FORM S-3ASR
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
July 8, 2009
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D. C.
20549
Form S-3
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933
Kennametal Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as
specified in its charter)
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Pennsylvania
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25-0900168
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(State or other jurisdiction
of
incorporation or organization)
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(I. R. S. Employer
Identification No.)
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World Headquarters
1600 Technology Way
P.O. Box 231
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
15650-0231
(724) 539-5000
(Address, including zip code,
and telephone number, including area code, of registrants
principal executive offices)
David W. Greenfield
Vice President, Secretary and
General Counsel
Kennametal Inc.
World Headquarters
1600 Technology Way
P.O. Box 231
Latrobe, PA
15650-0231
(724) 539-5000
(Name, address, including zip
code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for
service)
Copies to:
Lewis U. Davis, Jr.
Ronald Basso
Buchanan Ingersoll &
Rooney PC
One Oxford Centre, 20th
Floor
301 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
(412) 562-8800
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the
public: From time to time after the effective
date of this registration statement.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being
offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans,
check the following
box. o
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
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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. o
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Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following
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the earlier effective registration statement for the same
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If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that
shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant
to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the
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box. þ
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statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed
to register additional securities or additional classes of
securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large
accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of
large accelerated filer, accelerated
filer and smaller reporting company in Rule
12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
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CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE(1)
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Proposed Maximum
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Amount
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Offering
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Registration
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to be Registered
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Fee
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Debt Securities
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Warrants
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Capital Stock, $1.25 par value (including associated
preferred stock purchase rights)
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Preferred Stock, no par value
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Purchase Contracts
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(1) |
An unspecified amount of securities of each identified class of
securities to be registered is being registered for possible
issuance from time to time at indeterminate prices pursuant to
this registration statement. The registrant is deferring payment
of the registration fee pursuant to Rule 456(b) and is omitting
this information in reliance on Rule 456(b) and Rule 457(r).
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Prospectus
Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Debt Securities
Warrants
Purchase Contracts
Units and Depositary
Shares
We may offer from time to time capital stock, par value $1.25
per share (common stock), preferred stock, debt securities,
warrants, purchase contracts, units or depositary shares. We may
offer and sell these securities to or through one or more
underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on
a continuous or delayed basis. In addition, certain selling
securityholders to be identified in a prospectus supplement may
offer and sell these securities from time to time, in amounts,
at prices and on terms that will be determined at the time the
securities are offered. Our common stock is listed on the New
York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol KMT.
This prospectus describes some of the general terms that may
apply to these securities. The specific terms of any securities
to be offered will be described in a supplement to this
prospectus. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or
change information contained in this prospectus. We urge you to
read this prospectus and the applicable accompanying prospectus
supplement, together with the documents we incorporate by
reference, carefully before you make your investment decision.
This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless
accompanied by a prospectus supplement.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state
securities commission has approved or disapproved of these
securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
offense.
The date of this prospectus is July 8, 2009.
ABOUT
THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC,
utilizing a shelf registration process. Under this
shelf process, we may sell any combination of the securities
described in this prospectus in one or more offerings. This
prospectus provides you with a general description of the
securities we may offer. Each time we sell securities, we will
provide a prospectus supplement that will contain specific
information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus
supplement may also add, update or change information contained
in this prospectus. If there is any inconsistency between the
information in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement,
you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement.
You should read both this prospectus and any prospectus
supplement together with additional information described under
the heading Where You Can Find More Information.
We have filed or incorporated by reference exhibits to the
registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.
You should read the exhibits carefully for provisions that may
be important to you.
Except as otherwise specifically noted, we,
our, us and similar words
and/or
Kennametal and the Company in this
prospectus refer to Kennametal Inc.
KENNAMETAL
INC.
We are a leading global supplier of tooling, engineered
components and advanced materials consumed in production
processes. We specialize in developing and manufacturing
metalworking tools and wear-resistant parts using a specialized
type of powder metallurgy. We operate in two business segments:
Metalworking Solutions & Services Group (MSSG) and
Advanced Materials Solutions Group (AMSG).
Our MSSG segment provides consumable metalcutting tools and
tooling systems to manufacturing companies in a wide range of
industries throughout the world. Metalcutting operations include
turning, boring, threading, grooving, milling and drilling. Our
tooling systems consist of a steel toolholder and cutting tool
such as an indexable insert or drill made from cemented tungsten
carbides, ceramics, cermets or other hard materials. During a
metalworking operation, the toolholder is positioned in a
machine that provides turning power. While the workpiece or
toolholder is rapidly rotating, the cutting tool insert or drill
contacts the workpiece and cuts or shapes the workpiece. The
cutting tool insert or drill is consumed during use and must be
replaced periodically.
Our AMSG segments principal business lines include the
production and sale of cemented tungsten carbide products used
in mining, highway construction and engineered applications
requiring wear and corrosion resistance, including compacts and
other similar applications. These products have technical
commonality to our metalworking products. Additionally, we
manufacture and market engineered components with a proprietary
metal cladding technology as well as other hard materials that
likewise provide wear resistance and life extension. These
products include radial bearings used for directional drilling
for oil and gas, extruder barrels used by plastics manufacturers
and food processors and numerous other engineered components to
service a wide variety of industrial markets. We also sell
metallurgical powders to manufacturers of cemented tungsten
carbide products, intermetallic composite ceramic powders and
parts used in the metalized film industry, and we provide
application-specific component design services and
on-site
application support services. Lastly, we provide our customers
with engineered component process technology and materials,
which focus on component deburring, polishing and producing
controlled radii.
Kennametal Inc. was incorporated in Pennsylvania in 1943. The
principal executive office of Kennametal Inc. is located at
World Headquarters, 1600 Technology Way, P.O. Box 231,
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
15650-0231,
and the telephone number at that address is
(724) 539-5000.
Our website is located at www.kennametal.com. The information on
our website is not part of this prospectus.
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RISK
FACTORS
Investing in our securities involves risks. You should carefully
consider the risks described under Risk Factors in
our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, which is incorporated
herein by reference, as well as the other information contained
or incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement hereto before making a decision to invest
in our securities.
FORWARD-LOOKING
INFORMATION
This prospectus (including the documents incorporated by
reference) contain forward-looking statements within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933
and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Forward-looking statements are statements that do not relate
strictly to historical or current facts. You can identify
forward-looking statements by the fact they use words such as
should, anticipate,
estimate, approximate,
expect, may, will,
project, intend, plan,
believe and other words of similar meaning and
expression in connection with any discussion of future operating
or financial performance or events. Forward-looking statements
in this prospectus may concern, among other things,
Kennametals expectations regarding our strategy, goals,
plans and projections regarding our financial position,
liquidity and capital resources, results of operations, market
position, and product development, all of which are based on
current expectations that involve inherent risks and
uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause the actual
results to differ materially from those indicated in the
forward-looking statements are risks and uncertainties related
to:
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the recent downturn in our industry;
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a deepening or prolonged global economic recession;
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restructuring and related actions (including associated costs
and anticipated benefits);
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compliance with our debt arrangements;
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availability and cost of the raw materials we use to manufacture
our products;
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our ability to protect our intellectual property in foreign
jurisdictions;
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our foreign operations and international markets, such as
currency exchange rates, different regulatory environments,
trade barriers, exchange controls, and social and political
instability;
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energy costs;
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commodity prices;
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competition;
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integrating recent acquisitions, as well as any future
acquisitions, and achieving the expected savings and synergies;
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business divestitures;
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demands on management resources;
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future terrorist attacks or acts of war;
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labor relations;
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demand for and market acceptance of new and existing
products; and
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implementation of environmental remediation matters.
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Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize,
or should the assumptions underlying the forward-looking
statements prove incorrect, actual outcomes could vary
materially from those indicated. These and other risks are more
fully described in the Risk Factors section in this
prospectus and our Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, and in our other
periodic filings with the
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Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation
to release publicly any revisions to forward-looking statements
as a result of future events or developments.
USE OF
PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise indicated in a prospectus supplement, the net
proceeds from the sale of the securities will be used for
general corporate purposes, including working capital,
acquisitions, retirement of debt and other business
opportunities. In the case of a sale by a selling
securityholder, we will not receive any of the proceeds from
such sale.
RATIO OF
EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
The following table sets forth our ratio of earnings to fixed
charges for the periods indicated.
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Nine months
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March 31,
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Twelve months ended June 30,
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2008
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Income (loss) from continuing operations before income taxes and
minority interest
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234,812
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249,496
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$
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37,432
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Fixed charges:
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29,141
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31,019
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Fixed Charges
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12.9
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Earnings were insufficient to cover fixed charges for the nine
months ended March 31, 2009 by $87.4 million primarily
due to non-cash pre-tax charges for impairment of goodwill and
intangible assets of $111.0 million and pre-tax charges of
$52.8 million related to the companys restructuring
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DESCRIPTION
OF SECURITIES
This prospectus contains a summary of the securities Kennametal
or certain selling securityholders to be identified in a
prospectus supplement may sell. These summaries are not meant to
be a complete description of each security. However, this
prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement contain
the material terms of the securities being offered.
DESCRIPTION
OF KENNAMETAL CAPITAL STOCK
The following summary of the terms of our capital stock is not
meant to be complete and is qualified by reference to the
relevant provisions of the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, our Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
(the Restated Articles) and our Restated Bylaws (the
Bylaws). Copies of the Restated Articles and Bylaws
have been filed with the SEC, are incorporated herein by
reference, and will be sent to you at no charge upon request.
See Where you can find more information.
General
Our authorized capital stock consists of 120,000,000 shares
of capital stock, par value $1.25 per share (the Common
Stock), and 5,000,000 shares of Class A
Preferred Stock, no par value (the Preferred Stock),
the rights and preferences of which may be established from time
to time by our board of directors (the Board of
Directors or Board). As of June 30, 2009,
73,233,255 shares of Common Stock were outstanding and were
held by approximately 2,425 holders. No shares of Preferred
Stock were issued or outstanding as of June 30, 2009.
Common
Stock
Each share of our Common Stock is entitled to one vote on all
matters requiring a vote of shareholders and, subject to the
rights of the holders of any outstanding shares of Preferred
Stock, each shareholder is entitled to receive any dividends, in
cash, securities or property, as our Board may declare.
Pennsylvania law prohibits the payment of dividends or the
repurchase of our shares if we are insolvent or if we would
become insolvent after the dividend or repurchase. In the event
of our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, either
voluntarily or involuntarily, subject to the rights of the
holders of any outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, holders of
Common Stock are entitled to share pro-rata in all of our
remaining assets available for distribution. The Common Stock
issued by this prospectus will, when issued, be fully paid and
nonassessable and will not have, or be subject to, any
preemptive or similar rights.
Preferred
Stock
Under Pennsylvania law and our Restated Articles, the Board of
Directors, without further action by the shareholders, is
authorized to designate and issue in series Preferred Stock
and to fix as to any series the annual dividend or dividend
rate, the relative priority as to dividends, redemption prices,
preferences on dissolution, the terms of any sinking fund,
voting rights, conversion rights, if any, and any other
preferences or special rights and qualifications. The Board of
Directors has authorized 500,000 shares of Series One
Preferred Stock for use in the Rights Agreement (as defined
below). See Rights Agreement below.
If we issue Preferred Stock, it may rank senior to the Common
Stock with respect to the payment of dividends or amounts upon
liquidation, dissolution or winding up, or both. In addition,
shares of Preferred Stock may have class or series voting
rights. Issuances of Preferred Stock, while providing the
Company with flexibility in connection with general corporate
purposes, may, among other things, have an adverse effect on the
rights of holders of Common Stock. We have no present plans to
issue any Preferred Stock.
Covenant
Restrictions
In March 2006 we entered into a five-year, multi-currency,
revolving credit facility with Bank of America, N.A., London
Branch, as Euro Swingline Lender, Keybank National Association
and National City Bank of Pennsylvania, as co-syndication
agents, PNC Bank, National Association and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as
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co-documentation agents, and Bank of America, N.A., as
administrative agent, and we entered into Amendment No. 1
to that facility on July 6, 2009 (the Credit
Facility). The Credit Facility contains financial and
operating covenants, including restrictions on our ability to,
among other things, incur additional debt, make advances and
investments, create, incur or permit the existence of certain
liens, and make loans or guarantees, and requires us to achieve
and maintain certain financial ratios, including minimum
consolidated interest coverage ratio and maximum consolidated
leverage ratio and to grant security in limited circumstances.
Securities issued by us in the future, including debt
securities, and future credit agreements may contain various
restrictive covenants similar or in addition to the covenants
described above.
Anti-Takeover
Provisions in our Charter and Bylaws
Certain provisions of the Restated Articles and Bylaws could
have an anti-takeover effect. These provisions are intended to
enhance the likelihood of continuity and stability in the
composition of our Board of Directors and in the policies
formulated by it. They may also discourage an unsolicited
takeover of us if the Board of Directors determines that the
takeover is not in the best interests of us and our
shareholders. These provisions could have the effect of
discouraging certain attempts to acquire us or remove incumbent
management even if some or a majority of shareholders deemed
such an attempt to be in their best interests.
The provisions in the Restated Articles and Bylaws include:
(i) the classification of the Board of Directors into three
classes; (ii) a procedure which requires shareholders to
nominate directors in advance of a meeting to elect such
directors; and (iii) the authority to issue additional
shares of Common Stock or Preferred Stock without shareholder
approval.
The Restated Articles also include a provision requiring the
affirmative vote of the holders of 75% of our outstanding stock
to approve certain mergers or other business combinations or
transactions with five percent shareholders; a provision
requiring the affirmative vote of the holders of 75% of our
outstanding stock to remove the entire Board of Directors, a
class of the Board of Directors, any individual member of the
Board of Directors without cause, or to increase the size of the
Board of Directors to more than twelve members or decrease the
size of the Board of Directors to fewer than eight members; a
provision requiring, in the case of repurchases at a premium
over market by us from certain four percent Shareholders (as
defined in the Restated Articles), the affirmative vote of the
holders of voting power of an amount of shares equal to the
voting power of the four percent shareholder plus a majority of
the voting power of the other shares not held by the four
percent shareholder; and a provision requiring the affirmative
vote of a majority of our outstanding stock held by
disinterested shareholders to approve certain business
combinations involving a stockholder who beneficially owns more
than 10% of our voting power, unless certain minimum price, form
of consideration and procedural requirements are satisfied or
the transaction is approved by a majority of disinterested
directors.
Pursuant to the Restated Articles, the Board of Directors is
permitted to consider the effects of a change in control on our
non-shareholder constituencies, such as our employees,
suppliers, creditors, customers and the communities in which we
operate. Pursuant to this provision, the Board of Directors may
be guided by factors in addition to price and other financial
considerations.
The Bylaws provide that any shareholder who desires to present a
nomination of person(s) for election to the Board of Directors
or a proposal of other business at a shareholders meeting
(a Proponent) must first provide timely written
notice to the Secretary. The Bylaws set forth the deadlines for
submitting such advance notice. The advance notice must set
forth in reasonable detail (i) as to each person the
shareholder proposes to nominate for election to the Board of
Directors, information concerning the proposed nominee,
including such nominees consent to serve as a director if
elected and other specific information called for by the Bylaws,
or (ii) as to any other business that the shareholder
proposes to bring before the meeting, a description of the
substance of the proposal. The advance notice must include all
such information regarding the Proponents proposal
and/or
nominee(s) which would have been required to be included in a
proxy statement filed pursuant to the proxy rules of the
Securities and Exchange Commission had the nomination or other
proposal been made by the Board of Directors. The advance notice
must also include a representation from the Proponent that such
person is a shareholder of record and intends to appear in
person or by proxy at the meeting to
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present the nomination or other proposal specified in the notice
and a description of all arrangements or understandings between
the Proponent and any other person or persons (naming such
persons) pursuant to which the nomination or other proposal is
to be made by the Proponent.
PBCL
Anti-Takeover Provisions
The Pennsylvania Business Corporation Law (the PBCL)
contains a number of statutory anti-takeover
provisions, including Subchapters E, F, G and H of
Chapter 25 and Sections 2521, 2524 and 2538 of the
PBCL, which apply automatically to a Pennsylvania registered
corporation (usually a public company) unless the corporation
elects to opt-out of those provisions. We are a Pennsylvania
registered corporation, and as a result we are subject to the
anti-takeover provisions described below. Descriptions of the
anti-takeover provisions are qualified in their entirety by
reference to the PBCL.
Subchapter E (relating to control transactions) generally
provides that if any person or group acquires 20% or more of our
voting power, the remaining holders of voting shares may demand
from such person or group the fair value of their voting shares,
including a proportionate amount of any control premium.
Subchapter F (relating to business combinations) generally
delays for five years and imposes conditions upon business
combinations between an interested shareholder
and us. The term business combination is defined
broadly to include various transactions between a corporation
and an interested shareholder including mergers, sales or leases
of specified amounts of assets, liquidations, reclassifications
and issuances of specified amounts of additional shares of stock
of the corporation. An interested shareholder is
defined generally as the beneficial owner of at least 20% of a
corporations voting shares.
Section 2521 of the PBCL provides that shareholders are not
entitled to call special meetings of the shareholders and our
Bylaws do not give shareholders any right to call special
meetings.
Section 2524 provides that shareholders cannot act by
partial written consent unless permitted in the articles of
incorporation.
Section 2538 of the PBCL generally establishes certain
shareholder approval requirements with respect to specified
transactions with interested shareholders.
We have elected to opt out of Subchapters G and H of
Chapter 25 of the PBCL. Subchapter G would have required a
shareholder vote to accord voting rights to control shares
acquired by a 20% shareholder in a control-share acquisition.
Subchapter H would have required a person or group to disgorge
to us any profits received from a sale of our equity securities
within 18 months after the person or group acquired,
offered to acquire or publicly disclosed an intention to acquire
20% of our voting power or publicly disclosed an intention to
acquire control of us.
Transfer
Agent and Registrar
BNY Mellon Shareowner Services is the Transfer Agent and
Registrar for the Common Stock.
Rights
Agreement
We have adopted a rights plan pursuant to which the Board
authorized and we distributed one preferred stock purchase right
(each a right) for each outstanding share of Common
Stock at the close of business on September 5, 2000. The
terms of the rights are governed by a Rights Agreement between
the Company and BNY Mellon Shareowner Services (formerly
ChaseMellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C.), as Rights Agent,
dated as of November 2, 2000, as amended by the First
Amendment to Rights Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2004
(the Rights Agreement). The rights, which currently
are automatically transferred with the related shares of Common
Stock, and may be transferred only in connection with the
transfer of the underlying shares of Common Stock (including a
transfer to the Company), entitle the holder to purchase one
one-hundredth of a share of Series One Preferred Stock at a
price of $120 (subject to certain adjustments). Pursuant to the
2-for-1
stock split effected on December 17, 2007, the rights were
automatically adjusted such that one-half of a right attached to
each post-split share of Common Stock.
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Subject to certain restrictions, the rights become exercisable
only if a person or group of persons acquires or intends to make
a tender offer for 20% or more of our Common Stock. If any
person acquires 20% of the Common Stock, each right will entitle
the shareholder to receive upon exercise that number of shares
of Common Stock having a market value of two times the exercise
price. If we are acquired in a merger or certain other business
combinations, each right then will entitle the shareholder to
purchase at the exercise price, that number of shares of the
acquiring company having a market value at the time of the
transaction of two times the exercise price.
The rights will expire on November 2, 2010, and are subject
to redemption in certain circumstances by us at a redemption
price of $0.01 per right.
This description of the Rights Agreement does not purport to be
complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
Rights Agreement, a copy of which has been filed with the SEC as
an exhibit in the Registration Statement of which this
Prospectus forms a part. For a more detailed description of the
Rights Agreement, see our
Form 8-A
filed with the SEC on October 10, 2000 and our
Form 8-K
filed with the SEC on October 6, 2004 with respect to the
rights and incorporated by reference into this prospectus.
DESCRIPTION
OF DEBT SECURITIES
The debt securities will be our direct unsecured general
obligations. The debt securities will be either senior debt
securities or subordinated debt securities. The debt securities
that are sold may be exchangeable for
and/or
convertible into Common Stock or any of the other securities
that may be sold under this prospectus. The debt securities will
be issued under one or more separate indentures between us and a
bank or trust company that has its principal office in the U.S.,
as trustee. Senior debt securities will be issued under a senior
indenture. Subordinated debt securities will be issued under a
subordinated indenture. Each of the senior indenture and the
subordinated indenture is referred to as an indenture. The
material terms of any indenture will be set forth in the
applicable prospectus supplement.
DESCRIPTION
OF WARRANTS
We may issue warrants to purchase our debt or equity securities
or securities of third parties or other rights, including rights
to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value,
rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies,
securities or indices, or any combination of the foregoing.
Warrants may be issued independently or together with any other
securities and may be attached to, or separate from, such
securities. Each series of warrants will be issued under a
separate warrant agreement to be entered into between us and a
warrant agent. The terms of any warrants to be issued and a
description of the material provisions of the applicable warrant
agreement will be set forth in the applicable prospectus
supplement.
DESCRIPTION
OF PURCHASE CONTRACTS
We may issue purchase contracts for the purchase or sale of:
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debt or equity securities issued by us or securities of third
parties, a basket of such securities, an index or indices of
such securities or any combination of the above as specified in
the applicable prospectus supplement;
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currencies; or
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commodities.
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Each purchase contract will entitle the holder thereof to
purchase or sell, and obligate us to sell or purchase, on
specified dates, such securities, currencies or commodities at a
specified purchase price, which may be based on a formula, all
as set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may,
however, satisfy our obligations, if any, with respect to any
purchase contract by delivering the cash value of such purchase
contract or the cash value of the property otherwise deliverable
or, in the case of purchase contracts on underlying currencies,
by delivering the underlying currencies, as set forth in the
applicable prospectus
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supplement. The applicable prospectus supplement will also
specify the methods by which the holders may purchase or sell
such securities, currencies or commodities and any acceleration,
cancellation or termination provisions or other provisions
relating to the settlement of a purchase contract.
The purchase contracts may require us to make periodic payments
to the holders thereof or vice versa, which payments may be
deferred to the extent set forth in the applicable prospectus
supplement, and those payments may be unsecured or prefunded on
some basis. The purchase contracts may require the holders
thereof to secure their obligations in a specified manner to be
described in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Alternatively, purchase contracts may require holders to satisfy
their obligations thereunder when the purchase contracts are
issued. Our obligation to settle such pre-paid purchase
contracts on the relevant settlement date may constitute
indebtedness. Accordingly, pre-paid purchase contracts will be
issued under either the senior indenture or the subordinated
indenture.
DESCRIPTION
OF UNITS
As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may
issue units consisting of one or more purchase contracts,
warrants, debt securities, shares of preferred stock, shares of
common stock or any combination of such securities.
DESCRIPTION
OF DEPOSITARY SHARES
As specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, we may
issue fractional interests in shares of Preferred Stock, rather
than shares of Preferred Stock, containing such rights and
subject to such terms and conditions as we may specify. If we
exercise that option, we will provide for a depositary to issue
receipts for depositary shares, each of which will represent a
fractional interest in a share of Preferred Stock. The shares of
Preferred Stock underlying the depositary shares will be
deposited under a separate deposit agreement between us and a
bank or trust company depositary that has its principal office
in the U.S. The prospectus supplement will include the name
and address of the depositary.
FORMS OF
SECURITIES
Each debt security, warrant, unit or depositary share will be
represented either by a certificate issued in definitive form to
a particular investor or by one or more global securities
representing the entire issuance of securities. Certificated
securities in definitive form and global securities will be
issued in registered form. Definitive securities name you or
your nominee as the owner of the security, and in order to
transfer or exchange these securities or to receive payments
other than interest or other interim payments, you or your
nominee must physically deliver the securities to the trustee,
registrar, paying agent or other agent, as applicable. Global
securities name a depositary or its nominee as the owner of the
debt securities, warrants or units represented by these global
securities. The depositary maintains a computerized system that
will reflect each investors beneficial ownership of the
securities through an account maintained by the investor with
its broker/dealer, bank, trust company or other representative,
as we explain more fully below.
Registered
Global Securities
We may issue the registered debt securities, warrants and units
in the form of one or more fully registered global securities
that will be deposited with a depositary or its nominee
identified in the applicable prospectus supplement and
registered in the name of that depositary or nominee. In those
cases, one or more registered global securities will be issued
in a denomination or aggregate denominations equal to the
portion of the aggregate principal or face amount of the
securities to be represented by registered global securities.
Unless and until it is exchanged in whole for securities in
definitive registered form, a registered global security may not
be transferred except as a whole by and among the depositary for
the registered global security, the nominees of the depositary
or any successors of the depositary or those nominees.
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If not described below, any specific terms of the depositary
arrangement with respect to any securities to be represented by
a registered global security will be described in the prospectus
supplement relating to those securities. We anticipate that the
following provisions will apply to all depositary arrangements.
Ownership of beneficial interests in a registered global
security will be limited to persons, called participants, that
have accounts with the depositary or persons that may hold
interests through participants. Upon the issuance of a
registered global security, the depositary will credit, on its
book-entry registration and transfer system, the
participants accounts with the respective principal or
face amounts of the securities beneficially owned by the
participants. Any dealers, underwriters or agents participating
in the distribution of the securities will designate the
accounts to be credited. Ownership of beneficial interests in a
registered global security will be shown on, and the transfer of
ownership interests will be effected only through, records
maintained by the depositary, with respect to interests of
participants, and on the records of participants, with respect
to interests of persons holding through participants. The laws
of some states may require that some purchasers of securities
take physical delivery of these securities in definitive form.
These laws may impair your ability to own, transfer or pledge
beneficial interests in registered global securities.
So long as the depositary, or its nominee, is the registered
owner of a registered global security, that depositary or its
nominee, as the case may be, will be considered the sole owner
or holder of the securities represented by the registered global
security for all purposes under the applicable indenture,
warrant agreement or unit agreement. Except as described below,
owners of beneficial interests in a registered global security
will not be entitled to have the securities represented by the
registered global security registered in their names, will not
receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of the
securities in definitive form and will not be considered the
owners or holders of the securities under the applicable
indenture, warrant agreement or unit agreement. Accordingly,
each person owning a beneficial interest in a registered global
security must rely on the procedures of the depositary for that
registered global security and, if that person is not a
participant, on the procedures of the participant through which
the person owns its interest, to exercise any rights of a holder
under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit
agreement. We understand that under existing industry practices,
if we request any action of holders or if an owner of a
beneficial interest in a registered global security desires to
give or take any action that a holder is entitled to give or
take under the applicable indenture, warrant agreement or unit
agreement, the depositary for the registered global security
would authorize the participants holding the relevant beneficial
interests to give or take that action, and the participants
would authorize beneficial owners owning through them to give or
take that action or would otherwise act upon the instructions of
beneficial owners holding through them.
Principal, premium, if any, and interest payments on debt
securities, and any payments to holders with respect to warrants
or units, represented by a registered global security registered
in the name of a depositary or its nominee will be made to the
depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered
owner of the registered global security. None of Kennametal, the
trustees, the warrant agents, the unit agents or any other agent
of Kennametal, agent of the trustees or agent of the warrant
agents or unit agents will have any responsibility or liability
for any aspect of the records relating to payments made on
account of beneficial ownership interests in the registered
global security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any
records relating to those beneficial ownership interests.
We expect that the depositary for any of the securities
represented by a registered global security, upon receipt of any
payment of principal, premium, interest or other distribution of
underlying securities or other property to holders on that
registered global security, will immediately credit
participants accounts in amounts proportionate to their
respective beneficial interests in that registered global
security as shown on the records of the depositary. We also
expect that payments by participants to owners of beneficial
interests in a registered global security held through
participants will be governed by standing customer instructions
and customary practices, as is now the case with the securities
held for the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered
in street name, and will be the responsibility of
those participants.
If the depositary for any of these securities represented by a
registered global security is at any time unwilling or unable to
continue as depositary or ceases to be a clearing agency
registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and a
successor depositary registered as a clearing agency under the
Securities
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Exchange Act of 1934 is not appointed by us within 90 days,
we will issue securities in definitive form in exchange for the
registered global security that had been held by the depositary.
Any securities issued in definitive form in exchange for a
registered global security will be registered in the name or
names that the depositary gives to the relevant trustee, warrant
agent, unit agent or other relevant agent of ours or theirs. It
is expected that the depositarys instructions will be
based upon directions received by the depositary from
participants with respect to ownership of beneficial interests
in the registered global security that had been held by the
depositary.
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PLAN OF
DISTRIBUTION
Kennametal
and/or the
selling securityholders, if applicable, may sell the securities
in one or more of the following ways (or in any combination)
from time to time:
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through underwriters or dealers;
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directly to a limited number of purchasers or to a single
purchaser; or
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through agents.
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The prospectus supplement will state the terms of the offering
of the securities, including:
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the name or names of any underwriters, dealers or agents;
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the purchase price of such securities and the proceeds to be
received by Kennametal, if any;
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any underwriting discounts or agency fees and other items
constituting underwriters or agents compensation;
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any initial public offering price;
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any discounts or concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to
dealers; and
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any securities exchanges on which the securities may be listed.
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Any initial public offering price and any discounts or
concessions allowed or reallowed or paid to dealers may be
changed from time to time.
If we and/or
the selling securityholders, if applicable, use underwriters in
the sale, the securities will be acquired by the underwriters
for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one
or more transactions, including:
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negotiated transactions;
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at a fixed public offering price or prices, which may be changed;
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at market prices prevailing at the time of sale;
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at prices related to prevailing market prices; or
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at negotiated prices.
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Unless otherwise stated in a prospectus supplement, the
obligations of the underwriters to purchase any securities will
be conditioned on customary closing conditions and the
underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of such series of
securities, if any are purchased.
We and/or
the selling securityholders, if applicable, may sell the
securities through agents from time to time. The prospectus
supplement will name any agent involved in the offer or sale of
the securities and any commissions we pay to them. Generally,
any agent will be acting on a best efforts basis for the period
of its appointment.
We and/or
the selling securityholders, if applicable, may authorize
underwriters, dealers or agents to solicit offers by certain
purchasers to purchase the securities from Kennametal at the
public offering price set forth in the prospectus supplement
pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and
delivery on a specified date in the future. The contracts will
be subject only to those conditions set forth in the prospectus
supplement, and the prospectus supplement will set forth any
commissions we pay for solicitation of these contracts.
Underwriters and agents may be entitled under agreements entered
into with Kennametal
and/or the
selling securityholders, if applicable, to indemnification by
Kennametal
and/or the
selling securityholders, if applicable, against certain civil
liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or
to contribution with respect to payments which the underwriters
or agents may be required to make. Underwriters and agents may
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be customers of, engage in transactions with, or perform
services for Kennametal and its affiliates in the ordinary
course of business.
Each series of securities other than the Common Stock, which is
listed on the New York Stock Exchange, will be a new issue of
securities and will have no established trading market. Any
underwriters to whom securities are sold for public offering and
sale may make a market in the securities, but such underwriters
will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market
making at any time without notice. The securities, other than
the Common Stock, may or may not be listed on a national
securities exchange.
WHERE YOU
CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
Kennametal files annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy
statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and
copy any reports, statements or other information that
Kennametal files at the SECs public reference room at
100 F Street, N.E., Washington D.C. 20549. Please call
the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330
for more information on the public reference rooms.
Kennametals SEC filings are also available to the public
from commercial retrieval services, at the website maintained by
the SEC at www.sec.gov, and on Kennametals website at
www.kennametal.com. Reports, proxy statements and other
information are also available for inspection at the offices of
the New York Stock Exchange, 20 Broad Street, New York, New
York 10005.
We filed a registration statement on
Form S-3
to register with the SEC the Kennametal securities we may offer
and sell pursuant to this prospectus. This prospectus is a part
of that registration statement. As allowed by SEC rules, this
prospectus does not contain all the information you can find in
the registration statement or the exhibits to the registration
statement. You may obtain copies of the
Form S-3
and exhibits (and any amendments to those documents) in the
manner described above.
Incorporation
of SEC Filings
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference
information into this prospectus, which means that we can
disclose important information to you by referring you to
another document filed separately with the SEC. The information
incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this
prospectus, except for any information superseded by information
contained directly in this prospectus or in a later filed
document incorporated by reference in this prospectus. This
prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth
below that Kennametal has previously filed with the SEC. These
documents contain important information about Kennametal.
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Kennametals Annual Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended June 30, 2008 filed with the SEC on
August 14, 2008;
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Kennametals 2008 Proxy Statement filed with the SEC on
September 8, 2008 (those parts incorporated by reference in
our Annual Report on
Form 10-K
only);
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Kennametals quarterly reports on
Form 10-Q
filed with the SEC for the quarters ended September 30,
2008 (filed on November 6, 2008), December 31, 2008
(filed on February 4, 2009) and March 31, 2009
(filed on May 6, 2009);
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Kennametals Current Reports on
Form 8-K
filed on July 24, 2008 (only with respect to
Section 5.02), October 23, 2008 (only with respect to
Section 5.02), January 12, 2009 (only with respect to
Section 2.05), April 15, 2009 (only with respect to
Sections 2.05 and 2.06), May 19, 2009, June 26,
2009, and July 6, 2009;
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The description of Kennametals common stock contained in
Form 8-K
dated July 8, 2009; and
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All future filings of Kennametal made pursuant to
Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act with
the SEC from the date of this prospectus other than any
information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of any
Current Report on Form 8-K unless we specifically state in
such Current
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Report that such information is to be considered
filed under the Exchange Act or we incorporate it by
reference into a filing under the Securities Act of 1933 (the
Securities Act) or the Exchange Act.
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We will provide to each person to whom a copy of this prospectus
is delivered, including any beneficial owner, upon the written
or oral request of such person, without charge, a copy of any or
all of the documents that are incorporated herein by reference.
Requests should be directed to: Kennametal Inc. World
Headquarters, 1600 Technology Way, P.O. Box 231,
Latrobe, Pennsylvania
15650-0231,
Attention: General Counsel,
(724) 539-5000.
EXPERTS
The consolidated financial statements and managements
assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over
financial reporting (which is included in Managements
Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting)
incorporated in this Prospectus by reference to the Annual
Report on
Form 10-K
for the year ended June 30, 2008, have been so incorporated
in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an
independent registered public accounting firm, given on the
authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
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PART II
INFORMATION
NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
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Item 14.
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Other
Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
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The following table sets forth the costs and expenses to be
borne by the Registrant in connection with the offerings
described in this Registration Statement.
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Registration filing fee
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$
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Transfer agent and trustee fees and expenses
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$
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Printing
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Accounting fees and expenses
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Rating agency fees
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These fees are calculated based on the number of issuances and
amount and type of securities offered. Because an indeterminate
amount of different types of securities is covered by this
registration statement, the expenses are not currently
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Item 15.
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Indemnification
of Directors and Officers
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Chapter 17, Subchapter D of the PBCL contains provisions
permitting indemnification of certain individuals by a business
corporation incorporated in Pennsylvania. Section 1741 of
the PBCL provides that unless otherwise restricted in its
bylaws, a business corporation may indemnify any person who was
or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any
threatened, pending or completed action or proceeding, whether
civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an
action by or in the right of the corporation), by reason of the
fact that such person is or was a representative of the
corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the
corporation as a representative of another domestic or foreign
corporation for profit or
not-for-profit,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys fees), judgments, fines and
amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
such person in connection with the action or proceeding if he
acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably
believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
corporation and, with respect to any criminal proceeding, had no
reasonable cause to believe such persons conduct was
unlawful. The termination of any action or proceeding by
judgment, order, settlement or conviction or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent shall not of itself create a
presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a
manner that he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to,
the best interests of the corporation and, with respect to any
criminal proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his
conduct was unlawful.
Section 1742 of the PBCL further provides that unless
otherwise restricted in its bylaws, a business corporation may
indemnify any person who was or is a party, or is threatened to
be made a party, to any threatened, pending or completed action
by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in
its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a
representative of the corporation or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a representative of another
domestic or foreign corporation for profit or
not-for-profit,
partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against
expenses (including attorneys fees) actually and
reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the
defense or settlement of the action if such person acted in good
faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in,
or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation.
Indemnification may not be made under this section in respect of
any claim, issue or matter as to which the person has been
adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the
extent that the court of common pleas of the judicial district
embracing the county in which the registered office of the
corporation is located or the court in which the action was
brought determines upon
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application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all the circumstances of the case, the person is fairly
and reasonably entitled to indemnity for the expenses that the
court of common pleas or other court deems proper.
Section 1743 of the PBCL provides that the corporation must
indemnify a representative of a business corporation against
expenses actually and reasonably incurred by them in defending
actions contemplated by Sections 1741 and 1742 of the PBCL
if the representative is successful on the merits or otherwise
in the defense of such actions.
Section 1744 of the PBCL provides that any indemnification
made under Sections 1741 or 1742, shall be made by the
corporation only as authorized in the specific case upon a
determination that indemnification of the representative is
proper in the circumstances because such person has met the
applicable standard of conduct set forth in those sections. Such
determination shall be made (i) by the board of directors
by a majority vote of a quorum consisting of directors who were
not parties to the action or proceeding, (ii) if such
quorum is not obtainable or if obtainable and a majority vote of
a quorum of disinterested directors so directs, by independent
legal counsel in a written option, or (iii) by the
shareholders of the corporation.
Section 1745 of the PBCL states that expenses (including
attorneys fees) incurred in defending any action or
proceeding referred to in Subchapter D may be paid by a business
corporation in advance of the final disposition of the action or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the
representative to repay the amount if it is ultimately
determined that such person is not entitled to be indemnified by
the corporation as authorized by the PBCL or otherwise. Except
as otherwise provided in the corporations bylaws,
advancement of expenses must be authorized by the board of
directors of the corporation and shall not be authorized in
connection with proceedings related to transactions with
interested shareholders (Sections 1728 and 2538 of the
PBCL). Section 1746 of the PBCL provides that
indemnification under the other sections of Subchapter D of the
PBCL is not exclusive of other rights that a person seeking
indemnification or advancement of expenses may have under any
bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested
directors or otherwise, whether or not the corporation would
have the power to indemnify the person under any other provision
of law. However, Section 1746 prohibits indemnification in
circumstances where the act or failure to act giving rise to the
claim for indemnification is determined by a court to have
constituted willful misconduct or recklessness.
Section 1747 of the PBCL permits a corporation to purchase
and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a
representative of the corporation, or is or was serving at the
request of the corporation as a representative of another
enterprise, against any liability asserted against such person
and incurred by him or her in that capacity, or arising out of
his status as such, whether or not the corporation would have
the power to indemnify the person against such liability under
Subchapter D of the PBCL.
Kennametals Bylaws provide that it is obligated to
indemnify directors and officers and other persons designated by
the Board of Directors against any liability, including
attorneys fees, and any liability and loss, including
judgment, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts
paid or to be paid in settlement incurred in connection with any
proceeding. The Bylaws provide that no indemnification shall be
made where the act or failure to act giving rise to the claim
for indemnification is determined by a court to have constituted
willful misconduct or recklessness or where the proceeding has
been initiated by an indemnified person and was not
pre-authorized by the Board of Directors (except in the case
where the person is bringing suit against the Company to enforce
the indemnification). The Bylaws provide that to the extent
required by law, the payment of such expenses incurred by an
officer or director in advance of the final disposition of a
proceeding may only be made upon receipt of an undertaking by or
on behalf of such person, to repay all amounts so advanced if it
is ultimately determined that such person is not entitled to be
indemnified. The Bylaws also state that the right to
indemnification including the right to advancement of expenses
is a contract right which will continue as to a person who has
ceased to be a director or officer or trustee, and inure to the
benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such
person.
As permitted by PBCL Section 1713, Kennametals Bylaws
provide that directors generally will not be liable for monetary
damages for any action taken or failure to take any action
unless the director has breached
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or failed to perform their duties as fiduciaries (the standard
of care established by the PBCL), and such failure constitutes
self-dealing, willful misconduct or recklessness.
The following documents are exhibits to the Registration
Statement:
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1
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.1*
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Form of Underwriting Agreement
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4
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.1
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Rights Agreement effective as of November 2, 2000,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of the
Form 8-A
filed October 10, 2000
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4
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.2
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First Amendment to Rights Agreement, made and entered into as of
October 6, 2004, by and between the Registrant and Mellon
Investor Services LLC (now BNY Mellon Shareowner Services),
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the
Form 8-K
filed October 6, 2004
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4
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.3
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Indenture, dated as of June 19, 2002, by and between the
Registrant and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as trustee,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the
Form 8-K
filed June 20, 2002
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4
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.4
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 19, 2002, by
and between the Registrant and Bank One Trust Company,
N.A., as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2
of the
Form 8-K
filed June 20, 2002
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4
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.5
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Form of Senior Debt Indenture
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4
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.6
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Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture
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4
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.7
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Form of Senior Note (included in Form of Senior Debt Indenture)
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4
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.8
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Form of Subordinated Note (included in Form of Subordinated Debt
Indenture)
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4
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.9*
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Form of Depositary Agreement
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4
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.10*
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Form of Warrant Agreement
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4
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.11*
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Form of Unit Agreement
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4
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.12*
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Form of Purchase Contract Agreement
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5
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.1
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Opinion of Counsel
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12
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.1
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Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges, incorporated
by reference to Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
in the Prospectus.
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23
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.1
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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23
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.2
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Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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24
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.1
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Power of Attorney (included in signature pages)
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25
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.1**
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The Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the
Trustee under the Senior Indenture will be incorporated herein
by reference from a subsequent filing in accordance with
Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
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25
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.2**
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The Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the
Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture will be incorporated
herein by reference from a subsequent filing in accordance with
Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
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To be filed, if necessary, by amendment or as an exhibit to a
Current Report on
Form 8-K. |
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To be filed pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
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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 Securities and Exchange 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 paragraphs (i), (ii) and
(iii) above do not apply if the information required to be
included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission
by the registrant pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that
are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or
is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b) that is part of 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 herein, 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.
(4) That, for the purpose of determining liability under
the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser:
(A) Each prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the
registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was
deemed part of and included in the registration
statement; and
(B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to
Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration
statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering
made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for
the purpose of providing the information required by
Section 10(a) of the Securities Act of 1933 shall be deemed
to be part of and included in the registration statement as of
the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used
after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of
securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As
provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer
and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date
shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration
statement relating to the securities in the registration
statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of
such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide offering thereof; provided, however, that no
statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is
part of the registration statement or made in a document
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the
registration statement or prospectus that is part of the
registration statement will, as to a purchaser
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with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date,
supersede or modify any statement that was made in the
registration statement or prospectus that was part of the
registration statement or made in any such document immediately
prior to such effective date.
(5) That, for the purpose of determining liability of the
registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in
the initial distribution of the securities:
The undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering
of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this
registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method
used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities
are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the
following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a
seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell
such securities to such purchaser:
(i) Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the
undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be
filed pursuant to Rule 424;
(ii) Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering
prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used
or referred to by the undersigned registrant;
(iii) The portion of any other free writing prospectus
relating to the offering containing material information about
the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on
behalf of the undersigned registrant; and
(iv) any other communication that is an offer in the
offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser.
The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes
of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933,
each filing of the registrants annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15 (d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 (and, where applicable, each filing of an
employee benefit plans 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.
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 Act 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 Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such
issue.
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 in accordance with the rules and
regulations prescribed by the Commission under
Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, 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 Latrobe, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, on July 8,
2009.
KENNAMETAL INC.
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By:
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/s/ Carlos
M. Cardoso
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Carlos M. Cardoso
Chairman of the Board, President, Chief
Executive Officer and Director
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
Each of the undersigned directors and officers of Kennametal
Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation, do hereby constitute and
appoint Carlos M. Cardoso, Frank P. Simpkins, Lawrence J. Lanza,
and David W. Greenfield, or any one of them, the
undersigneds true and lawful attorneys and agents, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution in each, to do any
and all acts and things in our name and on our behalf in our
respective capacities as directors and officers and to execute
any and all instruments for us and in our names in the
capacities indicated below, which said attorneys and agents, or
either one of them, may deem necessary or advisable to enable
said corporation to comply with the Securities Act, as amended,
and any rules, regulations and requirements of the Securities
and Exchange Commission, in connection with this registration
statement, including specifically, but without limitation, power
and authority to sign for us or any of us in our names in the
capacities indicated below, any and all amendments (including
post-effective amendments, whether pursuant to Rule 462(b)
or otherwise) hereto, and each of the undersigned does hereby
ratify and confirm all that said attorneys and agents, or either
one of them or any substitute, shall do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be executed in any
number of counterparts.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below as of July 8,
2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature
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Title
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/s/ Carlos
M. Cardoso
Carlos
M. Cardoso
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Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
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/s/ Frank
P. Simpkins
Frank
P. Simpkins
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Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
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/s/ Wayne
D. Moser
Wayne
D. Moser
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Vice President Finance and Corporate Controller
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/s/ Ronald
M. Defeo
Ronald
M. Defeo
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Director
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/s/ Philip
A. Dur
Philip
A. Dur
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Director
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/s/ A.
Peter Held
A.
Peter Held
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Director
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Signature
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Title
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/s/ Timothy
R. McLevish
Timothy
R. McLevish
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Director
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/s/ William
R. Newlin
William
R. Newlin
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Director
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/s/ Lawrence
W. Stranghoener
Lawrence
W. Stranghoener
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Director
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/s/ Steven
H. Wunning
Steven
H. Wunning
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Director
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/s/ Larry
D. Yost
Larry
D. Yost
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Director
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II-7
EXHIBIT INDEX
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1
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.1*
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Form of Underwriting Agreement
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4
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.1
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Rights Agreement effective as of November 2, 2000,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1 of the
Form 8-A
filed October 10, 2000
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4
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.2
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First Amendment to Rights Agreement, made and entered into as of
October 6, 2004, by and between the Registrant and Mellon
Investor Services LLC (now BNY Mellon Shareowner Services),
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the
Form 8-K
filed October 6, 2004
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4
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.3
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Indenture, dated as of June 19, 2002, by and between the
Registrant and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as trustee,
incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the
Form 8-K
filed June 20, 2002
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4
|
.4
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First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 19, 2002, by
and between the Registrant and Bank One Trust Company,
N.A., as trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2
of the
Form 8-K
filed June 20, 2002
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4
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.5
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Form of Senior Debt Indenture
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4
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.6
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Form of Subordinated Debt Indenture
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4
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.7
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Form of Senior Note (included in Form of Senior Debt Indenture)
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4
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.8
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Form of Subordinated Note (included in Form of Subordinated Debt
Indenture)
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4
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.9*
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Form of Depositary Agreement
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4
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.10*
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Form of Warrant Agreement
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4
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.11*
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Form of Unit Agreement
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4
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.12*
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Form of Purchase Contract Agreement
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5
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.1
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Opinion of Counsel
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12
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.1
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Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges, incorporated
by reference to Ratio of earnings to fixed charges
in the Prospectus.
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23
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.1
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
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23
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.2
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Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5.1)
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24
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.1
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Power of Attorney (included in signature pages)
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25
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The Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the
Trustee under the Senior Indenture will be incorporated herein
by reference from a subsequent filing in accordance with
Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
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25
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.2**
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The Statement of Eligibility on
Form T-1
under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, of the
Trustee under the Subordinated Indenture will be incorporated
herein by reference from a subsequent filing in accordance with
Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
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To be filed, if necessary, by amendment or as an exhibit to a
Current Report on
Form 8-K. |
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To be filed pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
EX-4.5
Exhibit 4.5
KENNAMETAL INC.,
AS ISSUER
TO
Form of
Senior Debt
Indenture
DATED AS OF , 20
KENNAMETAL INC.
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST
INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF , 20
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TRUST INDENTURE |
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ACT SECTION |
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INDENTURE SECTION |
Section 310
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(a)(1)
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6.9 |
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(a)(2)
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6.9 |
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(a)(3)
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Not Applicable |
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(a)(4)
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Not Applicable |
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(b)
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6.8, 6.10 |
Section 311
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(a)
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6.13 |
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(b)
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6.13 |
Section 312
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(a)
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7.1, 7.2 (a) |
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(b)
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7.2 (b) |
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(c)
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7.2 (c) |
Section 313
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(a)
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7.3 (a) |
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(b)
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Not Applicable |
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(c)
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7.3 (a), 7.3 (b) |
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(d)
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7.3 (b) |
Section 314
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(a)
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7.4 |
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(b)
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Not Applicable |
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(c)(1)
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1.2 |
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(c)(2)
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1.2 |
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(c)(3)
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Not Applicable |
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(d)
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Not Applicable |
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(e)
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1.2 |
Section 315
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(a)
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6.1 (a) |
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(b)
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6.2 |
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(c)
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6.1 (b) |
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(d)
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6.1 (c) |
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(d)(1)
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6.1 (a), 6.1 (c) |
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(d)(2)
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6.1 (c) |
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(d)(3)
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6.1 (c) |
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(e)
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5.14 |
Section 316
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(a)(1)(A)
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5.12 |
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(a)(1)(B)
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5.2, 5.13 |
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(a)(2)
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Not Applicable |
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(b)
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5.8 |
Section 317
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(a)(1)
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5.3 |
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(a)(2)
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5.4 |
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(b)
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10.9 |
Section 318
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(a)
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1.7 |
NOTE: THIS RECONCILIATION AND TIE SHALL NOT, FOR ANY PURPOSE, BE DEEMED TO BE A PART OF THIS
INDENTURE.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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§ 1.1. Definitions |
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Act |
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Affiliate |
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Authenticating Agent |
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Bankruptcy Law |
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Board of Directors |
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2 |
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Board Resolution |
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Business Day |
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Capitalized Lease Obligation |
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Capital Stock |
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Commission |
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Common Depositary |
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Company |
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Company Request |
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3 |
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Company Order |
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Corporate Trust Office |
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3 |
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Covenant Defeasance |
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3 |
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Currency Agreement |
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Custodian |
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Default |
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4 |
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Defaulted Interest |
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Defeasance |
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Dollars |
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Event of Default |
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Exchange Act |
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GAAP |
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Holder |
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Security holder |
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Indebtedness |
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Indenture |
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Interest |
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Interest Payment Date |
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Interest Swap Obligations |
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5 |
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Lien |
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Maturity |
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Officer |
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Officers Certificate |
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Original Issue Discount Security |
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Outstanding |
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Paying Agent |
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Person |
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Place of Payment |
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Redemption Date |
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Redemption Price |
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Registered Security |
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Regular Record Date |
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Responsible Officer |
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Securities |
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Significant Subsidiary |
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Special Record Date |
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Stated Maturity |
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Subsidiary |
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Trust Indenture Act |
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8 |
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Trustee |
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8 |
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U.S. Depositary |
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8 |
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U.S. Government Obligations |
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Vice President |
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§ 1.2. Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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§ 1.3. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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9 |
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§ 1.4. Acts of Holders |
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10 |
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§ 1.5. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company |
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§ 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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§ 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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§ 1.8. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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§ 1.9. Successors and Assigns |
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§ 1.10. Separability Clause |
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§ 1.11. Benefits of Indenture |
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§ 1.12. Governing Law |
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§ 1.14. No Recourse Against Others |
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ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS |
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§ 2.1. Forms Generally |
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§ 2.2. Form of Face of Security |
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§ 2.3. Form of Reverse of Security |
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§ 2.4. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
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§ 2.5. Securities in Global Form |
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§ 2.6. CUSIP Number |
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§ 2.7. Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form |
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ARTICLE 3 THE SECURITIES |
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§ 3.1. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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§ 3.3. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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§ 3.4. Temporary Securities |
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§ 3.5. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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§ 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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§ 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
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§ 3.8. Persons Deemed Owners |
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§ 3.9. Cancellation |
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§ 3.10. Computation of Interest |
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ARTICLE 4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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§ 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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§ 4.2. Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES |
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§ 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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§ 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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§ 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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§ 5.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
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§ 5.6. Application of Money Collected |
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§ 5.7. Limitation on Suits |
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§ 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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§ 5.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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§ 5.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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§ 5.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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§ 5.12. Control by Holders |
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§ 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults |
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ARTICLE 6 THE TRUSTEE |
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§ 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee |
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§ 6.2. Notice of Defaults |
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§ 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee |
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§ 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
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§ 6.5. May Hold Securities |
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§ 6.6. Money Held in Trust |
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§ 6.7. Compensation and Reimbursement |
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§ 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests |
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§ 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility |
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§ 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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§ 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor or Additional Trustees |
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§ 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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§ 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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ARTICLE 7 HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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§ 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
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§ 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders |
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§ 7.3. Reports by Trustee |
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§ 7.4. Reports by Company |
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ARTICLE 8 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, LEASE, SALE OR TRANSFER |
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§ 8.1. When Company May Merge, Etc |
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§ 8.2. Opinion of Counsel |
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§ 8.3. Successor Corporation Substituted |
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ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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§ 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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§ 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE 10 COVENANTS |
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§ 10.7. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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ARTICLE 13 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS |
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Senior Debt Indenture (the Indenture), dated as of , 20 , between KENNAMETAL
INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
(herein called the Company), having its principal office at World Headquarters, 1600 Technology
Way, P.O. Box 231, Latrobe, Pennsylvania 15650-0231 and , a banking
corporation as Trustee (herein called the Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of
indebtedness (herein called the Securities), to be issued in one or more series as in this
Indenture provided.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance
with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders
thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
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1.
§ 1.1. 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 GAAP;
(4) the word Including (and with the correlative meaning Include) means including, without
limiting the generality of, any description following such term; 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.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.
Affiliate means another Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such first Person. For the purposes of this definition,
control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and
under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
Authenticating Agent means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors.
Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company; provided, however, that when
the context refers to actions or resolutions of the Board of Directors, then the term Board of
Directors shall also mean any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
or Officer authorized to act with respect to any particular matter to exercise the power of the
Board of Directors of the Company.
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 regulation to close.
Capitalized Lease Obligation means an obligation that is required to be classified and
accounted for as a capitalized
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lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall
be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with such principles; and the
Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under
such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without
payment of a penalty.
Capital Stock of any Person shall mean any and all shares, interests, participations or
other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any
preferred stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as 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.
Common Depositary has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor corporation.
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 President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which,
at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the
date hereof is located at , New York, New York.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.
Currency Agreement shall mean any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or
other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries against fluctuations in currency values.
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
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Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an
Event of Default.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
Dollars and $ means lawful money of the United States of America.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
Exchange Act means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
GAAP means such accounting principles that are generally accepted in the United States of
America as of the date of any computation required hereunder.
Holder or Security holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, at any date, any of the following, without
duplication, (i) any liability, contingent or otherwise, of such Person (A) for borrowed money
(whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to
a portion thereof), (B) evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument or (C) for the
payment of money relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation or other obligation (whether issued or
assumed) relating to the deferred purchase price of property; (ii) all conditional sale obligations
and all obligations under any title retention agreement (even if the rights and remedies of the
seller under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such
property), but excluding trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business; (iii)
all obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, bankers acceptance
or similar credit transaction other than entered into in the ordinary course of business; (iv) all
indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such indebtedness has an existing
right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on any asset or property (including,
without limitation, leasehold interests and any other tangible or intangible property) of such
Person, whether or not such indebtedness is assumed by such Person or is not otherwise such
Persons legal liability; provided, that if the obligations so secured have not been assumed in
full by such Person or are otherwise not such Persons legal liability in full, the amount of such
indebtedness for the purposes of this definition shall be limited to the lesser of the amount of
such indebtedness secured by such Lien; (v) all indebtedness of others
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(including all interest and
dividends on any Indebtedness or preferred stock of any other Person for the payment of which is)
guaranteed, directly or indirectly, by such Person or that is otherwise its legal liability or
which such Person has agreed contingently to supply or advance funds; and (vi) obligations in
respect of Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Obligations.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Interest, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
Interest Swap Obligations shall mean the obligations of any Person pursuant to any interest
rate swap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement
designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates.
Lien shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge or
adverse claim affecting title or resulting in an encumbrance against real or personal property or a
security interest of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof other than a lease which is not a Capitalized
Lease Obligation.)
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Senior or Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate signed by an Officer and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel
for the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
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Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any series, means, as of
the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except: (i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; (ii) Securities, or portions thereof, 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; (iii) Securities which
have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 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; and (iv) Securities which have been defeased pursuant to Section
13.2; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent or waiver hereunder, (a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that
shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be that portion of the principal amount
thereof that could be declared to be due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and
the continuation thereof pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security as of the
date of such determination and (b) 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 or waiver, 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 pledgees 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 (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Company. The Company may act as
Paying Agent with respect to any Securities issued hereunder.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust,
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unincorporated organization, government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series
are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means
the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means
the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Registered Security means any Security issued hereunder and registered in the Security
Register.
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 3.1.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee
in its Corporate Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section
3.5.
Significant Subsidiary means a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company possessing assets
(including the assets of its own Subsidiaries but without regard to the Company or any other
Subsidiary) having a book value, in the aggregate, equal to not less than 10% of the book value of
the aggregate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date
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specified in such Security as the fixed date
on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary of any Person means (i) any Person of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of capital stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled,
directly or indirectly, by any Person or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries of that Person
or a combination thereof, and (ii) any partnership, joint venture or other Person in which such
Person or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof has
the power to control by contract or otherwise the board of directors or equivalent governing body
or otherwise controls such entity.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the
date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event that such Act is
amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
U.S. Depositary means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more permanent global Securities, the
Person designated as U.S. Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1, which must be a
clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter U.S.
Depositary shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at
any time there is more than one such Person, U.S. Depositary shall mean the U.S. Depositary with
respect to the Securities of that series.
U.S. Government Obligations means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof or otherwise subject to prepayment, and shall also include a
depository receipt issued by a New York Clearing House bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment or interest on or principal of
any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a
depository receipt, provided that
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(except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt or from any
amount held by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment
of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
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.
§ 1.2. 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, other than an action permitted by Sections 2.5 and 7.4 hereof, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of 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
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
§ 1.3. 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
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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 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.
§ 1.4. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents
duly appointed in writing; 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 6.1) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner
provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of 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.
(c) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
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(d) 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.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such
record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the
Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six
months after the record date.
§ 1.5. 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,
(a) 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 and received by the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or
(b) 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 Indenture, attention: Secretary, or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
§ 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice
shall be deemed sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in such Security 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, and not earlier
than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of
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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 or the validity of the proceedings to which such notice relates. Where this Indenture or
any Security 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.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted
under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in
an official language of the country of publication.
§ 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is
required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such
required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any
provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision
shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or shall be excluded, as the case may be.
§ 1.8. 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.
§ 1.9. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
§ 1.10. 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.
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§ 1.11. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
§ 1.12. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws (other than the choice of law provisions) of the State of New York.
§ 1.13. 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) 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 or on such other day as may be set out in the Officers Certificate pursuant to
Section 3.1 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.
§ 1.14. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Security
holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such
liability. Such waivers and releases are part of the consideration for the issuance of the
Securities.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
§ 2
§ 2.1. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or
in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and
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such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of the Securities. 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 3.3 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities.
The Trustees certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in
this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be photocopied, 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.
§ 2.2. Form of Face of Security.
(If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insertFOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1272
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE), THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1273 (a) (1) OF THE CODE AND TREASURY REGULATION SECTION
1.1273-l(a) WITH RESPECT TO THIS SECURITY IS , THE ISSUE PRICE (AS DEFINED IN TREASURY
REGULATION SECTION 1.1273-2) OF THIS SECURITY IS , THE ISSUE DATE (AS DEFINED IN SECTION
1275(a)(2) OF THE CODE AND TREASURY REGULATION SECTION 1.1273-2) OF THIS SECURITY IS AND
THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS SECURITY IS ).
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Kennametal Inc.
Kennametal Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under
the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $ on . (If the Security is to bear
interest prior to Maturity, insert , and to pay interest thereon from or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for,
(semi-annually) (quarterly) (monthly) in arrears on and in each year,
commencing _, at the rate of % per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made
available for payment (If applicable insert, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable) at the rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and
premium and on any overdue installment of interest). 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 of
(whether or not a Business Day), as the case maybe, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any
such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the
Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record
Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be
given to Holders of Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record
Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of
any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.)
(If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertThe 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 of this
Security shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in
payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any
overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is
not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such
demand for payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and
such interest shall also be payable on demand.)
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Payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and (if applicable, insertany such)
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in , in Dollars (if applicable, insert; provided, however, that at the option of
the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register).
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.
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§ 2.3. 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 , 20 (herein called the Indenture), between the Company and
(herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the
series designated on the face hereof (limited in aggregate principal amount to $ ). (If
applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30
nor more than 45 days notice by first class mail, (if applicable, insert(1) on in any
year commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the
sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2))
at any time (on or after ,), as a whole or in part, at the election
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of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal
amount):
If redeemed (on or before , %, and if redeemed) during the 12-month period
beginning of the years indicated, Year Redemption Price
Year
Redemption Price and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (if applicable, insert (whether through operation of
the sinking fund or otherwise)) with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable
to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.)
(If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 nor more than 45 days notice by first class 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 (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 a 12-month period beginning of the years indicated, Redemption
Price for Redemption Price for Redemption Through Redemption Otherwise Operation 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 and unpaid 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.)
(Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to redeem any Securities of
this series as contemplated by (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.)
(The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on in each year beginning with
the year and ending with the year of (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 (mandatory) sinking fund payments may be credited
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against
subsequent (mandatory) sinking fund payments otherwise required to be madein the (inverse) order
in which they become due.)
(In the event of redemption of this Security in part only a new Security or Securities of this
series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.)
(If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If any Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.) (If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an
amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner
and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal 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 and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that
the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companys obligations in
respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.
This Security is a senior unsecured obligation of the Company and will rank pari passu in
right of payment with all other senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
This Security is subject to Defeasance as described in the Indenture. The Indenture may be
modified by the Company and the Trustee without consent of any Holder with respect to certain
matters as described in the Indenture. In addition, 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 a majority 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 bind such Holder and all future Holders of this Security and of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
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 premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
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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 premium, if any) 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, of authorized denominations and for the
same Stated Maturity and 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 ($1,000) 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 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.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to, among other
things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer or lease all or
substantially all of its properties or assets (If other covenants are applicable pursuant to the
provisions of Section 3.1, insert here). All such covenants and limitations are subject to a
number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the
Trustee on compliance with the covenants in the Indenture.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by
accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of
the consideration for the issuance of this Security.
(If applicable, insert Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures (CUSIP), the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on
the Securities of this series as a convenience to the Holders of the Securities of this series. No
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of such numbers as printed on the
Securities of this series and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed hereon.)
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All capitalized terms used in this Security without definition which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this
Security to
(Insert assignees social security or tax I.D. number)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another
to act for him.
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(Signatures must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor
institution meeting the requirements of the Transfer
Agent, which requirements will include membership or
participation in STAMP or such other signature guarantee
program as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in
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§ 2.4. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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§ 2.5. Securities in Global Form.
If Securities of a series are issuable in global form, as contemplated by Section 3.1, then,
notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.2, any such Security shall represent such of the
Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall
represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount,
or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be
made in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified
therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3 or Section
3.4. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if applicable, Section 3.4, the Trustee shall
deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions
given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company
Order pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by
the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form
shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion
of Counsel.
The provisions of Section 3.9 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global
form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the
Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with
Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in
the principal amount of Securities represented thereby.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.1 and 3.7, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Security
in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.8 and except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee shall treat a
Person as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent
global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Holder of such permanent global
Security.
§ 2.6. CUSIP Number.
The Company in issuing Securities of any series may use a CUSIP number, and, if so, the
Trustee may use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders
of such series; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed on the notice or on the Securities of such
series, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not
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be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify
the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number of any series of Securities.
§ 2.7. Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form.
Any Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
This Security is in global form within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to
and is registered in the name of a Common Depositary or a U.S. Depositary. Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Common Depositary or a U.S. Depositary or by a nominee of the
Common Depositary or a nominee of the U.S. Depositary as the case may be.
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
§ 3.
§ 3.1. 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 from time to time in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of
any series:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the
series from all other Securities);
(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 Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7);
(3) whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or
without coupons and, if so, (i) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global
security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any
authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if
other than in the manner provided in Section 3.5, and (ii) the name of the Common Depositary (as
defined in Section 3.4) or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, with respect to any global
security;
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(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest (including
reset rates, if any, and the method by which such rate will be determined), if any, the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
and, if applicable to such series of Securities, the basis points and United States Treasury
rate(s) and any other rates or other methods to be used in calculating the reset rate;
(6) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable and where the Company will maintain an office or agency
where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange and the place or places
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of Securities and the Indenture may be
made;
(7) the right of the Company, if any, to defer any payment of principal of, premium, or
interest on the Securities of the series, and the maximum length of any such deferral period which
shall not exceed the Stated Maturity for the final installment of principal on the Securities of
such series;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which the currency or currency
units and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or
in part, at the option of the Company, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series
pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currency units and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation, and, where applicable, the obligation of the Company
to select the Securities to be redeemed;
(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;
(12) any additions, modifications or deletions in the Events of Default with respect to
Securities of the series, if any, other than those set forth herein;
(13) if either or both of Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 shall be inapplicable to the
Securities of the series (provided that if no such inapplicability shall
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be specified, then both Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 shall be applicable to the Securities of
the series);
(14) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies or units based on or related to
currencies in which the Securities of such series shall be denominated and in which payments or
principal of, and any premium and interest on, such Securities shall or may by payable;
(15) additions, modifications or deletions of the Companys covenants with respect to
Securities of the series, if any, other than those set forth herein;
(16) any index or indices used to determine the amount of payments of principal of any
premium, if any, on such securities and the manner in which such amounts will be determined;
(17) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent;
(18) the appointment of a Person as a Trustee which meets the requirements of Section 6.9 with
respect to Securities of the series;
(19) any index or indices used to determine the amounts of payments of principal of an
premium, if any, on the Securities and the manner in which such amounts will be determined;
(20) the terms and conditions of any obligation or right of the Company or a Holder to
exchange or convert Securities into other securities;
(21) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture).
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 such Board Resolution and set forth in
such Officers Certificate 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, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the
Securities of such series.
§ 3.2. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence
of any such provisions with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities
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of such
series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
§ 3.3. 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. The seal of the Company may be
in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced
on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the
seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any security that has
been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
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 make such
Securities available for delivery. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1,
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
Sections 315(a) through (d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon,
an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as
permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution
as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(c) 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, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors rights generally and by the
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effect of general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law); and
(d) that no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with
any court or any governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company is required for
the execution and delivery of such Securities by the Company, except such as have been obtained
(except that no opinion need be expressed as to state securities or Blue Sky laws).
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 Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise
in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, or in the written opinion of counsel
to the Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of the Trustee) such authentication may not
lawfully be made or would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the immediately 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 3.1 or the Company
Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph at
or prior to the time of 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.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Securities of a series are to
be issued in the form of one or more global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to the
authentication and delivery of such series, authenticate and deliver one or more global Securities
that (i) shall be in an aggregate amount equal to the aggregate principal amount specified in such
Company Order, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Common Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as
the case may be, therefor or its nominee, and (iii) shall be made available for delivery by the
Trustee to such depositary or pursuant to such depositarys instruction.
Each depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.1 must, at the time of its designation and at
all times while it serves as depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and
any other applicable statute or regulation.
Unless otherwise provided for in the form of security, 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,
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and the only evidence, that such security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and
is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
§ 3.4. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary
Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which
they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form,
representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.5), 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 make available for delivery in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive
Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor. 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.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any such temporary global
Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the office of a depositary or
common depositary (the COMMON DEPOSITARY) for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial
owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).
§ 3.5. 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 registration of transfers of Securities. The Trustee is hereby
appointed Security Registrar for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of
Securities as herein provided.
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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any security of any series at the office or
agency of the Company in Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity.
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 a like aggregate principal amount and
Stated Maturity, 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 make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1,
any permanent global security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If the
beneficial owners of interests in a permanent global security are entitled to exchange such
interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another
authorized form and denomination, as specified and as subject to the conditions contemplated by
Section 3.1, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on
which such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive
Securities of that series in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
permanent global security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such
interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global Securities shall be surrendered from time to
time by the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, and in accordance with
instructions given to the Trustee and the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may
be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.2 or be accompanied
by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the
Trustee, as the Companys agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole or in part, for
definitive Securities of the same series without charge. The Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered permanent global security,
a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series of authorized
denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global security to be exchanged
which shall be in the form of the Securities of such series; provided, however, that no such
exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of
the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption under
Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing. Promptly following
any such exchange in part, such permanent global Security shall be returned by the Trustee to the
Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other Common Depositary or
U.S. Depositary referred to above in accordance with the written instructions of the Company
referred to above. If a Security in the form specified for such series is issued in exchange for
any portion of a permanent global Security after the close of business at the office or agency
where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
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business at
such office or agency on the relevant Interest
Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record Date and before the opening of business at such
office or agency on the related proposed date for payment of interest or Defaulted Interest, as the
case may be, such interest or Defaulted Interest will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date
or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, in respect of such security in the form specified
for such series, but will be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as
the case may be, only to the Person to whom interest in respect of such portion of such permanent
global Security is payable in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligation, of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise provided in the Securities to be transferred or exchanged, 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 3.4, 9.6 or 11.7 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption
under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) 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.
§ 3.6. 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
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Security has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its
request 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.
§ 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid at the Place of Payment 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, except that at the option of the Company payment may be made
(i) except in the case of a global Security by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address appears in the Securities Registrar or (ii) by transfer to an account
maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities Registrar provided that
proper transfer instructions have been received by the Regular Record Date.
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.
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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 Section
3.7 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 mailed, first-class postage
prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at his address as it appears in the Security
Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment
of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or
their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special
Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after
notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Section 3.7,
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.
§ 3.8. 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
premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) 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.
None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or
payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest of a Security in global form, or for
maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
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ownership interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company or the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to
any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any U.S. Depositary or Common
Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Security in global form or impair,
as between such U.S. Depositary or Common Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such
Security in global form, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the right
of such U.S. Depositary or Common Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of such Security in global
form.
§ 3.9. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities shall be held by the Trustee and may be
destroyed (and, if so destroyed, certification of their destruction shall be delivered to the
Company upon its request, unless, by a Company Order, the Company shall direct that cancelled
Securities be returned to it).
§ 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.
ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
§ 4.
§ 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for or in the form of
Security for such series), when the Trustee, upon Company Request and at the expense of the
Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this
Indenture, when
(1) either
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(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 3.6
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 10.8) 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 with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on
such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have
become due and payable) or the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company;
and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for herein 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 6.7, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 6.14 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 4.2 and
the last paragraph of Section 10.8 shall survive.
§ 4.2. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.8, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 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
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principal
(and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received
by the Trustee.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
§ 5.
§ 5.1. 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 to 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) the Company defaults in the payment of interest or any sinking fund payment on any
Security of that series when such interest becomes due and payable and the default continues for a
period of 60 days; provided, however, that if the Company is permitted by the terms of the
Securities of the applicable series to defer the payment in question, the date on which such
payment is due and payable shall be the date on which the Company is required to make payment
following such deferral, if such deferral has been elected pursuant to the terms of the Securities;
or
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at Maturity, upon redemption
(including redemptions under Article 11), by declaration or otherwise; provided, however, that if
the Company is permitted by the terms of the Securities of the applicable series to defer the
payment in question, the date on which such payment is due and payable shall be the date on which
the Company is required to make payment following such deferral, if such deferral has been elected
pursuant to the terms of the Securities; or
(3) the Company fails to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other
covenants, warranties or agreements in the Securities of that series or in this Indenture (other
than a covenant, agreement 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 the failure to observe
or perform continues for the period and after the notice specified in the last paragraph of this
Section; or
(4) any event of default, as defined in any other indenture, mortgage, or instrument under
which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness of the
Company (whether such Indebtedness now exists or
shall hereafter be created or incurred) shall occur and shall consist of default in the
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payment of such Indebtedness at the maturity thereof (after giving effect to any applicable grace
period) or shall result in Indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable prior to the
date on which it would otherwise become due and payable, and such default in payment is not cured
or such acceleration shall not be rescinded or annulled within 30 days after written notice to the
Company from the Trustee or to the Company and to the Trustee from the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time outstanding; provided that
it shall not be an Event of Default if the principal amount of Indebtedness (other than
Indebtedness represented by Securities issued pursuant to this Indenture) which is not paid at
maturity or the maturity of which is accelerated is less than or equal to $25 million provided
further that if, prior to a declaration of acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of that
series or the entry of judgment in favor of the Trustee in a suit pursuant to Section 5.3, such
default shall be remedied or cured by the Company or waived by the holders of such Indebtedness,
then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be deemed likewise to have been
thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the part of either the Trustee or
any of the Holders of the Securities of that series, and provided further, that, subject to
Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any such default unless
written notice of such default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company, by a holder or
an agent of a holder of any such Indebtedness, by the trustee then acting under any indenture or
other instrument under which such default shall have occurred, or by the Holders of at least five
percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series at the time Outstanding; or
(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (A) commences a
voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to itself, (B) consents to the
entry of a judgment, decree or order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law, (C) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against it, (D) applies for, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of
or taking possession by a Custodian of the Company or for any material part of its property, (E)
makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (F) takes any corporate action in
furtherance of or to facilitate, conditionally or otherwise, any of the foregoing; or
(6) (i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law which shall
(A) approve as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition in respect of the Company, (B) appoint a Custodian of the Company or for any material
part of its property, or (C) order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such judgment,
decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (ii)
any bankruptcy or insolvency petition or application is filed, or any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding is commenced against the Company and such petition, application or proceeding is not
dismissed within 60 days; or (iii) a warrant of attachment is issued against any material portion
of the property of the Company which is not released within 60 days of service; or
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(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
A Default under clause (3) above is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series notify
the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 90 days after receipt
of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the
notice is a Notice of Default. When a Default under clause (3) above is cured within such 90-day
period, it ceases.
§ 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (other than an Event of
Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 5.1) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by
notice in writing to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee, may
declare the unpaid principal of and accrued interest to the date of acceleration (or, if the
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) on all the Outstanding Securities of that
series to be due and payable immediately and, upon any such declaration, the Outstanding Securities
of that series (or specified principal amount) shall become and be immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 5.1 occurs, all unpaid
principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified
principal amount) shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security of that series.
Upon payment of all such principal and interest, all of the Companys obligations under the
Securities of that series and (upon payment of the Securities of all series) this Indenture shall
terminate, except obligations under Section 6.7.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by
notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events
of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal and interest of the Securities of that
series that has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived,
(ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of
interest and overdue principal that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration have been paid, (iii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of
a court of competent jurisdiction and (iv) all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 6.7 have been made.
§ 5.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if:
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(1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security of any series 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
of any series 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 premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) 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 reasonable costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
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 secure any other proper remedy.
§ 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other
obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue
principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
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and advances of the Trustee, its agent and
counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings, and
(ii) 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 6.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
§ 5.5. 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.
§ 5.6. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of the Securities of
any series shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest,
upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected 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 6.7 applicable to such
series;
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities of such series 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 of such series for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, respectively; and
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Third: To the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this
Section 5.6. At least fifteen (15) days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each
Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be
paid.
§ 5.7. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during
such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities
of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of Holders of Securities of
any series 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 Holders of Securities of the affected series.
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§ 5.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and
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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
premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or
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.
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§ 5.9. 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 has been
instituted.
§ 5.10. 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 3.6, 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.
§ 5.11. 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.
§ 5.12. 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;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) subject to Section 6.1, the Trustee need not take any action which might involve the
Trustee in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not joining therein.
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§ 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series may by written notice to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of
such series waive any Default or Event of Default with respect to such series and its consequences,
except a Default or Event of Default
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or other 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.
(3) Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be
deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture and the Securities of such series;
but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
§ 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, the filing by any party litigant in such suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company,
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders,
holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
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§ 6.
§ 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustees duties and
responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section 3.15(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and is known to the Trustee,
the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) None of the provisions of Section 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be excluded from
this Indenture.
§ 6.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 30 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give to all Holders of Securities of such series, as
their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default or Event of
Default known to the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such series or in the
payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such series, the Trustee
shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the
executive committee or directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determine
that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders of Securities of such series.
§ 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) 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;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) 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
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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;
(d) 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;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity to its reasonable
satisfaction against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any
series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, 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, approval or other paper or document, or the books and records of the Company,
unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable
time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making
of such investigation is not, in the opinion of the Trustee, reasonably assured to the Trustee by
the security afforded to it by the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable
indemnity against such costs, expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding; the
reasonable expense of every such investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the
Trustee, shall be repaid by the Company upon demand;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with
due care by it hereunder; and
(h) the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of 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.
(i) except in connection with compliance with Section 310 or Section 311 of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall only be charged with knowledge of Responsible Officers.
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§ 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent assumes no 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.
§ 6.5. 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 6.8 and 6.13, 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.
§ 6.6. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder (including amounts held by the Trustee as Paying
Agent) 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 upon in writing with the Company.
§ 6.7. 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,
damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon or determined or measured by
the income of the Trustee), incurred without gross 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.
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When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.1(5) or Section 5.1(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.
The provisions of this Section 6.7 shall survive this Indenture and the resignation or removal
of any Trustee hereunder.
§ 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
The Trustee shall be disqualified only where such disqualification is required by Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the
Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
§ 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee
under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $5,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor
any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
Company may serve as Trustee. If at any time the Trustee 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.
§ 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 6.11 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.
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(c) 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.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act 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 6.9 and shall fail to resign after
written request here for by the Company or by any such Holder of a Security who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation;
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees
with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor
Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and
that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular
series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11. 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 6.11, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company with respect to such Securities. 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 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona
fide Holder of a security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
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(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the
security Register. 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.
§ 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor or Additional Trustees.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of 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.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a Trustee or a successor with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, any retiring Trustee and each Trustee
or a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each Trustee or a 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 Trustee or a successor Trustee all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of any retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series to which the appointment of such Trustee or a successor Trustee relates, (2) if any 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 any
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which any retiring
Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in any 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 Trustee or a successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of any retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such Trustee or a successor Trustee relates; but,
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on request of the Company or any
Trustee or a successor Trustee, any such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
to such Trustee or a successor Trustee all property and money held by any such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of any
such Trustee or successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all
such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may
be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under the Trust Indenture Act.
§ 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may
adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if
such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
§ 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any
creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the
extent indicated therein.
§ 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of, and subject to the direction of, the
Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of
transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.6, 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 Trustees
certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to
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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 $5,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority.
If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or
to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this
Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If
at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of
this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect
specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the
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 mail
written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to all Holders of
Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve, as their names
and addresses appear in the security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance
of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its
predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No
successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this
Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustees certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
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Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
§ 7.
§ 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not later than January 1 and July 1 in each year, a list, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of the preceding
December 15 or June 15, as the case may be; and
(b) 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; provided, however, that so long as the
Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished; provided,
however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to
be furnished.
§ 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) 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 7.1 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 7.1
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as applicants) apply in writing to the
Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security
for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application
states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or
other communication which such applicants propose to transmit then the Trustee shall, within five
Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 7.2(a); or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders whose names and addresses
appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section 7.2(a),
and as to the approximate cost of mailing to
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such Holders the form of proxy or other communication,
if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the
Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and
address appears in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section
7.2(a) a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with
reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or
provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after
such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a
copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the
Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interest of the Holders or would be in
violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If
the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written
statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after
the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after
notice and opportunity for hearing, that all objections so sustained have been met and shall enter
an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with
reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the
Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
(c) 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 the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of
the Holders in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which such information
was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material
pursuant to a request made under Section 7.2(b).
§ 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after 15 of each year commencing with the year 20___, the Trustee
shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust
Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of 15, if required by and in compliance with Section
313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) 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.
§ 7.4. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
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(1) file with the Trustee, within 30 days after the Company is required to file the same with
the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information,
documents and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the
Commission may from time to time by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be
required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;
or, if the Company is not required to file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of
said Sections, then it shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and
regulations prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic
information, documents and reports which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act
in respect of a security listed and registered on a national securities exchange as may be
prescribed from time to time in such rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports
with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as
may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;
(3) furnish to the Trustee, on or before May 1 of each year, a brief certificate from the
principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his
or her knowledge of the Companys compliance with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture. For purposes of this paragraph, such compliance shall be determined without regard to
any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. Such certificate need
not comply with Section 1.2.
ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, LEASE, SALE OR TRANSFER
§ 8.
§ 8.1. When Company May Merge, Etc.
The Company shall not consolidate, or merge with or into any other corporation (whether or not
the Company shall be the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer or lease or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as
an entirety to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, unless:
(1) either the Company shall be the continuing Person or the Person (if other than the
Company) formed by such consolidation or with which or into which the Company is merged or the
Person (or group of affiliated Persons) to which all or substantially all the properties and assets
of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety are sold, assigned, transferred or
leased shall be a corporation, partnership or trust or other entity organized and existing under
the laws of the United States of
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America or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall
expressly assume, by an
indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to
the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and
(2) immediately before and after giving effect to such transaction or series of related
transactions, no Event of Default, and no Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of
time or both, would become and Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.
§ 8.2. Opinion of Counsel.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed transaction(s) covered by
Section 8.1 an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the transaction(s) and
such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the
consummation of the transaction(s) under this Indenture have been met.
§ 8.3. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into an other corporation
or any lease, sale, assignment, or transfer of all or substantially all of the property and assets
of the Company in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the successor corporation or affiliated group
of corporations to which such lease, sale, assignment, or transfer 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 corporation or corporations had been named as the Company
herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation or corporations
shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and in
the event of such conveyance or transfer, except in the case of a lease, any such predecessor
corporation may be dissolved and liquidated.
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
§ 9.
§ 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without notice to or the consent of any Holders of a series of Securities, 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:
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(1) to evidence the succession of another corporation 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
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities;
or
(4) to add 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
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such
change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any
series created prior to the execution of such supplemental Indenture which is entitled to the
benefit of such provision; or
(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1
and 3.1; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a Trustee or 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 6.11(b); or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein; or
(10) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of such series; or
(11) to qualify, or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
Upon request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of
any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in (and
subject to the last sentence of) Section 9.3, the Trustee shall
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join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted
by the terms of this Indenture.
§ 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the written consent of the Holders of 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
shall, subject to Section 9.3, 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 installment of principal of or
interest on, any security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon
or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or extend the time for payment thereof, or
reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount security that would be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or
change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any security or any premium or
the 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);
(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
Defaults or Events of Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or
(3) change the redemption provisions (including Article Eleven) hereof in a manner adverse to
such Holder; or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13, except to increase any such
percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided,
however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to
changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion
of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11(b) and 9.1(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provisions 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
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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.
§ 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article, subject
to the last sentence of this Section 9.3. 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 6.1)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and 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 Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
§ 9.4. 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.
§ 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
§ 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticate and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of
such series.
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ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
§ 10.
§ 10.1. Payments of Securities.
With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in accordance with their terms
and this Indenture, and will duly comply with all the other terms, agreements and conditions
contained in, or made in the Indenture for the benefit of, the Securities of such series.
§ 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company 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 address of the Trustee
as set forth in Section 1.5 hereof.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to
time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any
such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or
agency.
Unless otherwise set forth in, or pursuant to, a Board Resolution or indenture supplemental
hereto with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby initially designates the
Corporate Trust Office as such office of the Company.
§ 10.3. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 8 hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each of its
Subsidiaries and the rights (charter and statutory) of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that (a) the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or
franchise or the corporate existence of any of its Subsidiaries if the Board of Directors, or the
board of directors of the Subsidiary concerned, as the case may be, shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and that the loss thereof is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders, and
(b) nothing herein contained shall prevent any Subsidiary of the Company from liquidating or
dissolving, or merging into, or consolidating with the Company (provided that the Company shall be
the continuing or
surviving corporation) or with any one or more Subsidiaries if the Board of Directors or
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board of directors of the Subsidiary concerned, as the case may be, shall so determine.
§ 10.4. 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 material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed
upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any
Subsidiary material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and (2) all lawful claims
for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a material lien upon the
property of the Company or any Subsidiary material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; 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 and for which adequate
provision has been made.
§ 10.5. Compliance Certificates.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days after the occurrence thereof,
notice of any acceleration which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would be an Event
of Default within the meaning of Section 5.1(4) hereof.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee forthwith upon becoming aware of a Default or
Event of Default (but in no event later than 10 days after the occurrence of each Default or Event
of Default that is continuing), an Officers Certificate setting forth the details of such Default
or Event of Default and the action that the Company proposes to take with respect thereto and the
specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or Event of
Default has occurred.
§ 10.6. Commission Reports.
(a) So long as the Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall cause its annual report to
shareholders and any other financial reports furnished by it to shareholders generally, to be
mailed to the Holders at their addresses appearing in the register of Securities maintained by the
Security Registrar in each case at the time of such mailing or furnishing to shareholders. If the
Company is not required to furnish annual reports to its shareholders pursuant to the Exchange Act,
the Company shall cause its financial statements, including any notes thereto and, with respect to
annual reports, an auditors report by an accounting firm of established national reputation and a
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, to be so
filed with the Trustee and mailed to the Holders within 90 days after the end of each of the
Companys fiscal years and within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each
fiscal year.
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(b) The Company shall provide the Trustee with a sufficient number of copies of all reports
and other documents and information that the Company may be required to deliver to the Holders
under this Section 10.6.
§ 10.7. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury 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, and will actively resist any and all
efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury
law or other law, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the
principal of and/or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company 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.
§ 10.8. 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 (and premium, if any) 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 premium, if any) or
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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to so 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:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
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(ii) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities of that series; and
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any security of any
series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) 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 unless any abandoned
property law designates another Person, 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 of 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 New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
§ 11.
§ 11.1. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms in whole or in part (provided Securities issued in denominations
larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part only in integral multiples of
$1,000) and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of
any series) in accordance with this Article.
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§ 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.
In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any
series, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. 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.
§ 11.3. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, substantially
pro rata, by lot or by any other method as the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and that
complies with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such
Securities are listed, and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to
the lesser of the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or $50 per
Security, and any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series
of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series;
provided that in case the Securities of such series have different terms and maturities, the
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company and the Company shall give notice
thereof to the Trustee.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of the 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.
§ 11.4. 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 this address appearing in the security Register.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
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(2) the Redemption Price;
(3) if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular
Securities 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 such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price;
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(7) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities to be redeemed; and
(8) unless otherwise provided as to a particular series of Securities, if at the time of
publication or mailing of any notice of redemption the Company shall not have deposited with the
Trustee or Paying Agent and/or irrevocably directed the Trustee or Paying Agent to apply, from
money held by it available to be used for the redemption of Securities, an amount in cash
sufficient to redeem all of the Securities called for redemption, including accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, such notice shall state that it is subject to the receipt of the redemption moneys
by the Trustee or Paying Agent before the Redemption Date (unless such redemption is mandatory) and
such notice shall be of no effect unless such moneys are so received before such date.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company.
§ 11.5. 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 10.98) 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.
§ 11.6. 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
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interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant
Regular or Special Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate prescribed in the Security.
§ 11.7. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency
of the Company 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 Stated
Maturity, 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 12
SINKING FUNDS
§ 12.
§ 12.1. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities
of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series is herein referred to as a Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment, and any payment in excess of
such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as
an Optional Sinking Fund Payment. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to redemption as provided in Section 12.2.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as
provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
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§ 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Securities of a series (other than any Securities previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been (i)
previously cancelled pursuant to Section 3.9 or delivered for cancellation or (ii) redeemed either
at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application
of permitted Optional Sinking Fund Payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case
in satisfaction of all or any part of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment with respect to the
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided
for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so
credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited at the principal amount for such purpose
by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment shall be
reduced accordingly.
§ 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities,
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which
is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.2
and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days
before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed
upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.3 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 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.
ARTICLE 13
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
§ 13.
§ 13.1. Applicability of Article; Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance.
Unless pursuant to Section 3.1 provision is made for the inapplicability of either or both of
(a) Defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.2 or (b) Covenant Defeasance of the
Securities of a series under Section 13.3, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the
case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article, shall be applicable to the
Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by
Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have
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either Section 13.2 (unless inapplicable) or Section 13.3 (unless inapplicable) be applied to the
Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the applicable conditions set forth
below in this Article.
§ 13.2. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 13.1 to defease the Outstanding
Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be discharged from its obligations with
respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the applicable conditions set
forth in Section 13.4 are satisfied (hereinafter, Defeasance). Defeasance shall mean that the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the
Outstanding Securities of such series 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); provided,
however, that the following rights, obligations, powers, trusts, duties and immunities shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of
Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund provided for in
Section 13.4, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Companys obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 10.1, 10.2 and 10.8, (C) the rights, powers, trusts,
duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article. Subject to compliance with
this Article, the Company may exercise its option with respect to Defeasance under this Section
13.2 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option with respect to Covenant Defeasance under
Section 13.3 in regard to the Securities of such series.
§ 13.3. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 13.1 to obtain a Covenant
Defeasance with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be
released from its obligations under this Indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.4, 3.5,
3.6, 5.6, 5.9, 6.10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.5, 10.7 and 10.8) with respect to the Outstanding Securities of
such series on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied
(hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance). Covenant Defeasance shall mean that, with respect to the
Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in this Indenture (except its
obligations under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 5.6, 5.9, 6.10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.5, 10.7 and 10.8), whether
directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein or by reason of any reference to
any other provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall not
constitute an Event of Default under Section 5.1(4) with respect to Outstanding Securities of such
series, and the remainder of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series shall be
unaffected thereby.
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§ 13.4. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to Defeasance under Section 13.2 and Covenant Defeasance
under Section 13.3 with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series:
(1) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited (and in the case of
Defeasance such deposit shall have been made 121 days prior to Defeasance with the Trustee (or
another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.9 who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it), under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the purpose
of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,
the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) Dollars 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 the due date of any payment, money in an
amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, after payment of all federal, state
and local taxes or other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by
the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) and each installment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Outstanding Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of
principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable
to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the day on which such payments are due and payable
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities.
(2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit,
and no Default or Event of Default under clause (5) or (6) of Section 5.1 hereof shall occur and be
continuing, at any time during the period ending on the 31st day after the date of such deposit (it
being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such
period).
(3) Such deposit, 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.
(4) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.2, the Company shall have delivered
to the Trustee either (A) a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue
Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred or (B) an Opinion of Counsel, based
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ruling published by the Internal Revenue Service or on a change in the applicable federal
income tax law since the date of this Indenture, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series
will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred.
(5) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.3, the Company shall have delivered
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will
not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred.
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional
terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith
pursuant to Section 3.1.
(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the Defeasance
under Section 13.2 or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 13.3 (as the case may be) have been
complied with.
§ 13.5. Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held In Trust.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.8, all money and Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trusteecollectively for purposes of this Section 13.5, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 13.4 in
respect of the Outstanding Securities of a particular series 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 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 premium, if any) and interest, but such money
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 Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.4 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof, other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver to pay to
the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or
Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.4 which, in the opinion of a
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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 for the purpose for which such money or Government Obligations were deposited.
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
§ 14.
§ 14.1. Miscellaneous.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
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EX-4.6
Exhibit 4.6
KENNAMETAL INC.
AS ISSUER
TRUSTEE
Form of
Subordinated Debt
Indenture
DATED AS OF , 20___
KENNAMETAL INC.
RECONCILIATION AND TIE BETWEEN TRUST
INDENTURE ACT OF 1939, AS AMENDED
AND INDENTURE, DATED AS OF , 20___
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TRUST INDENTURE |
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INDENTURE SECTION |
ACT SECTION |
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Section 310 (a) (1) |
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Section 311 (a) |
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Section 318 (a) |
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NOTE: THIS RECONCILIATION AND TIE SHALL NOT, FOR ANY PURPOSE, BE DEEMED TO BE A PART OF THIS
INDENTURE.
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ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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§ 1.1 Definitions |
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Affiliate |
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Authenticating Agent |
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Bankruptcy Law |
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Board of Directors |
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Board Resolution |
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Business Day |
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Capitalized Lease Obligations |
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Capital Stock |
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Commission |
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Common Depositary |
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Company |
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Company Request |
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Company Order |
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Corporate Trust Office |
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Covenant Defeasance |
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Currency Agreement |
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Custodian |
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Default |
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Defaulted Interest |
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Defeasance |
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Dollars |
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Event of Default |
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Exchange Act |
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GAAP |
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Holder |
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Security holder |
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Indebtedness |
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Indenture |
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Interest |
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Interest Payment Date |
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Interest Rate Agreement |
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Interest Swap Obligations |
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Lien |
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Maturity |
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Officer |
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Officers Certificate |
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Opinion of Counsel |
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Original Issue Discount Security |
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Paying Agent |
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Person |
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Place of Payment |
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Redemption Date |
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Redemption Price |
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Registered Security |
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Regular Record Date |
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Responsible Officer |
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Securities |
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Significant Subsidiary |
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Special Record Date |
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Stated Maturity |
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Subsidiary |
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Trust Indenture Act |
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Trustee |
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U.S. Depositary |
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U.S. Government Obligations |
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Vice President |
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§ 1.2 Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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§ 1.3 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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§ 1.4 Acts of Holders |
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§ 1.5 Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company |
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§ 1.6 Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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§ 1.7 Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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§ 1.8 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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§ 1.9 Successors and Assigns |
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§ 1.10 Separability Clause |
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§ 1.11 Benefits of Indenture |
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§ 1.12 Governing Law |
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§ 1.13 Legal Holidays |
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§ 1.14 No Recourse Against Others |
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ARTICLE 2 SECURITY FORMS |
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§ 2.1 Forms Generally |
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§ 2.2 Form of Face of Security |
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§ 2.3 Form of Reverse of Security |
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§ 2.4 Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
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§ 2.5 Securities in Global Form |
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§ 2.6 CUSIP Number |
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§ 2.7 Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form |
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ARTICLE 3 THE SECURITIES |
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§ 3.1 Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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§ 3.2 Denominations |
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§ 3.3 Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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§ 3.4 Temporary Securities |
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§ 3.5 Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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§ 3.6 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Wrongfully Taken Securities |
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§ 3.7 Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved |
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§ 3.8 Persons Deemed Owners |
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§ 3.9 Cancellation |
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§ 3.10 Computation of Interest |
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ARTICLE 4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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§ 4.1 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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§ 4.2 Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE 5 REMEDIES |
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§ 5.1 Events of Default |
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§ 5.2 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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§ 5.3 Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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§ 5.4 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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§ 5.5 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
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§ 5.6 Application of Money Collected |
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§ 5.7 Limitation on Suits |
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§ 5.8 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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§ 5.9 Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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§ 5.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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§ 5.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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§ 5.12 Control by Holders |
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§ 5.13 Waiver of Past Defaults |
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§ 5.14 Undertaking for Costs |
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ARTICLE 6 THE TRUSTEE |
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§ 6.1 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee |
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§ 6.2 Notice of Defaults |
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§ 6.3 Certain Rights of Trustee |
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§ 6.4 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
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§ 6.5 May Hold Securities |
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§ 6.6 Money Held in Trust |
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§ 6.7 Compensation and Reimbursement |
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§ 6.8 Disqualification; Conflicting Interests |
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§ 6.9 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility |
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§ 6.10 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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§ 6.11 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor or Additional Trustees |
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§ 6.12 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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§ 6.13 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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§ 6.14 Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
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ARTICLE 7 HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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§ 7.1 Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders |
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§ 7.2 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders |
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§ 7.3 Reports by Trustee |
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§ 7.4 Reports by Company |
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ARTICLE 8 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, LEASE, SALE OR TRANSFER |
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§ 8.1 When Company May Merge, Etc |
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§ 8.2 Opinion of Counsel |
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§ 8.3 Successor Corporation Substituted |
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ARTICLE 9 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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§ 9.1 Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
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§ 9.2 Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders |
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§ 9.3 Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
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§ 9.4 Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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§ 9.5 Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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§ 9.6 Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE 10 COVENANTS |
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§ 10.1 Payments of Securities |
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§ 10.2 Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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§ 10.3 Corporate Existence |
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§ 10.4 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims |
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§ 10.5 Compliance Certificates |
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§ 10.6 Commission Reports |
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§ 10.7 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws |
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§ 10.8 Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust |
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ARTICLE 11 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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§ 11.1 Applicability of Article |
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§ 11.2 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
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§ 11.3 Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
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§ 11.4 Notice of Redemption |
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§ 11.5 Deposit of Redemption Price |
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§ 11.6 Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
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§ 11.7 Securities Redeemed in Part |
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ARTICLE 12 SINKING FUNDS |
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§ 12.2 Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
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§ 12.3 Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
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ARTICLE 13 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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§ 13.1. Applicability of Article; Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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§ 13.2 Defeasance and Discharge |
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§ 13.4 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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ARTICLE 14 MISCELLANEOUS |
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§ 14.1 Miscellaneous |
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ARTICLE 15 SUBORDINATION |
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§ 15.1 Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness |
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§ 15.2. Reliance on Certificate of Liquidating Agent; Further Evidence as to Ownership of
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§ 15.6 Trustee to Effectuate Subordination |
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§ 15.7 Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness |
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§ 15.9. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company or Holders of
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§ 15.10. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness |
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Subordinated Debt Indenture (the Indenture), dated as of , 20___, between
KENNAMETAL INC., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania (herein called the Company), having its principal office at World Headquarters, 1600
Technology Way, P.O. Box 231, Latrobe, Pennsylvania 15650-0231 and , a
banking corporation (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 subordinated 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 covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all
Holders of the Securities or of any series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF GENERAL APPLICATION
§ 1.
§ 1.1. 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 GAAP;
(4) the word Including (and with the correlative meaning Include) means including, without
limiting the generality of, any description following such term; 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.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Six, are defined in that Article.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.
Affiliate means another Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under
direct or indirect common control with such first Person. For the purposes of this definition,
control (including, with correlative meanings, the terms controlling, controlled by and
under common control with), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.
Authenticating Agent means any Person authorized by the Trustee to act on behalf of the
Trustee to authenticate Securities.
Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors.
Board of Directors means the board of directors of the Company; provided, however, that when
the context refers to actions or resolutions of the Board of Directors, then the term Board of
Directors shall also mean any duly authorized committee of the Board of Directors of the Company
or Officer authorized to act with respect to any particular matter to exercise the power of the
Board of Directors of the Company.
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 regulation to close.
Capitalized Lease Obligations means Indebtedness represented by obligations under a lease
that is required to be
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capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP and the
amount of such Indebtedness shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations determined in accordance
with GAAP.
Capital Stock means: (1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (2) in the case of
an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (3) in the case of a partnership or limited
liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (4) any
other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the
profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Commission means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as 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.
Common Depositary has the meaning specified in Section 3.4.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor corporation shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor corporation.
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 President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer,
an Assistant Treasurer, its Controller, an Assistant Controller, its Secretary or an Assistant
Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
Corporate Trust Office means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee at which,
at any particular time, its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the
date hereof is located at , New York, NY.
Covenant Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 13.3.
Currency Agreement shall mean any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or
other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect such Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries against fluctuations in currency values.
Custodian means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar
official under any Bankruptcy Law.
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Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an
Event of Default.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.
Defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 13.2.
Dollars and $ means lawful money of the United States of America.
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 5.1.
Exchange Act means the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time,
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and
pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
Holder or Security holder means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the
Security Register.
Indebtedness means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, any indebtedness,
secured or unsecured, contingent or otherwise, which is for borrowed money (whether or not the
recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such Person or only to a portion thereof),
or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or representing the balance
deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (excluding, without limitation, any
balances that constitute subscriber advance payments and deposits, accounts payable or trade
payables, and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business) if and to the
extent any of the foregoing indebtedness would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of such
Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and shall also include, to the extent not otherwise
included, (i) any Capitalized Lease Obligations, (ii) obligations secured by a lien to which the
property or assets owned or held by such Person is subject, whether or not the obligation or
obligations secured thereby shall have been assumed, (iii) guaranties of items of other Persons
which would be included within this definition for such other Persons (whether or not such items
would appear upon the balance sheet of the guarantor), (iv) in the case of the Company, Preferred
Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (v) obligations of any such Person under any Interest Rate Agreement
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applicable to any of
the foregoing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall not include any interest or
accrued interest until due and payable.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Interest, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms
bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
Interest Rate Agreement means, for any Person, any interest rate swap agreement, interest
rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement designed to protect
the party indicated therein against fluctuations in interest rates.
Interest Swap Obligations shall mean the obligations of any Person pursuant to any interest
rate swap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement
designed to protect such Person or any of its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in interest rates.
Lien shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge or
adverse claim affecting title or resulting in an encumbrance against real or personal property or a
security interest of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof other than a lease which is not a Capitalized
Lease Obligation.)
Maturity, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of
such Security or an installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,
whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, any
Senior or Executive Vice President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the
Controller, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.
Officers Certificate means a certificate of the Company signed by the Chairman of the
Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or a Vice President of the
Company.
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Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the
Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or 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 5.2.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any series, means, as of
the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this
Indenture, except: (i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; (ii) Securities, or portions thereof, 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; (iii) Securities which
have been paid pursuant to Section 3.6 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; and (iv) Securities which have been defeased pursuant to Section 13.2; provided,
however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or
waiver hereunder, (a) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be
deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall be that portion of the principal amount thereof
that could be declared to be due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and the
continuation thereof pursuant to the terms of such Original Issue Discount Security as of the date
of such determination and (b) 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 or waiver, 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 pledgees 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 (and
premium, if any) or interest on any Securities
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on behalf of the Company. The Company may act as
Paying Agent with respect to any Securities issued hereunder.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity.
Place of Payment, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or
places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of that series
are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means
the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security of any series to be redeemed, means
the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Registered Security means any Security issued hereunder and registered in the Security
Register.
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 3.1.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer of the Trustee
in its Corporate Trust Office and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with
the particular subject.
Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more
particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section
3.5.
Senior Indebtedness is defined as the principal, premium, if any, and interest on (i) all
indebtedness of the Company, whether outstanding on the date of the issuance of Subordinated Debt
Securities or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, which is for money borrowed, or which is
evidenced by a note or similar instrument given in connection with the acquisition of any business, properties or assets, including securities,
(ii) any indebtedness of others of the kinds described in the preceding clause (i) for the
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payment
of which the Company is responsible or liable as guarantor or otherwise and (iii) amendments,
renewals, extensions and refundings of any such indebtedness, unless in any instrument or
instruments evidencing or securing such indebtedness or pursuant to which the same is outstanding,
or in any such amendment, renewal, extension or refunding, it is expressly provided that such
indebtedness is not superior in right of payment to Subordinated Debt Securities.
Significant Subsidiary means a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company possessing assets
(including the assets of its own Subsidiaries but without regard to the Company or any other
Subsidiary) having a book value, in the aggregate, equal to not less than 10% of the book value of
the aggregate assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the
Trustee pursuant to Section 3.7.
Stated Maturity, when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal
thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which
the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.
Subsidiary of any specified Person means any corporation, partnership, joint venture,
association or other business entity, whether now existing or hereafter organized or acquired, (i)
in the case of a corporation, of which more than 50% of the total voting power of the Capital Stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of
directors, officers or trustees thereof is held by such first-named Person or any of its
Subsidiaries; or (ii) in the case of a partnership, joint venture, association or other business
entity, with respect to which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries has the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such entity by contract or otherwise if in
accordance with GAAP such entity is consolidated with the first-named Person for financial
statement purposes.
Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in force at the
date as of which this Indenture was executed; provided, however, that in the event that such Act is
amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this instrument
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, Trustee as used with respect to
the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
U.S. Depositary means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in
whole or in part in the form of one or more
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permanent global Securities, the Person designated as
U.S. Depositary by the Company pursuant to Section 3.1, which must be a clearing agency registered
under the Exchange Act until a successor U.S. Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the
applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter U.S. Depositary shall mean or include
each Person who is then a U.S. Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such
Person, U.S. Depositary shall mean the U.S. Depositary with respect to the Securities of that
series.
U.S. Government Obligations means securities which are (i) direct obligations of the United
States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations
of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United
States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and
credit of the United States of America which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof or otherwise subject to prepayment, and shall also include a
depository receipt issued by a New York Clearing House bank or trust company as custodian with
respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment or interest on or principal of
any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a
depository receipt, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to
make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt or from any
amount held by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment
of interest on or principal of the U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
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.
§ 1.2. 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, other than an action permitted by Sections 2.5 and 7.4 hereof, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers Certificate stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been
complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such
conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with, except that in the case of any such
application or request as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any
provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Indenture shall include:
(a) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
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(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon
which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of 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
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or
covenant has been complied with.
§ 1.3. 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 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.
§ 1.4. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one
or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents
duly appointed in writing; 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
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instrument or of a writing appointing
any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 6.1)
conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be
proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or
other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual
signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution
is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such certificate or
affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of 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.
(c) The ownership of Registered Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) 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.
(e) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Company may, at its option, by or pursuant to
a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of Holders entitled to give
such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the
Company shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such
record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be
deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite proportion of
Outstanding Securities have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the
Outstanding Securities shall be computed as of such record date; provided that no such
authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective
unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six
months after the record date.
§ 1.5. 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,
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(a) 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 and received by the
Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, or
(b) 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 Indenture, attention: Secretary, or at any other address previously
furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.
§ 1.6. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice
shall be deemed sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein or in such Security 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, and not earlier
than the earliest date, 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 or the validity of the proceedings to which such notice relates. Where this Indenture or
any Security 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.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver required or permitted
under this Indenture shall be in the English language, except that any published notice may be in
an official language of the country of publication.
§ 1.7. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is
required to be included in this Indenture by any of the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act, such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act that may be so modified or excluded,
the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or shall be
excluded, as the case may be.
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§ 1.8. 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.
§ 1.9. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
§ 1.10. 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.
§ 1.11. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any
legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
§ 1.12. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflicts of law provisions (other than
Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law) that might cause this Indenture and the
Securities to be governed by or construed or enforced in accordance with the laws of any other
jurisdiction.
§ 1.13. 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) 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 or on such other day as may be set out in the Officers Certificate pursuant to
Section 3.1 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.
§ 1.14. No Recourse Against Others.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or this Indenture or for any
claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their
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creation. Each Security
holder, by accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. Such waivers and releases
are part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.
ARTICLE 2
SECURITY FORMS
§ 2.
§ 2.1. Forms Generally.
The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or
in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more
indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions,
substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have
such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed
thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may,
consistently herewith, be determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by
their execution of the Securities. 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 3.3 for the authentication
and delivery of such Securities.
The Trustees certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the form set forth in
this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be photocopied, 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.
§ 2.2. Form of Face of Security.
(If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insertFOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1272
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE CODE), THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE
DISCOUNT (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1273 (a) (1) OF THE CODE AND TREASURY REGULATION SECTION
1.1273-l(a) WITH RESPECT TO THIS SECURITY IS , THE ISSUE PRICE (AS DEFINED IN TREASURY
REGULATION SECTION 1.1273-2) OF THIS
SECURITY IS , THE ISSUE DATE (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 1275(a)(2) OF THE CODE AND TREASURY
REGULATION SECTION 1.1273-2) OF THIS SECURITY IS AND THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THIS SECURITY
IS ).
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Kennametal Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania (herein called the Company, which term includes any successor corporation under
the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to , or
registered assigns, the principal sum of $ on . (If the Security is to bear interest
prior to Maturity, insert , and to pay interest thereon from or from the most
recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for, (semi-annually)
(quarterly) (monthly) in arrears on and in each year, commencing , at the rate of
% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment (If applicable
insert, and (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable) at the
rate of % per annum on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue installment of
interest). 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 of (whether or not a Business Day), as
the case maybe, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually
paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record
Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor
Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of
Securities of this series not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at
any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be
required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture.)
(If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insertThe 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 of this
Security shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the payment of
such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such default in
payment to the date payment of such principal has been made or duly provided for. Interest on any
overdue principal shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on any overdue principal that is
not so paid on demand shall bear interest at the rate of % per annum (to the extent that the
payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), which shall accrue from the date of such demand for
payment to the date payment of such interest has been made or duly provided for, and such interest
shall also be payable on demand.)
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Payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and (if applicable, insertany such)
interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that
purpose in , in Dollars (if applicable, insert; provided, however, that at the option of
the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register).
Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse
hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at
this place.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to
on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under
the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed under its
corporate seal.
Dated:
Kennametal Inc.
By:
Attest:
(SEAL)
§ 2.3. 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
, 20___(herein called the Indenture), between the Company and
, (herein called the Trustee, which term includes any successor trustee
under the Indenture), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is
hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities
thereunder of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon
which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the
series designated on the face hereof (limited in aggregate principal amount to $ ). (If
applicable, insertThe Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not less than 30
nor more than 45
days notice by first class mail, (if applicable, insert(1) on in any year
commencing with the year and ending with the year through operation of the sinking
fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)) at any
time (on or after ,), as a whole or in part, at the election
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of the Company, at the
following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount):
If redeemed (on or before , %, and if redeemed) during the 12-month period
beginning of the years indicated, Year Redemption Price Year
Redemption Price and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to of the principal amount,
together in the case of any such redemption (if applicable, insert (whether through operation of
the sinking fund or otherwise)) with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date, but
interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable
to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of
business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the
Indenture.)
(If applicable, insert The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not
less than 30 nor more than 45 days notice by first class 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 (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 a 12-month period beginning of the years indicated, Redemption
Price for Redemption Price for Redemption Through Redemption Otherwise Operation 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 and unpaid 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.)
(Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to redeem any Securities of
this series as contemplated by (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.)
(The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on in each year beginning with
the year and ending with the year of (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 (mandatory) sinking fund
payments may be credited
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against subsequent (mandatory) sinking fund payments otherwise required to
be madein the (inverse) order in which they become due.)
(In the event of redemption of this Security in part only a new Security or Securities of this
series for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the
cancellation hereof.)
(If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If any Event of Default
with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the
Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect
provided in the Indenture.) (If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert If
an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an
amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner
and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal 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 and overdue interest (in each case to the extent that
the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Companys obligations in
respect of the payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series
shall terminate.
This Security is a subordinated and unsecured obligation of the Company and is subordinated
and junior in right of payment to all other senior unsecured obligations of the Company.
This Security is subject to Defeasance as described in the Indenture. The Indenture may be
modified by the Company and the Trustee without consent of any Holder with respect to certain
matters as described in the Indenture. In addition, 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 a majority 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 bind such Holder and all future Holders of this Security and of
any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu
hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
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 premium, if any, and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate,
and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
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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 premium, if any) 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, of authorized denominations and for the
same Stated Maturity and 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 ($1,000) 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 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.
The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the ability of the Company to, among other
things, merge or consolidate with any other Person or sell, assign, transfer or lease all or
substantially all of its properties or assets (If other covenants are applicable pursuant to the
provisions of Section 3.1, insert here). All such covenants and limitations are subject to a
number of important qualifications and exceptions. The Company must report periodically to the
Trustee on compliance with the covenants in the Indenture.
A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any
liability for any obligations of the Company under this Security or the Indenture or for any claim
based on, in respect of or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder, by
accepting a Security, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of
the consideration for the issuance of this Security.
(If applicable, insert Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform
Security Identification Procedures (CUSIP), the Company has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities of this series as a convenience to the
Holders of the Securities of this series. No representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of such numbers as printed on the Securities of this series and reliance may be placed
only on the other identification numbers printed hereon.)
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All capitalized terms used in this Security without definition which are defined in the
Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
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ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Security, fill in the form below: (I) or (we) assign and transfer this
Security to
(Insert assignees social security or tax I.D. number)
(Print or type assignees name, address and zip code)
and irrevocably appoint
agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to
act for him.
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institution meeting the requirements of the Transfer
Agent, which requirements will include membership or
participation in STAMP or such other signature guarantee
program as may be determined by the Transfer Agent in
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§ 2.4. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
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§ 2.5. Securities in Global Form.
If Securities of a series are issuable in global form, as contemplated by Section 3.1, then,
notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.2, any such Security shall represent such of the
Outstanding Securities of such series as shall be specified therein and may provide that it shall
represent the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities from time to time endorsed thereon and
that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced to reflect exchanges. Any endorsement of a Security in global form to reflect the amount,
or any increase or decrease in the amount, of Outstanding Securities represented thereby shall be
made in such manner and upon instructions given by such Person or Persons as shall be specified
therein or in the Company Order to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.3 or Section
3.4. Subject to the provisions of Section 3.3 and, if applicable, Section 3.4, the Trustee shall
deliver and redeliver any Security in permanent global form in the manner and upon instructions
given by the Person or Persons specified therein or in the applicable Company Order. If a Company
Order pursuant to Section 3.3 or 3.4 has been, or simultaneously is, delivered, any instructions by
the Company with respect to endorsement or delivery or redelivery of a Security in global form
shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion
of Counsel.
The provisions of Section 3.9 shall apply to any Security represented by a Security in global
form if such Security was never issued and sold by the Company and the Company delivers to the
Trustee the Security in global form together with written instructions (which need not comply with
Section 1.2 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in
the principal amount of Securities represented thereby.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 2.1 and 3.7, unless otherwise specified as
contemplated by Section 3.1, payment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on any Security
in permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.8 and except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the
Trustee shall treat a Person as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding
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Securities
represented by a permanent global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the
Holder of such permanent global Security.
§ 2.6. CUSIP Number.
The Company in issuing Securities of any series may use a CUSIP number, and, if so, the
Trustee may use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders
of such series; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed on the notice or on the Securities of such
series, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such
numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number of any
series of Securities.
§ 2.7. Form of Legend for the Securities in Global Form.
Any Security in global form authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
This Security is in global form within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to
and is registered in the name of a Common Depositary or a U.S. Depositary. Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in certificated form, this Security may not be
transferred except as a whole by the Common Depositary or a U.S. Depositary or by a nominee of the
Common Depositary or a nominee of the U.S. Depositary as the case may be.
ARTICLE 3
THE SECURITIES
§ 3.
§ 3.1. 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 from time to time in one or more series. There shall be
established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth in an Officers Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of
any series:
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the
series from all other Securities);
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(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 Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 9.6 or 11.7);
(3) whether any Securities of the series are to be issuable in permanent global form with or
without coupons and, if so, (i) whether beneficial owners of interests in any such permanent global
security may exchange such interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor of any
authorized form and denomination and the circumstances under which any such exchanges may occur, if
other than in the manner provided in Section 3.5, and (ii) the name of the Common Depositary (as
defined in Section 3.4) or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, with respect to any global
security;
(4) the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(5) the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall bear interest (including
reset rates, if any, and the method by which such rate will be determined), if any, the date or
dates from which such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest
shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date
and, if applicable to such series of Securities, the basis points and United States Treasury
rate(s) and any other rates or other methods to be used in calculating the reset rate;
(6) the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on
Securities of the series shall be payable and where the Company will maintain an office or agency
where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or exchange and the place or places
where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of Securities and the Indenture may be
made;
(7) the right of the Company, if any, to defer any payment of principal of, premium, or
interest on the Securities of the series, and the maximum length of any such deferral period which
shall not exceed the Stated Maturity for the final installment of principal on the Securities of
such series;
(8) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which the currency or currency
units and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or
in part, at the option of the Company, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise;
(9) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase Securities of the series
pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the
period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the currency or currency units and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in
whole or in part, pursuant to such
obligation, and, where applicable, the obligation of the Company to select the Securities to
be redeemed;
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(10) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(11) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 5.2;
(12) any additions, modifications or deletions in the Events of Default with respect to
Securities of the series, if any, other than those set forth herein;
(13) if either or both of Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 shall be inapplicable to the
Securities of the series (provided that if no such inapplicability shall be specified, then both
Section 13.2 and Section 13.3 shall be applicable to the Securities of the series);
(14) if other than U.S. dollars, the currency or currencies or units based on or related to
currencies in which the Securities of such series shall be denominated and in which payments or
principal of, and any premium and interest on, such Securities shall or may by payable;
(15) additions, modifications or deletions of the Companys covenants with respect to
Securities of the series, if any, other than those set forth herein;
(16) any index or indices used to determine the amount of payments of principal of any
premium, if any, on such securities and the manner in which such amounts will be determined;
(17) if other than the Trustee, the identity of the Registrar and any Paying Agent;
(18) the appointment of a Person as a Trustee which meets the requirements of Section 6.9 with
respect to Securities of the series;
(19) any index or indices used to determine the amounts of payments of principal of an
premium, if any, on the Securities and the manner in which such amounts will be determined;
(20) the terms and conditions of any obligation or right of the Company or a Holder to
exchange or convert Securities into other securities;
(21) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions
of this Indenture).
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 such Board Resolution and set forth in
such Officers Certificate or in any such Indenture supplemental hereto.
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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, or providing the manner for determining, the terms of the
Securities of such series.
§ 3.2. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any such
provisions 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.
§ 3.3. 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. The seal of the Company may be
in the form of a facsimile thereof and may be impressed, affixed, imprinted or otherwise reproduced
on the Securities. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of the
seal or any such signature shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any security that has
been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee.
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 make such
Securities available for delivery. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been
established in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1,
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
Sections 315(a) through (d) of the Trust Indenture Act) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating,
(a) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution as
permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of
this Indenture;
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(b) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolution
as permitted by Section 3.1, that such terms have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(c) 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, except to the extent enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors rights generally and by the effect of general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law); and
(d) that no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with
any court or any governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company is required for
the execution and delivery of such Securities by the Company, except such as have been obtained
(except that no opinion need be expressed as to state securities or Blue Sky laws).
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 Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise
in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, or in the written opinion of counsel
to the Trustee (which counsel may be an employee of the Trustee) such authentication may not
lawfully be made or would involve the Trustee in personal liability.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the immediately 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 3.1 or the Company
Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph at
or prior to the time of 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.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 3.1 that the Securities of a series are to
be issued in the form of one or more global Securities, then the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section and the Company Order with respect to the
authentication and delivery of such series, authenticate and
deliver one or more global Securities that (i) shall be in an aggregate amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount specified in such Company Order, (ii) shall be registered in the name of
the Common Depositary or U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, therefor or its nominee, and (iii)
shall be made available for delivery by the Trustee to such depositary or pursuant to such
depositarys instruction.
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Each depositary designated pursuant to Section 3.1 must, at the time of its designation and at
all times while it serves as depositary, be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and
any other applicable statute or regulation.
Unless otherwise provided for in the form of security, 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 and is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
§ 3.4. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and
upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, temporary
Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any
authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which
they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations
as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such
Securities.
In the case of Securities of any series, such temporary Securities may be in global form,
representing all or a portion of the Outstanding Securities of such series.
Except in the case of temporary Securities in global form (which shall be exchanged in
accordance with the provisions of Section 3.5), 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 make available for delivery in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive
Securities of the same series of authorized denominations and of like tenor. 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.
If temporary Securities of any series are issued in global form, any such temporary global
Security shall, unless otherwise provided therein, be delivered to the office of a depositary or
common depositary (the COMMON DEPOSITARY) for credit to the respective accounts of the beneficial
owners of such Securities (or to such other accounts as they may direct).
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§ 3.5. 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 registration 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 any series at the office or
agency of the Company in Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and Stated Maturity.
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 a like aggregate principal amount and
Stated Maturity, 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 make available for delivery, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1,
any permanent global security shall be exchangeable only as provided in this paragraph. If the
beneficial owners of interests in a permanent global security are entitled to exchange such
interests for Securities of such series and of like tenor and principal amount of another
authorized form and denomination, as specified and as subject to the conditions contemplated by
Section 3.1, then without unnecessary delay but in any event not later than the earliest date on
which such interests may be so exchanged, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee definitive
Securities of that series in aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such
permanent global security, executed by the Company. On or after the earliest date on which such
interests may be so exchanged, such permanent global Securities shall be surrendered from time to
time by the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, and in accordance with
instructions given to the Trustee and the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as
the case may be (which instructions shall be in writing but need not comply with Section 1.2
or be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel), as shall be specified in the Company Order with
respect thereto to the Trustee, as the Companys agent for such purpose, to be exchanged, in whole
or in part, for definitive Securities of the same series without charge. The Trustee shall
authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for each portion of such surrendered
permanent global security, a like aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same
series of authorized denominations and of like tenor as the portion of such permanent global
security to be exchanged which shall be in the form of the Securities of such series; provided,
however,
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that no such exchanges may occur during a period beginning at the opening of business 15
days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected
for redemption under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing.
Promptly following any such exchange in part, such permanent global Security shall be returned by
the Trustee to the Common Depositary or the U.S. Depositary, as the case may be, or such other
Common Depositary or U.S. Depositary referred to above in accordance with the written instructions
of the Company referred to above. If a Security in the form specified for such series is issued in
exchange for any portion of a permanent global Security after the close of business at the office
or agency where such exchange occurs on (i) any Regular Record Date and before the opening of
business at such office or agency on the relevant Interest Payment Date, or (ii) any Special Record
Date and before the opening of business at such office or agency on the related proposed date for
payment of interest or Defaulted Interest, as the case may be, such interest or Defaulted Interest
will not be payable on such Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be,
in respect of such security in the form specified for such series, but will be payable on such
Interest Payment Date or proposed date for payment, as the case may be, only to the Person to whom
interest in respect of such portion of such permanent global Security is payable in accordance with
the provisions of this Indenture.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the
valid obligation, of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly
executed, by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
Unless otherwise provided in the Securities to be transferred or exchanged, 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 3.4, 9.6 or 11.7 not involving any transfer.
The Company shall not be required (i) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange
Securities of any series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the
day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that series selected for redemption
under Section 11.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) 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.
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§ 3.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Wrongfully Taken 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 wrongful taking 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 protected
purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request 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 wrongfully taken 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 wrongfully taken Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of
the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or wrongfully taken 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 wrongfully taken Securities.
§ 3.7. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
Interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date shall be paid at the Place of Payment 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, except that at the option of the Company payment may be made
(i) except in the case of a global Security by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled
thereto as such address appears in the Securities Registrar or (ii) by transfer to an account
maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Securities Registrar provided that
proper transfer instructions have been received by the Regular Record Date.
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Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or
duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (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 Section 3.7 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 mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of
such series at his address as it appears in the Security Register, not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the
Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities)
are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable
pursuant to the following Clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in
any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which
such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice
as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of
the proposed payment pursuant to this Section 3.7, 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.
§ 3.8. 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
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name such Security is
registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and
premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) 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.
None of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee shall have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interest of a Security in global form, or for maintaining, supervising or
reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interest. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, with respect to any Security in global form, nothing herein shall prevent the Company or
the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written
certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any U.S. Depositary or Common Depositary
(or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Security in global form or impair, as between
such U.S. Depositary or Common Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Security in
global form, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the right of such U.S.
Depositary or Common Depositary (or its nominee) as holder of such Security in global form.
§ 3.9. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or
for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the
Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any
time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered
hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu
of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly
permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities shall be held by the Trustee and shall be
disposed of in accordance with its documents retention policy in effect from time to time (if
destroyed, certification of their destruction shall be delivered to the Company upon its
request), unless, by a Company Order, the Company shall direct that cancelled Securities be
returned to it.
§ 3.10. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series,
interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
consisting of twelve 30-day months.
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ARTICLE 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
§ 4.
§ 4.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
This Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as to any surviving rights of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for or in the form of
Security for such series), when the Trustee, upon Company Request and 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 wrongfully taken and which have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 3.6 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 10.8) 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 with the Trustee as trust
funds in trust for the purpose an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire
indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for
principal (and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable) or 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 provided for herein 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 6.7, the obligations of the Company to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 6.14 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 4.2 and
the last paragraph of Section 10.8 shall survive.
§ 4.2. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.8, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 4.1 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 premium, if any) and interest for whose
payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee.
ARTICLE 5
REMEDIES
§ 5.
§ 5.1. 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 to 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) the Company defaults in the payment of interest or any sinking fund payment on any
Security of that series when such interest becomes due and payable and the default continues for a
period of 60 days; provided, however, that if the Company is permitted by the terms of the
Securities of the applicable series to defer the payment in question, the date on which such
payment is due and payable shall be the date on which the Company is required to make payment
following such deferral, if such deferral has been elected pursuant to the terms of the Securities;
or
(2) the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security of that series when the same becomes due and payable at Maturity, upon redemption
(including redemptions under Article 11), by declaration or otherwise; provided, however, that if
the Company is permitted by the terms of the
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Securities of the applicable series to defer the payment in question, the date on which such
payment is due and payable shall be the date on which the Company is required to make payment
following such deferral, if such deferral has been elected pursuant to the terms of the Securities;
or
(3) the Company fails to observe or perform in any material respect any of its other
covenants, warranties or agreements in the Securities of that series or in this Indenture (other
than a covenant, agreement 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 the failure to observe
or perform continues for the period and after the notice specified in the last paragraph of this
Section; or
(4) any event of default, as defined in any other indenture, mortgage, or instrument under
which there may be issued, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any Indebtedness of the
Company (whether such Indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created or incurred) shall
occur and shall consist of default in the payment of such Indebtedness at the maturity thereof
(after giving effect to any applicable grace period) or shall result in Indebtedness becoming or
being declared due and payable prior to the date on which it would otherwise become due and
payable, and such default in payment is not cured or such acceleration shall not be rescinded or
annulled within 30 days after written notice to the Company from the Trustee or to the Company and
to the Trustee from the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
that series at the time outstanding; provided that it shall not be an Event of Default if the
principal amount of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness represented by Securities issued pursuant
to this Indenture) which is not paid at maturity or the maturity of which is accelerated is less
than or equal to $25 million provided further that if, prior to a declaration of acceleration of
the maturity of the Securities of that series or the entry of judgment in favor of the Trustee in a
suit pursuant to Section 5.3, such default shall be remedied or cured by the Company or waived by
the holders of such Indebtedness, then the Event of Default hereunder by reason thereof shall be
deemed likewise to have been thereupon remedied, cured or waived without further action upon the
part of either the Trustee or any of the Holders of the Securities of that series, and provided
further, that, subject to Sections 6.1 and 6.2, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of
any such default unless written notice of such default shall have been given to the Trustee by the
Company, by a holder or an agent of a holder of any such Indebtedness, by the trustee then acting
under any indenture or other instrument under which such default shall have occurred, or by the
Holders of at least five percent in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of that series at
the time Outstanding; or
(5) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law (A) commences a
voluntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with respect to itself, (B) consents to the
entry of a judgment, decree or order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding
under any Bankruptcy Law, (C) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of bankruptcy or
insolvency proceedings against it, (D) applies for, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of
or taking possession by a
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Custodian of the Company or for any material part of its property, (E) makes a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors or (F) takes any corporate action in furtherance of or
to facilitate, conditionally or otherwise, any of the foregoing; or
(6) (i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters a judgment, decree or order for relief in
respect of the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law which shall
(A) approve as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition in respect of the Company, (B) appoint a Custodian of the Company or for any material
part of its property, or (C) order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs, and such judgment,
decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or (ii)
any bankruptcy or insolvency petition or application is filed, or any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceeding is commenced against the Company and such petition, application or proceeding is not
dismissed within 60 days; or (iii) a warrant of attachment is issued against any material portion
of the property of the Company which is not released within 60 days of service; or
(7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
A Default under clause (3) above is not an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders
of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series notify
the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure the Default within 90 days after receipt
of the notice. The notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that the
notice is a Notice of Default. When a Default under clause (3) above is cured within such 90-day
period, it ceases.
§ 5.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series (other than an Event of
Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 5.1) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by
notice in writing to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Securities of that series by notice in writing to the Company and the Trustee, may
declare the unpaid principal of and accrued interest to the date of acceleration (or, if the
Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal
amount as may be specified in the terms of that series) on all the Outstanding Securities of that
series to be due and payable immediately and, upon any such declaration, the Outstanding Securities
of that series (or specified principal amount) shall become and be immediately due and payable.
If an Event of Default specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 5.1 occurs, all unpaid
principal of and accrued interest on the Outstanding Securities of that series (or specified
principal amount) shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any
declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder of any Security of that series.
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Upon payment of all such principal and interest, all of the Companys obligations under the
Securities of that series and (upon payment of the Securities of all series) this Indenture shall
terminate, except obligations under Section 6.7.
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series by
notice to the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if (i) all existing Events
of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal and interest of the Securities of that
series that has become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived,
(ii) to the extent the payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of
interest and overdue principal that has become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration have been paid, (iii) the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of
a court of competent jurisdiction and (iv) all payments due to the Trustee and any predecessor
Trustee under Section 6.7 have been made.
§ 5.3. 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 of any series 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
of any series 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 premium, if any) and interest and, to the extent that payment of such
interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if any) 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 reasonable costs and
expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of
the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may
enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the
moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the
Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
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
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Indenture or
in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to secure any other proper remedy.
§ 5.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the
Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other
obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities
shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective
of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue
principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or
otherwise,
(i) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any) and
interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents
as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim
for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agent and
counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings, and
(ii) 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 6.7.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to
or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
§ 5.5. 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.
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§ 5.6. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of the Securities of
any series shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and,
in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest,
upon presentation of the Securities in respect of which moneys have been collected 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 6.7 applicable to such
series;
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on the Securities of such series 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 of such series for principal (and premium, if any)
and interest, respectively; and
Third: To the Company.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this
Section 5.6. At least fifteen (15) days before such record date, the Trustee shall mail to each
Holder and the Company a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount to be
paid.
§ 5.7. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or
trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of
Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
(2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that
series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such
Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(3) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity against the costs,
expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;
(4) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity
has failed to institute any such proceeding; and
(5) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during
such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount
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of the Outstanding Securities
of that series; it being understood and intended that no one or more of Holders of Securities of
any series 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 Holders of Securities of the affected series.
§ 5.8. 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
premium, if any) and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on such Security on the Stated Maturity or
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.
§ 5.9. 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 has been
instituted.
§ 5.10. 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 3.6, 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.
§ 5.11. 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.
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§ 5.12. 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;
(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) subject to Section 6.1, the Trustee need not take any action which might involve the
Trustee in personal liability or be unduly prejudicial to the Holders not joining therein.
§ 5.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
any series may by written notice to the Trustee on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of
such series waive any Default or Event of Default with respect to such series and its consequences,
except a Default or Event of Default
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any
Security of such series, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or other 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.
(3) Upon any such waiver, such Default or Event of Default shall cease to exist and shall be
deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture and the Securities of such series;
but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair
any right consequent thereon.
§ 5.14. Undertaking for Costs.
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof
shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, the filing by any party litigant in such suit
of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess
reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys fees, against any party litigant in such suit,
having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party
litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the
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Company,
to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders,
holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any
series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal
of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Maturities
expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date).
ARTICLE 6
THE TRUSTEE
§ 6.
§ 6.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee.
(a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustees duties and
responsibilities under this Indenture shall be governed by Section 315(a) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(b) In case an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and is known to the Trustee,
the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and shall use the
same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the
circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.
(c) None of the provisions of Section 315(d) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be excluded from
this Indenture.
§ 6.2. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the
Securities of any series, the Trustee shall give to all Holders of Securities of such series, as
their names and addresses appear in the Security Register, notice of such Default or Event of
Default known to the Trustee, unless such Default or Event of Default shall have been cured or
waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in the payment
of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on
any Security of such series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to
Securities of such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long
as the board of directors, the executive committee or directors or Responsible Officers of the
Trustee in good faith determine that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the
Holders of Securities of such series.
§ 6.3. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act:
(a) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
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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;
(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(c) 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;
(d) 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;
(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture,
unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity to its reasonable
satisfaction against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in
compliance with such request or direction;
(f) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of any
series and after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default which may have occurred, 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, approval or other paper or document, or the books and records of the Company,
unless requested in writing to do so by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series; provided, however, that if the payment within a reasonable
time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making
of such investigation is not, in the opinion of the Trustee, reasonably assured to the Trustee by
the security afforded to it by
the terms of this Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such costs,
expenses or liabilities as a condition to so proceeding; the reasonable expense of every such
investigation shall be paid by the Company or, if paid by the Trustee, shall be repaid by the
Company upon demand;
(g) 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;
(h) the Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any
financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of its
rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing
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that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it; and
(i) except in connection with compliance with Section 310 or Section 311 of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Trustee shall only be charged with actual knowledge of Responsible Officers.
§ 6.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any
Authenticating Agent assumes no 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.
§ 6.5. 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 6.8 and 6.13, 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.
§ 6.6. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder (including amounts held by the Trustee as Paying
Agent) 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 upon in writing with the Company.
§ 6.7. 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,
damage, claim or expense, including taxes (other than taxes based upon or
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determined or measured by
the income of the Trustee), incurred without gross 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.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in Section 5.1(5) or Section 5.1(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses
of administration under any applicable federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar
law.
The provisions of this Section 6.7 shall survive this Indenture and the resignation or removal
of any Trustee hereunder.
§ 6.8. Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.
The Trustee shall be disqualified only where such disqualification is required by Section
310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Nothing shall prevent the Trustee from filing with the
Commission the application referred to in the second to last paragraph of Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act.
§ 6.9. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee
under Section 310(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act having a combined capital and surplus of at
least $5,000,000 subject to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the
requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the
combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and
surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Neither the Company nor
any Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the
Company may serve as
Trustee. If at any time the Trustee 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.
§ 6.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
(a) No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee
pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 6.11.
(b) The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by
giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor
Trustee required by Section 6.11 shall not have been
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delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after
the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such
series.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act
of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series,
delivered to the Trustee and to the Company.
(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act 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 6.9 and shall fail to resign after
written request here for by the Company or by any such Holder of a Security who has been a bona
fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or
(3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent
or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take
charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation;
then, in any such case, (i) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect
to all Securities, or (ii) subject to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act, any Holder who has
been a bona fide Holder of a security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all
others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the
Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
(e) If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy
shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more
series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly
appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series
(it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the
Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one
Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 6.11. 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 6.11, become the successor Trustee with
respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee
appointed by the Company with respect to such Securities. If no successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and
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accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 6.11, 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.
(f) The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee with
respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to
the Securities of any series by mailing written notice of such event by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to all Holders of Securities of such series as their names and addresses appear in the
security Register. 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.
§ 6.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor or Additional Trustees.
(a) In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all
Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the
Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee,
without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers,
trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor
Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of 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.
(b) In case of the appointment hereunder of a Trustee or a successor with respect to the
Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, any retiring Trustee and each Trustee
or a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and
deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each Trustee or a 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 Trustee or a successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of any
retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of
such Trustee or a successor Trustee relates, (2) if any 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 any retiring Trustee with respect to
the Securities of that or those series as to which any retiring Trustee is not retiring shall
continue to be vested in any 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
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supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective to the extent provided therein and each such Trustee or a successor Trustee, without any
further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties
of any retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such Trustee or a successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any
Trustee or a successor Trustee, any such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver
to such Trustee or a successor Trustee all property and money held by any such retiring Trustee
hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of any
such Trustee or successor Trustee relates.
(c) Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all
instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all
such rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may
be.
(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under the Trust Indenture Act.
§ 6.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which
the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the
corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided
such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the
execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In
case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in
office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may
adopt such authentication and deliver the
Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself
authenticated such Securities.
§ 6.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any
creditor relationship listed in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has
resigned or been removed shall be subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the
extent indicated therein.
§ 6.14. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding the Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be
authorized to act on behalf of, and subject to the direction of, the Trustee to authenticate
Securities of such series issued upon exchange, registration of
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transfer or partial redemption
thereof or pursuant to Section 3.6, 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 Trustees 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 $5,000,000 and subject
to supervision or examination by federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent
publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and
surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set
forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating
Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it
may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to
which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to the corporate
agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an
Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section,
without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the
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 mail written notice of such appointment by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to
all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve,
as their names and addresses appear in the security Register. Any successor Authenticating Agent
upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and
duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating
Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions
of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.
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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 lieu of the Trustees certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication in the following form:
Form of Authenticating Agents
Certificate of Authentication
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE 7
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
§ 7.
§ 7.1. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
(a) semi-annually, not later than January 1 and July 1 in each year, a list, in such form as
the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders as of the preceding
December 15 or June 15, as the case may be; and
(b) 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; provided, however, that so long as the
Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to be furnished; provided,
however, that so long as the Trustee is the Security Registrar, no such list shall be required to
be furnished.
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§ 7.2. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
(a) 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 7.1 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 7.1
upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
(b) If three or more Holders (herein referred to as applicants) apply in writing to the
Trustee, and furnish to the Trustee reasonable proof that each such applicant has owned a Security
for a period of at least six months preceding the date of such application, and such application
states that the applicants desire to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights
under this Indenture or under the Securities and is accompanied by a copy of the form of proxy or
other communication which such applicants propose to transmit then the Trustee shall, within five
Business Days after the receipt of such application, at its election, either
(i) afford such applicants access to the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 7.2(a); or
(ii) inform such applicants as to the approximate number of Holders whose names and addresses
appear in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee
in accordance with Section 7.2(a), and as to the approximate cost of mailing to such Holders
the form of proxy or other communication, if any, specified in such application.
If the Trustee shall elect not to afford such applicants access to such information, the
Trustee shall, upon the written request of such applicants, mail to each Holder whose name and
address appears in the information preserved at the time by the Trustee in accordance with Section
7.2(a) a copy of the form of proxy or other communication which is specified in such request, with
reasonable promptness after a tender to the Trustee of the material to be mailed and of payment, or
provision for the payment, of the reasonable expenses of mailing, unless within five days after
such tender the Trustee shall mail to such applicants and file with the Commission, together with a
copy of the material to be mailed, a written statement to the effect that, in the opinion of the
Trustee, such mailing would be contrary to the best interest of the Holders or would be in
violation of applicable law. Such written statement shall specify the basis of such opinion. If
the Commission, after opportunity for a hearing upon the objections specified in the written
statement so filed, shall enter an order refusing to sustain any of such objections or if, after
the entry of an order sustaining one or more of such objections, the Commission shall find, after
notice and opportunity for hearing, that all objections so sustained have been met and shall enter
an order so declaring, the Trustee shall mail copies of such material to all such Holders with
reasonable promptness after the entry of such order and the renewal of such tender; otherwise the
Trustee shall be relieved of any obligation or duty to such applicants respecting their
application.
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(c) 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 the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of
the Holders in accordance with Section 702(b), regardless of the source from which such information
was derived, and that the Trustee shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material
pursuant to a request made under Section 7.2(b).
§ 7.3. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after 15 of each year commencing with the year 20 , the
Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Holders of Securities as provided in Section 313(c) of the
Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of 15, if required by and in compliance with
Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) 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.
§ 7.4. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 30 days after the Company is required to file the same with
the Commission, copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents and other reports
(or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the Commission may from time to time by
rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company may be required to file with the Commission
pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act; or, if the Company is not required to
file information, documents or reports pursuant to either of said Sections, then it shall file with
the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed from time to
time by the Commission, such of the supplementary and periodic information, documents and reports
which may be required pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act in respect of a security listed
and registered on a national securities exchange as may be prescribed from time to time in such
rules and regulations;
(2) file with the Trustee and the Commission, in accordance with rules and regulations
prescribed from time to time by the Commission, such additional information, documents and reports
with respect to compliance by the Company with the conditions and covenants of this Indenture as
may be required from time to time by such rules and regulations;
(3) furnish to the Trustee, on or before February 1 of each year, a brief certificate from the
principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer as to his
or her knowledge of the Companys compliance with all conditions and covenants under this
Indenture. For purposes of this paragraph, such
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compliance shall be determined without regard to
any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture. Such certificate need
not comply with Section 1.2.
ARTICLE 8
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, LEASE, SALE OR TRANSFER
§ 8.
§ 8.1. When Company May Merge, Etc.
The Company shall not consolidate, or merge with or into any other corporation (whether or not
the Company shall be the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer or lease or otherwise
dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as
an entirety to any Person or group of affiliated Persons, in one transaction or a series of related
transactions, unless:
(1) either the Company shall be the continuing Person or the Person (if other than the
Company) formed by such consolidation or with which or into which the Company is merged or the
Person (or group of affiliated Persons) to which all or substantially all the properties and assets
of the Company as an entirety or substantially as an entirety are sold, assigned, transferred or
leased shall be a corporation, partnership or
trust or other entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or
any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture
supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee,
all the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture; and
(2) immediately before and after giving effect to such transaction or series of related
transactions, no Event of Default, and no Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of
time or both, would become and Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.
§ 8.2. Opinion of Counsel.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the proposed transaction(s) covered by
Section 8.1 an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the transaction(s) and
such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the
consummation of the transaction(s) under this Indenture have been met.
§ 8.3. Successor Corporation Substituted.
Upon any consolidation by the Company with or merger by the Company into an other corporation
or any lease, sale, assignment, or transfer of all or substantially all of the property and assets
of the Company in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor
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corporation formed by such
consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the successor corporation or affiliated group
of corporations to which such lease, sale, assignment, or transfer 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 corporation or corporations had been named as the Company
herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor corporation or corporations
shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and in
the event of such conveyance or transfer, except in the case of a lease, any such predecessor
corporation may be dissolved and liquidated.
ARTICLE 9
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
§ 9.
§ 9.1. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without notice to or the consent of any Holders of a series of Securities, 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 corporation 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
series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default with respect to all or any series of Securities;
or
(4) to add 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
(5) to change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture, provided that any such
change or elimination shall become effective only when there is no Security Outstanding of any
series created prior to the execution of such supplemental Indenture which is entitled to the
benefit of such provision; or
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(6) to secure the Securities; or
(7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1
and 3.1; or
(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a Trustee or 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 6.11(b); or
(9) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein; or
(10) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the interests of the Holders
of Securities of such series; or
(11) to qualify, or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
Upon request of the Company, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of
any such supplemental indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in (and
subject to the last sentence of) Section 9.3, the Trustee shall
join with the Company in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted
by the terms of this Indenture.
§ 9.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the written consent of the Holders of 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
shall, subject to Section 9.3, 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 installment of principal of or
interest on, any security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon
or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof or extend the time for payment thereof, or
reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount security that would be due and
payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.2, or
change any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any security or any premium or
the interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any
such payment on or after
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the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after
the Redemption Date);
(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
Defaults or Events of Default hereunder and their consequences provided for in this Indenture; or
(3) change the redemption provisions (including Article Eleven) hereof in a manner adverse to
such Holder; or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 5.13, except to increase any such
percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or
waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided,
however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to
changes in the references to the Trustee and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion
of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 6.11(b) and 9.1(8).
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provisions 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.
§ 9.3. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
The Trustee shall sign any supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article, subject
to the last sentence of this Section 9.3. 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 6.1)
shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers Certificate and 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 Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
§ 9.4. 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
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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.
§ 9.5. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
§ 9.6. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticate and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of
such series.
ARTICLE 10
COVENANTS
§ 10.
§ 10.1. Payments of Securities.
With respect to each series of Securities, the Company will duly and punctually pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Securities in accordance with their terms
and this Indenture.
§ 10.2. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company will maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment where Securities may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment, where notices
and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served.
The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company 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 address of the Trustee
as set forth in Section 1.5 hereof.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to
time rescind such designations. 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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Unless otherwise set forth in, or pursuant to, a Board Resolution or indenture supplemental
hereto with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby initially designates the
Corporate Trust Office as such office of the Company.
§ 10.3. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 8 hereof, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and that of each of its
Subsidiaries and the rights (charter and statutory) of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided,
however, that (a) the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or
franchise or the corporate existence of any of its Subsidiaries if the Board of Directors, or the
board of directors of the Subsidiary concerned, as the case may be, shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries and that the loss thereof is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders, and
(b) nothing herein contained shall prevent any Subsidiary of the Company from liquidating or
dissolving, or merging into, or
consolidating with the Company (provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving
corporation) or with any one or more Subsidiaries if the Board of Directors or the board of
directors of the Subsidiary concerned, as the case may be, shall so determine.
§ 10.4. 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 material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed
upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any
Subsidiary material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and (2) all lawful claims
for labor, materials and supplies which, if unpaid, might by law become a material lien upon the
property of the Company or any Subsidiary material to the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole; 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 and for which adequate
provision has been made.
§ 10.5. Compliance Certificates.
(a) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 10 days after the occurrence thereof,
notice of any acceleration which with the giving of notice and the lapse of time would be an Event
of Default within the meaning of Section 5.1(4) hereof.
(b) The Company shall deliver to the Trustee forthwith upon becoming aware of a Default or
Event of Default (but in no event later than 10 days after the occurrence of each Default or Event
of Default that is continuing), an Officers Certificate setting forth the details of such Default
or Event of Default and the action that the Company proposes to take with respect thereto and the
specific section or sections of this Indenture in connection with which such Default or Event of
Default has occurred.
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§ 10.6. Commission Reports.
(a) So long as the Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall cause its annual report to
shareholders and any other financial reports furnished by it to shareholders generally, to be
mailed to the Holders at their addresses appearing in the register of Securities maintained by the
Security Registrar in each case at the time of such mailing or furnishing to shareholders. If the
Company is not required to furnish annual reports to its shareholders pursuant to the Exchange Act,
the Company shall cause its financial statements, including any notes thereto and, with respect to
annual reports, an auditors report by an accounting firm of established national reputation and a
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, to be so
filed with the Trustee and mailed to the Holders within 90 days after the end of each of the
Companys fiscal years and within 45 days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each
fiscal year.
(b) The Company shall provide the Trustee with a sufficient number of copies of all reports
and other documents and information that the Company may be required to deliver to the Holders
under this Section 10.6.
§ 10.7. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury 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, and will actively resist any and all
efforts to be compelled to take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury
law or other law, which would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the
principal of and/or interest on the Securities as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at
any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of this
Indenture; and (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) the Company 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.
§ 10.8. 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 (and premium, if any) 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 premium, if any) or
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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any
Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and
premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held
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in trust for the benefit of the
Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the
Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure to so 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:
(i) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or
interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided;
(ii) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or
interest on the Securities of that series; and
(iii) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the
Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent.
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 (and premium, if any) or interest on any security of any
series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) 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 unless an abandoned
property law designates another Person, 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 of 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 New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date
specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any
unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.
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ARTICLE 11
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
§ 11.
§ 11.1. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with their terms in whole or in part (provided Securities issued in denominations
larger than $1,000 may be redeemed in part only in integral multiples of
$1,000) and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of
any series) in accordance with this Article.
§ 11.2. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution.
In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Securities of any
series, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company
(unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such
Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed. 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.
§ 11.3. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, substantially
pro rata, by lot or by any other method as the Trustee considers fair and appropriate and that
complies with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which such
Securities are listed, and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to
the lesser of the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series or $50 per
Security, and any integral multiple thereof) of the principal amount of Securities of such series
of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of that series;
provided that in case the Securities of such series have different terms and maturities, the
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Company and the Company shall give notice
thereof to the Trustee.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed.
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For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions
relating to the redemption of the 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.
§ 11.4. 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 this 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 are to be redeemed, the
identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the principal amounts) of the particular
Securities 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 such Securities are to be surrendered for payment of the
Redemption Price;
(6) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case;
(7) the CUSIP number, if any, of the Securities to be redeemed; and
(8) unless otherwise provided as to a particular series of Securities, if at the time of
publication or mailing of any notice of redemption the Company shall not have deposited with the
Trustee or Paying Agent and/or irrevocably directed the Trustee or Paying Agent to apply, from
money held by it available to be used for the redemption of Securities, an amount in cash
sufficient to redeem all of the Securities called for redemption, including accrued interest to the
Redemption Date, such notice shall state that it is subject to the receipt of the redemption moneys
by the Trustee or Paying Agent before the Redemption Date (unless such redemption is mandatory) and
such notice shall be of no effect unless such moneys are so received before such date.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company.
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§ 11.5. 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 10.8) 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.
§ 11.6. 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 installments of interest whose Stated
Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities,
or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant
Regular or Special Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 3.7.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate prescribed in the Security.
§ 11.7. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency
of the Company 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 Stated
Maturity, 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.
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ARTICLE 12
SINKING FUNDS
§ 12.
§ 12.1. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of
Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities
of such series.
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of Securities of any
series is herein referred to as a Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment, and any payment in excess of
such minimum amount provided for by the terms of Securities of any series is herein referred to as
an Optional Sinking Fund Payment. If provided for by the terms of Securities of any series, the
cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to redemption as provided in Section 12.2.
Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any series as
provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
§ 12.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
The Company (1) may deliver Securities of a series (other than any Securities previously
called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been (i)
previously cancelled pursuant to Section 3.9 or delivered for cancellation or (ii) redeemed either
at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application
of permitted Optional Sinking Fund Payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case
in satisfaction of all or any part of any Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment with respect to the
Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as provided
for by the terms of such series; provided that such Securities have not been previously so
credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited at the principal amount for such purpose
by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such Mandatory Sinking Fund Payment shall be
reduced accordingly.
§ 12.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 45 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities,
the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers Certificate specifying the amount of the next
ensuing sinking fund payment for that series pursuant to the terms of that series, the portion
thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which
is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 12.2
and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 30 days
before each such sinking fund payment date the
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Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed
upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 11.3 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 11.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities
shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 11.6 and 11.7.
ARTICLE 13
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
§ 13.
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§ 13.1. Applicability of Article; Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or
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Unless pursuant to Section 3.1 provision is made for the inapplicability of either or both of
(a) Defeasance of the Securities of a series under Section 13.2 or (b) Covenant Defeasance of the
Securities of a series under Section 13.3, then the provisions of such Section or Sections, as the
case may be, together with the other provisions of this Article, shall be applicable to the
Securities of such series, and the Company may at its option by
Board Resolution, at any time, with respect to the Securities of such series, elect to have
either Section 13.2 (unless inapplicable) or Section 13.3 (unless inapplicable) be applied to the
Outstanding Securities of such series upon compliance with the applicable conditions set forth
below in this Article.
§ 13.2. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 13.1 to defease the Outstanding
Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be discharged from its obligations with
respect to the Outstanding Securities of such series on the date the applicable conditions set
forth in Section 13.4 are satisfied (hereinafter, Defeasance). Defeasance shall mean that the
Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the
Outstanding Securities of such series 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); provided,
however, that the following rights, obligations, powers, trusts, duties and immunities shall
survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of
Outstanding Securities of such series to receive, solely from the trust fund provided for in
Section 13.4, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such
Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Companys obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 10.2 and 10.8, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article,
the Company may exercise its option with respect to Defeasance under this Section 13.2
notwithstanding the prior exercise of its
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option with respect to Covenant Defeasance under Section
13.3 in regard to the Securities of such series.
§ 13.3. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of the option provided in Section 13.1 to obtain a Covenant
Defeasance with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series, the Company shall be
released from its obligations under this Indenture (except its obligations under Sections 3.4, 3.5,
3.6, 5.6, 5.9, 6.10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.5, 10.7 and 10.8) with respect to the Outstanding Securities of
such series on and after the date the applicable conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied
(hereinafter, Covenant Defeasance). Covenant Defeasance shall mean that, with respect to the
Outstanding Securities of such series, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no
liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in this Indenture (except its
obligations under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 5.6, 5.9, 6.10, 10.1, 10.2, 10.5, 10.7 and 10.8), whether
directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein or by reason of any reference to
any other provision herein or in any other document, and such omission to comply shall not
constitute an Event of Default under Section 5.1(4) with respect to Outstanding Securities of such
series, and the remainder of this Indenture and of the Securities of such series shall be
unaffected thereby.
§ 13.4. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to Defeasance under Section 13.2 and Covenant Defeasance
under Section 13.3 with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a particular series:
(1) the Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited (and in the case of
Defeasance such deposit shall have been made 121 days prior to Defeasance with the Trustee (or
another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 6.9 who shall agree to comply with the
provisions of this Article applicable to it), under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Trustee, as trust funds in trust for the purpose
of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to,
the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) Dollars 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 the due date of any payment, money in an
amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, after payment of all federal, state
and local taxes or other charges or assessments in respect thereof payable by the Trustee, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by
the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, (i) the principal of (and premium,
if any, on) and each installment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Outstanding Securities of such series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of
principal or interest and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments applicable
to the Outstanding Securities of such series
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on the day on which such payments are due and payable
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such Securities.
(2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such series shall have
occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit,
and no Default or Event of Default under clause (5) or (6) of Section 5.1 hereof shall occur and be
continuing, at any time during the period ending on the 31st day after the date of such deposit (it
being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such
period).
(3) Such deposit, 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.
(4) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.2, the Company shall have delivered
to the Trustee either (A) a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal Revenue
Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not
recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Defeasance and
will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred or (B) an Opinion of Counsel, based
on a ruling published by the Internal Revenue Service or on a change in the applicable federal
income tax law since the date of this Indenture, in either case to the effect that, and based
thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series
will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such Defeasance had not occurred.
(5) In the case of an election with respect to Section 13.3, the Company shall have delivered
to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel or a ruling directed to the Trustee received from the Internal
Revenue Service to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will
not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant
Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at
the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred.
(6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional
terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Company in connection therewith
pursuant to Section 3.1.
(7) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to either the Defeasance
under Section 13.2 or the Covenant Defeasance under Section 13.3 (as the case may be) have been
complied with.
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§ 13.5. Deposited Money and Government Obligations To Be Held In Trust.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 10.8, all money and Government
Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying
trusteecollectively for purposes of this Section 13.5, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 13.4 in
respect of the Outstanding Securities of a particular series 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 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 premium, if any) and interest, but such money
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 Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 13.4 or the
principal and interest received in respect thereof, other than any such tax, fee or other charge
which by law is for the account of the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series.
Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver to pay to
the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or
Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 13.4 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 for the purpose for which such money or Government Obligations were deposited.
ARTICLE 14
MISCELLANEOUS
§ 14.
§ 14.1. Miscellaneous.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall
be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
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ARTICLE 15
SUBORDINATION
§ 15.
§ 15.1. Securities Subordinated to Senior Indebtedness.
(a) The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities of each series, by his
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that anything in this Indenture or the
Securities of any series to the contrary notwithstanding, the indebtedness evidenced by the
Securities of each series is subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent provided
herein, to all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding on the date of execution of this Indenture
or thereafter created, incurred or assumed, and that the subordination is for the benefit of the
holders of Senior Indebtedness.
(b) Subject to Section 15.4, if (i) the Company shall default in the payment of any principal
of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Senior Indebtedness when the same becomes due and
payable, whether at maturity or at a date fixed for prepayment or by declaration of acceleration or
otherwise, or (ii) any other default shall occur with respect to Senior Indebtedness and the
maturity of such Senior Indebtedness has been accelerated in accordance with its terms, then, upon
written notice of such default to the Company and the Trustee by the holders of Senior Indebtedness
or any trustee therefor, unless and until, in either case, the default has been cured or waived, or
has ceased to exist, or any such acceleration has been rescinded or such Senior
Indebtedness has been paid in full, no direct or indirect payment (in cash, property,
securities, by set-off or otherwise) shall be made or agreed to be made on account of the principal
of, premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any of the Securities, or in respect of any
redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition of any of the Securities other than those
made in capital stock of the Company (or cash in lieu of fractional shares thereof).
(c) If any default (other than a default described in paragraph (b) of this Section 15.1)
shall occur under the Senior Indebtedness, pursuant to which the maturity thereof may be
accelerated immediately without further notice (except such notice as may be required to effect
such acceleration) or the expiration of any applicable grace periods occurs (a Senior Nonmonetary
Default), then, upon the receipt by the Company and the Trustee of written notice thereof (a
Payment Notice) from or on behalf of holders of such Senior Indebtedness specifying an election
to prohibit such payment and other action by the Company in accordance with the following
provisions of this paragraph (c), the Company may not make any payment or take any other action
that would be prohibited by paragraph (b) of this Section 15.1 during the period (the Payment
Blockage Period) commencing on the date of receipt of such Payment Notice and ending on the
earlier of (i) the date, if any, on which the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their
representative notify the Trustee that such Senior Nonmonetary
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Default is cured or waived or ceases
to exist or the Senior Indebtedness to which such Senior Nonmonetary Default relates is discharged
or (ii) the 179th day after the date of receipt of such Payment Notice. Notwithstanding the
provisions described in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company may resume payments on the
Securities following such Payment Blockage Period. Any number of Payment Notices may be given;
provided, however, that (i) not more than one Payment Notice shall be given within a period of any
360 consecutive days, and (ii) no default that existed upon the date of such Payment Notice or the
commencement of such Payment Blockage Period (whether or not such event of default is on the same
issue of Senior Indebtedness) shall be made the basis for the commencement of any other Payment
Blockage Period.
(d) If (i) (A) without the consent of the Company, a receiver, conservator, liquidator or
trustee of the Company or of any of its property is appointed by the order or decree of any court
or agency or supervisory authority having jurisdiction, and such decree or order remains in effect
for more than 60 days or (B) the Company is adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent or (C) any of its
property is sequestered by court order and such order remains in effect for more than 60 days or
(D) a petition is filed against the Company under any state or federal bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency, readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or receivership law of any
jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect (including without limitation the Bankruptcy Code),
and is not dismissed within 60 days after such filing; or (ii) the Company (A) commences a
voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency,
readjustment of debt, dissolution, liquidation or other relief with respect to itself or its debt
or other liabilities under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect (including without limitation the Bankruptcy Code) or seeking the appointment of a trustee,
receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of it or
any substantial part of its property, or (B) consents to any such relief or to the appointment
of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced
against it, or (C) fails generally to, or cannot, pay its debts generally as they become due or (D)
takes any corporate action to authorize or effect any of the foregoing; or (iii) any Subsidiary of
the Company takes, suffers or permits to exist any of the events or conditions referred to in the
foregoing clause (i) or (ii), then all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest thereon accruing
after the commencement of
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any such proceedings) shall first be paid in full before any payment or
distribution, whether in cash, securities or other property, shall be made to any Holder of any
Securities on account thereof. Any payment or distribution, whether in cash, securities or other
property (other than securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of
reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is subordinate, at least to the extent provided
in these subordination provisions with respect to the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities to
the payment of all Senior Indebtedness then outstanding and to any securities issued in respect
thereof under any such plan of reorganization or adjustment) which would otherwise (but for these
subordination provisions) be payable or deliverable in respect of the Securities of any series
shall be paid or delivered directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness in accordance with the
priorities then existing among such holders until all Senior Indebtedness (including any interest
thereon accruing after the commencement of any such proceedings) shall have been paid in full. In
the event of any such proceeding, after payment in full of all sums owing with respect to Senior
Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities, together with the holders of any obligations of the
Company ranking on a parity with the Securities, shall be entitled to be paid from the remaining
assets of the Company the amounts at the time due and owing on account of unpaid principal of and
interest, if any, on the Securities and such other obligations before any payment or other
distribution, whether in cash, property or otherwise, shall be made on account of any capital stock
or any obligations of the Company ranking junior to the Securities and such other obligations.
(e) If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of any character, whether
in cash, securities or other property (other than securities of the Company or any other
corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment the payment of which is
subordinate, at least to the extent provided in the subordination provisions with respect to the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities, to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness then
outstanding and to any securities issued in respect thereof under any such plan of reorganization
or readjustment), shall be received by the Trustee or any Holder in contravention of any of the
terms hereof, such payment or distribution of securities shall be received in trust for the benefit
of and shall be paid over or delivered and transferred to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness
then outstanding in accordance with the priorities then existing among such holders for application
to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, to the extent necessary to pay all such
Senior Indebtedness in full. In the event of the failure of the Trustee or any Holder to endorse
or assign any such payment, distribution or security, each holder of such Senior Indebtedness is
hereby irrevocably authorized to endorse or assign the same.
(f) No present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness shall be prejudiced in the right to
enforce subordination of the indebtedness evidenced by the Securities by any act or failure to act
on the part of the Company or any Holder of Securities. Nothing contained herein shall impair, as
between the Company and the Holders of Securities of each series, the obligation of the Company to
pay to such Holders the principal of and interest, if any, on such Securities or prevent the
Trustee or the Holder from exercising all rights, powers and remedies otherwise permitted by
applicable law or hereunder upon a default or Event of Default hereunder, all subject to the rights
of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness to remove cash, securities or other property otherwise
payable or deliverable to the Holders.
(g) Senior Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been paid in full unless the holders
thereof shall have received cash, securities or other property equal to the amount of such Senior
Indebtedness then outstanding. Upon the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of
Securities of each series shall be subrogated to all rights of any holders of Senior Indebtedness
to receive any further payment or distributions applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the
indebtedness evidenced by the Securities of such series shall have been paid in full and such
payments or distributions received by such Holders, by reason of such subrogation, of cash,
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or other property which otherwise would be paid or distributed to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, shall, as between the Company and its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness, on the one hand, and such Holders, on the other hand, be deemed to be a payment by
the Company on account of Senior Indebtedness, and not on account of the Securities of such series.
(h) The provisions of this Section 15.1 shall not impair any rights, interests, remedies or
powers of any secured creditor of the Company in respect of any security interest the creation of
which is not prohibited by the provisions of this Indenture.
(i) The securing of any obligations of the Company, otherwise ranking on a parity with the
Securities, shall not be deemed to prevent such obligations from constituting, respectively,
obligations ranking on a parity with the Securities.
§ 15.2. Reliance on Certificate of Liquidating Agent; Further Evidence as to
Ownership of Senior Indebtedness.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall
be entitled to rely upon an order or decree issued by any court of competent jurisdiction in which
such dissolution or winding up or liquidation or reorganization or arrangement proceedings are
pending or upon a certificate of the bankruptcy trustee, receiver, assignee for the benefit of
creditors or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the
Holders, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution,
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or
payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent
thereto or to this Article Fifteen. In the absence of any such bankruptcy trustee,
receiver, assignee or other Person, the Trustee shall be entitled to rely upon written notice
by a Person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee or
representative on behalf of such holder) as evidence that such Person is a holder of Senior
Indebtedness (or is such a trustee or representative). If the Trustee determines, in good faith,
that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior
Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distributions pursuant to this Article Fifteen, the
Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee
as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, as to the extent to which such Person
is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, and to other facts pertinent to the
rights of such Person under this Article Fifteen, and if such evidence is not furnished, the
Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such
Person to receive such payment.
§ 15.3. Payment Permitted If No Default.
Nothing contained in this Article Fifteen or elsewhere in this Indenture, or in any of the
Securities, shall prevent (a) the Company at any time, except during the pendency of any default
with respect to Senior Indebtedness described in Section 15.1(b)
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or Section 15.1(c) or of any of
the events described in Section 15.1(d), from making payments of the principal of or interest, if
any, on the Securities, or (b) the application by the Trustee or any paying agent of any moneys
deposited with it hereunder to payments of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities,
if, at the time of such deposit, the Trustee or such paying agent, as the case may be, did not have
the written notice provided for in Section 15.5 of any event prohibiting the making of such
deposit, or if, at the time of such deposit (whether or not in trust) by the Company with the
Trustee or paying agent (other than the Company) such payment would not have been prohibited by the
provisions of this Article Fifteen, and the Trustee or any paying agent shall not be affected by
any notice to the contrary received by it on or after such date.
§ 15.4. Disputes with Holders of Certain Senior Indebtedness.
Any failure by the Company to make any payment on or under any Senior Indebtedness, other than
any Senior Indebtedness as to which the provisions of this Section 15.4 shall have been waived by
the Company in the instrument or instruments by which the Company incurred, assumed, guaranteed or
otherwise created such Senior Indebtedness, shall not be deemed a default under Section 15.1 hereof
if (i) the Company shall be disputing its obligation to make such payment or perform such
obligation, and (ii) either (A) no final judgment relating to such dispute shall have been issued
against the Company which is in full force and effect and is not subject to further review,
including a judgment that has become final by reason of the expiration of the time within which a
party may seek further appeal or review, or (B) if a judgment that is subject to further review or
appeal has been issued, the Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or other
proceeding for review, and a stay of execution shall have been obtained pending such appeal or
review.
§ 15.5. Trustee Not Charged with Knowledge of Prohibition.
Anything in this Article Fifteen or elsewhere in this Indenture contained to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall not at any time be charged with knowledge of the existence of
any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee and shall
be entitled to assume conclusively that no such facts exist and that no event specified in clauses
(b) and (c) of Section 15.1 has happened unless and until the Trustee shall have received an
Officers Certificate to the effect or notice in writing to that effect signed by or on behalf of
the holder or holders, or the representatives, of Senior Indebtedness who shall have been certified
by the Company or otherwise established to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee to be such
holder or holders or representatives or from any trustee under any indenture pursuant to which such
Senior Indebtedness shall be outstanding; provided, however, that, if the Trustee shall not have
received the Officers Certificate or notice provided for in this Section 15.5 at least three
Business Days preceding the date upon which by the terms hereof any moneys become payable for any
purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of either the principal of or interest, if any,
on any Security), then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee
shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys and apply the same to the purpose for
which they were received and shall not be
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affected by any notice to the contrary that may be
received by it within three Business Days preceding such date. The Company shall give prompt
written notice to the Trustee and to each paying agent of any facts that would prohibit any payment
of moneys to or by the Trustee or any paying agent, and the Trustee shall not be charged with
knowledge of the curing of any default or the elimination of any other fact or condition preventing
such payment or distribution unless and until the Trustee shall have received an Officers
Certificate to such effect.
§ 15.6. Trustee to Effectuate Subordination.
Each Holder of Securities by his acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on his
behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as
between such Holder and holders of Senior Indebtedness as provided in this Article Fifteen and
appoints the Trustee its attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.
§ 15.7. Rights of Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article Fifteen with respect
to any Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be held by it, to the same extent as any other
holder of Senior Indebtedness and nothing in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its
rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article Fifteen shall apply to claims of, or payments to,
the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.7.
§ 15.8. Article Applicable to Paying Agents.
In case at any time any paying agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the
Company and be then acting hereunder, the term Trustee as used in this Article Fifteen shall in
such case (unless the context shall otherwise require) be construed as extending to and including
such paying agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if the paying agent
were named in this Article Fifteen in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however,
that Sections 15.5 and 15.7 shall not apply to the Company if it acts as paying agent.
§ 15.9. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of the Company
or Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination
as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to
act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder,
or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture,
regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
The holders of Senior Indebtedness, may at any time or from time to time and in their absolute
direction, change the manner, place or terms of payment, change or extend the time of payment of,
or renew or alter, any such Senior Indebtedness, or amend or supplement any instrument
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pursuant to
which any such Senior Indebtedness is issued or by which it may be secured, or release any security
therefor, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of their rights under such Senior
Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, all without notice
to or assent from the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee and without affecting the
obligations of the Company, the Trustee or the Holders of Securities under this Article Fifteen.
§ 15.10. Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of the Senior
Indebtedness, and shall not be liable to any such holders if it shall mistakenly pay over or
distribute money or assets to Securityholders or the Company. With respect to the holders of
Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants or
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article Fifteen and no implied covenants or
obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture
against the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their
respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the day and year first above written.
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EX-5.1
Exhibit 5.1
[Letterhead of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC]
July 8, 2009
Kennametal Inc.
World Headquarters
1600 Technology Way
P.O. Box 231
Latrobe, Pennsylvania 15650-0231
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 Filed by Kennametal Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is being furnished to you in connection with the Registration Statement on Form
S-3 (the Registration Statement) to be filed by Kennametal Inc., a Pennsylvania
corporation (the Corporation), on or about the date hereof with the Securities and
Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Act) for the
registration of the following securities:
(a) shares
of capital stock, par value $1.25 per share (the Common Stock) of the Corporation;
(b) shares
of preferred stock, no par value per share (the Preferred Stock) of the Corporation;
(c) the Corporations senior debt securities (Senior Debt Securities) and
subordinated debt securities (Subordinated Debt
Securities and collectively, the Debt Securities);
(d) depositary
shares representing a fractional interest in a share of Preferred Stock (the Depositary Shares)
(e) warrants
of the Corporation to purchase Common Stock, the Preferred Stock, the
Depositary Shares or the Debt Securities or the securities of third parties or other rights (the Warrants);
(f) purchase
contracts obligating the Corporation or a holder to purchase the
Common Stock, the Preferred Stock or the Depositary Shares or securities of third parties at a future date (the Purchase Contracts); and
(g) units
consisting of one or more Purchase Contracts and beneficial interests
in Debt Securities or debt obligations of third parties or any other securities (the Units),
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July 8, 2009
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all of which may be issued from time to time on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415
under the Securities Act at an indeterminate aggregate initial offering price, as set forth in the
Registration Statement, the prospectus contained therein (the Prospectus) and any
amendments or supplements thereto.
We have acted as counsel for the Corporation in connection with the Registration Statement.
The Senior Debt Securities may be issued pursuant to a senior indenture between the Corporation and
a trustee to be named in such indenture and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended (the Trust Indenture Act); and the Subordinated Debt Securities may be issued
pursuant to a subordinated indenture between the Corporation and a trustee to be named in such
indenture (each, an Indenture, and collectively, the Indentures) and duly
qualified under the Trust Indenture Act.
The preferences, limitations and relative rights of shares of any series of the Preferred
Stock will be set forth in a statement with respect to shares (a Statement with Respect to
Shares) with respect thereto. The shares of the Preferred Stock represented by the Depositary
Shares will be deposited pursuant to a depositary agreement (a Depositary Agreement)
between the Corporation and a bank or trust company as depositary. The Purchase Contracts may be
issued pursuant to a purchase contract agreement (a Purchase Contract Agreement) between
the Corporation and a bank or trust company as stock purchase contract agent. The Units may be
issued pursuant to a unit agreement (a Unit Agreement) between the Corporation and a bank
or trust company as unit agent. The Warrants may be issued pursuant to a warrant agreement (a
Warrant Agreement) between the Corporation and a bank or trust company as warrant agent.
We have examined and relied upon signed copies of the Registration Statement to be filed with
the Commission, including the exhibits thereto. We have also examined and relied upon the Amended
and Restated Articles of Incorporation (the Restated Articles) and Restated Bylaws (the
Bylaws) of the Corporation, the corporate minute books of the Corporation as provided to
us by the Corporation, and originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
satisfaction, of such documents and records and have made such investigation of fact and such
examination of law as we have deemed appropriate in order to enable us to render the opinions set
forth herein.
In our examination of the documents described above, we have assumed the genuineness of all
signatures, the legal capacity of all individual signatories, the authenticity of all documents
submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us
as copies, the authenticity of such original documents and the completeness and accuracy of all
such documents provided to us by the Corporation. As to any facts material to the opinions
expressed herein, we have, when such facts were not independently established, relied upon
certificates of public officials and certificates, oaths, declarations and representations of the
Corporation and of its officers, directors and other representatives. We have assumed that the
Corporation will continue to be presently subsisting in good standing, and will continue to have
the requisite legal status and legal capacity, under the laws of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, and that the Corporation has complied and will comply with all aspects of applicable
laws of jurisdictions other than the United States of America and the State of New York in
connection with the transactions contemplated by the Indenture, any supplemental indenture thereto
and the Registration Statement. We have assumed that the choice of New York
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law to govern the Indentures and any supplemental indentures thereto is a valid and legal provision.
We have assumed that (i) one or more Prospectus supplements will be prepared and filed with
the Commission describing the Securities offered thereby, (ii) all Securities will be issued and
sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in
the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the applicable Prospectus supplements, (iii) the
applicable Indenture will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by the trustee named therein,
(iv) the applicable Indenture will be duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, (v) the Debt
Securities will be duly authenticated by the trustee named in the applicable Indenture, (vi) the
Warrant Agreement, Unit Agreement, Depositary Agreement and Purchase Contract Agreement will in
each case be duly authorized, executed and delivered by all parties thereto other than the
Corporation, (vii) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement with respect to any
Securities offered will be duly authorized, executed and delivered by all parties thereto other
than the Corporation, (viii) any Securities issuable upon conversion, exchange or exercise of any
Security being offered will be duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance
upon such conversion, exchange or exercise and (ix) with respect to shares of the Common Stock or
the Preferred Stock offered, there will be sufficient shares of the Common Stock or the Preferred
Stock authorized under the Restated Articles and not otherwise reserved for issuance.
We are expressing no opinion herein as to the application of any federal or state law or
regulation to the power, authority or competence of any party other than the Corporation to any
agreement with respect to any of the Securities. We have assumed that such agreements are, or will
be, the valid and binding obligations of each party thereto other than the Corporation, enforceable
against each such other party in accordance with their respective terms.
We have assumed for purposes of our opinions below that no authorization, approval or other
action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body or any
other third party is required for the due execution, delivery or performance by the Corporation or,
if any such authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is required, it will have
been duly obtained, taken, given or made and will be in full force and effect.
Our opinions below are qualified to the extent that they may be subject to or affected by (i)
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, usury, fraudulent conveyance or
similar laws relating to or affecting the rights or remedies of creditors generally, (ii) statutory
or decisional law concerning recourse by creditors to security in the absence of notice or hearing,
(iii) duties and standards imposed on creditors and parties to contracts, including, without
limitation, requirements of materiality, good faith, reasonableness and fair dealing and (iv)
general equitable principles. Furthermore, we express no opinion as to the availability of any
equitable or specific remedy upon any breach of any of the agreements as to which we are opining
herein, or any of the agreements, documents or obligations referred to therein, or to the
successful assertion of any equitable defenses, inasmuch as the availability of such remedies
or the success of any equitable defenses may be subject to the discretion of a court.
We express no opinion as to the law of any jurisdiction other than the laws of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the State of New York. We express no opinion herein with
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respect to compliance by the Corporation with securities or blue sky laws of any state or other
jurisdiction of the United States or of any foreign jurisdiction. In addition, we express no
opinion and make no statement herein with respect to the antifraud laws of any jurisdiction.
We also express no opinion herein as to any provision of any agreement (i) that may be deemed
to or construed to waive any right of the Corporation, (ii) to the effect that rights and remedies
are not exclusive, that every right or remedy is cumulative and may be exercised in addition to or
with any other right or remedy and does not preclude recourse to one or more other rights or
remedies, (iii) relating to the effect of invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of any
agreement on the validity or enforceability of any other provision thereof, (iv) that is in
violation of public policy, (v) relating to indemnification and contribution with respect to
securities law matters, (vi) which provides that the terms of any agreement may not be waived or
modified except in writing, (vii) purporting to indemnify any person against his, her or its own
negligence or intentional misconduct, (viii) requiring the payment of penalties, consequential
damages or liquidated damages or (ix) relating to choice of law or consent to jurisdiction.
Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:
1. With respect to the Common Stock, when (i) specifically authorized for issuance by proper
action of the Corporations Board of Directors or an authorized committee thereof (Authorizing
Resolutions), (ii) the terms of the issue and sale of the Common Stock have been duly
established in conformity with the Restated Articles and Bylaws, do not violate any applicable law
or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding on the Corporation
and comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Corporation, (iii) the shares of the Common Stock have been issued and sold
as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the applicable supplements to
such Prospectus and (iv) the Corporation has received the consideration provided for in the
Authorizing Resolutions and such consideration per share is not less than the par value per share
of the Common Stock, the Common Stock so issued and sold will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
2. With respect to shares of any series of the Preferred Stock, when (i) Authorizing
Resolutions have specifically authorized establishing and designating the series of the Preferred
Stock and fixing and determining the preferences, limitations and relative rights thereof, the
filing of a Statement with Respect to Shares with respect to the series with the Department of
State, Corporation Bureau of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the issuance and terms of the shares
of Preferred Stock of such series, and the terms of the offering thereof and related matters, (ii)
the terms of the issue and sale of the Preferred Stock of such series have been duly established in
conformity with the Restated Articles and Bylaws, do not violate any applicable law or result in a
default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding on the Corporation and comply with
any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over
the Corporation, (iii) the shares of the Preferred
Stock of such series have been duly issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration
Statement, the Prospectus and the applicable supplements to such Prospectus and (iv) the
Corporation has received the consideration provided for in the Authorizing Resolutions and such
consideration per share is not less than the par value per share of the Preferred Stock, the shares
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of the Preferred Stock of such series so issued and sold will be validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable.
3. With respect to any Debt Securities, when (i) specifically authorized for issuance by
Authorizing Resolutions, (ii) the applicable Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by all parties thereto, (iii) the terms of such Debt Securities and of their issuance and
sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable Indenture, do not violate any
applicable law or the Restated Articles or Bylaws, or result in a default under or breach of any
agreement or instrument binding upon the Corporation and comply with any requirement or restriction
imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Corporation, (iv) such Debt
Securities have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable Indenture
and issued and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the
applicable supplements to such Prospectus and (v) the Corporation has received the consideration
provided for in the Authorizing Resolutions, such Debt Securities will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms.
4. With respect to any Depositary Shares, when (i) Authorizing Resolutions have specifically
authorized the adoption of a Statement with Respect to Shares relating to the Preferred Stock
underlying the Depositary Shares, the filing of the Statement with Respect to Shares with the
Department of State, Corporation Bureau of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the issuance and terms
of the Depositary Shares, and the terms of the offering thereof and related matters, (ii) the
applicable Depositary Agreement relating to such Depositary Shares has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by all parties thereto and the depositary appointed by the Corporation,
(iii) the terms of the issuance and sale of such Depositary Shares have been duly established in
conformity with the Restated Articles and Bylaws, do not violate any applicable law or result in a
default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Corporation and comply with
any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over
the Corporation, (iv) such Depositary Shares have been issued and sold as contemplated by the
Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the applicable supplements to such Prospectus, (v) the
shares of the Preferred Stock underlying the Depositary Shares have been deposited with a bank or
trust company (which meets the requirements for the depositary set forth in the Registration
Statement) and (vi) the Corporation has received the consideration provided for in the Authorizing
Resolutions, such Depositary Shares will be legally issued.
5. With respect to any Warrants, when (i) specifically authorized for issuance by Authorizing
Resolutions, (ii) the applicable Warrant Agreement relating to the Warrants has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by all parties thereto, (iii) the terms of such Warrants and of
their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable Warrant
Agreement, do not violate any applicable law or the Restated Articles or Bylaws, or result in a
default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the
Corporation and comply with any requirement or restriction imposed by any court or
governmental body having jurisdiction over the Corporation, (iv) such Warrants have been duly
executed and countersigned in accordance with the applicable Warrant Agreement and issued and sold
as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the applicable
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supplements to such Prospectus and (v) the Corporation has received the consideration provided for in the
Authorizing Resolutions, such Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms.
6. With respect to any Purchase Contracts, when (i) specifically authorized for issuance by
Authorizing Resolutions, (ii) the applicable Purchase Contract Agreement has been duly authorized,
executed and delivered by all parties thereto, (iii) the terms of such Purchase Contracts and of
their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with the applicable Purchase
Contract Agreement, do not violate any applicable law or the Restated Articles or Bylaws, or result
in a default under or breach of any agreement or instrument binding upon the Corporation and comply
with any and all requirements or restrictions imposed by any court or governmental body having
jurisdiction over the Corporation, (iv) such Purchase Contracts have been duly executed and
delivered in accordance with the applicable Purchase Contract Agreement and issued and sold as
contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the applicable supplements to such
Prospectus and (v) the Corporation has received the consideration provided for in the Authorizing
Resolutions, such Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms.
7. With respect to any Units, when (i) specifically authorized for issuance by Authorizing
Resolutions, (ii) the applicable Unit Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by
all parties thereto, (iii) the terms of such Units and of their issuance and sale have been duly
established in conformity with the applicable Unit Agreement, do not violate any applicable law or
the Restated Articles or Bylaws, or result in a default under or breach of any agreement or
instrument binding upon the Corporation and comply with any and all requirements or restrictions
imposed by any court or governmental body having jurisdiction over the Corporation, (iv) such Units
have been duly executed and delivered in accordance with the applicable Unit Agreement and issued
and sold as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the applicable
supplements to such Prospectus and (v) the Corporation has received the consideration provided for
in the Authorizing Resolutions, such Units will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Corporation, enforceable against the Corporation in accordance with their terms.
Please note that we are opining only as to the matters expressly set forth herein, and no
opinion should be inferred as to any other matters. This opinion is based upon currently existing
statutes, rules, regulations and judicial decisions, and we disclaim any obligation to advise you
of any change in any of these sources of law or subsequent legal or factual developments which
might affect any matters or opinions set forth herein.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion with the Commission as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K
under the Securities Act and to the use of our name in any Prospectus supplement under the
caption Legal Matters. In giving such consent, we do not hereby admit that we are in the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission.
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Very Truly Yours,
BUCHANAN, INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
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Lewis U. Davis, Jr.
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EX-23.1
Exhibit 23.1
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of
our report dated August 13, 2008 relating to the consolidated financial statements, financial
statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which
appears in Kennametal Inc.s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2008. We also
consent to the reference to us under the heading Experts in such Registration Statement.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
July 8, 2009