States, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the laws
of the State of New York. The foregoing opinion is also subject to (i)
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and
other similar laws now or hereafter in effect relating to or affecting the
rights and remedies of creditors; (ii) general principles of equity, including
concepts of materiality, reasonableness, conscionability, good faith and fair
dealing. In addition, I express no opinion with respect to whether acceleration
of Debt Securities may affect the collectibility of any portion of the stated
principal amount thereof which might be determined to constitute unearned
interest thereon.
I assume for purposes of this opinion that, at the time of the issuance
of any Debt Securities, (i) the Indenture will have been duly executed and
delivered by the Company; (ii) the Trustee will be duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of
organization; (iii) the Trustee will be duly qualified to engage in the
activities contemplated by the Indenture; (iv) the Indenture will have been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee and will constitute a legal
valid and binding obligation of the Trustee, enforceable against the Trustee in
accordance with its terms; (v) the Trustee will be in compliance, generally and
with respect to acting as Trustee under the Indenture, with all applicable laws
and regulations; and (vi) the Trustee will have the requisite legal power and
authority to perform its obligations under the Indenture.
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March 17, 1998
Page 3
I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference of my name under the caption "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus included therein. In giving this consent, I do not
thereby admit that I am within the category of persons whose consent is required
under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Robert G. Kuhbach
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EXHIBIT 12
DOVER CORPORATION
STATEMENT REGARDING COMPUTATION OF EARNINGS
(dollar amounts in thousands)
Year Ended December 31,
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1993 1994 1995 1996 1997
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Earnings from continuing
operations before
income taxes $245,542 $306,859 $417,111 $588,725 $616,836
Add Fixed Charges:
Interest Expense 22,338 36,461 40,113 41,977 46,888
Rent Expense 8,308 8,639 9,118 11,083 11,116
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Total Fixed Charges $ 30,646 $ 45,100 $ 49,231 $ 53,060 $ 58,004
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Earnings as Adjusted $276,188 $351,959 $466,342 $641,785 $674,840
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Ratio of Earnings to Fixed
Charges 9.0x 7.8x 9.5x 12.1x 11.6x
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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on
Form S-3 of our report dated February 6, 1998 on our audits of the consolidated
financial statements of Dover Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31,
1997 and 1996 and for the years ended December 31, 1997, 1996 and 1995, and of
our report dated February 14, 1997 on our audits of the consolidated financial
statements and financial statement schedule of Dover Corporation and
subsidiaries as of December 31, 1996 and 1995 and for the years ended December
31, 1996 and 1995. We also consent to the reference to our firm under the
caption "Experts".
Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.
New York, New York
March 17, 1998
