Exhibit 4(b)
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
TO
CHEMICAL BANK,
as Trustee
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NINTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 1, 1996
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Creating a series of Securities designated
Structured Yield Product Exchangeable for Stock(SM)
__% STRYPES(SM) Due June __, 1999
Supplemental to Indenture
Dated as of April 1, 1983,
as Amended
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 101. Definitions.................................................. 2
"Applicable Redemption Date"........................................... 2
"Applicable Redemption Price".......................................... 2
"Business Day"......................................................... 2
"Closing Price"........................................................ 2
"Company".............................................................. 2
"Current Market Price"................................................. 2
"Debt Instrument"...................................................... 2
"Distributed Assets"................................................... 2
"Event of Default"..................................................... 2
"Forward Contract"..................................................... 2
"Indenture"............................................................ 2
"Interest Payment Date"................................................ 3
"Issue Date"........................................................... 3
"Maturity Consideration"............................................... 3
"Maturity Date"........................................................ 3
"Maturity Notice Date"................................................. 3
"Notice of Default".................................................... 3
"NYSE"................................................................. 3
"Principal Indenture".................................................. 3
"Redemption Notice Date"............................................... 3
"Regular Record Date".................................................. 3
"Reorganization Event"................................................. 3
"Securities"........................................................... 3
"STRYPES".............................................................. 3
"STRYPES Certificates"................................................. 3
"SunAmerica"........................................................... 3
"SunAmerica Common Stock".............................................. 3
"SunAmerica Successor"................................................. 3
"Supplemental Indenture"............................................... 3
"Trading Day".......................................................... 3
"Transaction Value".................................................... 4
"Trustee".............................................................. 4
"Unit"................................................................. 4
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ARTICLE TWO
THE STRYPES
SECTION 201. Description of the STRYPES.................................. 4
SECTION 202. Form of STRYPES............................................. 5
ARTICLE THREE
PAYMENT AND DISCHARGE OF STRYPES
SECTION 301. Payment and Discharge on the Maturity Date.................. 5
SECTION 302. No Fractional Shares........................................ 6
SECTION 303. Common Equivalent Rate; Dilution Adjustments................ 7
SECTION 304. Notice of Adjustments and Certain Other Events.............. 10
SECTION 305. Shares Free and Clear....................................... 11
SECTION 306. Cancellation of STRYPES Certificates........................ 12
SECTION 307. Form of Redemption and Maturity Consideration............... 12
ARTICLE FOUR
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
SECTION 401. Optional Redemption......................................... 12
ARTICLE FIVE
TAXES
SECTION 501. Documentary, Stamp, Transfer or Similar Taxes............... 13
SECTION 502. Treatment of STRYPES........................................ 13
ARTICLE SIX
AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE PRINCIPAL INDENTURE
SECTION 601. Amendments Relating to the STRYPES.......................... 14
SECTION 602. Interpretation of Principal Indenture....................... 21
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ARTICLE SEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 701. Effect of Supplemental Indenture............................ 21
SECTION 702. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act........................... 21
SECTION 703. Successors and Assigns...................................... 21
SECTION 704. Separability Clause......................................... 21
SECTION 705. Benefits of Supplemental Indenture.......................... 21
SECTION 706. Governing Law............................................... 22
SECTION 707. Execution in Counterparts................................... 22
SECTION 708. Responsibility for Recitals................................. 22
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Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 1, 1996 (the "Supplemental
Indenture"), by and between Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a corporation organized
and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal
office at World Financial Center, New York, New York 10281 (the "Company"), and
Chemical Bank, a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of New York and successor by merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust
Company, having its Corporate Trust Office at 450 West 33rd Street, New York,
New York 10001, as trustee (the "Trustee").
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered its Indenture,
dated as of April 1, 1983 and restated as of April 1, 1987 (as amended and
supplemented to the date hereof, the "Principal Indenture"), to the Trustee to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured and unsubordinated
debentures, notes or other evidences of senior indebtedness (the "Securities"),
unlimited as to principal amount; and
WHEREAS, the Principal Indenture, as amended by the Trust Indenture Reform
Act of 1990, and this Supplemental Indenture are hereinafter collectively
referred to as the "Indenture"; and
WHEREAS, the Company proposes to create and issue a new series of
Securities denominated its Structured Yield Product Exchangeable for Stock(SM),
___% STRYPES(SM) Due June 15, 1999 (each such Security being referred to herein
as a "STRYPES"), the terms of which will require the Company to pay and
discharge the STRYPES on their maturity date or upon earlier redemption by
delivering to the Holders thereof shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per
share ("SunAmerica Common Stock"), of SunAmerica Inc., a Maryland corporation
("SunAmerica") (or, in the event there shall occur a Reorganization Event (as
defined in Section 303(b) of Article Three), cash, securities and/or other
property in lieu thereof) or, at the option of the Company, cash, in any such
case as provided herein; and
WHEREAS, Section 901 of the Principal Indenture provides that, without the
consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and
the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more
indentures supplemental to the Principal Indenture, in form satisfactory to the
Trustee, (a) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as
permitted by Section 201 and 301 thereof and (b) to cure any ambiguity, to
correct or supplement any provision in the Principal Indenture which may be
defective or inconsistent with any other provision of the Principal Indenture,
or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising
under the Principal Indenture which shall not adversely affect the interests of
the Holders of Securities of any series or any related coupons in any material
respect; and
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this
Supplemental Indenture, and all things necessary to make this Supplemental
Indenture a valid agreement of the Company, in accordance with its terms, have
been done;
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(SM) Service mark of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company and the Trustee, in consideration of the
premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, hereby covenant and agree, for the
equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 101. Definitions. For all purposes of the Principal Indenture and
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this Supplemental Indenture relating to the series of Securities (consisting of
STRYPES) created hereby, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires, the terms defined in this Article have the meanings
assigned to them in this Article. Capitalized terms used in the Principal
Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture but not defined herein are used as
they are defined in the Principal Indenture.
"Applicable Redemption Date" has the meaning specified in Section 401.
"Applicable Redemption Price" has the meaning specified in Section
401.
"Business Day" means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which the NYSE, banking institutions or trust companies in The City of
New York are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
"Closing Price" has the meaning specified in Section 301.
"Company" means the Person named as the "Company" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor corporation shall have
become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Principal
Indenture, and thereafter "Company" shall mean such successor corporation.
"Current Market Price" has the meaning specified in Section 301.
"Debt Instrument" has the meaning specified in Section 502(a).
"Distributed Assets" has the meaning specified in Section 303(a)(iii).
"Event of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 601(b).
"Forward Contract" has the meaning specified in Section 502(a).
"Indenture" has the meaning specified in the second recital of the
Company in this instrument.
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"Interest Payment Date" has the meaning specified in Section 201.
"Issue Date" means June __, 1996.
"Maturity Consideration" has the meaning specified in Section 301.
"Maturity Date" has the meaning specified in Section 201.
"Maturity Notice Date" has the meaning specified in Section 304(c).
"Notice of Default" has the meaning specified in Section 601(b).
"NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange.
"Principal Indenture" has the meaning specified in the first recital
of the Company in this instrument.
"Redemption Notice Date" has the meaning specified in Section 401.
"Regular Record Date" has the meaning specified in Section 201.
"Reorganization Event" has the meaning specified in Section 303(b).
"Securities" has the meaning specified in the first recital of the
Company in this instrument
"STRYPES" has the meaning specified in the third recital of the
Company in this instrument.
"STRYPES Certificates" has the meaning specified in Section 202.
"SunAmerica" has the meaning specified in the third recital of the
Company in this instrument.
"SunAmerica Common Stock" has the meaning specified in the third
recital of the Company in this instrument.
"SunAmerica Successor" has the meaning specified in Section 303(b).
"Supplemental Indenture" has the meaning specified in the first
paragraph of this instrument.
"Trading Day" has the meaning specified in Section 301.
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"Transaction Value" has the meaning specified in Section 303(b).
"Trustee" means the Person named as the "Trustee" in the first
paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee with respect to the
STRYPES shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of the
Principal Indenture, and thereafter "Trustee" shall mean such successor
Trustee.
"Unit" has the meaning specified in Section 502(a).
ARTICLE TWO
THE STRYPES
SECTION 201. Description of the STRYPES. The Securities shall be known
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and designated as the "Structured Yield Product Exchangeable for Stock, ___%
STRYPES Due June 15, 1999" of the Company. The aggregate number of STRYPES
which may be authenticated and delivered under this Supplemental Indenture is
limited to 3,450,000 with an issue price of $__________ per STRYPES, or
$__________ in the aggregate, except for STRYPES evidenced by STRYPES
Certificates authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in
exchange for, or in lieu of, other STRYPES Certificates evidencing such STRYPES
pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306 or 906 of the Principal Indenture.
The STRYPES shall mature on June 15, 1999 (the "Maturity Date"). On the
Maturity Date, the STRYPES shall be paid and discharged as provided in Article
Three of this Supplemental Indenture.
The STRYPES shall bear interest at the rate of $________ per STRYPES per
annum (or $___________ per STRYPES per quarter), from June __, 1996, or from the
most recent Interest Payment Date (as defined below) to which interest has been
paid or provided for, as the case may be, until the Maturity Date or such
earlier date on which such STRYPES is redeemed or the issue price of such
STRYPES is repaid in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. Interest
shall be payable in cash quarterly in arrears on __________, __________,
__________ and __________, beginning __________, 1996, and on the Maturity Date
(each, an "Interest Payment Date"), to the Persons in whose names the STRYPES
are registered at the close of business on the last day (whether or not a
Business Day) of the calendar month immediately preceding such Interest Payment
Date (each, a "Regular Record Date"). Interest on the STRYPES shall be computed
on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.
The interest on the STRYPES shall be payable and the Maturity Consideration
or Applicable Redemption Price shall be deliverable or payable at the office or
agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York
maintained for such purpose and at any other office or agency maintained by the
Company for such purpose; provided, however,
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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.
At any time or from time to time prior to the Maturity Date, the Company
may, at its option, redeem the outstanding STRYPES, in whole or in part, as
provided in Article Four of this Supplemental Indenture. The STRYPES are not
subject to any sinking fund or other mandatory redemption provisions. The
STRYPES shall not be payable at the option of the Holders prior to the Maturity
Date.
The STRYPES shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons. The
STRYPES will be issued in any whole numbers. No fractional STRYPES or scrip
representing fractional STRYPES shall be issued.
SECTION 202. Form of STRYPES. The STRYPES shall be evidenced by
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certificates ("STRYPES Certificates") in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
ARTICLE THREE
PAYMENT AND DISCHARGE OF STRYPES
SECTION 301. Payment and Discharge on the Maturity Date. On the Maturity
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Date, unless previously redeemed pursuant to Section 401 of Article Four, the
Company shall pay and discharge each STRYPES by delivering to the Holder thereof
a number of shares of SunAmerica Common Stock (or, in the event there shall
occur a Reorganization Event, securities and/or other property in lieu thereof)
equal to the Common Equivalent Rate (as defined in Section 303 of this Article
Three) in effect on the Maturity Date. No fractional shares of SunAmerica
Common Stock shall be delivered on the Maturity Date as provided in Section 302
of this Article Three. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, at its
option, in lieu of delivering shares of SunAmerica Common Stock, deliver cash in
an amount (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a dollar per STRYPES or, if
there is not a nearest 1/100th of a dollar, then to the next higher 1/100th of a
dollar) equal to the value of such number of shares of SunAmerica Common Stock
at the Current Market Price determined as of the second Trading Day (as defined
below) prior to the Maturity Notice Date pursuant to Section 304(c). Such
option, if exercised by the Company, must be exercised with respect to all
shares of SunAmerica Common Stock otherwise deliverable on the Maturity Date
upon payment and discharge of all Outstanding STRYPES. In determining the
amount of cash deliverable upon payment and discharge of the STRYPES in lieu of
shares of SunAmerica Common Stock pursuant to the second preceding sentence, if
more than one STRYPES shall be held at one time by the same Holder, the amount
of cash which shall be delivered to such Holder upon payment and discharge shall
be computed on the basis of the aggregate number of STRYPES so held on the
Maturity Date. If the Company elects to deliver shares of SunAmerica Common
Stock, Holders of the STRYPES will be responsible for the payment of any and all
brokerage costs upon the subsequent sale of such stock. Such number of shares
of SunAmerica Common Stock (or, in the event there shall occur a
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Reorganization Event, cash, securities and/or other property in lieu thereof)
or, at the Company's option, the amount of cash, in either case deliverable upon
payment and discharge of the STRYPES on the Maturity Date is hereinafter
referred to as the "Maturity Consideration."
As used in this Section 301 and in Section 303 and in Article Four, the
Current Market Price per share of SunAmerica Common Stock on any date of
determination shall be the average of the daily Closing Prices for the five
consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the date of determination of
the Current Market Price (appropriately adjusted to take into account the
occurrence during such five-day period of any event that results in an
adjustment of the Common Equivalent Rate); provided, however, that if the
Closing Price for the Trading Day next following such five-day period (the
"Next-Day Closing Price") is less than 95% of such five-day average, then the
Current Market Price per share of SunAmerica Common Stock on such date of
determination shall be the Next-Day Closing Price; and provided, further, that,
for the purposes of calculating the Current Market Price in connection with the
Maturity Date or any Applicable Redemption Date of STRYPES or any determination
of an amount in cash payable in lieu of a fraction of a share of SunAmerica
Common Stock or in connection with a determination date under Section 303(a)(ii)
or Section 303(a)(iii), if any adjustment of the Common Equivalent Rate becomes
effective as of any date during the period beginning on the first day of such
five-day period and ending on the Maturity Date or the Applicable Redemption
Date, or applicable determination date under Section 303(a)(ii) or Section
303(a)(iii), then the Current Market Price as determined pursuant to the
foregoing will be appropriately adjusted to reflect such adjustment. For
purposes of this Section 301 and Section 401, a "Trading Day" is a day on which
the security, the Closing Price of which is being determined, (A) is not
suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market at the close of business and (B) has
traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the
trading of such security; provided that, if the Closing Price of such security
is to be determined by a NYSE member firm, then the term Trading Day shall mean,
for purposes of determining such Closing Price, a day on which the NYSE is open
for trading. The "Closing Price" of any security on any day shall mean the
closing sales price regular way on such day or, in case no such sale takes place
on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular
way on such day, in each case on the NYSE, or, if such security is not listed or
admitted to trading on the NYSE, on the principal national securities exchange
on which such security is listed or admitted to trading, or, if not listed or
admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the
closing bid and asked prices of such security on the over-the-counter market on
the day in question as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated,
or a similarly generally accepted reporting service, or if not so available in
such manner, as furnished by any NYSE member firm selected from time to time by
the Board of Directors of the Company for that purpose.
SECTION 302. No Fractional Shares. No fractional shares or scrip
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representing fractional shares of SunAmerica Common Stock shall be delivered if
the Company pays and discharges the STRYPES by delivering shares of SunAmerica
Common Stock on the Maturity Date or any Applicable Redemption Date. If more
than one STRYPES shall be held at one time
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by the same Holder, the number of full shares of SunAmerica Common Stock which
shall be delivered in payment of such Holder's STRYPES shall be computed on the
basis of the aggregate number of STRYPES so held on the Maturity Date or the
Applicable Redemption Date. In lieu of any fractional share of SunAmerica
Common Stock which would otherwise be deliverable upon payment and discharge of
any STRYPES on the Maturity Date or any Applicable Redemption Date, the Company,
through any applicable Paying Agent, shall make a cash payment in respect of
such fractional interest in an amount equal to the value of such fractional
share at the Current Market Price of the SunAmerica Common Stock determined as
of the second Trading Day immediately preceding the relevant Maturity Notice
Date or Redemption Notice Date.
SECTION 303. Common Equivalent Rate; Dilution Adjustments.
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(a) The Common Equivalent Rate shall be initially one share of SunAmerica
Common Stock for each STRYPES; provided, however, that such Common Equivalent
Rate shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided below. Such
rate in effect at any time is herein called the "Common Equivalent Rate."
(i) If SunAmerica shall:
(A) pay a stock dividend or make a distribution with respect to
SunAmerica Common Stock in shares of such stock;
(B) subdivide or split the outstanding shares of SunAmerica
Common Stock into a greater number of shares;
(C) combine the outstanding shares of SunAmerica Common Stock
into a smaller number of shares; or
(D) issue by reclassification of shares of SunAmerica Common
Stock any shares of common stock of SunAmerica;
then, in any such event, the Common Equivalent Rate shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Common Equivalent Rate in effect immediately prior to such event
by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
SunAmerica Common Stock outstanding immediately following such event, and the
denominator of which shall be the number of shares of SunAmerica Common Stock
outstanding immediately prior to such event. Each such adjustment shall become
effective at the opening of business on the Business Day next following the
record date for determination of holders of SunAmerica Common Stock entitled to
receive such dividend or distribution in the case of a dividend or distribution
and shall become effective immediately after the effective date in the case of a
subdivision, split, combination or reclassification. Each such adjustment shall
be made successively.
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(ii) If SunAmerica shall, after the date hereof, issue rights or
warrants to all holders of SunAmerica Common Stock entitling them (for a period
not exceeding 45 days from the date of such issuance) to subscribe for or
purchase shares of SunAmerica Common Stock at a price per share less than the
then Current Market Price of the SunAmerica Common Stock determined as of the
second Trading Day preceding the date of such issuance, then in each case the
Common Equivalent Rate shall be adjusted by multiplying the Common Equivalent
Rate in effect immediately prior to the date of issuance of such rights or
warrants by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of
SunAmerica Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such rights or
warrants, immediately prior to such issuance, plus the number of additional
shares of SunAmerica Common Stock offered for subscription or purchase pursuant
to such rights or warrants, and the denominator of which shall be the number of
shares of SunAmerica Common Stock outstanding on the date of issuance of such
rights or warrants, immediately prior to such issuance, plus the number of
additional shares of SunAmerica Common Stock which the aggregate offering price
of the total number of shares of SunAmerica Common Stock so offered for
subscription or purchase pursuant to such rights or warrants would purchase at
such Current Market Price, which shall be determined by multiplying such total
number of shares by the exercise price of such rights or warrants and dividing
the product so obtained by such Current Market Price. Such adjustment shall
become effective at the opening of business on the Business Day next following
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
rights or warrants. To the extent that shares of SunAmerica Common Stock are
not delivered after the expiration of such rights or warrants, or if such rights
or warrants are not issued, the Common Equivalent Rate shall be readjusted to
the Common Equivalent Rate which would then be in effect had such adjustments
for the issuance of such rights or warrants been made upon the basis of delivery
of only the number of shares of SunAmerica Common Stock actually delivered.
Each such adjustment shall be made successively.
(iii) If SunAmerica shall pay a dividend or make a distribution to
all holders of SunAmerica Common Stock of evidences of its indebtedness or other
assets (including shares of capital stock of SunAmerica but excluding any cash
dividends and any stock dividends or distributions referred to in subparagraph
(i)(A) above or shall issue to all holders of SunAmerica Common Stock rights or
warrants to subscribe for or purchase any of its securities (other than those
referred to in subparagraph (ii) above) (any of the foregoing being hereinafter
referred to in this subparagraph (iii) as the "Distributed Assets"), then in
each such case, the Common Equivalent Rate shall be adjusted by multiplying the
Common Equivalent Rate in effect on the record date referred to below by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of
the SunAmerica Common Stock determined as of the second Trading Day preceding
the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such
dividend or distribution or such rights or warrants, and the denominator of
which shall be such Current Market Price per share of SunAmerica Common Stock
less the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the
Company, whose determination shall be conclusive as of such record date) of the
portion of the Distributed Assets so distributed applicable to one share of
SunAmerica Common Stock. Each such adjustment shall become effective on the
opening of business on the Business Day next following the record date for the
determination of
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stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or distribution or such rights or
warrants. To the extent that such dividend or distribution is not so paid or
made, the Common Equivalent Rate shall be readjusted to the Common Equivalent
Rate which would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not
occurred. Each such adjustment shall be made successively.
(iv) Any shares of SunAmerica Common Stock issuable in payment of a
dividend or distribution shall be deemed to have been issued immediately prior
to the close of business on the record date for such dividend or distribution
for purposes of calculating the number of outstanding shares of SunAmerica
Common Stock under subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) above.
(v) All adjustments to the Common Equivalent Rate shall be
calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share of SunAmerica Common Stock (or if
there is not a nearest 1/100th of a share to the next lower 1/100th of a share).
No adjustment in the Common Equivalent Rate shall be required unless such
adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent
therein; provided, however, that any adjustments which by reason of this
subparagraph are not required to be made shall be carried forward and taken into
account in any subsequent adjustment.
(b) Adjustment for Consolidation, Merger or Other Reorganization Event. In
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the event of (i) any consolidation or merger of SunAmerica, or any surviving
entity or subsequent surviving entity of SunAmerica (a "SunAmerica Successor"),
with or into another entity (other than a merger or consolidation in which
SunAmerica is the continuing corporation and in which the SunAmerica Common
Stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger or consolidation is not
exchanged for cash, securities or other property of SunAmerica or another
corporation), (ii) any sale, transfer, lease or conveyance to another
corporation of the property of SunAmerica or any SunAmerica Successor as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety, (iii) any statutory exchange of
securities of SunAmerica or any SunAmerica Successor with another corporation
(other than in connection with a merger or acquisition) or (iv) any liquidation,
dissolution, winding up or bankruptcy of SunAmerica or any SunAmerica Successor
(any such event described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv), a "Reorganization
Event"), the Common Equivalent Rate will be adjusted to provide that each Holder
of STRYPES will receive for each STRYPES on the Maturity Date or any Applicable
Redemption Date cash in an amount equal to the Transaction Value. "Transaction
Value" means (x) for any cash received in any such Reorganization Event, the
amount of cash received per share of SunAmerica Common Stock, (y) for any
property other than cash or securities received in any such Reorganization
Event, an amount equal to the market value on the Maturity Date or any
Applicable Redemption Date of such property received per share of SunAmerica
Common Stock as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment
banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company and (z) for any securities
received in any such Reorganization Event, an amount equal to the average
Closing Price per unit of such securities on the five Trading Days immediately
prior to the second Trading Day preceding the Maturity Date or any Applicable
Redemption Date, multiplied by the number of such securities received for each
share of SunAmerica Common Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event
that property or securities, or a combination of cash,
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on the one hand, and property or securities, on the other, are received in such
Reorganization Event, the Company may, at its option, in lieu of delivering cash
as described above, deliver the amount of cash, securities and other property
received per share of SunAmerica Common Stock in such Reorganization Event
determined in accordance with clause (x), (y) or (z) above, as applicable. If
the Company elects to deliver securities or other property, Holders of the
STRYPES will be responsible for the payment of any and all brokerage and
transaction costs upon any subsequent sale of such securities or other property.
The kind and amount of securities with which the STRYPES shall be paid and
discharged after consummation of such transaction shall be subject to adjustment
as described in paragraph (a) above following the date of consummation of such
transaction.
SECTION 304. Notice of Adjustments and Certain Other Events.
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(a) Whenever the Common Equivalent Rate requires adjustment as herein
provided, the Company shall:
(i) forthwith compute the adjusted Common Equivalent Rate in
accordance with Section 303 of this Article Three and prepare a certificate
signed by an officer of the Company setting forth the adjusted Common Equivalent
Rate, the method of calculation thereof in reasonable detail, and the facts
requiring such adjustment and upon which such adjustment is based, which
certificate shall be conclusive, final and binding evidence of the correctness
of the adjustment, and file such certificate forthwith with the Trustee; and
(ii) within 10 Business Days following the occurrence of an event
that requires an adjustment to the Common Equivalent Rate pursuant to Section
303 of this Article Three (or if the Company is not aware of such occurrence, as
soon as practicable after becoming so aware), provide written notice to the
Trustee and to the Holders of the STRYPES of the occurrence of such event and a
statement in reasonable detail setting forth the adjusted Common Equivalent Rate
and the method by which the adjustment to the Common Equivalent Rate was
determined.
(b) In case at any time while any of the STRYPES are outstanding the
Company receives notice that:
(i) SunAmerica shall declare a dividend (or any other
distribution) on or in respect of the SunAmerica Common Stock to which Section
303(a)(i) or (iii) shall apply;
(ii) SunAmerica shall authorize the issuance to all holders of
SunAmerica Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase
shares of SunAmerica Common Stock or of any other subscription rights or
warrants;
(iii) there shall occur any conversion or reclassification of
SunAmerica Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination of outstanding
shares of such SunAmerica Common Stock) or any consolidation, merger or
reorganization to which
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SunAmerica is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of SunAmerica
is required, or the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets
of SunAmerica; or
(iv) there shall occur the voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
liquidation, winding up or bankruptcy of SunAmerica;
then the Company shall promptly cause to be delivered to the Trustee and any
applicable Paying Agent and filed at the office or agency maintained for the
purpose of payment and discharge of STRYPES on the Maturity Date in the Borough
of Manhattan, The City of New York by the Trustee (or any applicable Paying
Agent), and shall promptly cause to be mailed to the Holders of STRYPES at their
last addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register, at least 10 days
before the date hereinafter specified (or the earlier of the dates hereinafter
specified, in the event that more than one is specified), a notice stating (x)
the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend,
distribution or grant of rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken,
the date as of which the holders of SunAmerica Common Stock of record to be
entitled to such dividend, distribution or grant of rights or warrants are to be
determined, or (y) the date, if known by the Company, on which such
reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution,
liquidation, winding up or bankruptcy is expected to become effective.
(c) The Company shall mail a notice, at least 30 but not more than 60 days
prior to the Maturity Date, to each Holder of STRYPES at its registered address,
which notice shall state whether the STRYPES will be paid and discharged with
shares of SunAmerica Common Stock or in cash (or any other property or
securities that may be delivered pursuant to Section 303(b)) on the Maturity
Date in accordance with Section 301 and, if payable in cash, specifying the
amount of cash payable for each STRYPES and the Current Market Price used to
calculate such amount. The date of the commencement of the mailing of such
notice is called the "Maturity Notice Date".
SECTION 305. Shares Free and Clear. The Company hereby warrants that upon
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payment and discharge of a STRYPES on the Maturity Date or any Applicable
Redemption Date pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, the Holder of a STRYPES
shall receive all rights held by the Company in the Maturity Consideration or
Applicable Redemption Price with which such STRYPES is at such time payable and
dischargeable pursuant to this Supplemental Indenture, free and clear of any and
all liens, claims, charges and encumbrances, other than any liens, claims,
charges and encumbrances which may have been placed on any Maturity
Consideration or Applicable Redemption Price by the prior owner thereof prior to
the time such Maturity Consideration or Applicable Redemption Price was acquired
by the Company. Except as provided in Section 501 of Article Five, the Company
will pay all taxes and charges with respect to the delivery of the Maturity
Consideration or Applicable Redemption Price delivered upon payment and
discharge of STRYPES hereunder. In addition, the Company further warrants that
any Maturity Consideration or Applicable Redemption Price so delivered upon
payment and discharge of STRYPES hereunder shall be free of any transfer
restrictions (other than such as are solely attributable to any Holder's status
as an affiliate of SunAmerica).
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SECTION 306. Cancellation of STRYPES Certificates. Upon receipt by the
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Trustee of a STRYPES Certificate delivered to it for payment and discharge of
the STRYPES evidenced thereby under this Article Three, the Trustee shall cancel
and dispose of the same as provided in Section 309 of the Principal Indenture.
SECTION 307. Form of Redemption and Maturity Consideration. The Company
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agrees to deliver on the Maturity Date and on any Applicable Redemption Date the
form of consideration that Merrill Lynch Capital Services, Inc. receives on the
Maturity Date or any Applicable Redemption Date pursuant to the Stock Agreement
dated as of June ___, 1996, among the Company, Merrill Lynch Capital Services,
Inc. and Mr. Eli Broad. The Company further agrees to redeem the STRYPES if, as
and when Mr. Broad redeems his obligations under such Stock Agreement.
ARTICLE FOUR
OPTIONAL REDEMPTION
SECTION 401. Optional Redemption. At any time or from time to time prior
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to the Maturity Date, the Company may, at its option, redeem the outstanding
STRYPES, in whole or in part, at a redemption price per STRYPES initially equal
to $______________, declining by $___________ on each day following the Issue
Date to $____________ on ___________, 1999, and equal to $_____________
thereafter (each such redemption price, an "Applicable Redemption Price"),
payable in either (i) the number of shares of SunAmerica Common Stock (or, in
the event there shall occur a Reorganization Event, securities and/or other
property in lieu thereof) equal to the Applicable Redemption Price on the
applicable date fixed for redemption (the "Applicable Redemption Date") divided
by the Current Market Price of the Sun America Stock determined as of the second
Trading Day preceding the applicable Redemption Notice Date or (ii) at the
Company's option (which may be exercised with respect to all, but not less than
all, of the STRYPES to be redeemed on any Applicable Redemption Date) cash, plus
in either case an amount in cash equal to accrued and unpaid interest on the
STRYPES to but excluding the Applicable Redemption Date; provided that
installments of interest which are due and payable on or prior to the Applicable
Redemption Date shall be payable to the holders of STRYPES registered as such at
the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates. If the Company
elects to deliver shares of SunAmerica Common Stock, Holders of the STRYPES will
be responsible for the payment of any and all brokerage costs upon the
subsequent sale of such stock. Notice of redemption shall be given within the
time period and manner specified in Section 1104 of the Principal Indenture;
provided, however, that such notice shall additionally specify whether the
Company will pay the Applicable Redemption Price by delivery of SunAmerica
Common Stock or in cash and, if payable in Sun America Common Stock, shall also
specify the number of shares of SunAmerica Common Stock to be delivered for each
STRYPES and the Current Market Price used to calculate such number of shares.
In the event that less than all of the STRYPES are to be redeemed on any
Applicable Redemption Date, selection by the Trustee of the STRYPES for
redemption shall be in accordance with Section
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1103 of the Principal Indenture (subject to compliance with the requirements of
any principal national securities exchange on which the STRYPES may be listed);
provided, however, that STRYPES shall not be subject to redemption except in
units of one or more whole STRYPES. For purposes of this Section 401, a
"Redemption Notice Date" shall mean the commencement of mailing of the notice of
redemption to holders of STRYPES in accordance with Section 1104 of the
Principal Indenture.
ARTICLE FIVE
TAXES
SECTION 501. Documentary, Stamp, Transfer or Similar Taxes. The Company
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will pay any and all documentary, stamp, transfer or similar taxes that may be
payable in respect of the transfer and delivery of SunAmerica Common Stock (or,
in the event that there shall occur a Reorganization Event, securities and/or
other property in lieu thereof) pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the
Company shall not be required to pay any such tax which may be payable in
respect of any transfer involved in the delivery of SunAmerica Common Stock (or,
in the event that there shall occur a Reorganization Event, securities and/or
other property in lieu thereof) in a name other than that in which the STRYPES
so paid and discharged were registered, and no such transfer or delivery shall
be made unless and until the Person requesting such transfer has paid to the
Company the amount of any such tax, or has established, to the satisfaction of
the Company, that such tax has been paid.
SECTION 502. Treatment of STRYPES. The parties hereto hereby agree, and
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each Holder of a STRYPES by its purchase of a STRYPES hereby agrees:
(a) to treat, for all United States Federal, state and local tax
purposes, each STRYPES as a unit (a "Unit") consisting of (A) a debt
instrument (the "Debt Instrument") with a fixed principal amount
unconditionally payable on the Maturity Date equal to the issue price
of the STRYPES and bearing interest at the stated interest rate on the
STRYPES and (B) a forward purchase contract (the "Forward Contract")
pursuant to which the Holder is irrevocably committed to use the
principal payment due on the Debt Instrument (or, in the event of a
redemption, the Applicable Redemption Price) to purchase on the
Maturity Date or upon redemption the SunAmerica Common Stock which the
Company is obligated to deliver at that time (subject to the Company's
right to deliver cash in lieu of the SunAmerica Common Stock), which
treatment will require, among other things, each Holder that is
subject to United States Federal income tax in connection with its
ownership of the STRYPES to include currently in income payments
denominated as interest that are made with respect to the STRYPES in
accordance with such Holder's regular method of tax accounting;
(b) in the case of purchases of STRYPES in connection with the original
issuance thereof, (A) to allocate $__________ of the entire initial
purchase price of a STRYPES (i.e., the issue price of a STRYPES) to
the Debt Instrument component and to allocate the remaining
$__________ of the entire initial purchase price of a STRYPES to the
Forward Contract component and (B) to treat such acquisition of the
STRYPES by the Holder as a purchase of the Debt Instrument by the
Holder for $__________ and the making of an initial payment by the
Holder with respect to the Forward Contract of $__________;
(c) in the case of purchases and sales of STRYPES subsequent to the
original issuance thereof, the purchase price paid (or received) by a
Holder will be allocated by the Holder between the Debt Instrument and
the Forward Contract based upon their relative fair market values (as
determined on the date of acquisition or disposition);
(d) to file all United States Federal, state and local income, franchise
and estate tax returns consistent with the treatment of each STRYPES
as a Unit consisting of the Debt Instrument and the Forward Contract
(in the absence of any change or clarification in applicable law, by
regulation or otherwise, requiring a different characterization or
treatment of the STRYPES).
ARTICLE SIX
AMENDMENT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF THE PRINCIPAL INDENTURE
SECTION 601. Amendments Relating to the STRYPES. The Principal Indenture
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is hereby amended, solely with respect to the STRYPES, as follows:
(a) By deleting Section 308 of the Principal Indenture in its entirety and
inserting in its stead the following:
"SECTION 308. Persons Deemed Owners. Prior to due presentment of a STRYPES
Certificate for registration of transfer of STRYPES evidenced thereby, the
Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat
the Person in whose name such STRYPES Certificate is registered as the
owner of the STRYPES evidenced thereby for the purpose of receiving
delivery or payment of the Maturity Consideration or the Applicable
Redemption Price in respect of, and (subject to Sections 305 and 307)
interest on, such STRYPES and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not such STRYPES 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."
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(b) By deleting Section 501 of the Principal Indenture in its entirety and
inserting in its stead the following:
"SECTION 501. Events of Default. "Event of Default", wherever used herein
with respect to STRYPES, means any one of the following events (whatever
the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(1) failure to deliver or pay the Maturity Consideration on the
Maturity Date, or to pay the Applicable Redemption Price on the Applicable
Redemption Date; or
(2) failure to pay any interest on any STRYPES when due, and
continuance of such failure for a period of 30 days; or
(3) failure to perform any other covenant of the Company in this
Indenture (other than a covenant a failure in whose performance is
elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with), and the continuance of
such failure for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by
registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee, or to the
Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate
issue price of the Outstanding STRYPES a written notice specifying such
failure and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
"Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(4) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Company in an involuntary case under
any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter
in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian,
trustee, sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for any
substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding-up or liquidation
of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in
effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or
(5) the Company shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or
shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case
under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking
possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian,
sequestrator (or similar official) of the Company or for any substantial
part of its property, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they
become due or shall take any corporate action in furtherance of any of the
foregoing."
(c) By deleting Section 502 of the Principal Indenture in its entirety and
inserting in its stead the following:
"SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. If an
Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section
501(4) or 501(5)) occurs and
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is continuing, then and in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of
not less than 25% of the aggregate issue price of the Outstanding STRYPES
may declare an amount equal to the issue price of all the STRYPES to be due
and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by the Holders), and upon any such declaration such amount
shall become immediately due and payable in cash. If an Event of Default
specified in Section 501(4) or 501(5) occurs, an amount equal to the issue
price of all the STRYPES shall automatically, and without any declaration
or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Holder, become
immediately due and payable in cash.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration has been made or an
Event of Default specified in Section 501(4) or 501(5) has occurred, and
before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained
by the Trustee as hereinafter provided, the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate issue price of the Outstanding STRYPES, by written notice to the
Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration or Event of
Default and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum
sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all STRYPES,
(B) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful,
interest upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne
by the STRYPES, and
(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel,
and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to the STRYPES, other than the
non-payment of the amount equal to the issue price of all the STRYPES
due solely by reason of such declaration of acceleration or Event of
Default specified in Section 501(4) or 501(5), have been cured or
waived as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right
consequent thereon."
(d) By deleting the first paragraph of Section 503 of the Principal
Indenture in its entirety and inserting in its stead the following:
"The Company covenants that, if default is made in the payment of any
installment of interest on any STRYPES (other than interest due on the
Maturity Date)
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when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a
period of 30 days, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it,
for the benefit of the Holders of such STRYPES, an amount equal to the
issue price of all the STRYPES, the whole amount of interest then due and
payable on such STRYPES and, to the extent that payment of such interest
shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue interest, at the rate
borne by the STRYPES, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection,
including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
The Company further covenants that, if the Maturity Consideration or
any interest due on the Maturity Date is not delivered or paid in respect
of any STRYPES on the Maturity Date or if the Applicable Redemption Price
is not delivered or paid in respect of any STRYPES on the Applicable
Redemption Date, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it,
for the benefit of the Holders of such STRYPES, the Maturity Consideration
or the Applicable Redemption Price, as the case may be, then due and
payable on such STRYPES, the whole amount of interest then due and payable
on such STRYPES and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be
legally enforceable, interest on any Maturity Consideration or Applicable
Redemption Price, as the case may be, that is overdue and on any overdue
interest, at the rate borne by the STRYPES, and, in addition thereto, such
further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of
collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel."
(e) By deleting Section 506 of the Principal Indenture in its entirety and
inserting in its stead the following:
"SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected. Any money collected by the
Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order,
at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution
of such money on account of the Maturity Consideration, the Applicable
Redemption Price or interest, upon presentation of the relevant STRYPES
Certificate and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid
and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section
607;
SECOND: To the payment of any amounts then due and unpaid on the
STRYPES 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 STRYPES; and
THIRD: The balance, if any, to the Person or Persons entitled
thereto."
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(f) By deleting Section 508 of the Principal Indenture in its entirety and
inserting in its stead the following:
"SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive the Maturity
Consideration and Interest. Notwithstanding any other provision in this
Indenture, the Holder of any STRYPES shall have the right, which is
absolute and unconditional, to receive (subject to Section 502) payment of
the Maturity Consideration or the Applicable Redemption Price in respect of
and (subject to Sections 305 and 307) interest on such STRYPES and to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such right
shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder."
(g) By deleting the first sentence of Section 513 of the Principal
Indenture in its entirety and inserting in its stead the following:
"The Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate issue price of
the Outstanding STRYPES may on behalf of the Holders of all STRYPES waive
any past default hereunder and its consequences, except a default
(1) in the delivery or payment of the Maturity Consideration or the
Applicable Redemption Price or in the payment of interest on any STRYPES,
or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article
Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of
each Outstanding STRYPES affected."
(h) By deleting Section 801 of the Principal Indenture in its entirety and
inserting in its stead the following:
"SECTION 801. Consolidations and Mergers of the Company and Sales, Leases
and Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions. The Company may
consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its
assets to, or merge with or into any other corporation, provided that in
any such case, (i) either the Company shall be the continuing corporation,
or the successor corporation shall be a corporation organized and existing
under the laws of the United States of America or a State thereof and such
successor corporation shall expressly assume the due and punctual delivery
or payment of the Maturity Consideration or the Applicable Redemption Price
in respect of and interest on all the STRYPES, according to their tenor,
and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants
and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company by
supplemental indenture satisfactory to the Trustee, executed and delivered
to the Trustee by such corporation, and (ii) the Company or such successor
corporation, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger
or consolidation, or such sale, lease or conveyance, be in default in the
performance of any such covenant or condition."
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(i) By deleting the first sentence of Section 902 of the Principal
Indenture in its entirety and inserting in its stead the following:
"With the consent of the Holders of not less than 66-2/3% of the aggregate
issue price of the Outstanding STRYPES, by Act of said Holders delivered to
the Company and the Trustee, the Company, when authorized by a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures
supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing
in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of
modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of STRYPES under this
Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall,
without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding STRYPES affected
thereby,
(1) change the Maturity Date or the Stated Maturity of any
installment of interest on any STRYPES, or reduce the amount of Maturity
Consideration deliverable or payable on the Maturity Date or reduce the
amount of interest payable on any STRYPES or reduce the amount of cash
payable with respect to any STRYPES upon acceleration of the Maturity, or
change the provisions with respect to redemption of any STRYPES, or change
any Place of Payment where, or the coin or currency in which, any interest
on or any amount of cash payable with respect to any STRYPES is payable, or
impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of (i) any payment
on or with respect to any STRYPES or (ii) the delivery or payment of the
Maturity Consideration or the Applicable Redemption Price with respect to
any STRYPES, or
(2) reduce the percentage of the aggregate issue price of Outstanding
STRYPES, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental
indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for waiver (of
compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults
hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture, or reduce
the requirements of Section 1404 for quorum or voting, or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, or Section 513, or
Section 1007, 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 STRYPES affected
thereby.
(j) By deleting Section 1001 of the Principal Indenture in its entirety
and inserting in its stead the following:
"SECTION 1001. Delivery and Payment of the Maturity Consideration or the
Applicable Redemption Price and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees
for the benefit of the Holders of the STRYPES that it will duly and
punctually deliver or pay the Maturity Consideration or the Applicable
Redemption Price in respect of, and interest on, the STRYPES in accordance
with the terms of the STRYPES and this Indenture."
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(k) By deleting Section 1003 of the Principal Indenture in its entirety
and inserting in its stead the following:
"SECTION 1003. Money for Security Payments to Be Held in Trust. If the
Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or
before each due date of the Maturity Consideration or the Applicable
Redemption Price in respect of, or interest on, any of the STRYPES,
segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto
consideration in an amount sufficient to deliver or pay the Maturity
Consideration or the Applicable Redemption Price or a sum sufficient to pay
the interest so becoming due until such consideration shall be delivered or
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, it will, prior
to each due date of the Maturity Consideration or the Applicable Redemption
Price in respect of, or interest on, any STRYPES, deposit with a Paying
Agent consideration in an amount sufficient to deliver or pay the Maturity
Consideration or the Applicable Redemption Price or a sum sufficient to pay
the interest so becoming due, such consideration to be held as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the
Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to
act.
The Company will cause each Paying Agent 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) comply with the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act applicable to it as Paying Agent and (ii) during the
continuance of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
STRYPES) in the making of any payment in respect of the STRYPES, upon the
written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held
in trust by such Paying Agent as such.
The Company may at any time, for any 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 consideration deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then
held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the interest on or
delivery upon discharge of any STRYPES and remaining unclaimed for two
years after such consideration 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 STRYPES shall
thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for
payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with
respect to such trust
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consideration, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall
thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent,
before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the
Company cause to be published once, in an Authorized Newspaper in each
Place of Payment or to be mailed to Holders of the STRYPES, or both, notice
that such consideration remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified
therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such consideration then
remaining will be repaid to the Company."
SECTION 602. Interpretation of Principal Indenture. Except as otherwise
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specifically provided in this Supplemental Indenture, whenever in the Principal
Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the principal of or principal
amount of any Security of any series or a percentage in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series, such mention shall be deemed to be, solely
with respect to the STRYPES, the issue price of the STRYPES or a percentage of
the aggregate issue price of the Outstanding STRYPES.
ARTICLE SEVEN
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 701. Effect of Supplemental Indenture. The Principal Indenture,
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as supplemented and amended by this Supplemental Indenture and all other
indentures supplemental thereto, is in all respects ratified and confirmed, and
the Principal Indenture, this Supplemental Indenture and all indentures
supplemental thereto shall be read, taken and construed as one and the same
instrument.
SECTION 702. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act. If any provision hereof
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limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision hereof which is required
to be included in this Supplemental Indenture by any of the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act, such required provision shall control.
SECTION 703. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and agreements in this
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Supplemental Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and assigns,
whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 704. Separability Clause. In case any provision in this
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Supplemental Indenture or in the STRYPES shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions (or of the other series of Securities) shall not in any way be
affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 705. Benefits of Supplemental Indenture. Nothing in this
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Supplemental Indenture, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than
the parties hereto and their
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successors hereunder and the Holders of the STRYPES, any benefit or any legal or
equitable right, remedy or claim under this Supplemental Indenture.
SECTION 706. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH STRYPES
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SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
AND THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE AND EACH SUCH STRYPES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION 707. Execution in Counterparts. This Supplemental Indenture may
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be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original;
but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
SECTION 708. Responsibility for Recitals. The recitals contained herein
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shall be taken as statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as
to the validity or sufficiency of the Principal Indenture or this Supplemental
Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed, and their respective corporate seals to be
hereunto affixed and attested, all as of the day and year first above written.
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
Chemical Bank, as Trustee
By: __________________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
[Form of Face of STRYPES Certificate]
[THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE
HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITORY OR A
NOMINEE THEREOF. 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 DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE "DEPOSITORY") TO A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITORY OR BY THE DEPOSITORY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY OR
A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITORY. UNLESS THIS SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY SECURITY ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN
AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE &
CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
No. ____________ ___________ STRYPES
CUSIP NO. 590188 76 9
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
Structured Yield Product Exchangeable for Stock(SM)
__% STRYPES(SM) Due June __, 1999
(Payable with Shares of Common Stock,
par value $1.00 per share, of SunAmerica Inc.)
Issue Price Per STRYPES: $_____
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., a Delaware corporation (hereinafter called the
"Company", which term includes any successor corporation under the Indenture
hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay and
discharge each STRYPES evidenced hereby on __________, 1999 (the "Maturity
Date") (subject to the Company's right to redeem the STRYPES evidenced hereby,
as described on the reverse hereof) by delivering to
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_____________________________________, or registered assigns, a number of shares
of common stock, par value $1.00 per share ("SunAmerica Common Stock"), of
SunAmerica Inc. ("SunAmerica") equal to the Common Equivalent Rate (as defined
in the Indenture) in effect on the Maturity Date (or, in the event there shall
occur a Reorganization Event, cash, securities and/or other property in lieu
thereof), and to pay interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve
30-day months) on such STRYPES from __________, 1996, or from the most recent
Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or provided for, on
__________, __________, __________ and __________ in each year, beginning
__________, 1996, and on the Maturity Date, at the rate of $____________ per
STRYPES per annum (or $____________ per STRYPES per quarter), until the Maturity
Date or such earlier date on which such STRYPES is redeemed or the issue price
of such STRYPES is repaid in accordance with the provisions described below.
The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any
Interest Payment Date will, as provided in said Indenture, be paid to the Person
in whose name this STRYPES Certificate (or one or more Predecessor STRYPES
Certificates) is registered at the close of business on the last day (whether or
not a Business Day) of the calendar month immediately preceding such Interest
Payment Date (each a "Regular Record Date"). In any case where such Interest
Payment Date shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other
provision of said Indenture or this STRYPES Certificate) payment of such
interest need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding
Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on such date, and, if
such payment is so made, no interest shall accrue for the period from and after
such date, and, if such payment is so made, no interest shall accrue for the
period from and after such date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or
duly provided for shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder
on the relevant Regular Record Date, and may be paid to the Person in whose name
this STRYPES Certificate (or one or more Predecessor STRYPES Certificates) is
registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of
such interest to be fixed by the Trustee hereinafter referred to, notice whereof
shall be given to Holders of STRYPES not less than 10 days prior to such Special
Record Date, or may be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not
inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the
STRYPES may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange,
all as more fully provided in said Indenture.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may, at its option in lieu of
delivering shares of SunAmerica Common Stock, deliver cash in an amount equal to
the value of such number of shares of SunAmerica Common Stock at the Current
Market Price determined as of the second Trading Day prior to the Maturity
Notice Date. Such number of shares of SunAmerica Common Stock (or amount of
cash or, in the event there shall occur a Reorganization Event as provided in
the Indenture, cash, securities and/or other property in lieu thereof)
deliverable upon payment and discharge hereof on the Maturity Date is
hereinafter referred to as the "Maturity Consideration." The Current Market
Price per share of SunAmerica Common Stock on any date of determination shall be
the average of the daily Closing Prices for the five consecutive Trading Days
ending on and including the date of determination of the Current Market Price
(appropriately adjusted to take into account the occurrence during such five-day
period of any event that results in an adjustment of the Common Equivalent
Rate);
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provided, however, that if the Closing Price for the Trading Day next following
such five-day period (the "Next-Day Closing Price") is less than 95% of such
five-day average, then the Current Market Price per share of SunAmerica Common
Stock on such date of determination shall be the Next-Day Closing Price; and
provided, further, that, for the purposes of calculating the Current Market
Price in connection with the Maturity Date or any Applicable Redemption Date of
STRYPES or any determination of an amount in cash payable in lieu of a fraction
of a share of SunAmerica Common Stock or in connection with certain anti-
dilution adjustments as provided in the Indenture, if any adjustment of the
Common Equivalent Rate becomes effective as of any date during the period
beginning on the first day of such five-day period and ending on the Maturity
Date or Applicable Redemption Date or applicable date of determination under the
Indenture, then the Current Market Price as determined pursuant to the foregoing
will be appropriately adjusted to reflect such adjustment. A "Trading Day" is a
day on which the security, the Closing Price of which is being determined, (A)
is not suspended from trading on any national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market at the close of business and (B) has
traded at least once on the national or regional securities exchange or
association or over-the-counter market that is the primary market for the
trading of such security; provided that, if the Closing Price of such security
is to be determined by a NYSE member firm, then the term Trading Day shall mean,
for purposes of determining such Closing Price, a day on which the NYSE is open
for trading. The "Closing Price" of any security on any day shall mean the
closing sales price regular way on such day or, in case no such sale takes place
on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices regular
way on such day, the average of the reported closing bid and asked prices
regular way on such date, in each case on the NYSE, or, if such security is not
listed or admitted to trading on the NYSE, on the principal national securities
exchange on which such security is listed or admitted to trading, or, if not
listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average
of the closing bid and asked prices of such security on the over-the-counter
market on the day in question as reported by the National Quotation Bureau
Incorporated, or a similarly generally accepted reporting service, or if not so
available in such manner, as furnished by any NYSE member firm selected from
time to time by the Board of Directors of the Company for that purpose.
Interest on the STRYPES evidenced hereby will be payable, and delivery of
the Maturity Consideration or Applicable Redemption Price in payment of the
STRYPES evidenced hereby on the Maturity Date or Applicable Redemption Date will
be made, upon surrender of this STRYPES Certificate, at the office or agency of
the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of
New York, and payment of interest on the STRYPES evidenced by this STRYPES
Certificate (and, if the Company elects to deliver cash in lieu of SunAmerica
Common Stock on the Maturity Date or Applicable Redemption Date, the amount of
cash payable on the Maturity Date or Applicable Redemption Date) will be made in
such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment
is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; provided, however, that
at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to
the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the
Securities Register.
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ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS OF THIS STRYPES CERTIFICATE ARE CONTAINED ON THE
REVERSE HEREOF AND SUCH PROVISIONS SHALL HAVE THE SAME EFFECT AS THOUGH FULLY
SET FORTH IN THIS PLACE.
Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by or on
behalf of the Trustee by manual signature, this STRYPES Certificate shall not be
entitled to any benefit under the Indenture, or be valid or obligatory for any
purpose. "Structured Yield Product Exchangeable for Stock" and "STRYPES" are
service marks of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. has caused this instrument to
be duly executed under its corporate seal.
Dated:
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
By: _________________________________
Name: Theresa Lang
Title: Treasurer
Attest: ______________________________
Name: Gregory T. Russo
Title: Secretary
TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This certificate evidences Securities of the series designated herein and
referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Chemical Bank, as Trustee
By:__________________________________
Authorized Officer
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[Form of Reverse of STRYPES Certificate]
MERRILL LYNCH & CO., INC.
Structured Yield Product Exchangeable for Stock
___% STRYPES Due _________, 1999
(Payable with Shares of Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share,
of SunAmerica Inc.)
This STRYPES Certificate evidences part of a duly authorized issue of
unsecured and unsubordinated debentures, notes or other evidences of senior
indebtedness (hereinafter called the "Securities") of the Company of the series
hereinafter specified, all such Securities issued and to be issued under an
indenture dated as of April 1, 1983 and restated as of April 1, 1987, as amended
and supplemented as of June 1, 1996, between the Company and Chemical Bank
(successor by merger to Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company), as Trustee (the
indenture dated as of April 1, 1983 and restated as of April 1, 1987, as
amended, restated and supplemented from time to time, the "Indenture"), to which
Indenture and all other indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made
for a statement of the rights and limitation of rights thereunder of the Holders
of the Securities and of the rights, obligations, duties and immunities of the
Trustee for each series of Securities and of the Company, and the terms upon
which the Securities are and are to be authenticated and delivered. As provided
in the Indenture, the Securities may be issued in one or more series, which
different series may be issued in various aggregate principal amounts, may be
denominated in currencies other than U.S. Dollars (including composite
currencies), may mature at different times, may bear interest, if any, at
different rates, may be subject to different redemption provisions, if any, may
be subject to different sinking, purchase and analogous funds, if any, may be
subject to different covenants and Events of Default and may otherwise vary as
in the Indenture provided or permitted. This STRYPES Certificate evidences
Securities of the series designated as Structured Yield Product Exchangeable for
Stock, ___% STRYPES Due June, 1999 (each, a "STRYPES").
The STRYPES will be redeemable at the option of the Company, in whole or in
part, at any time or from time to time prior to the Maturity Date at a
redemption price per STRYPES initially equal to $_____________, declining by
$______________ on each day following the Issue Date to $______________ on
April, 1999, and equal to $__________________ thereafter (each such redemption
price, an "Applicable Redemption Price"), payable in either (a) the number of
shares of SunAmerica Common Stock equal to the Applicable Redemption Price on
the applicable date fixed for redemption (the "Applicable Redemption Date")
divided by the Current Market Price of the SunAmerica Stock determined as of the
second Trading Day preceding the applicable Redemption Notice Date or (ii) at
the Company's option (which may be exercised with respect to all, but not less
than all, of the STRYPES to be redeemed on any Applicable Redemption Date) cash,
plus in either case an amount in cash equal to accrued and unpaid interest on
such STRYPES to but not including the Applicable Redemption Date.
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The STRYPES are not subject to any sinking fund or other mandatory
redemption provisions. The STRYPES are not payable at the option of the Holders
prior to the Maturity Date.
If an Event of Default with respect to the STRYPES, as defined in the
Indenture, shall occur and be continuing, then an amount equal to the issue
price of all the STRYPES may be declared immediately due and payable in cash in
the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.
The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the
amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the
Company and the rights of the Holders of the STRYPES under the Indenture at any
time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of 66-2/3%
of the aggregate issue price of the Outstanding STRYPES. The Indenture also
contains provisions permitting the Holders of a majority of the aggregate issue
price of the Outstanding STRYPES, on behalf of the Holders of all STRYPES, to
waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and
certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to
the STRYPES. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be
conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of the
STRYPES evidenced by this STRYPES Certificate and of any STRYPES evidenced by a
STRYPES Certificate issued upon the transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in
lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent of waiver is made upon this
STRYPES Certificate.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this STRYPES
Certificate or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the
Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to deliver or pay the interest on,
and Maturity Consideration in respect of, the STRYPES evidenced by this STRYPES
Certificate at the times, place and rate, and in the manner, herein prescribed.
As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set
forth, the STRYPES evidenced by this STRYPES Certificate are transferable on the
Security Register of the Company, upon surrender of this STRYPES Certificate for
registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company to be maintained
for that purpose in The City of New York, New York, or at any other office or
agency of the Company maintained for that purpose, 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 STRYPES
Certificates, evidencing the same aggregate number of STRYPES, will be issued to
the designated transferee or transferees.
No service charge shall be made for any such transfer or exchange, but the
Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other
governmental charge payable in connection with the registration of such transfer
or exchange, other than certain exchanges not involving any transfer. Certain
terms used in this STRYPES Certificate which are defined in the Indenture have
the meanings set forth therein.
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This STRYPES Certificate shall for all purposes be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. The Company,
the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in
whose name this STRYPES Certificate is registered as the owner of the STRYPES
evidenced hereby for the purpose of receiving payment as herein provided and for
all other purposes, whether or not the STRYPES be overdue, and neither the
Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the
contrary.
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ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this
instrument, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according
to applicable laws or regulations.
TEN COM -- as tenants in UNIF GIFT MIN -- _____ Custodian _______
common (Cust) (Minor)
TEN ENT -- as tenants by the Under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act
entireties ________________________
(State)
JT TEN -- as joint tenants with
right of survivorship
and not as tenants in common
Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s)
unto
PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
OR TAXPAYER I.D. OR OTHER
IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF
ASSIGNEE
________________________________________________________________________________
(Please print or typewrite name and address including postal
zip code of assignee)
___________________________ STRYPES and all rights thereunder, hereby
irrevocably constituting and appointing ________________________________________
attorney to transfer said STRYPES on the books of the Company, with full power
of substitution in the premises.
Dated:
____________________________________________
NOTICE: The signature to this assignment
must correspond with the name as written
upon on the face of the within Security in
every particular, without alteration or
enlargement or any change whatever.
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