S-3
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 13, 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
IMAX Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Canada
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
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98-0140269
(IRS Employer Identification Number) |
2525 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 1B1
(905) 403-6500
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of registrants principal executive
offices)
SEE TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
IMAX U.S.A Inc.
110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100
New York, New York 10022
(212) 821-0100
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number,
including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Jason R. Lehner, Esq.
Shearman & Sterling LLP
599 Lexington Avenue
New York, New York 10022
(212) 848-4000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the
effective date of this Registration Statement as determined by market conditions.
If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or
interest reinvestment plans, please 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 box:
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If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule
462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities Act
registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same
offering. o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities
Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the
earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. o
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 following box: o
If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement pursuant to General
Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities
pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. o
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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Large accelerated filer o
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Accelerated filer þ
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Non-accelerated filer o
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(Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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Proposed |
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maximum offering |
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securities to be registered |
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Registered(1) |
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share |
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offering price(2),(8) |
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registration fee(3) |
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Debt Securities(4) |
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Guarantees of Debt Securities by Subsidiary
Guarantors(5) |
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Preferred Shares(4) |
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Common Shares, no par value(4) |
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Warrants(4), (6) |
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Stock Purchase Contracts(4) |
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Units(4) |
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Total |
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$250,000,000 |
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(7) |
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$250,000,000 |
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$9,825 |
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There are being registered hereunder such indeterminate principal amount or number of
the securities of each class identified above as shall have an aggregate initial offering
price not to exceed $250,000,000. Any securities registered under this registration
statement may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered under this
registration statement. |
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Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule
457(o) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act). The proposed
maximum aggregate offering price per security will be determined, from time to time, by the
registrant in connection with the sale by the registrant of the securities registered under
this registration statement and is not specified as to each class of security pursuant to
General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3 under the Securities Act. |
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Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act. |
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Also includes such indeterminate principal amount or number of securities of each class
as may be issued from time to time upon conversion of, in exchange for, upon settlement of,
or upon exercise of convertible or exchangeable securities. |
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Registrants listed on the Table of Additional Registrants may fully and unconditionally
guarantee our debt securities on an unsecured basis. Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the
Securities Act, no separate fee will be required to be paid in respect of guarantees of our
debt securities that are being registered concurrently. |
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Warrants to purchase the above-referenced securities may be offered and sold separately
or together with the other securities registered hereby. |
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Omitted pursuant to General Instruction II.D. of Form S-3. |
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Exclusive of accrued interest, if any. |
The registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on such date or dates as may be
necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which
specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in
accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this Registration
Statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting
pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.
TABLE OF ADDITIONAL REGISTRANTS
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1329507 Ontario Inc. |
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Ontario |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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7096267 Canada Ltd. |
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Canada |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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3183 Films Ltd. |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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6822967 Canada Ltd. |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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7096291 Canada Ltd. |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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7103077 Canada Ltd. |
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Canada |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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7109857 Canada Ltd. |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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Arizona Big Frame Theatres, L.L.C. |
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Arizona |
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52-2053926 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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Big Engine Films Inc. |
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Delaware |
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98-0460215 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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Coral Sea Films Ltd. |
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Canada |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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David Keighley Productions 70 MM Inc. |
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Delaware |
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95-3996963 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX (Titanic) Inc. |
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Delaware |
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98-0123185 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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7096194 Canada Ltd. |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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IMAX II U.S.A. Inc. |
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Delaware |
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51-0373323 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Chicago Theatre LLC |
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Delaware |
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82-0565362 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Film Holding Co. |
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Delaware |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Indianapolis LLC |
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Indiana |
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35-2133466 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX International Sales Corporation |
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Canada |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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IMAX Minnesota Holding Co. |
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Delaware |
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52-2254901 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Music Ltd. |
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Ontario |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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IMAX Providence General Partner Co. |
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Delaware |
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52-2054994 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Providence Limited Partner Co. |
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Delaware |
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52-2054995 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Rhode Island Limited Partnership |
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Rhode Island |
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98-0176677 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Scribe Inc. |
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Delaware |
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51-0373325 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Space Productions Ltd. |
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Canada |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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IMAX Space Ltd. |
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Ontario |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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IMAX Theatre Holding (California I) Co. |
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Delaware |
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52-2054998 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Theatre Holding (California II) Co. |
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Delaware |
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52-2054999 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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IMAX Theatre Holding (Nyack I) Co. |
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Delaware |
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52-2055001 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Theatre Holding (Nyack II) Co. |
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Delaware |
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52-2055002 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Theatre Holding Co. |
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Delaware |
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52-2054997 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Theatre Holdings (OEI), Inc. |
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Delaware |
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52-2054993 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Theatre Management Company |
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Delaware |
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52-2054996 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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IMAX Theatre Services Ltd. |
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Ontario |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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IMAX U.S.A. Inc. |
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Delaware |
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98-0159490 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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Nyack Theatre LLC |
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New York |
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98-0202278 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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Raining Arrows Productions Ltd. |
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Canada |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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Ridefilm Corporation |
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Delaware |
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04-3222960 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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Ruth Quentin Films Ltd. |
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Canada |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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Sacramento Theatre LLC |
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Delaware |
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68-0432572 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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Sonics Associates, Inc. |
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Alabama |
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63-0623302 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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Starboard Theatres Ltd. |
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Canada |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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(905) 403-6500 |
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Strategic Sponsorship Corporation |
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Delaware |
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52-1723753 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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Taurus-Littrow Productions Inc. |
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Delaware |
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47-0939893 |
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110 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100 |
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New York, New York 10022 |
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(212) 821-0100 |
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The Deep Magic Company Ltd. |
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Canada |
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2525 Speakman Drive |
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Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1 Canada |
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Information contained in this prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these
securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is
effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an
offer to buy these securities in any state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED FEBRUARY 13, 2009
Prospectus
IMAX Corporation
$250,000,000
Debt Securities
Guarantees of Debt Securities
Preferred Shares
Common Shares
Warrants
Stock Purchase Contracts
Units
We may offer and sell, from time to time in one or more offerings, any combination of debt and
equity securities that we describe in this prospectus having an aggregate initial offering price of
up to $250,000,000.
Our debt securities may be guaranteed by certain of our U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries on an
unsecured basis.
This prospectus provides a general description of the securities we may offer. Each time we
sell securities, we will provide specific terms of the securities offered in a supplement to this
prospectus. The prospectus supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this
prospectus. Any statement contained in this prospectus is deemed modified or superseded by any
inconsistent statement contained in an accompanying prospectus supplement. You should read this
prospectus and any prospectus supplement, as well as the documents incorporated by reference into
this prospectus, carefully before you invest.
Our common shares trade on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol IMAX and on the Toronto
Stock Exchange under the symbol IMX. On February 12, 2009, the last reported sale price of our
common shares on NASDAQ and the TSX was $4.89 and
Cdn$5.98, respectively.
We have not yet determined whether any of the debt securities or any of our preferred shares,
warrants, stock purchase contracts, or units will be listed on any exchange or over-the-counter
market. If we decide to seek listing of these securities, a prospectus supplement relating to such
securities will identify the exchange or market.
INVESTING IN OUR SECURITIES INVOLVES RISKS. SEE RISK FACTORS BEGINNING ON PAGE 2 OF THIS
PROSPECTUS.
This prospectus may not be used to offer to sell any securities unless accompanied by a
prospectus supplement.
We will sell these securities directly to investors, through agents designated from time to
time or to or through underwriters or dealers. For additional information on the methods of sale,
you should refer to the section entitled Plan of Distribution in this prospectus. If any
underwriters are involved in the sale of any securities with respect to which this prospectus is
being delivered, the names of such underwriters and any applicable commissions or discounts will be
set forth in a prospectus supplement. The price to the public of such securities and the net
proceeds we expect to receive from such sale will also be set forth in a prospectus supplement.
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any other regulatory body has approved or
disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any
representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is , 2009.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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You should rely only on the information contained or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. If anyone
provides you with different information, you should not rely on it. The securities are not being
offered in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted. You should not assume that
the information contained in this prospectus and the accompanying prospectus supplement is accurate
on any date subsequent to the date set forth on the front of the document or that any information
we have incorporated by reference is correct on any date subsequent to the date of the document
incorporated by reference, even though this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement
is delivered or securities sold on a later date.
CANADA HAS NO SYSTEM OF EXCHANGE CONTROLS. THERE ARE NO CANADIAN RESTRICTIONS ON THE
REPATRIATION OF CAPITAL OR EARNINGS OF A CANADIAN PUBLIC COMPANY TO NON-RESIDENT INVESTORS. THERE
ARE NO CANADIAN LAWS OR EXCHANGE RESTRICTIONS AFFECTING THE REMITTANCE OF DIVIDENDS, INTEREST,
ROYALTIES OR SIMILAR PAYMENTS TO NON-RESIDENT HOLDERS OF OUR SECURITIES, EXCEPT FOR INCOME TAX
PROVISIONS WHICH MAY APPLY TO PARTICULAR SECURITIES TO BE DESCRIBED IN THE APPLICABLE PROSPECTUS
SUPPLEMENT.
Unless the context requires otherwise or otherwise as expressly stated, the terms we, our,
us, IMAX and the Company refer to IMAX Corporation, a corporation incorporated under the
federal laws of Canada, and its consolidated subsidiaries.
IMAX®,
IMAX® Dome, IMAX® 3D, IMAX® 3D Dome, The
IMAX
Experience®, An IMAX Experience®, IMAX DMR®, IMAX
MPX®, IMAX think big® and think big® are trademarks
and trade
names of the Company or its subsidiaries that are registered or otherwise protected under laws of
various jurisdictions.
CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus may constitute
forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, references to
future capital expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof), business and technology
strategies and measures to implement strategies, competitive strengths, goals, expansion and growth
of business, operations and technology, plans and references to the future success of the Company
together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries and expectations regarding the Companys future
operating, financial and technological results. These forward-looking statements are based on
certain assumptions and analyses made by the Company in light of its experience and its perception
of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors
it believes are appropriate in the circumstances. However, whether actual results and developments
will conform with the expectations and predictions of the Company is subject to a number of risks
and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, general economic, market or business conditions;
the opportunities (or lack thereof) that may be presented to and pursued by the Company;
competitive actions by other companies; U.S. and Canadian regulatory inquiries; conditions in the
in-home and out-of-home entertainment industries; changes in laws or regulations; conditions,
changes and developments in the commercial exhibition industry; risks associated with the
performance of the Companys new technologies; risks associated with investments and operations in
foreign jurisdictions and any future international expansion, including those related to economic,
political and regulatory policies of local governments and laws and policies of the United States
and Canada; the potential impact of increased competition in the markets the Company operates
within; and other factors, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Consequently, all
of the forward-looking statements included or incorporated by reference in this prospectus are
qualified by these cautionary statements, and actual results or anticipated developments by the
Company may not be realized, and even if substantially realized, may not have the expected
consequences to, or effects on, the Company. We urge you to review carefully the section entitled
Risk Factors in this prospectus and any prospectus supplement for additional details about risks
that may affect these forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update
publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.
ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS
This prospectus is part of a registration statement on Form S-3 that we filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or SEC, using the shelf registration process. Under this
shelf registration process, we may sell any combination of the securities described in this
prospectus from time to time in one or more offerings up to an aggregate initial offering price of
$250,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we may
offer. Each time we sell any securities under this prospectus, we will provide a prospectus
supplement containing specific information about the terms of that offering. The prospectus
supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. To the extent
there is a conflict between the information contained in this prospectus and the prospectus
supplement, you should rely on the information in the prospectus supplement, provided that if any
statement in one of these documents is inconsistent with a statement in another document having a
later datefor example, a document incorporated by reference in this prospectus or any prospectus
supplementthe statement in the later-dated document modifies or supersedes the earlier statement.
You should read both this prospectus and any applicable prospectus supplement together with
the additional information about our company to which we refer you in the sections of this
prospectus entitled Where You Can Find More Information.
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SUMMARY
This summary is not complete and does not contain all of the information that you should
consider before buying our securities. You should read the entire prospectus carefully including,
in particular, the section entitled Risk Factors beginning on page 2 and the more detailed
information and financial statements and related notes appearing elsewhere or incorporated by
reference in this prospectus before making an investment decision.
IMAX Corporation
We, together with our wholly-owned subsidiaries, are one of the worlds leading entertainment
technology companies, specializing in digital and film-based motion picture technologies and
large-format two-dimensional and three-dimensional film presentations. Our principal business is
the design, manufacture, sale and lease of theater systems based on proprietary and patented
technology for large format theaters, including commercial theaters, museums and science centers,
and destination entertainment sites. The majority of these theaters are operated by third parties.
We generally do not own IMAX theaters, but we license the use of our trademarks along with the sale
or lease of our equipment. We refer to all theaters using the IMAX theater system as IMAX theaters.
We are also engaged in the production, digital re-mastering, post-production and distribution
of large-format films, the operation of IMAX theaters and the provision of services in support of
IMAX theaters and the IMAX theater network.
We were formed in March 1994 as a result of an amalgamation between WGIM Acquisition Corp. and
our predecessor, IMAX Corporation. The predecessor IMAX was incorporated in 1967.
Our principal executive offices are located in: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; New York, New
York; and Santa Monica, California. The address and phone number for our Mississauga office is as
follows: 2525 Speakman Drive, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5K 1B1, (905) 403-6500. The address
and phone number for our New York office is as follows: 115 E. 59th Street, Suite 2100, New York,
New York, 10022, (212) 821-0100. The address and telephone number for our Santa Monica office is
as follows: 3003 Exposition Blvd., Santa Monica, California, 90405, (310) 255-5500.
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RISK FACTORS
An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Prior to making a decision
about investing in our securities, you should carefully consider the risks described in the section
entitled Risk Factors in any prospectus supplement and the risks described in the Companys most
recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, in each case as these risk factors are
amended or supplemented by subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. The occurrence of any of
these risks could materially adversely affect our business, operating results and financial
condition.
The risks and uncertainties we describe are not the only ones facing our Company. Additional
risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also
impair our business or operations. Any adverse effect on our business, financial condition or
operating results could result in a decline in the value of the securities and the loss of all or
part of your investment.
RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES
Our ratio of our earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated is set forth below. The
information set forth below should be read together with the financial statements and the
accompanying notes and Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 and in
our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 incorporated by
reference into this prospectus.
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For the purposes of these computations, earnings have been calculated as the sum of (i) income
(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes, equity income (losses) in affiliates,
minority interest, cumulative effect of change in accounting principle and extraordinary gain on
acquisition of minority interest and (ii) fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of the sum of (i)
interest cost (whether expensed or capitalized), amortized premiums, discounted and capitalized
expenses related to indebtedness and (ii) an estimate of the interest within rental expense. The
ratio of earnings to fixed charges was less than 1:1 for the year ended December 31, 2003. In
order to achieve a ratio of earnings to fixed charges of 1:1, we would have had to generate an
additional $2.3 million in earnings in the year ended December 31, 2003. The ratio of earnings to
fixed charges was less than 1:1 for the year ended December 31, 2006. In order to achieve a ratio
of earnings to fixed charges of 1:1, we would have had to generate an additional $11.9 million in
earnings in the year ended December 31, 2006. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was less than
1:1 for the year ended December 31, 2007. In order to achieve a ratio of earnings to fixed charges
of 1:1, we would have had to generate an additional $28.5 million in earnings in the year ended
December 31, 2007. The ratio of earnings to fixed charges was less than 1:1 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2008. In order to achieve a ratio of earnings to fixed charges of 1:1, we
would have had to generate an additional $23.8 million in earnings in the nine months ended
September 30, 2008.
If we use this prospectus to issue preferred shares, the prospectus supplement will include a
ratio of combined fixed charges and preferred dividends to earnings, as appropriate. We had no
preferred shares outstanding in any of the periods shown.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Unless we state otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will use the net
proceeds from the sale of the securities that may be offered by this prospectus and the applicable
prospectus supplement for general corporate purposes, which may include acquisitions, repayment of
debt, capital expenditures and working capital needs, and for repurchases of common shares. We
will determine the allocation of the net proceeds of an offering of securities to a specific
purpose, if any, at the time of the offering and we will describe such allocation in the applicable
prospectus supplement. If a material part of the net proceeds is to be used to repay indebtedness,
we will set forth the interest rate and maturity of such indebtedness in a prospectus supplement.
We may temporarily invest any proceeds that are not immediately applied to the above purposes
in U.S. government or agency obligations, commercial paper, money market funds, taxable and
tax-exempt notes and bonds, variable-rate demand obligations, bank certificates of deposits or
repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government or agency obligations. We may also deposit
the proceeds with banks.
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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description, together with the additional information we include in any
applicable prospectus supplements, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the debt
securities that we may offer under this prospectus. While the terms we have summarized below will
apply generally to any future debt securities we may offer, we will describe the particular terms
of any debt securities that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement.
Because the terms of a specific series of debt securities may vary from the general information
that we have provided below, you should rely on information in the applicable prospectus supplement
that varies from any information below.
We may issue senior notes under a senior indenture to be entered into among, us, a trustee to
be named in the senior indenture and, if guaranteed, the subsidiary guarantors named therein. We
may issue subordinated notes under a subordinated indenture to be entered into among us, a trustee
to be named in the subordinated indenture and, if guaranteed, the subsidiary guarantors named
therein. We have filed forms of these documents as exhibits to the registration statement which
includes this prospectus. We use the term indentures to refer to both the senior indenture and
the subordinated indenture. The indentures will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
or the Trust Indenture Act. We use the term trustee to refer to either the senior trustee or the
subordinated trustee, as applicable. We urge you to read the indenture applicable to your
investment because the indenture, and not this section, defines your rights as a holder of debt
securities.
The debt securities may be guaranteed by certain of our U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries.
Under applicable Canadian law, a Canadian licensed trust company may be required to be
appointed as co-trustee under any or all of the indentures in certain circumstances. In such
circumstances, it is anticipated that application will be made to the appropriate Canadian
regulatory authorities for exemptions from this and other requirements of Canadian law applicable
to the indentures. If such relief is not obtained, the applicable legislative requirements will be
complied with at the time of the applicable offering.
The following summaries of material provisions of senior notes, subordinated notes and the
indentures are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, the provisions of the
indenture applicable to a particular series of debt securities. Except as we may otherwise
indicate, the terms of the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture are identical.
General
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement terms relating to a series of notes
including, but not limited to, the following:
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the annual interest rate, which may be fixed or variable, or the
method for determining the rate and the date interest will begin to
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whether the notes will be secured or unsecured, and the terms of any secured debt; |
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whether the notes will be guaranteed by our subsidiaries; |
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whether the notes and/or any guarantees will be senior or subordinated; |
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the terms of the subordination of any series of subordinated debt; |
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the place where payments will be payable; |
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our right, if any, to defer payment of interest and the maximum length of any such deferral period; |
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the date, if any, after which, and the price at which, we may, at our
option, redeem the series of notes pursuant to any optional redemption
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the date, if any, on which, and the price at which we are obligated,
pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund provisions or otherwise, to
redeem, or at the holders option to purchase, the series of notes; |
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a discussion on any material or preferred United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the notes; |
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whether and under what circumstances we will pay additional amounts to
non-Canadian holders in respect of any tax assessment or government
charge, and, if so, whether we will have the option to redeem the debt
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the denominations in which we will issue the series of notes, if other
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any other specific terms, preferences, rights or limitations of, or
restrictions on, the debt securities, including any deleted, modified
or additional events of default or remedies or additional covenants
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We may issue the debt securities as original issue discount securities, which are securities
that are offered and sold at a substantial discount to their stated principal amount, or as
payment-in-kind securities which may constitute original issue discount securities for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. The prospectus supplement relating to the original issue discount securities
will describe U.S. federal income tax consequences and other special considerations applicable to
them. The debt securities may also be issued as indexed securities or securities denominated in
foreign currencies or currency units, as described in more detail in the prospectus supplement
relating to any of the particular debt securities. The prospectus supplement relating to any
specific debt securities will also describe any material additional tax considerations applicable
to such debt securities.
Debt Guarantees
Unless otherwise set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, our notes will be
guaranteed by certain of our U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries. If a series of notes is guaranteed by
subsidiary guarantors, the guarantee will be set forth in the applicable indenture or in a
supplemental indenture.
Payments with respect to subsidiary guarantees of our subordinated notes will be subordinated
in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all senior indebtedness of each such subsidiary
guarantor to the same extent and manner that payments with respect to our subordinated notes are
subordinated in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all of our senior indebtedness.
Conversion or Exchange Rights
We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms on which a series of notes
may be convertible into or exchangeable for common shares or other securities of ours. We will
include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder
or at our option. We may include provisions pursuant to which the number of common shares or other
securities of ours that the holders of the series of notes receive would be subject to adjustment.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale
Unless otherwise described in the prospectus supplement of any series, we will not
consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or enter into any statutory arrangement with any other
corporation or effect any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of our
properties and assets unless the following specified conditions are satisfied:
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the resulting entity must agree to be legally responsible for the debt
securities and be a corporation, partnership or trust organized and
existing under the laws of Canada or any province or territory
thereof, the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia or, if such transaction would not impair your rights, any
other country provided the successor entity assumes our obligations
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the merger or sale of all or substantially all of our assets must not
cause a default on the debt securities, and we must not already be in
default (unless the merger or sale would cure the default) with
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Events of Default Under the Indenture
The following are events of default under the indentures with respect to any series of notes
that we may issue:
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if we, or one of our subsidiary guarantors, fail to observe or perform
any other covenant contained in the notes or the indentures, other
than a covenant specifically relating to another series of notes, and
our failure continues for 60 days after we receive notice from the
trustee or holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of
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If an event of default with respect to notes of any series occurs and is continuing, the
trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding notes of
that series, by notice to us in writing, and to the trustee if notice is given by such holders, may
declare the unpaid principal of, premium, if any, on and accrued interest, if any, on the notes due
and payable immediately.
The holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding notes of an affected series
may waive any default or event of default with respect to the series and its consequences, except
defaults or events of default regarding payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest, unless
we have cured the default or event of default in accordance with the indenture. Any waiver shall
cure the default or event of default.
Subject to the terms of the indentures, if an event of default under an indenture shall occur
and be continuing, the trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers
under such indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the applicable series of
notes, unless such holders have offered the trustee reasonable indemnity. The holders of a majority
in principal amount of the outstanding notes of any series will have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the trustee, or
exercising any trust or power conferred on the trustee, with respect to the notes of that series,
provided that:
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subject to its duties under the Trust Indenture Act, the trustee need
not take any action that might involve it in personal liability or
might be unduly prejudicial to the holders not involved in the
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A holder of the notes of any series will only have the right to institute a proceeding under
the indentures or to appoint a receiver or trustee, or to seek other remedies, if:
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the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding notes of that series have made written request, and such
holders have offered reasonable indemnity to the trustee to institute
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the trustee does not institute the proceeding, and does not receive
from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
outstanding notes of that series other conflicting directions within
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These limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of notes if we default in the
payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the notes.
We will periodically file statements with the trustee regarding our compliance with specified
covenants in the indentures.
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Modification of Indenture
We and the trustee may change an indenture without the consent of any holders with respect to
specific matters, including:
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In addition, under the indentures, the rights of holders of a series of notes may be changed
by us and the trustee with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the outstanding notes of each series that is affected. However, the following
changes require the consent of each holder of any outstanding notes affected:
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reducing the principal amount, reducing the rate of interest, or any premium payable upon the redemption of any notes; |
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Defeasance
The following provisions will be applicable to each series of debt securities unless we state
in the applicable prospectus supplement or term sheet that the provisions of covenant defeasance
and full defeasance will not be applicable to that series.
Covenant Defeasance. Under current United States federal tax law, we can make the deposit
described below and be released from some of the restrictive covenants in the indenture under which
the particular series was issued. This is called covenant defeasance. In that event, you would
lose the protection of those restrictive covenants but would gain the protection of having money
and government securities set aside in trust to repay your debt securities. In order to achieve
covenant defeasance, we must do the following:
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If the debt securities of the particular series are denominated in
U.S. dollars, deposit in trust for the benefit of all holders of such
debt securities a combination of money and United States government or
United States government agency debt securities or bonds that will
generate enough cash to make interest, principal and any other
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Deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our U.S. counsel confirming
that, under current United States federal income tax law, we may make
the above deposit without causing you to be taxed on the debt
securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and
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Deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of our Canadian counsel or a
ruling from the Canada Revenue Agency confirming that, under current
Canadian federal or provincial income tax or other tax purposes, we
may make the above deposit without causing you to be taxed on the debt
securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and
just repaid the debt securities ourselves at maturity. |
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Deliver to the trustee a legal opinion and officers certificate
stating that all conditions precedent to covenant defeasance have been
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If we accomplish covenant defeasance, you can still look to us for repayment of the debt
securities if there were a shortfall in the trust deposit or the trustee is prevented from making
payment. In fact, if one of the remaining Events of Default occurred (such as our bankruptcy) and
the debt securities became immediately due and payable, there might be a shortfall. Depending on
the event causing the default, you may not be able to obtain payment of the shortfall.
Full Defeasance. If there is a change in United States federal tax law, as described below, we
can legally release ourselves from all payment and other obligations on the debt securities of a
particular series (called full defeasance) if we put in place the following other arrangements
for you to be repaid:
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If the debt securities of the particular series are denominated in
U.S. dollars, we must deposit in trust for the benefit of all holders
of such debt securities a combination of money and United States
government or United States government agency debt securities or bonds
that will generate enough cash to make interest, principal and any
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We must deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of U.S. counsel
confirming that there has been a change in current United States
federal tax law or an Internal Revenue Service ruling that allows us
to make the above deposit without causing you to be taxed on the debt
securities any differently than if we did not make the deposit and
just repaid the debt securities ourselves at maturity. Under current
United States federal tax law, the deposit and our legal release from
the debt securities would be treated as though we paid you your share
of the cash and debt securities or bonds at the time the cash and debt
securities or bonds were deposited in trust in exchange for your debt
securities and you would recognize gain or loss on the debt securities
at the time of the deposit. |
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We must deliver to the trustee a legal opinion of Canadian counsel
confirming that there has been a change in current Canadian federal or
provincial income tax law or a ruling from the Canada Revenue Agency
that allows us to make the above deposit without causing you to be
taxed on the debt securities any differently than if we did not make
the deposit and just repaid the debt securities ourselves at maturity.
Under current Canadian federal tax law, the deposit and our legal
release from the debt securities would be treated as though we paid
you your share of the cash and debt securities or bonds at the time
the cash and debt securities or bonds were deposited in trust in
exchange for your debt securities and you would recognize gain or loss
on the debt securities at the time of the deposit. |
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We must deliver to the trustee a legal opinion and officers
certificate stating that all conditions precedent to defeasance have
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If we ever did accomplish full defeasance, as described above, you would have to rely solely
on the trust deposit for repayment of the debt securities. You could not look to us for repayment
in the unlikely event of any shortfall. Conversely, the trust deposit would most likely be
protected from claims of our lenders and other creditors if we ever became bankrupt or insolvent.
Discharge
Each indenture provides that we can elect, under certain circumstances, to be discharged from
our obligations with respect to one or more series of debt securities, except for obligations to:
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replace stolen, lost or mutilated debt securities of the series; |
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maintain paying agencies; |
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hold monies for payment in trust; |
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compensate and indemnify the trustee; and |
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appoint any successor trustee. |
In order to exercise our rights to be discharged, we must deposit with the trustee money or
government obligations sufficient to pay all the principal of, any premium, if any, and interest
on, the debt securities of the series on the dates payments are due.
Form, Exchange and Transfer
We will issue the notes of each series only in fully registered form without coupons and,
unless we otherwise specify in the applicable prospectus supplement, in denominations of $1,000 and
any integral multiple thereof. The indentures provide that we may issue notes of a series in
temporary or permanent global form and as book-entry securities that will be deposited with, or on
behalf of, The Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, known as DTC, or another depository
named by us and identified in a prospectus supplement with respect to that series. See Legal
Ownership of Securities for a further description of the terms relating to any book-entry
securities.
At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the indentures and the limitations
applicable to global securities described in the applicable prospectus supplement, the holder of
the notes of any series can exchange the notes for other notes of the same series, in any
authorized denomination and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.
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Subject to the terms of the indentures and the limitations applicable to global securities set
forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, holders of the notes may present the notes for
exchange or for registration of transfer, duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed
thereon duly executed if so required by us or the security registrar, at the office of the security
registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by us for this purpose. Unless
otherwise provided in the notes that the holder presents for transfer or exchange, we will not
require any payment for any registration of transfer or exchange, but we may require payment of any
taxes or other governmental charges.
We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement the security registrar, and any transfer
agent in addition to the security registrar, that we initially designate for any notes. We may at
any time designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any transfer agent or
approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts, except that we will be
required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for the notes of each series.
If we elect to redeem the notes of any series, we will not be required to:
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issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any notes of that series
during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before
the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any notes that may be
selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day
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register the transfer of or exchange any notes so selected for
redemption, in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
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Information Concerning the Trustee
The trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under an
indenture, undertakes to perform only those duties as are specifically set forth in the applicable
indenture. Upon an event of default under an indenture, the trustee must use the same degree of
care as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to
this provision, the trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers given to it by the
indentures at the request of any holder of notes unless it is offered reasonable security and
indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur.
Payment and Paying Agents
Unless we otherwise indicate in the applicable prospectus supplement, we will make payment of
the interest on any notes on any interest payment date to the person in whose name the notes, or
one or more predecessor securities, are registered at the close of business on the regular record
date for the interest payment.
We will pay principal of and any premium and interest on the notes of a particular series at
the office of the paying agents designated by us, except that unless we otherwise indicate in the
applicable prospectus supplement, will we make interest payments by check which we will mail to the
holder. Unless we otherwise indicate in a prospectus supplement, we will designate the corporate
trust office of the trustee in the city of New York as our sole paying agent for payments with
respect to notes of each series. We will name in the applicable prospectus supplement any other
paying agents that we initially designate for the notes of a particular series. We will maintain a
paying agent in each place of payment for the notes of a particular series.
All money we pay to a paying agent or the trustee for the payment of the principal of or any
premium or interest on any notes which remains unclaimed at the end of two years after such
principal, premium or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us, and the holder of
the security thereafter may look only to us for payment thereof.
Governing Law
The indentures and the notes will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of
the State of New York.
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LEGAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES
We can issue securities in registered form or in the form of one or more global securities. We
describe global securities in greater detail below. We refer to those persons who have securities
registered in their own names on the books that we or any applicable trustee maintain for this
purpose as the holders of those securities. These persons are the legal holders of the
securities. We refer to those persons who, indirectly through others, own beneficial interests in
securities that are not registered in their own names, as indirect holders of those securities.
As we discuss below, indirect holders are not legal holders, and investors in securities
issued in book-entry form or in street name will be indirect holders.
Book-Entry Holders
We may issue securities in book-entry form only, as we will specify in the applicable
prospectus supplement. This means securities may be represented by one or more global securities
registered in the name of a financial institution that holds them as depositary on behalf of other
financial institutions that participate in the depositarys book-entry system. These participating
institutions, which are referred to as participants, in turn hold beneficial interests in the
securities on behalf of themselves or their customers.
Only the person in whose name a security is registered is recognized as the holder of that
security. Securities issued in global form will be registered in the name of the depositary or its
participants. Consequently, for securities issued in global form, we will recognize only the
depositary as the holder of the securities, and we will make all payments on the securities to the
depositary. The depositary passes along the payments it receives to its participants, which in turn
pass the payments along to their customers who are the beneficial owners. The depositary and its
participants do so under agreements they have made with one another or with their customers; they
are not obligated to do so under the terms of the securities.
As a result, investors in a book-entry security will not own securities directly. Instead,
they will own beneficial interests in a global security, through a bank, broker or other financial
institution that participates in the depositarys book-entry system or holds an interest through a
participant. As long as the securities are issued in global form, investors will be indirect
holders, and not legal holders, of the securities.
Street Name Holders
We may terminate a global security or issue securities in non-global form. In these cases,
investors may choose to hold their securities in their own names or in street name. Securities
held by an investor in street name would be registered in the name of a bank, broker or other
financial institution that the investor chooses, and the investor would hold only a beneficial
interest in those securities through an account he or she maintains at that institution.
For securities held in street name, we will recognize only the intermediary banks, brokers and
other financial institutions in whose names the securities are registered as the holders of those
securities, and we will make all payments on those securities to them. These institutions pass
along the payments they receive to their customers who are the beneficial owners, but only because
they agree to do so in their customer agreements or because they are legally required to do so.
Investors who hold securities in street name will be indirect holders, not legal holders, of those
securities.
Legal Holders
Our obligations, as well as the obligations of any applicable trustee and of any third parties
employed by us or a trustee, run only to the legal holders of the securities. We do not have
obligations to investors who hold beneficial interests in global securities, in street name or by
any other indirect means. This will be the case whether an investor chooses to be an indirect
holder of a security or has no choice because we are issuing the securities only in global form.
For example, once we make a payment or give a notice to the holder, we have no further
responsibility for the payment or notice even if that holder is required, under agreements with
depositary participants or customers or by law, to pass it along to the indirect holders but does
not do so. Similarly, we may want to obtain the approval of the holders to amend an indenture, to
relieve us of the consequences of a default or of our obligation to comply with a particular
provision of the indenture or for other purposes. In such an event, we would seek approval only
from the legal holders, and not the indirect holders, of the securities. Whether and how the
holders contact the indirect holders is up to the legal holders.
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Special Considerations for Indirect Holders
If you hold securities through a bank, broker or other financial institution, either in
book-entry form or in street name, you should check with your own institution to find out:
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how it handles securities payments and notices; |
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whether it imposes fees or charges; |
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how it would handle a request for the holders consent, if ever required; |
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whether and how you can instruct it to send you securities registered
in your own name so you can be a holder, if that is permitted in the
future; |
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how it would exercise rights under the securities if there were a
default or other event triggering the need for holders to act to
protect their interests; and |
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Global Securities
A global security is a security that represents one or any other number of individual
securities held by a depositary. Generally, all securities represented by the same global
securities will have the same terms.
Each security issued in book-entry form will be represented by a global security that we
deposit with and register in the name of a financial institution or its nominee that we select. The
financial institution that we select for this purpose is called the depositary. Unless we specify
otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, Depository Trust Company, known as DTC, will be
the depositary for all securities issued in book-entry form.
A global security may not be transferred to or registered in the name of anyone other than the
depositary, its nominee or a successor depositary, unless special termination situations arise. We
describe those situations below under Special Situations When a Global Security Will Be
Terminated. As a result of these arrangements, the depositary, or its nominee, will be the sole
registered owner and legal holder of all securities represented by a global security, and investors
will be permitted to own only beneficial interests in a global security. Beneficial interests must
be held by means of an account with a broker, bank or other financial institution that in turn has
an account with the depositary or with another institution that does. Thus, an investor whose
security is represented by a global security will not be a legal holder of the security, but only
an indirect holder of a beneficial interest in the global security.
If the prospectus supplement for a particular security indicates that the security will be
issued in global form only, then the security will be represented by a global security at all times
unless and until the global security is terminated. If termination occurs, we may issue the
securities through another book-entry clearing system or decide that the securities may no longer
be held through any book-entry clearing system.
Special Considerations for Global Securities
As an indirect holder, an investors rights relating to a global security will be governed by
the account rules of the investors financial institution and of the depositary, as well as general
laws relating to securities transfers. We do not recognize an indirect holder as a legal holder of
securities and instead deal only with the depositary that holds the global security.
If securities are issued only in the form of a global security, an investor should be aware of
the following:
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An investor cannot cause the securities to be registered in his or her
name and cannot obtain non-global certificates for his or her interest
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An investor will be an indirect holder and must look to his or her own
bank or broker for payments on the securities and protection of his or
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An investor may not be able to sell interests in the securities to
some insurance companies and to other institutions that are required
by law to own their securities in non-book-entry form. |
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An investor may not be able to pledge his or her interest in a global
security in circumstances where certificates representing the
securities must be delivered to the lender or other beneficiary of the
pledge in order for the pledge to be effective. |
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The depositarys policies, which may change from time to time, will
govern payments, transfers, exchanges and other matters relating to an
investors interest in a global security. We and any applicable
trustee have no responsibility for any aspect of the depositarys
actions or for its records of ownership interests in a global
security. We and the trustee also do not supervise the depositary in
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The depositary may, and we understand that DTC will, require that
those who purchase and sell interests in a global security within its
book-entry system use immediately available funds, and your broker or
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Financial institutions that participate in the depositarys book-entry
system, and through which an investor holds its interest in a global
security, may also have their own policies affecting payments, notices
and other matters relating to the securities. There may be more than
one financial intermediary in the chain of ownership for an investor.
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Special Situations when a Global Security Will Be Terminated
In a few special situations described below, the global security will terminate, and interests
in it will be exchanged for physical certificates representing those interests. After that
exchange, the choice of whether to hold securities directly or in street name will be up to the
investor. Investors must consult their own banks or brokers to find out how to have their interests
in securities transferred to their own name, so that they will be direct holders. We have described
the rights of holders and street name investors above.
The global security will terminate when the following special situations occur:
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if the depositary notifies us that it is unwilling, unable or no
longer qualified to continue as depositary for that global security
and we do not appoint another institution to act as depositary within
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if we notify any applicable trustee that we wish to terminate that global security; or |
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if an event of default has occurred with regard to securities
represented by that global security and has not been cured or waived. |
The applicable prospectus supplement may also list additional situations for terminating a
global security that would apply only to the particular series of securities covered by the
prospectus supplement. When a global security terminates, the depositary, and not we or any
applicable trustee, is responsible for deciding the names of the institutions that will be the
initial direct holders.
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DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED SHARES
We have the ability to issue an unlimited number of special shares, which we refer to herein
as preferred shares, in series with such terms as our board of directors may determine. Any such
series of special shares could have rights equal or superior to the rights of our common shares.
The following briefly summarizes the provisions of our articles that would be important to
holders of our special shares. The following description may not be complete and is subject to, and
qualified in its entirety by reference to, the terms and provisions of our articles which is an
exhibit to the registration statement which contains this prospectus. The description of most of
the financial and other specific terms of your series will be in the prospectus supplement
accompanying this prospectus. We encourage you to review complete copies of our articles and
by-law.
The specific terms of your series of special shares as described in your prospectus supplement
will supplement and, if applicable, may modify or replace the general terms described in this
section. If there are differences between your prospectus supplement and this prospectus, your
prospectus supplement will control. Thus, the statements we make in this section may not apply to
your series of special shares. The terms in your prospectus supplement will have the meanings
described in this prospectus, unless otherwise specified.
Our Authorized Special Shares
Under our articles, our board of directors is authorized, without further action by our
shareholders, to issue at any time an unlimited number of special shares. Our board of directors
may from time to time before the issue thereof fix the number of shares in, and determine the
designation, rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to, each series of special
shares. The special shares shall be entitled to priority over the common shares and all other
shares ranking junior to the special shares with respect to the payment of dividends and the
distribution of our assets in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up or other
distribution of our assets among our shareholders for the purpose of winding-up our affairs. Except
as otherwise provided by law or as may be required by the rules of the applicable national
securities exchange or quotation service, the holders of the special shares shall not, as such, be
entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of our shareholders and shall not be
entitled to vote at any such meeting. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the holders
of the special shares shall not be entitled to vote separately as a class on any proposal to amend
our articles to:
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increase or decrease any maximum number of authorized special shares,
or increase any maximum number of authorized shares of a class having
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effect an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of all or part of the special shares; or |
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The prospectus supplement relating to the particular series of special shares will contain a
description of the specific terms of that series as fixed by our board of directors, including, as
applicable:
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the offering price at which we will issue the special shares; |
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the title, designation of number of special shares and stated value of the special shares; |
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the dividend rate or method of calculation, the payment dates for
dividends and the place or places where the dividends will be paid,
whether dividends will be cumulative or noncumulative, and, if
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any conversion or exchange rights; |
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whether the special shares will be subject to redemption and the
redemption price and other terms and conditions relative to the
redemption rights; |
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any liquidation rights; |
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any other rights, preferences, privileges, limitations and
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When we issue and receive payment for the special shares, the shares will be fully paid and
non-assessable, which means that the holders will have paid their purchase price in full and that
we may not ask them to surrender additional funds.
The rights of holders of the special shares offered may be adversely affected by the rights of
holders of any special shares that may be issued in the future. Our board of directors may cause
the special shares to be issued in public or private transactions for any proper corporate purposes
and may include issuances to obtain additional financing in connection with acquisitions, and
issuances to officers, directors and employees pursuant to benefit plans. Our board of directors
ability to issue special shares may discourage attempts by others to acquire control of us without
negotiation with our board of directors, as it may make it difficult for a person to acquire us
without negotiating with our board of directors.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent, registrar and dividend disbursement agent for the special shares will be
stated in the applicable prospectus supplement.
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DESCRIPTION OF COMMON SHARES
Our authorized capital stock consists of an unlimited number of common shares. As of
February 12, 2009, there were 43,715631 common shares outstanding. Our common shares are quoted on
the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol IMAX and are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under
the symbol IMX.
The following description of our common shares and provisions of our articles and by-law is
only a summary. The description may not be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its
entirety by reference to, the terms and provisions of our articles and by-law, which are exhibits
to the registration statement which contains this prospectus. We encourage you to review complete
copies of our articles and by-law.
Voting Rights
Each holder of our common shares is entitled to one vote for each share on all matters
submitted to a vote of our stockholders, including the election of our directors. The rights
attached to the common shares do not provide for cumulative voting rights or preemptive rights.
Accordingly, the holders of a majority of our outstanding common shares entitled to vote in any
election of directors can elect all of the directors standing for election, if they should so
choose.
Dividends
The holders of common shares are entitled to receive dividends if, as and when declared by our
board of directors, subject to the rights of the holders of any other class of our shares entitled
to receive dividends in priority to the common shares. Certain of the instruments governing our
existing indebtedness restrict our rights to pay dividends to the holders of the common shares.
Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up
If we liquidate, dissolve or wind up, the holders of our common shares are entitled to share
ratably in all assets legally available for distribution to stockholders after payment of any
liquidation or distribution preference payable with respect to any other then outstanding classes
of stock entitled to such preference.
Rights and Preferences
Our common shares have no preemptive, conversion or subscription rights. There are no
redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our common shares.
Board Classification
Under our articles, our board of directors is divided into three classes, each of which serves
for a three year term.
Change of Control
Under Canadian law, the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the votes cast is required for
shareholder approval of an amalgamation (other than certain short form amalgamations), for any
sale, lease or exchange of all, or substantially all, of our assets, if not in the ordinary course
of our business, and certain other fundamental changes including an amendment to the articles of
amalgamation. Other shareholder action is generally decided by a majority of the votes cast at a
meeting of shareholders.
There is no limitation imposed by Canadian law or by our articles or other charter documents
on the right of a non-resident to hold or vote common shares, other than as provided by the
Investment Canada Act, which requires notification and, in certain cases, advance review and
approval by the Government of Canada of the acquisition by a non-Canadian of control of a Canadian
business.
The authorization of undesignated special shares in our articles makes it possible for our
board of directors to issue special shares with rights or preferences that could impede the success
of any attempt to change control of us. These and other provisions may have the effect of deterring
hostile takeovers or delaying changes in control or management of us.
Transfer Agent and Registrar
The transfer agent and registrar for our common shares is Computershare Trust Company N.A. in
the United States and Computershare Investor Services Inc. in Canada.
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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS
The following description, together with the additional information we include in any
applicable prospectus supplement, summarizes the material terms and provisions of the warrants that
we may offer under this prospectus, which may consist of warrants to purchase common shares or debt
securities and which may be issued in one or more series. Warrants may be offered independently or
together with other securities offered by any prospectus supplement, and may be attached to or
separate from those securities. While the terms we have summarized below will generally apply to
any future warrants we may offer under this prospectus, we will describe the particular terms of
any warrants that we may offer in more detail in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms of
any warrants we offer under a prospectus supplement may differ from the terms we describe below.
Each series of warrants will be issued under a separate warrant agreement to be entered into
between us and a bank or trust company, as warrant agent. We use the term warrant agreement to
refer to any of these warrant agreements. We use the term warrant agent to refer to the warrant
agent under any of these warrant agreements. The warrant agent will act solely as an agent of ours
in connection with the warrants and will not act as an agent for the holders or beneficial owners
of the warrants.
The following summaries of material provisions of the warrants and the warrant agreements are
subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the warrant
agreement applicable to a particular series of warrants. We urge you to read the applicable
prospectus supplement related to the warrants that we sell under this prospectus, as well as the
complete warrant agreements that contain the terms of the warrants, which we will file with the SEC
in connection with the offering of such warrants.
General
We will describe in the applicable prospectus supplement the terms relating to a series of
warrants, which may include some or all of the following:
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the offering price and the aggregate number of warrants offered; |
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the currency or currencies in which the warrants are being offered; |
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the designation, number and terms of the debt securities, common
shares, or preferred shares that can be purchased if a holder
exercises a warrant and procedures by which the numbers may be
adjusted; |
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the exercise price of such warrants and the currency or currencies in which such exercise price is payable; |
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the terms of any rights to redeem or call the warrants; |
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the date on which the right to exercise the warrants begins and the date on which such right expires; |
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Warrants will be in registered form only.
If the warrants are offered attached to common shares, preferred shares or debt securities,
the applicable prospectus supplement will also describe the date on and after which the holder of
the warrants can transfer them separately from the related common shares, preferred shares or debt
securities.
Governing Law
Each issue of warrants and the applicable warrant agreement will be governed by the laws of
the State of New York.
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DESCRIPTION OF STOCK PURCHASE CONTRACTS
We may issue stock purchase contracts, representing contracts obligating holders to purchase
from or sell to us, and obligating us to purchase from or sell to the holders, a specified number
of our common shares or preferred shares, as applicable, at a future date or dates. The price per
common share or preferred share, as applicable, may be fixed at the time the stock purchase
contracts are issued or may be determined by reference to a specific formula contained in the stock
purchase contracts. We may issue stock purchase contracts in such amounts and in as many distinct
series as we wish.
The applicable prospectus supplement may contain, where applicable, the following information
about the stock purchase contracts issued under it:
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whether the stock purchase contracts obligate the holder to purchase
or sell, or both purchase and sell, our common shares or preferred
shares, as applicable, and the nature and amount of each of those
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whether the stock purchase contracts are to be prepaid or not; |
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whether the stock purchase contracts are to be settled by delivery, or
by reference or linkage to the value, performance or level of our
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any acceleration, cancellation, termination or other provisions
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whether the stock purchase contracts will be issued in fully registered or global form. |
The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any stock purchase contracts.
The preceding description and any description of stock purchase contracts in the applicable
prospectus supplement does not purport to be complete and is subject to and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the stock purchase contract agreement and, if applicable, collateral
arrangements and depository arrangements relating to such stock purchase contracts.
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DESCRIPTION OF UNITS
We may issue units comprised of one or more of the other securities described in this
prospectus in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the
holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and
obligations of a holder of each included security. The unit agreement under which a unit is issued
may provide that the securities included in the unit may not be held or transferred separately, at
any time or at any time before a specified date.
The applicable prospectus supplement may describe:
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comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances
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The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the terms of any units. The preceding
description and any description of units in the applicable prospectus supplement does not purport
to be complete and is subject to and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the unit
agreement and, if applicable, collateral arrangements and depositary arrangements relating to such
units.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We may sell the securities being offered hereby in one or more of the following ways from time
to time:
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the Securities Act, to or through a market maker or into an existing
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We will set forth in a prospectus supplement the terms of the offering of securities,
including:
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the purchase price of the securities being offered and the proceeds we will receive from the sale; |
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If we use underwriters for a sale of securities, the underwriters will acquire the securities
for their own account. The underwriters may resell the securities in one or more transactions,
including negotiated transactions, at a fixed public offering price or at varying prices determined
at the time of sale. The obligations of the underwriters to purchase the securities will be subject
to the conditions set forth in the applicable underwriting agreement. The underwriters will be
obligated to purchase all the securities of the series offered if they purchase any of the
securities of that series. We may change from time to time any initial public offering price and
any discounts or concessions the underwriters allow or reallow or pay to dealers. We may use
underwriters with whom we have a material relationship. We will describe in the prospectus
supplement naming the underwriter the nature of any such relationship.
We may designate agents who agree to use their reasonable efforts to solicit purchases for the
period of their appointment or to sell securities on a continuing basis.
Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution of the securities may be
underwriters as defined in the Securities Act and any discounts or commissions they receive from us
and any profit on their resale of the securities may be treated as underwriting discounts and
commissions under the Securities Act. We will identify in the applicable prospectus supplement any
underwriters, dealers or agents and will describe their compensation. We may have agreements with
the underwriters, dealers and agents to indemnify them against specified civil liabilities,
including liabilities under the Securities Act. Underwriters, dealers and agents may engage in
transactions with or perform services for us in the ordinary course of their businesses.
We will bear all costs, expenses and fees in connection with the registration of the
securities as well as the expenses of all commissions and discounts, if any, attributable to the
sales of securities by us.
Unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, each class or series of
securities will be a new issue with no established trading market, other than our common shares,
which are listed on the NASDAQ Global Market and on the Toronto Stock Exchange. We may elect to
list any other class or series of securities on any exchange, but we are not obligated to do so. It
is possible that one or more underwriters may make a market in a class or series of securities, but
the underwriters will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making at any time
without notice. We cannot give any assurance as to the liquidity of the trading market for any of
the securities.
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LEGAL MATTERS
Unless otherwise specified in a prospectus supplement, certain Canadian legal matters in
connection with this offering of securities will be passed upon for us by McCarthy Tétrault LLP and
certain U.S. legal matters in connection with this offering of securities will be passed upon for
us by Shearman & Sterling LLP.
EXPERTS
The audited financial statements, the related financial statement schedules 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 our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 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.
WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION
We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, or the Exchange Act. You may read and copy this information, or obtain copies of the
information by mail, at the following location of the SEC:
Public Reference Room
100 F Street, N.E.
Room 1580
Washington, DC 20549
You may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the SEC at
1-800-SEC-0330.
The SEC also maintains a website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information
about issuers, like IMAX, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of the site is
www.sec.gov.
In addition, we are subject to the filing requirements prescribed by the securities
legislation of all Canadian provinces. These filings are available electronically from the Canadian
System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com, which is commonly known by
the acronym SEDAR. The address of the site is www.sedar.com,
We are incorporating by reference into this prospectus certain information we file with the
SEC, which means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those
documents. The information we incorporate by reference in this prospectus is legally deemed to be a
part of this prospectus, and later information that we file with the SEC will automatically update
and supersede the information included in this prospectus and the documents listed below. We
incorporate the documents listed below:
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17, 2008; |
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Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2008 filed on May
12, 2008; |
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Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2008 filed on August
7, 2008; |
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Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended September 31, 2008 filed on
November 6, 2008; |
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Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A related to our Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on
June 18, 2008, filed on April 28, 2008; |
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Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on February 1, 2008, May 9, 2008, June 24, 2008,
September 26, 2008 and December 12, 2008 (except to the extent such information was
furnished to and not filed with the SEC); |
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All documents filed by us pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange
Act subsequent to the date of the initial registration statement of which this prospectus
forms a part until all of the securities being offered under this prospectus or any
prospectus supplement are sold (other than current reports furnished under Item 2.02 or
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The description of our common shares contained in the Registration Statement on Form
20-F/A No. 2 filed with the SEC on June 7, 1994, including any amendment or report filed
for the purposes of updating such description. |
You may request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or calling us at the following
address or telephone number:
Investor Relations Department
IMAX Corporation
110 East 59th Street, Suite 2100
New York, New York 10022
Tel: (212) 821-0100
Exhibits to the filings will not be sent, however, unless those exhibits have specifically
been incorporated by reference in such filings.
You may also obtain these filings from our website at www.imax.com. Except for the documents
specifically incorporated by reference in the prospectus, the information contained on our website
does not constitute a part of this prospectus.
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IMAX Corporation
$250,000,000
Debt Securities
Preferred Shares
Common Shares
Warrants
Stock Purchase Contracts
Units
Prospectus
, 2009
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 14. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution
The following table sets forth the costs and expenses payable by us in connection with the
distribution of the securities being registered. All of the amounts shown are estimates, except the
Securities and Exchange Commission registration fee.
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The amounts set forth above are estimates except for the SEC registration fee. The
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Item 15. Indemnification of Directors and Officers
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the sections of the Canada
Business Corporations Act (CBCA) and the registrants By-Law No. 1 (the By-Law) referred to
below.
Section 124 of the CBCA and Section 7 of the registrants By-Law No. 1 provide for the
indemnification of directors and officers of the registrant. Under these provisions, the registrant
shall indemnify a director or officer of the registrant (or a former director or officer) against
all costs, charges and expenses, including amounts paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment,
reasonably incurred by such director or officer in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative,
investigative or other proceeding (other than in respect of an action by or in right of the
registrant) to which such individual is made a party by reason of his position with the registrant,
if he fulfills the following two conditions: (a) he acted honestly and in good faith with a view to
the best interests of the registrant; and (b) in the case of a criminal or administrative action or
proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, he had reasonable grounds for believing that his
conduct was lawful. In respect of an action by or on behalf of the registrant to procure a judgment
in its favor, the registrant, with the approval of a court, may indemnify a director or officer of
the registrant (or a former director or officer) against all costs, charges and expenses reasonably
incurred by him in connection with such action if he fulfills the conditions set out in clauses (a)
and (b) of the previous sentence.
Section 7.4 of the registrants By-Law No. 1 also provides that, to the extent permitted by
law, no director or officer for the time being of the registrant shall be liable for the acts,
receipts, neglects or defaults of any other director or officer or employee or for joining in any
receipt or act for conformity or for any loss, damage or expense happening to the registrant
through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired by the registrant or for
or on behalf of the registrant or for the insufficiency or deficiency of any security in or upon
which any of the moneys of or belonging to the registrant shall be placed out or invested or for
any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious act of any person, firm or
body corporate with whom or which any moneys, securities or other assets belonging to the
registrant shall be lodged or deposited or for any loss, conversion, misapplication or
misappropriation of or any damage resulting from any dealings with any moneys, securities or other
assets belonging to the registrant or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatever which may
happen in the execution of the duties of his respective office or trust or in relation thereto
unless the same shall happen by or through his failure to act honestly and in good faith with a
view to the best interests of the registrant and in connection therewith to exercise the care,
diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in comparable circumstances.
The registrants employment agreements with Mr. Richard Gelfond and Mr. Bradley Wechsler, the
registrants Co-Chief Executive Officers, provide that the registrant will indemnify each of them,
to the extent permitted by law, against any and all liabilities (and all expenses related thereto)
incurred by them in connection with their performance under their respective employment agreements.
The registrant also maintains officer and director liability insurance with respect to certain
matters, including matters arising under the Securities Act, as amended.
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Item 16. Exhibits.
The exhibits to this registration statement are listed in the exhibit index, which appears
elsewhere herein and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 17. Undertakings
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To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a
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To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the
effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the
aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
forth in the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the
total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which
was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the
estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of
prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in
the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than
a 20% change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the
Calculation of Registration Fee table in the effective registration
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distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement
or any material change to such information in the registration
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provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and (a)(1)(iii) do not apply if the
information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained
in periodic 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) under the Securities Act that is part of the registration statement.
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That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the
Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment shall be
deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time
shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
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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. |
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That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser: |
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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
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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
this 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 a prospectus that is part of
the registration statement or made in a document
incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into
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this registration statement will, as to a purchaser
with a time of contract of sale prior to such
effective date, supersede or modify any statement that
was made in this registration statement or prospectus
that was part of the registration statement or made in
any such document immediately prior to such effective
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That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under
the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the
securities, the undersigned registrant hereby 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
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relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
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on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the
undersigned Registrant; |
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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
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Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the
undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
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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. |
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The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to supplement the
prospectus, after the expiration of the subscription period, to set
forth the results of the subscription offer, the transactions by the
underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of
unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the
terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by
the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set froth
on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will
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For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of
1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as
part of the registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and
contained in the form of prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant
to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be
deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the time it was
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For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act,
each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus 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
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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 (Act)
in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the
Commission under section 305(b)(2) of the Act. |
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.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
IMAX CORPORATION
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Richard L. Gelfond
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Joseph Sparacio
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Jeffrey Vance
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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1329507 ONTARIO INC.
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Joseph Sparacio |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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7096267 CANADA LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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3183 FILMS LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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6822967 CANADA LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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7096291 CANADA LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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7103077 CANADA LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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7109857 CANADA LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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ARIZONA BIG FRAME THEATRES, L.L.C. |
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BY:
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IMAX Theatre Holdings (OEI), Inc. |
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The sole member of the Limited Liability Company |
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By:
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/s/ Joseph Sparacio
Name: Joseph Sparacio
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Title: Vice President, Finance |
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By:
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/s/ Robert D. Lister |
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Name: Robert D. Lister |
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Title: Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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BIG ENGINE FILMS INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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CORAL SEA FILMS LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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DAVID KEIGHLEY PRODUCTIONS 70 MM INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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President |
David Keighley |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX (TITANIC) INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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7096194 CANADA LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX II U.S.A. INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX CHICAGO THEATRE LLC
BY: IMAX Theatre Holding (California I) Co.
its Managing Member
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX FILM HOLDING CO.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX INDIANAPOLIS LLC
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By: |
/s/ G. Mary Ruby
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Name: |
G. Mary Ruby |
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Title: |
Secretary |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX INTERNATIONAL SALES CORPORATION
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX MINNESOTA HOLDING CO.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX MUSIC LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX PROVIDENCE GENERAL PARTNER CO.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX PROVIDENCE LIMITED PARTNER CO.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX RHODE ISLAND LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
BY: IMAX PROVIDENCE GENERAL PARTNER CO.
Its General Partner
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX SCRIBE INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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President and Director |
Greg Foster |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX SPACE PRODUCTIONS LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX SPACE LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX THEATRE HOLDING (CALIFORNIA I) CO.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX THEATRE HOLDING (CALIFORNIA II) CO.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX THEATRE HOLDING (NYACK I) CO.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX THEATRE HOLDING (NYACK II) CO.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX THEATRE HOLDING CO.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX THEATRE HOLDINGS (OEI), INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX THEATRE MANAGEMENT COMPANY
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX THEATRE SERVICES LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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IMAX U.S.A. INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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NYACK THEATRE LLC
BY: IMAX Theatre Holding (Nyack I) Co.
its Managing Member
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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RAINING ARROWS PRODUCTIONS LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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RIDEFILM CORPORATION
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Treasurer, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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RUTH QUENTIN FILMS LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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SACRAMENTO THEATRE LLC
BY: IMAX Theatre Holding (California I) Co.
its Managing Member
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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SONICS ASSOCIATES, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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President and Director |
Richard L. Gelfond |
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Director |
Bradley J. Wechsler |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President and Director |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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STARBOARD THEATRES LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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STRATEGIC SPONSORSHIP CORPORATION
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D.Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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TAURUS-LITTROW PRODUCTIONS INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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President, Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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THE DEEP MAGIC COMPANY LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, 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 Mississauga, Province of Ontario as of February 13, 2009.
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WALKING BONES PICTURES LTD.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally,
Joseph Sparacio and Robert D. Lister, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
of whom may act alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in
his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments
(including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement on Form S-3, and to sign any
related registration statement that is to be effective upon filing pursuant to Rule 462(b)
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, and all post-effective amendments thereto, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of
them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed as of February 13, 2009 by the following persons in the capacities indicated:
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Signature |
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Title |
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Vice President, Finance |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Vice President |
Robert D. Lister |
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Vice President |
Edward MacNeil |
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Secretary and Director |
G. Mary Ruby |
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act, the authorized
representative has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, solely in it capacity as the duly authorized representative of the registrants in the
United States, in the City of New York, State of New York, on February 13, 2009.
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IMAX U.S.A. INC.
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By: |
/s/ Joseph Sparacio
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Name: |
Joseph Sparacio |
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Title: |
Vice President, Finance |
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By: |
/s/ Robert D. Lister
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Name: |
Robert D. Lister |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. |
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Description |
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1.1*
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Form of Underwriting Agreement for Debt Securities, Common Shares, Preferred Shares,
Warrants, Stock Purchase Contracts and/or Units. |
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4.1**
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Articles of Amalgamation of IMAX Corporation, dated January 1, 2002, as amended by the
Articles of Amendment of IMAX Corporation, dated June 25, 2004. |
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4.2
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By-Law No. 1 of IMAX Corporation enacted on June 3, 2004. Incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 3.3 from IMAX Corporations Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2004
(File No. 000-24216). |
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4.3**
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Form of Senior Debt Securities Indenture. |
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4.4**
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Form of Subordinated Debt Securities Indenture. |
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4.5
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Form of certificate representing IMAX Corporation common shares. Incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 3.2 to IMAX Corporations Form 20-F filed on May 24, 1994 (File
No. 000-24216). |
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4.6*
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Form of certificate representing IMAX Corporation preferred shares. |
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4.7*
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Form of Warrant Agreement, including the form of Warrant. |
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4.8*
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Form of Stock Purchase Contract Agreement, including the form of Security Certificate. |
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4.9*
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Form of Senior Debt Security. |
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4.10*
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Form Subordinated Debt Security. |
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5.1**
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Opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP. |
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5.2**
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Opinion of Shearman & Sterling LLP. |
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12.1**
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Statement regarding computation of ratios of earnings to fixed charges. |
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23.1**
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Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. |
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23.2**
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Consent of McCarthy Tétrault (included in Exhibit 5.1). |
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23.3**
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Consent of Shearman & Sterling LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2). |
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24.1**
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Power of Attorney (included in the signature page of this Registration Statement). |
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25.1***
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State of Eligibility of Trustee on Form T-1. |
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To the extent applicable, to be filed by an amendment to this registration statement or as
an exhibit to a document filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and incorporated herein by reference. |
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Filed herewith. |
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To be filed pursuant to Section 305(b)(2) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. |
EX-4.1
IMAX Corporation
Exhibit 4.1
Articles of Amalgamation of IMAX Corporation, dated January 1, 2002, together with
Articles of Amendment of IMAX Corporation, dated June 25, 2004
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Industry Canada
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Industrie Canada |
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Certificate
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of Amalgamation
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de fusion |
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Canada Business
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Loi canadienne sur |
Corporations Act
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les sociétés par actions |
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IMAX CORPORATION |
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399473-2 |
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Name of corporationDénomination de la société |
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Corporation numberNuméro de la société |
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I hereby certify that
the above-named corporation resulted from an amalgamation, under
section 185 of the Canada Business Corporations Act, of the corporations set out in the attached articles of amalgamation. |
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Je certifie que la
société susmentionnée est issue dune fusion, en vertu
de larticle 185 de la Loi canadienne sur les sociétés par actions, des sociétés dont
les dénominations apparaissent dans les statuts de fusion ci‑joints. |
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January 1, 2002 / le 1 janvier 2002 |
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Director Directeur |
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Date of Amalgamation Date de fusion |
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Industry Canada
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Industrie Canada
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FORM 9
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FORMULE 9 |
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Canada Business
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Loi canadienne sur les |
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ARTICLES OF AMALGAMATION |
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STATUTS DE FUSION |
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Corporations Act
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sociétés par actions |
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(SECTION 185) |
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(ARTICLE 185) |
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1 Name of amalgamated corporation |
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Dénomination de la société issue de la |
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IMAX CORPORATION |
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2 The place in Canada where the registered office is to be situated |
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Lieu au Canada où doit être situé le siège social |
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The Province of Ontario |
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3 The classes and any maximum number of shares that the corporation is authorized to issue |
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Catégories et tout nombre maximal dactions que la société est autorisée à émettre |
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The annexed Schedule I is incorporated in this form. |
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4 Restrictions, if any, on share transfers |
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Restrictions sur le transfert des actions, sil y a lieu |
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None |
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5 Number (or minimum and maximum number) of directors |
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Nombre (ou nombre minimal et maximal) dadminstrateurs |
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A minimum of 1 and a maximum of 15. |
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6 Restrictions, if any, on business the corporation may carry on |
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Limites imposées à lactivité commercial de la société, sil y a lieu |
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None |
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7 Other provisions, if any |
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Autres dispositions, sil y a lieu |
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The annexed Schedule II is incorporated in this form. |
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8 The amalgamation has been approved pursuant to that section or subsection of the Act which is indicated as follows: |
o 183 x 184(1) o 184(2) |
8 La fusion a été approuvée en accord avec larticle ou le paragraphe de la Loi indiqué ci-après |
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9 Name of the amalgamating corporations
Dénomination des sociétés fusionnentes
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Corporation No.
No de la société
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Signature
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1236627 ONTARIO INC.
3886379 CANADA INC.
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3886379 |
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Dec. 21, 2001
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Director |
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IMAX CORPORATION
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3850412 |
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Dec. 21, 2001
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FOR DEPARTMENTAL USE ONLY À LUSAGE DU MINISTÉRE SEULEMENT
Corporation No. No de la société
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Filed Déposée |
399473-2
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January 9, 2002 |
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DSG 06/2001
SCHEDULE I
The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares, an unlimited number of
Class C Shares, issuable in two series, and an unlimited number of Special Shares, issuable in
series. Schedule I-A attached hereto sets forth the rights, privileges, restrictions and
conditions of such shares.
SCHEDULE I-A
1. |
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Definitions |
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For the purposes of this Schedule I-A: |
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Class C Issue Price means Cdn. $100. |
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Class C Shares means the 7%, cumulative, redeemable, preferred, non-voting shares of the
Corporation with the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions set forth herein; |
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Common Shares means the common shares of the Corporation with the rights, privileges,
restrictions and conditions set forth herein; |
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Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio will have the meaning specified in the Indenture to
be dated as of the Issue Date between the Trustee named therein and the Corporation; |
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Initial Public Offering means an initial public offering of Common Shares in the United
States of America and/or Canada pursuant to the securities laws of the United States of
America or any province of Canada; |
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Issue Date means the date of closing of the acquisition of Imax Corporation by WGIM
Acquisition Corporation; |
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Net Proceeds means the amount received by the Corporation in cash, after the payment of
all costs, expenses (including, without limitation, filing fees and legal fees and
disbursements) and commissions related thereto, from an Initial Public Offering and from any
subsequent public offering or other public distribution of Common Shares by the Corporation
pursuant to a prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United
States of America or Canada; and |
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Special Shares means the special shares of the Corporation with the rights, privileges,
restrictions and conditions set forth herein. |
The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Common Shares are as
follows:
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Payment of Dividends: The holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to receive
dividends if, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation out of the
assets of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends in such amounts and
payable in such manner as the board of directors may from time to time determine. Subject to
the rights of the holders of any other class of shares of the Corporation entitled to receive
dividends in priority to or ratably with the holders of the Common Shares, the board of
directors may in their sole discretion declare dividends on the Common Shares to the exclusion
of any other class of shares of the Corporation. |
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Participation upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-Up: In the event of the liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation or other distribution of assets of the
Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs, the holders of
the Common Shares shall, subject to the rights of the holders of any other class of shares of
the Corporation entitled to receive the assets of the Corporation upon such a distribution in
priority to or ratably with the holders of the Common Shares, be entitled to participate
ratably in any distribution of the assets of the Corporation. |
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Voting Rights: The holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to receive notice of and
to attend all annual and special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation and to one
vote in respect of each common share held at all such meetings. |
I. The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Class C Shares as a
class are as follows:
(a) |
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Dividends and Other Distributions: |
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The holders of the Class C Shares, subject to the rights of the holders of any
class of shares entitled to receive dividends and any other distributions in priority
to the holders of Class C Shares, but in priority to the holders of the Common Shares
and all other shares ranking junior to the Class C Shares in respect of the payment of
dividends, shall be entitled to receive and the Corporation shall, subject to the terms
hereof, pay thereon, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation
out of the assets of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends,
fixed preferential cumulative cash dividends at the rate of 7% per annum (or such
higher rate as may apply pursuant to clause 3.I.(a)(iii) hereof) on the Class C Issue
Price (the Class C Cumulative Dividends) for each such share. Class C Cumulative
Dividends shall be payable as provided in clause 3.I.(a)(ii) hereof and shall accrue
and be cumulative from the Issue Date. |
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greater than Cdn. $35,000,000 prior to such third or a subsequent anniversary
date of the Issue Date, one-half of the Class C Cumulative Dividends as have
accrued prior to such third or subsequent anniversary date immediately
preceding receipt of such Net Proceeds shall be paid in cash on each of the
first and second anniversary dates of the Issue Date after such third or
subsequent anniversary date, unless the aggregate amount of such payments to be
paid in cash on such date would exceed Cdn. $2,000,000 in either such year, in
which case one-third of such accrued Class C Cumulative Dividends shall be
declared and paid in cash on each of the first, second and third anniversary
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If, on any anniversary date of the Issue Date after the third such anniversary
date, the Class C Cumulative Dividends to be paid on such date are not paid in full in
cash and such dividends were required to have been paid in full in cash pursuant to
clause 3.I.(a)(ii), above, the rate at which Class C Cumulative Dividends shall accrue
and be payable after such anniversary date as provided in clause 3.I.(a)(i) shall
increase by 1% per annum, to a maximum dividend rate of 10% per annum, until such time
as all Class C Cumulative Dividends have been paid in cash as provided herein,
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If, on any date on which Class C Cumulative Dividends are to be paid, the
dividend payable on such date is not paid in full on all the Class C Shares then issued
and outstanding, such dividend, or the unpaid part thereof, shall be paid at a
subsequent date or dates in priority to dividends on the Common Shares and any other shares
ranking junior to the Class C Shares in respect of the payment of dividends. |
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Payment of dividends shall be made by cheque negotiable without charge at any
branch of the Corporations bankers for the time being in Canada. The mailing of such
cheques to holders of Class C Shares shall satisfy and discharge all liability of the
Corporation for such dividends to the extent of the sums represented thereby (plus any
tax required to be deducted or withheld therefrom) unless such cheques are not paid on
due presentation. A dividend which is represented by a cheque which has not been
presented for payment within 6 years after it was issued or that otherwise remains
unclaimed for a period of 6 years from the date on which the cheque was mailed shall be
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entitled to any dividends or other distributions other than or in excess of the
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Dividends Preferential: Except with the consent in writing of the holders of all the Class C
Shares outstanding, no dividend or other distribution shall be declared and made or set apart
for payment on the Common Shares or upon any other shares of the Corporation ranking junior to
or on a parity with the Class C Shares as to dividends or upon liquidation, nor shall any
Common Shares nor any other such shares of the Corporation ranking junior to or on a parity
with the Class C Shares as to dividends or upon liquidation, be redeemed, purchased or
otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any moneys be paid to or made available for a
sinking fund of the redemption of any such shares) by the Corporation (except by conversion
into or exchange for stock of the Corporation ranking junior to the Class C Shares as to
dividends and as to liquidation) unless and until the accrued Class C Cumulative Dividends on
all of the Class C Shares outstanding have been declared and paid. |
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Participation upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-Up: In the event of the liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation or other distribution of assets of the
Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs, whether
voluntary or involuntary, the holders of the Class C Shares shall be entitled to receive from
the property and assets of the Corporation an amount equal to the aggregate Class C Redemption
Amount (as hereinafter defined) of all Class C Shares held by them respectively before any
distribution of any part of the property or assets of the Corporation to the holders of Common
Shares or shares of any other class ranking junior to the Class C Shares in respect of such
distribution. After payment to the holders of the Class C Shares of the Class C Redemption
Amount, such holders shall not be entitled to share in any further distribution of the assets
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Redemption by Corporation: The Corporation may at any time redeem the whole, or from time to
time or times redeem any part of the then outstanding Class C Shares (any of the foregoing
being an Optional Redemption) and, on the date that is eight and one-half years after the
Issue Date, shall redeem the whole of the then outstanding Class C Shares (such redemption on
the date that is eight and one-half years after the Issue Date being a Mandatory Redemption)
on payment for each Class C Share to be redeemed of the Class C Issue Price, plus all unpaid
Class C Cumulative Dividends which shall have accrued thereon and which shall be treated as
accruing to, but not including, the date of such redemption, the whole constituting and being
herein referred to as the Class C Redemption Amount. Provided that if the Corporation is
not permitted, at the date set for the Mandatory Redemption, by virtue of applicable law, to
redeem all of the Class C Shares then to be redeemed, it shall redeem, pro rata, such number
of Class C Shares then called for redemption as it may then redeem. The Corporation may at
any time undertake the Optional Redemption. If there is an Optional Redemption, and less than
all the Class C Shares are to be redeemed, the Class C Shares to be redeemed in such Optional
Redemption shall be a pro rata portion of the Class C Shares held by each holder on the date
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Notice of Redemption: In respect of the redemption of Class C Shares pursuant to the
provisions of clause 3.I.(d) hereof, the Corporation shall, at least 21 days (or, if all of
the holders of the Class C Shares consent, such shorter period to which they may consent)
before the date specified for redemption, mail (or, with the consent of any particular
holder, otherwise deliver) to each person who, at the date of mailing (or delivery, as the
case may be) is a holder of Class C Shares to be redeemed a notice in writing of the
intention of the Corporation to redeem such Class C Shares. Such notice shall (subject to
the consent of any particular holder referred to above) be mailed by letter, postage
prepaid, addressed to each such holder at his address as it appears on the records of the
Corporation or, in the event of the address of any such holder not so appearing, then to the
last known address of such holder; provided, however, that accidental failure to give any
such notice to one or more of such holders shall not affect the validity of such redemption;
but if such failure is discovered, notice as aforesaid shall be given forthwith to such
holder or holders and shall have the same force and effect as if given in due time, provided
that such notice shall not extend the date specified for such redemption. Such notice shall
set out the number of Class C Shares held by the person to whom it is addressed which are to
be redeemed; the aggregate Class C Redemption Amount to which such holder is entitled; the
date on which redemption is to take place; and the place or places in Canada at which the
holders of Class C Shares may present and surrender the certificates representing such shares for redemption. |
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Payment of Class C Redemption Amount: On the date so specified for redemption, the
Corporation shall pay or cause to be paid to or to the order of the holders of the Class C
Shares to be redeemed the Class C Redemption Amount thereof on presentation and surrender at
the registered office of the Corporation or any other place designated in such notice of the
certificates representing the Class C Shares called for redemption. Such payment shall be
made by cheque payable at par at any branch of the Corporations bankers in Canada. From and
after the date specified for redemption in any such notice the holders of the Class C Shares
called for redemption shall cease to be entitled to dividends and shall not be entitled to
exercise any of the rights of holders of Class C Shares in respect thereof unless payment of
the Class C Redemption Amount is not made upon presentation of certificates in accordance with
the foregoing provisions, in which case the rights of the holders of the said Class C Shares
shall remain unaffected. The Corporation shall have the right at any time after the mailing
(or delivery, as the case may be) of notice of its intention to redeem any Class C Shares to
deposit the Class C Redemption Amount of the shares so called for redemption to a special
account in any chartered bank or in any trust company in Canada, named in such notice, to be
paid without interest to or to the order of the respective holders of such Class C Shares
called for redemption upon presentation and surrender to such bank or trust company of the
certificates representing the same, and upon such deposit being made, the rights of the
holders thereof after such deposit or such redemption date, whichever is the earlier, shall be
limited to receiving without interest their proportionate part of the total Class C Redemption
Amount so deposited against presentation and surrender of the said certificates held by them
respectively, and any interest allowed on such deposit shall belong to the Corporation. |
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Voting Rights: Except as otherwise provided by law, the holders of the Class C Shares shall
not, as such, be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of shareholders of the
Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the holders of the Class C Shares shall not be entitled to vote
separately as a class on any proposal to amend the Articles of the Corporation to: |
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increase any maximum number of authorized shares of a class having rights or privileges
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Series: The Class C Shares are issuable in two series, with an unlimited number of Class C
Shares, Series 1, constituting the first series and an unlimited number of Class C Shares,
Series 2, constituting the second series. Class C Shares, Series 2 shall only be issued as a
result of the conversion of Class C Shares, Series 1 into Class C Shares, Series 2.
Immediately prior to any such conversion, the directors shall by resolution fix (i) the number
of Class C Shares, Series 2 to be issued as such number as shall equal the number of Class C
Shares, Series 1 which are to be converted into Class C Shares, Series 2; and (ii) the number
of votes which each Class C Share, Series 2 shall have attached to it, which number shall be
such number as the directors shall by resolution, in their discretion, determine, to a maximum
number of votes for all of the Class C Shares, Series 2 to be issued upon the conversion of
the Class C Shares, Series 1, which shall not exceed, in the aggregate, 35% of the votes
attached to all voting shares of the Corporation which will be outstanding immediately
following such conversion. |
II. Class C Shares, Series 1
In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Class C
Shares as a class, the Class C Shares, Series 1 shall have the following rights, privileges,
restrictions and conditions:
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Mandatory Conversion: All, but not less than all, of the Class Shares, Series
1 of the Corporation may, on such date as may be determined by the directors of the
Corporation by resolution in their sole discretion, be converted into the same number
of Class C Shares, Series 2 as are outstanding on the date set for conversion on the
basis of one Class C Share, Series 2 for each Class C Share, Series 1. |
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Directors to Fix Number, Votes: Prior to giving the notice of conversion
provided for in clause 3.II.(a)(iii), the directors shall by resolution have fixed (i)
the number of Class C Shares, Series 2 to be issued as set forth in clause 3.I.(h); and
(ii) the number of votes which each Class C Share, Series 2 shall have attached to it,
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Notice of Conversion: In respect of the conversion of Class C Shares, Series
1 pursuant to the provisions of clause 3.II.(a)(i) hereof, the Corporation shall at
least 21 days before the date specified for conversion mail or deliver to each person
who at the date of mailing (or delivery, as the case may be) is a holder of Class C
Shares, Series 1 to be converted a notice in writing of the intention of the
Corporation to convert such Class C Shares, Series 1 into Class C Shares, Series 2.
Such conversion shall take place on such date as is specified in the said notice,
which date shall not be less than 21 days following the date of said notice.
Effective on such date, the holder of the Class C Shares, Series 1 being converted
shall be deemed to have become, and shall be registered as, the holder of the Class
C Shares, Series 2 resulting from the conversion and shall cease to be registered as
a holder of the Class C Shares, Series 1 converted. The Corporation shall specify
in such notice the date on which the conversion is to occur, the number of Class C
Shares, Series 1 held by the person to whom it is addressed to be converted, the
number of Class C Shares, Series 2 to be issued upon such conversion, the date upon
which the conversion will occur and that the holder of Class C Shares, Series 1
shall have become the registered holder of the Class C Shares, Series 2 resulting
from the conversion on such date. Such notice shall be mailed by letter, postage
prepaid, addressed to each such holder at his address as it appears on the records
of the Corporation or in the event of the address of any such holder not so
appearing then to the last known address of such holder; provided, however, that
accidental failure to give any such notice to one or more of such holders shall not
affect the validity of such conversion; but if such failure is discovered, notice as
aforesaid shall be given forthwith to such holder or holders and shall have the same
force and effect as if given in due time, provided that such notice shall not extend
the date specified for such conversion. |
III. Class C Shares, Series 2
In addition to the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Class C
Shares as a class, the Class C Shares, Series 2 shall have the following rights, privileges,
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notice of and to attend all annual and special meeting of the shareholders of the Corporation
and to such number of votes for each Class C Share, Series 2, held by them as shall have been
fixed by the directors by resolution prior to the issue of Class C Shares, Series 2, as set
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Series: The Special Shares may at any time or from time to time be issued in one or more
series. The board of directors of the Corporation may from time to time before the issue
thereof fix the number of shares in, and determine the designation, rights, privileges,
restrictions and conditions attaching to the shares of, each series of Special Shares. |
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Priority: The Special Shares shall be entitled to priority over the Class C Shares and the
Common Shares and all other shares ranking junior to the Special Shares with respect to
the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets of the Corporation in the event of
any liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation or other distribution of
assets of the Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs. |
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not, as such, be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of
the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the holders of the Special Shares shall not be entitled to vote
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increase any maximum number of authorized shares of a class having rights or privileges
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and maximum number of directors set forth in the articles of the Corporation as is determined
from time to time by resolution of the directors in light of the Corporations contractual
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Subject to the Act and Corporations contractual obligations then in effect, the directors
may fill any vacancies among the directors, whether arising due to an increase in the number
of directors within the minimum and maximum number of directors set forth in the articles of
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The directors shall be divided into three classes, with one-third of the directors to be
elected for a term of one year, one-third for a term of two years and one-third for a term of
three years, so that the term of office of one-third of the directors shall expire each year.
At each election of directors after the effective date hereof to elect directors whose terms
have expired, directors shall be elected for a term of three years. In any election or
appointment of a director to fill a vacancy created by any director ceasing to hold office,
the election or appointment shall be for the unexpired term of the director who has ceased to
hold office. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be
apportioned among the classes of directors in such a manner as will maintain or attain, to the
extent possible, an equal number of directors in each class of directors. If such equality is
not possible, the increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes of directors in
such a manner that the difference in the number of directors in any two classes shall not
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If at any time or from time to time any single shareholder, together with each
affiliate controlled by that shareholder (as such terms are defined in Rule 12b-2 under
the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 (United States) (the Exchange Act) or any group of
which they are members, beneficially owns (as such term is defined pursuant to Section 13(d)
of the Exchange Act) not less than twelve and one-half per cent (12.5%) of the common shares
issued and outstanding at that time, then for as long as that condition continues, in order
for any resolution of the directors on any of the following matters to be approved by the
directors, such resolution must be approved by a seventy-five per cent (75%) majority of the
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all of the assets of the Corporation or approving the sale or merger of the
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transaction with Wasserstein Perella Partners, L.P., Wasserstein Perella
Offshore Partners, L.P., WPPN Inc., Richard L. Gelfond or Bradley J. Wechsler
(other than agreements in the ordinary course of business, such as employment
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That the Certificate and Articles of Amalgamation dated January 1, 2002 of the Corporation be amended by deleting the Schedule I including
I-A of Article 3 and Schedule II of Article 7 thereof and replacing those schedules with the following Schedule 1 including I‑A and Schedule II:
SCHEDULE I
The Corporation is authorized to issue an unlimited number of Common Shares and an
unlimited number of Special Shares, issuable in series. Schedule I-A attached hereto sets forth
the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions of such shares.
SCHEDULE I-A
The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Common Shares are as
follows:
(a) Payment of Dividends: The holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to receive dividends
if, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of the Corporation out of the assets of the
Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends in such amounts and payable in
such manner as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Subject to the rights
of the holders of any other class of shares of the Corporation entitled to receive dividends
in priority to or ratably with the holders of the Common Shares, the Board of Directors may in
their sole discretion declare dividends on the Common Shares to the exclusion of any other
class of shares of the Corporation.
(b) Participation upon Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding-Up: In the event of the liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation or other distribution of assets of the
Corporation among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs, the holders of
the Common Shares shall, subject to the rights of the holders of any other class of shares of
the Corporation entitled to receive the assets of the Corporation upon such a distribution in
priority to or ratably with the holders of the Common Shares, be entitled to participate
ratably in any distribution of the assets of the Corporation.
(c) Voting Rights: The holders of the Common Shares shall be entitled to receive notice of and to
attend all annual and special meetings of the shareholders of the Corporation and to one vote
in respect of each Common Share held at all such meetings.
The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Special Shares are as
follows:
(a) Series: The Special Shares may at any time or from time to time be issued in one or more
series. The Board of Directors of the Corporation may from time to time before the issue
thereof fix the number of shares in, and determine the designation, rights, privileges,
restrictions and conditions attaching to the shares of, each series of Special Shares.
(b) Priority: The Special Shares shall be entitled to priority over the Common Shares and all
other shares ranking junior to the Special Shares with respect to the payment of dividends and
the distribution of assets of the Corporation in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or
winding-up of the Corporation or other distribution of assets of the Corporation among its
shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs.
(c) Voting Rights: Except as otherwise provided by law, the holders of the Special Shares shall
not, as such, be entitled to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of
the Corporation and shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the holders of the Special Shares shall not be entitled to vote
separately as a class on any proposal to amend the Articles of the Corporation to:
(i) increase or decrease any maximum number of authorized Special Shares, or increase any maximum
number of authorized shares of a class having rights or privileges equal or superior to the
Special Shares; or
(ii) effect an exchange, reclassification or cancellation of all or part of the Special Shares; or
(iii) create a new class of shares equal or superior to the Special Shares.
SCHEDULE II
1. The number of directors of the Corporation at any time shall be such number within the
minimum and maximum number of directors set forth in the articles of the Corporation as is
determined from time to time by resolution of the directors in light of the Corporations
contractual obligations in effect from time to time.
2. Subject to the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Corporations contractual obligations
then in effect, the directors may fill any vacancies among the directors, whether arising due
to an increase in the number of directors within the minimum and maximum number of directors
set forth in the articles of the Corporation or otherwise.
3. The directors shall be divided into three classes and for a term of three years. In any
election or appointment of a director to fill a vacancy created by any director ceasing to
hold office, the election or appointment shall be for the unexpired term of the director who
has ceased to hold office. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease
shall be apportioned among the classes of directors in such a manner as will maintain or
attain, to the extent possible, an equal number of directors in each class of directors. If
such equality is not possible, the increase or decrease shall be apportioned among the classes
of directors in such a manner that the difference in the number of directors in any two
classes shall not exceed one.
4. Meetings of shareholders may be held in New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; Chicago,
Illinois; Houston, Texas; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; San Diego, California; Dallas, Texas;
Phoenix, Arizona; Detroit, Michigan; San Antonio, Texas and Washington, DC; or in any place in
Canada that the directors from time to time determine.
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G. MARY RUBY
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EX-4.3
EXHIBIT 4.3
IMAX CORPORATION
SENIOR DEBT SECURITIES
INDENTURE
Dated as of
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Trustee
IMAX CORPORATION
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of
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Trust Indenture |
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RECITALS OF THE COMPANY |
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ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION |
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SECTION 101. Definitions |
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Additional Amounts |
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Affiliate |
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Authenticating Agent |
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Authorized Newspaper |
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Board of Directors |
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Board Resolution |
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Business Day |
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calculation period |
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Commission |
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Company |
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Company Request or Company Order |
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Component Currency |
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Conversion Date |
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Conversion Event |
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Corporate Trust Office |
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corporation |
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covenant defeasance |
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Currency |
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Default |
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Defaulted Interest |
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defeasance |
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Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency |
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DTC |
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Election Date |
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Event of Default |
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Exchange Rate Agent |
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Exchange Rate Officers Certificate |
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Extension Notice |
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Extension Period |
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Final Maturity |
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Foreign Currency |
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Government Obligations |
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Guarantee |
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Guarantee Notation has the meaning specified in Section 1502 |
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Guarantor |
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Holder |
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Indenture |
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interest |
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Interest Payment Date |
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Judgment Currency |
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mandatory sinking fund payment |
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Market Exchange Rate |
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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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Optional Reset Date |
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optional sinking fund payment |
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Original Issue Discount Security |
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Original Stated Maturity |
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Paying Agent |
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Place of Payment |
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rates of exchange |
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Redemption Date |
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Redemption Price |
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Regular Record Date |
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Repayment Date |
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Repayment Price |
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Required Currency |
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Reset Notice |
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Responsible Officer |
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Security or Securities |
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Security Register and Security Registrar |
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Special Record Date |
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Specified Amount |
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Stated Maturity |
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Subsequent Interest Period |
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Trust Indenture Act or TIA |
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Trustee |
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United States |
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United States person |
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Valuation Date |
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Vice President |
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Yield to Maturity |
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SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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SECTION 104. Acts of Holders |
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SECTION 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company |
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SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 109. Separability Clause |
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SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture |
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SECTION 111. Governing Law |
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SECTION 112. Legal Holidays |
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SECTION 113. Currency Indemnity |
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SECTION 114. Currency Equivalent |
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SECTION 115. Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities |
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SECTION 116. Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the Company Exempt from
Individual Liability |
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SECTION 117. Waiver of Jury Trial |
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SECTION 118. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS |
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SECTION 201. Forms Generally |
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SECTION 202. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form |
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ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES |
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SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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SECTION 302. Denominations |
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SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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SECTION 304. Temporary Securities |
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SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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SECTION 307. Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest Rights Preserved;
Optional Interest Reset |
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SECTION 308. Optional Extension of Stated Maturity |
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SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners |
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SECTION 310. Cancellation |
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SECTION 311. Computation of Interest |
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SECTION 312. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities |
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SECTION 313. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent |
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SECTION 314. CUSIP Numbers |
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ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES |
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SECTION 501. Events of Default |
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SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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SECTION 503. Collection of Debt and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
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SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected |
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SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits |
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SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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SECTION 512. Control by Holders |
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SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults |
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SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws |
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SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs |
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ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults |
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SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee |
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SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
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SECTION 604. May Hold Securities |
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SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust |
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SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement |
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SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests |
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SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
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SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders |
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SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee |
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SECTION 703. Reports by Company |
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted |
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ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
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SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
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SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures |
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ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS |
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SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest |
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SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust |
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SECTION 1004. Statement as to Compliance |
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SECTION 1005. Additional Amounts |
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SECTION 1006. Corporate Existence |
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SECTION 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article |
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SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
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SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
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SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption |
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SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price |
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SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
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SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part |
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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS |
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SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article |
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SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
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SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS |
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SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article |
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SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities |
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SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option |
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SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable |
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SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part |
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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SECTION 1401. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge |
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SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust;
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN GUARANTEES |
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SECTION 1502. Guarantee |
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SECTION 1503. Obligations of the Guarantor Unconditional |
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SECTION 1504. Article Not to Prevent Events of Default |
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SECTION 1505. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee |
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TESTIMONIUM |
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FORM OF GUARANTEE |
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INDENTURE,
dated as of , between IMAX CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of Canada (herein called the Company), having its principal office at 2525
Speakman Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1, and
_________________, a ____________________ duly organized and existing under the laws of
, as trustee (herein called the Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its senior debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
(herein called the Securities), which may be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities
of any person (including the Company), to be issued in one or more series as provided in this
Indenture.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by
such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and binding 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 series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms
cash transaction and self-liquidating paper, as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term generally accepted accounting principles with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles
used in the Companys annual financial statements contained in the Companys annual report
delivered to its shareholders in respect of the fiscal year immediately prior to the date of
such computation;
(4) 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;
(5) or is not exclusive;
(6) including or include means including or include without limitation; and
(7) unsecured or unguaranteed Debt shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to
secured or guaranteed Debt merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured or guaranteed Debt.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Three and Article Five are defined in those
Articles.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
Additional Amounts means any additional amounts which are required by a Security or by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, under circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain
taxes imposed on certain Holders and which are owing to such Holders.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and
controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Authenticating Agent means any Person appointed by the Trustee to act on behalf of the Trustee pursuant to Section
611 to authenticate Securities.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper, in the English language or in an official language of the country of
publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not such newspaper is also
published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection
with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive
publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be
made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and
in each case on any Business Day.
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Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee of that
board.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the General Counsel, 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 or any other particular location referred to
in this Indenture or in the Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is
not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other location are authorized
or obligated by law or executive order to close.
calculation period has the meaning specified in Section 311.
Capital Stock means (a) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not
voting) of corporate stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of such Person
and (b) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership
or other equity interests of such Person.
Commission means the United States 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 Indenture such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a
successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture,
and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Person.
Company Request or Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers, and
delivered to the Trustee.
Component Currency has the meaning specified in Section 312.
Conversion Date has the meaning specified in Section 312.
Conversion Event means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency (other than the Euro or other currency
unit) both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and by a central bank or
other public institution of or within the international banking community for the settlement of
transactions, (ii) the Euro or (iii) any currency unit (or composite currency) other than the Euro
for the purposes for which it was established.
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 on the date of execution of this
Indenture is located at , Attention: , except that with respect to presentation of Securities for
payment or for registration of
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transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of
the Trustee at which, at any particular time, its corporate agency business shall be conducted.
corporation includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
covenant defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1403.
Currency means any currency or currencies, composite currency or currency unit or currency units,
including, without limitation, the Euro, issued by the government of one or more countries or by
any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
Debt means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money borrowed.
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 307.
defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1402.
Depositary means a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as
Depositary for the Global Securities. The Company initially appoints DTC as the Depositary.
Dollar or $ means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States as at
the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit has the meaning specified in Section 312.
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency has the meaning specified in Section 312.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
Election Date has the meaning specified in Section 312.
Eligible Guarantors means each of the Companys North American Subsidiaries.
Euro means the lawful currency of the participating member states of the European Union that have
adopted the single currency in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community
(whether known as the Euro or otherwise).
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 501.
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Exchange Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Date has the meaning specified in Section 304.
Exchange Rate Agent means, with respect to Securities of or within any series, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, a New York clearing house bank, designated
pursuant to Section 301 or Section 313.
Exchange Rate Officers Certificate means a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar
or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any (on an
aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having the lowest denomination principal amount
determined in accordance with Section 302 in the relevant Currency), payable with respect to a
Security of any series on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, signed by any Officer of the
Company.
Extension Notice has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Extension Period has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Final Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Foreign Currency means any Currency other than Currency of the United States.
Government Obligations means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities pursuant to Section
301, securities which are (i) direct obligations of the government which issued the Currency in
which the Securities of a particular series are payable or (ii) obligations of a Person controlled
or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the government which issued the
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the payment of which is
unconditionally guaranteed by such government, which, in either case, are full faith and credit
obligations of such government payable in such Currency and are not callable or redeemable at the
option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust
company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a specific payment of
interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account
of a holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such
custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such
depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government
Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government Obligation
evidenced by such depository receipt.
Guarantee has the meaning specified in Section 1502.
Guarantee Notation has the meaning specified in Section 1502.
Guarantor has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
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Holder means the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented
or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable
provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities established as
contemplated by Section 301 and the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be
part hereof; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one Person is acting
as Trustee under this instrument, Indenture shall mean, with respect to any one or more series of
Securities for which such Person is Trustee, 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 for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301,
exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities
for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and
exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto
executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but to which such Person, as such
Trustee, was not a party.
Indexed Security means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount thereof payable at
Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at original issuance.
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 at the rate prescribed in such
Original Issue Discount Security, and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for the
payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1005, includes such Additional Amounts.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of
interest on such Security.
Judgment Currency has the meaning specified in Section 113.
mandatory sinking fund payment has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
Market Exchange Rate means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, (i)
for any conversion involving a currency unit on the one hand and Dollars or any Foreign Currency on
the other, the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section 301 for the
Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign Currency,
the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers quoted in
New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and (iii)
for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the spot rate
at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking procedures,
the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased with the
Foreign Currency from which conversion
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is being made from major banks located in either New York
City, London, England or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign Currency,
in each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless otherwise specified with respect to any
Securities pursuant to Section 301, in the event of the unavailability of any of the exchange rates
provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Exchange Rate Agent shall use, in
its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank
of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in New
York City, London, England or another principal market for the Currency in question, or such other
quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise specified by the
Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency by reason of
foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such Currency shall
be that upon which a non-resident issuer of securities designated in such Currency would purchase
such Currency in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
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, notice of redemption, notice of
option to elect repayment or otherwise.
North American Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company, as defined in clauses (i) and
(ii) only of the definition of Subsidiary, that was formed under the laws of the United States or
any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or under the laws of Canada or any
province or territory thereof.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the General
Counsel, the Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the
Company.
Officers Certificate means a written certificate signed in the name of the Company by any two Officers, and
delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company, including an employee
of the Company.
Optional Reset Date has the meaning specified in Section 307.
optional sinking fund payment has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be
due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
Original Stated Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities
theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
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(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation pursuant to the terms of this Indenture;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption or repayment at
the option of the Holder 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 therefore satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and 1403, with respect
to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in
Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser (as defined in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code) in whose
hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, and for the purpose of making the calculations
required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that
may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or
shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal
amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Security is originally issued by the
Company as set forth in an Exchange Rate Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the
principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as
of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such
Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise
provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) 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 making such calculation or in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect
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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 such other obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) authorized by the Company to
pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the
Company.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment means, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series, the place or places
where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities are payable
as specified and as contemplated by or pursuant to Sections 301 and 1002.
rates of exchange has the meaning specified in Section 113.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part, means the date
fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be
redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of or within any
series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
Repayment Date means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the
date fixed for such repayment pursuant to this Indenture.
Repayment Price means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of the Holder, the
price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to this Indenture.
Required Currency has the meaning specified in Section 113.
Reset Notice has the meaning specified in Section 307.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, officer or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
above-designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
Security or Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means
Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture; provided, however,
that if at any time there is more than one Person acting as Trustee
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under this Indenture,
Securities with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is Trustee shall have the
meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more particularly mean Securities
authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however, of Securities of any series
as to which such Person is not Trustee.
Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of or within any series means a
date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
Specified Amount has the meaning specified in Section 312.
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, as such date may be
extended pursuant to the provisions of Section 308.
Subsequent Interest Period has the meaning specified in Section 307.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other
business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of Capital Stock entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof), (ii) any partnership
(a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a
Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such Person or of one or
more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof) or (iii) any other Person not
described in clauses (i) and (ii) above in which such Person, or one more other Subsidiaries of
such Person or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, has a 50% ownership and the power, pursuant to a written contract or agreement, to direct the
policies and management or the financial and other affairs thereof.
Trust Indenture Act or TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was
executed, except as provided in Section 905; provided, however, that in the event
the Trust Indenture Act is amended after such date, Trust Indenture Act or TIA means, to the
extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this Indenture 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;
provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such Person,
Trustee as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee with
respect to Securities of that series.
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United States means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, the
United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia), its territories, its
possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
United States person means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, an
individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, a corporation, partnership or other
entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States or an estate or trust the
income of which is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of its source.
Valuation Date has the meaning specified in Section 312.
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.
Yield to Maturity means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a Security (or, if
applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and as set forth in
such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield computation
principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee may require an Officers Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance
with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied
with or an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any, have been complied with, or both; provided, however, 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 covenant or condition provided
for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 1004) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such covenant or
condition has been complied with.
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SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a certificate or representations by counsel, unless such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that
the certificate or opinion or representations by counsel with respect to the matters upon which his
certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel or certificate or
representations 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.
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company or of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an
accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer or counsel, as
the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which such certificate or
opinion may be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of
chartered accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is
independent.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all
series or one or more series, as the case may be, 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. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and,
where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such
record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as
the Act of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the
holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for
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any purpose of this Indenture and
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 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 principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date of
holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Securities 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. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such
record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall
be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in
connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. 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 eleven months after the record date.
(e) 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 therefore or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,
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(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company or any Guarantor 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, Attention: General Counsel, addressed
to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in writing to
the Trustee by the Company.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of Securities by the Company
or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such 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 of Securities 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 of Securities. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the
manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether
or not such Holder actually receives such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders of Securities
when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be
sufficient giving of such notice 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.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction hereof.
SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns.
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All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar
and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of New York. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed
by such provisions.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund
payment date or Stated Maturity or 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 any Security
other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section), payment of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the
next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on
the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund payment date, or at the
Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date,
Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 113. Currency Indemnity. (a) The Company covenants and agrees that the following provisions shall apply to
conversion of currency in the case of the Securities and this Indenture:
(i) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of, any
court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (the Judgment
Currency) an amount due or contingently due under the Securities of any series and this
Indenture (the Required Currency), then the conversion shall be made at the rate of
exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which a final judgment which is
not appealable or is not appealed is given or the order of enforcement is made, as the case
may be (unless a court shall otherwise determine).
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(ii) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day
before the day on which the judgment referred to in (i) above is given or an order of
enforcement is made, as the case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and
the date of receipt of the amount due, the Company shall pay such additional (or, as the
case may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may be necessary so that the amount paid in the
Judgment Currency when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt
shall produce the amount in the Required Currency originally due.
(b) In the event of the winding-up of the Company at any time while any amount or damages
owing under the Securities and this Indenture, or any judgment or order rendered in respect
thereof, shall remain outstanding, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Holders and the Trustee
harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange
between (1) the date as of which the equivalent of the amount in the Required Currency (other than
under this paragraph (b)) is calculated for the purposes of such winding-up and (2) the final date
for the filing of proofs of claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of this paragraph (b) the
final date for the filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of the Company shall be the date
fixed by the liquidator or otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable law
as being the latest practicable date as at which liabilities of the Company may be ascertained for
such winding-up prior to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.
(c) The obligations contained in paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b) above shall constitute separate
and independent obligations of the Company from its other obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture, shall give rise to separate and independent causes of action against the Company, shall
apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted by any Holder or Trustee from time to time
and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of
any proof of claim in the winding-up of the Company for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due
hereunder (other than under paragraph (b) above) or under any such judgment or order. Any such
deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the Holders or the
Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or evidence of any actual loss shall be required by the
Company or the applicable liquidator. In the case of paragraph (b) above, the amount of such
deficiency shall not be deemed to be reduced by any variation in rates of exchange occurring
between the said final date and the date of any liquidating distribution.
(d) The term rate(s) of exchange shall mean the Bank of Canada noon rate for purchases on
the relevant date of the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency, as reported by Telerate on
screen 3194 (or such other means of reporting the Bank of Canada noon rate as may be agreed upon by each of the parties to this Indenture) and includes any premiums
and costs of exchange payable.
SECTION 114. Currency Equivalent.
Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, for purposes of the construction of the terms
of this Indenture or of the Securities, in the event that any amount is stated herein in the
Currency of one nation (the First Currency), as of any date such amount shall also be deemed
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to represent the amount in the Currency of any other relevant nation which is required to purchase
such amount in the First Currency at the noon buying rate in the City of New York for cable
transfers payable to such First Currency in the City of New York on the applicable issue date, as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
SECTION 115. Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of
Immunities.
By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company (i) acknowledges that it has
irrevocably designated and appointed [] as its authorized agent upon which process may be served
in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities or this Indenture that may
be instituted in any United States federal or New York State court in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee
(whether in its individual capacity or in its capacity as Trustee hereunder), (ii) submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that
service of process upon [] and written notice of said service to the Company (mailed or delivered
to the Company, Attention: General Counsel, at its principal office specified in the first
paragraph of this Indenture and in the manner specified in Section 105 hereof), shall be deemed in
every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The
Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and
all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and
appointment of [] in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding.
To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of
any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to
judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its
property, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under
this Indenture and the Securities, to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 116. Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the
Company Exempt from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture,
or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as
such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor,
under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment
or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and
released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders and as part of the consideration for
the issue of the Securities.
SECTION 117. Waiver of Jury Trial.
Each of the Company and the Trustee hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the transactions contemplated hereby.
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118. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties
imposed by any of Section 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, through operation of
Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties control.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
(a) The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the forms 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 or any indenture supplemental hereto, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the
Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or
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 forms of Securities of any 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 General Counsel, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be set
forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security.
The Trustees certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods on a steel-engraved border or steel-engraved borders or may be
produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officers executing such Securities, as
evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
Dated: _________________________________
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
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SECTION
203. Securities Issuable in Global Form.
If Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated
by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of Section 301, 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 of such series from time to
time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series
represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased 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 by the Trustee 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 303 or Section 304. Subject to
the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, 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 303 or Section 304 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 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion
of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 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 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) with regard to
the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented thereby, together with the written
statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security in
permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 309 and except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee
shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a
permanent global Security the Holder of such permanent global Security.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments
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made on account
of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time
and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for
issuances of additional Securities of such series.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in one or more
Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to
Section 303, set forth in, or determined in the manner provided in, an Officers Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of
any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set
forth in clauses (1), (2) and (18) below), if so provided, may be determined from time to time by
the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series and set forth in such Securities of
the series when issued from time to time):
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities
of the series from all other series of Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined or
extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates (whether fixed or variable) at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined,
the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or
dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Security on any Interest
Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates shall
be determined, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than on
the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months;
(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to The City of New York,
where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of the
series shall be payable, where any Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange,
where Securities of the series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered
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for conversion or exchange, as applicable, and, if different than the location specified in
Section 105, the place or places where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served and the extent to which, or
the manner in which, any interest payment or Additional Amounts on a global Security on an
Interest Payment Date shall be paid;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in
which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option;
(7) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such
extension;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of
the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder
thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency
in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denomination or denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying
Agent;
(11) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(12) if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable or in
which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions
applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of
Section 312;
(13) whether the amount of payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest,
if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index,
formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without
limitation, on one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices),
and the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
(14) whether the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder
thereof, in a Currency other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated to
be payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election Date), and the terms
and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner
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of determining
the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are denominated or stated to
be payable and the Currency in which such Securities are to be so payable, in each case in
accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 312;
(15) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(16) the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 to the Securities of the
series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the
provisions of Article Fourteen that shall be applicable to the Securities of the series;
(17) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the
series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;
(18) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or
covenants (including any deletions from, modifications of or additions to Section 1007) of
the Company with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default
or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(19) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in
permanent global form and, in such case, the Depositary for such Securities if other than
DTC; the manner in which and the circumstances under which interests in any such permanent
global Security may be exchanged for Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in
addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 304;
(20) the Person to whom any interest on any Security of the series shall be payable, if
other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest and the
extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security
on an Interest Payment Date shall be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section
304;
(21) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon
original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of
certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and/or
terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(22) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants,
the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
(23) whether, under what circumstances and the Currency in which the Company shall pay
Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005 on the Securities of the series to any
Holder who is not a United States person (including any modification to the definition of
such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the
Company shall have the option to redeem
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such Securities rather than pay such Additional
Amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(24) which, if any, of the Eligible Guarantors shall guarantee the Securities on the
terms set forth in Article Fifteen (each of the Eligible Guarantors that guarantee the
Securities described in Article Fifteen, if any, a Guarantor) and if payment of the
Securities of the series shall be guaranteed by any other Person;
(25) the percentage or percentages of principal amount of which the Securities of the
series shall be issued;
(26) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exercisable,
redeemable or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the
terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be so convertible or exchangeable,
including whether conversion, exercise, redemption or exchange is mandatory, at the option
of the Holder or at the Companys option, the date on or the period during which conversion,
exercise, redemption or exchange may occur, the initial conversion, exercise, redemption or
exchange price or rate and the circumstances or manner in which the amount of common shares
or preference shares or other securities issuable upon conversion, exercise, redemption or
exchange may be adjusted;;
(27) the ranking of the obligations of each Guarantor under its respective Guarantee,
if other than on parity with all other unsecured Debt, if the Securities of the series are
subject to mandatory or optional remarketing or other mandatory or optional resale
provisions, and, if applicable, the date or period during which such resale may occur, any
conditions to such resale and any right of a Holder to substitute securities for the
Securities subject to resale; and
(28) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations on such rights
and preferences) relating to the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or 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 (subject to Section
303) and set forth in such Officers Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. Not
all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a
series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by or pursuant to Section 301. With respect to
Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions,
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Securities of such series, other than Securities issued in global form (which may be of any
denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any Officer. The signature of
any Officer on the Securities may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any
future such authorized Officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
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 such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If not all of the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if
the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such
Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such
Securities and determining the terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate,
stated maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue.
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
TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating:
(1) that the form or forms of such Securities have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) that the terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(3) that such Securities when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this
Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and
issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion
of Counsel, shall constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors rights, to general equitable principles and to such other
qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders
of such Securities;
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(4) that the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities, and has duly
taken all necessary corporate action with respect to such issuance; and
(5) that the issuance of such Securities shall not contravene the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company or result in any violation of any of the terms or
provisions of any law or regulation.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding two paragraphs, if not all
the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the
Officers Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion
of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs prior to or at the time of
issuance of each Security, but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of
issuance of the first Security of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any such Securities if the issue
of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture shall 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.
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 duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
officer, 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company
shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 310 together
with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Reference is made to Section 1505 concerning execution and delivery of the Guarantees.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series the Company may execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities (printed or lithographed). Temporary
Securities shall be issuable in any authorized denomination and substantially in the form of the
definitive Securities but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for
temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Security shall
be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and
in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Securities. Without
unreasonable delay the Company will
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execute and deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of
such series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in
exchange therefor, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without
any charge therefor except that in case of any such exchange involving any registration of transfer
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in relation thereto. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 305, unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive form, a global Security representing all
or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to
such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to
a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time
the Depositary for Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in
good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor
Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after
the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and
the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive
form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security or
Securities representing such series in exchange for such global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Securities of a series,
the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a global Security for such series of
Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series in definitive form on such
terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:
(1) to each Person specified by the Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for such Persons beneficial interest in the global
Security; and
(2) to the Depositary a new global Security in a denomination equal to the difference,
if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered global Security and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
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SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a register for each series of Securities (the
registers maintained in such Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or 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 and transfer of Securities. The Security Register shall
be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a
reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Security Register shall be open to inspection by the
Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as security registrar (the Security
Registrar) for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Security
Registrar for any series of Securities; provided that, no such removal or
replacement shall be effective until a successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of
Securities shall have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the
Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be the Security Registrar
with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the Security Register
for such series at all reasonable times. There shall be only one Security Register for each series
of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at any office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other replacement
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such
office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the
exchange is entitled to receive.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 301 that the Securities of a series are to
be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities, then the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 303 and the Company Order with respect to
such series, authenticate and deliver one or more global Securities in temporary or permanent form
that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by one or more global
Securities, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such global Security or
Securities or the nominee of such depositary, and
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(iii) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of
the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of
such successor Depositary, unless and until this Security is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive form and such other legend as may be required by the Depositary.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any
series issued in the form of one or more global Securities shall no longer be represented by such
global Security or Securities. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in
authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such global Security or
Securities.
Upon the exchange of a global Security for Securities in definitive registered form, such
global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities issued in exchange for a global
Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the depositary for such global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct
or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The Trustee shall
deliver such Securities to the persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the
Security Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in
writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities.
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 selection for redemption of Securities of that series under Section 1103 or 1203 and
ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of redemption, 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, or (iii) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for
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repayment at the
option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company, together with, in
proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save
each of them or any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a replacement 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 to the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in
the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
protected purchaser (as defined in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code), the Company shall
execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such
destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a replacement Security of the same series and of like tenor and
principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, 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 replacement 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 replacement Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, if
any, 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, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Indenture with
respect to particular Securities or generally, are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest Rights Preserved; Optional
Interest Reset.
(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest, if any, on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such
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Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose
pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that each installment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security may at the Companys option be paid
by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person
entitled thereto pursuant to Section 309, to the address of such Person as it appears on the
Security Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account of the person entitled to receive such
payment if such person is a Holder of $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series (with wire transfer instructions provided to the Trustee not less than 15
days prior to payment of interest by wire transfer); provided further, that
principal paid in relation to any Security redeemed at the option of the Company pursuant to
Article Eleven, or paid at Maturity, shall be paid to the holder of such Security only upon
presentation and surrender of such Security to such office or agency referred to in this Section
307(a).
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, 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 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 and, if applicable, interest on such
defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the rate specified in the Securities of such series
(such defaulted interest and, if applicable, interest thereon herein collectively called 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 in the
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) 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 on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when
deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted
Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date
for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less
than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the
receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly
notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the
Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the
Special Record Date therefor to be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less
than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such
Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefore having been so given, such
Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose name the Securities of such series
(or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at
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the close of business on such
Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made applicable to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified
pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the
Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an Optional Reset
Date). The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by notifying the
Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date for
such Security. Not later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice
(the Reset Notice) indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the
spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i)
such new interest rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the
provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next
Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity Date of
such Security (each such period a Subsequent Interest Period), including the date or dates on
which or the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may
occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an
interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate
(or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of such Security. Such
notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or the spread
or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an Optional
Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered such
Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding
paragraph, shall bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable).
The Holder of any such Security shall have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the principal amount
thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an
Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for
repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or
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notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except
that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the
Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of
business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered
under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other
Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried
by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Optional Extension of Stated Maturity.
The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant
to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to
such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series may be extended at the
option of the Company for the period or periods specified on the face of such Security (each an
Extension Period) up to but not beyond the date (the Final Maturity) set forth on the face of
such Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any Security by notifying the
Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to the Stated Maturity of such
Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the Original Stated Maturity). If the
Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner provided for in Section
106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the Original Stated Maturity a
notice (the Extension Notice) indicating (i) the election of the Company to extend the Stated
Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate, if any, applicable to the
Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such Extension Period.
Upon the Trustees transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of
such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice
and as described in the next paragraph, such Security shall have the same terms as prior to the
transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the
Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate
to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to
which the Stated Maturity is extended shall bear such higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder shall have the option to elect
repayment of such Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the
principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the
Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow
the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders, except that
the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35
days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has tendered any Security
for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may by written notice to the Trustee
revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original
Stated Maturity.
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SECTION 309. 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 Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for
all other purposes whatsoever (other than the payment of Additional Amounts, if any), whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Depositary for Securities may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever (other than
the payment of Additional Amounts, if any). None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or
the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global
form or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to
any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder,
with respect to such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial
interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of
the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such global Security.
SECTION 310. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any current or future sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee.
All Securities so delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at
any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver
to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the
Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.
All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with
its customary procedures and certification of their disposal
delivered to the Company unless by Company Order the Company shall direct that cancelled
Securities be returned to it.
SECTION 311. Computation of Interest.
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Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any Securities,
interest, if any, on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months. For the purposes of disclosure under the Interest Act (Canada), the
yearly rate of interest to which interest calculated under a Security for any period in any
calendar year (the calculation period) is equivalent, is the rate payable under a Security in
respect of the calculation period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the actual
number of days in such calendar year and the denominator of which is the actual number of days in
the calculation period.
SECTION 312. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities.
(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, Securities of any series not
permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders of which have not made
the election provided for in paragraph (b) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on any Security of such series shall be made in the Currency in which such
Security, as the case may be, is payable. The provisions of this Section 312 may be modified or
superseded with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series that
Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Securities in any of the Currencies
which may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election with
signature guarantees and in the applicable form established pursuant to Section 301, not later than
the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a
Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election shall remain in
effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such
transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the
close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective
for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change of election may be made with
respect to payments to be made on any Security of such series with respect to which an Event of
Default has occurred or with respect to which the Company has deposited funds pursuant to Article
Four or Fourteen or with respect to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Company or a
notice of option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such transferee). Any Holder
of any such Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee not later than
the close of business on the applicable Election Date shall be paid the amount due on the
applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in Section 312(a). The Trustee shall
notify the Exchange Rate
Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the aggregate principal amount of
Securities for which Holders have made such written election.
(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the election referred to in
paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301, then, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each
payment date for Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent shall deliver to the Company a
written notice specifying, in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are
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payable, the respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts in such Currency so payable in
respect of the Securities as to which the Holders of Securities of such series shall have elected
to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to in
paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and if at least one Holder has
made such election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, on the second
Business Day preceding such payment date the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for such series
of Securities an Exchange Rate Officers Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign Currency
payments to be made on such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the
Dollar or Foreign Currency amount receivable by Holders of Securities who have elected payment in a
Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the
applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the Valuation Date)
immediately preceding each payment date, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency in which any of the
Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to
paragraph (b) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign
Currency occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the Conversion
Date), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. Unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the
Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities with respect to
such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency other than a currency unit, the
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent
of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided
in paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Holder of a Security
denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in
paragraph (b) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such
Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence
of such election; and if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment
would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars
as provided in paragraph (d) above.
(f) The Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency shall be determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign
Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.
(g) The Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit shall be determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent and subject to the provisions of paragraph (h) below shall be the sum of each amount obtained
by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange
Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect to each payment.
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(h) For purposes of this Section 312, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
A Component Currency shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a
component currency of the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to, the Euro.
A Specified Amount of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such
Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant currency
unit, including, but not limited to, the Euro, on the Conversion Date. If after the
Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination
or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or
multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component
Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such
Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum
of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in
such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single
Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any
Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the Specified Amount of
such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more currencies, having
an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such
replacement equal to the Dollar Equivalent value of the Specified Amount of such former
Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate immediately before such division and such
amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies shall thereafter be
Component Currencies. If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit,
including, but not limited to, the Euro, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred
to above in this definition of Specified Amount) occurs with respect to any Component
Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation Date, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar
Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in
effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.
Election Date shall mean the date for any series of Securities as specified pursuant
to clause (13) of Section 301 by which the written election referred to in paragraph (b)
above may be made.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of
the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and
changes in the Specified Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and
irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee and all Holders of such Securities
denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give
written notice to the Company and the Trustee of any such decision or determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a Conversion Event has occurred
with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company shall immediately give written
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notice thereof to
the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee shall promptly thereafter give notice
in the manner provided for in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date.
In the event the Company so determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to the
Euro or any other currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company shall
immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the
Trustee shall promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided for in Section 106 to the
affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component
Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event the Company determines in good faith that any
subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount
above has occurred, the Company shall similarly give written notice to the Trustee and the Exchange
Rate Agent.
The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information
received by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty
or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information independent of the Company
or the Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 313. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent.
(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of
any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency,
or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company shall
maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange
Rate Agent. The Company shall cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange
determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301 for the purpose of
determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the purpose of converting the
issued Foreign Currency into the applicable payment Currency for the payment of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 312.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a successor Exchange Rate
Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Company and the
Trustee.
(c) The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Exchange Rate
Agent for any series of Securities. If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange Rate Agent for any
cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by
or pursuant to a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or
Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood
that any such successor Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one
or more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, at any
time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities of any particular
series that are originally issued by the Company on the same date and that are initially
denominated and/or payable in the same Currency).
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SECTION 314. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and,
if so, the Trustee shall indicate the CUSIP numbers of the Securities in notices of redemption as
a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in
any notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in CUSIP
numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, this Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to
any series of Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or
pursuant hereto and any right to receive Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005) and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii) Securities
of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with
the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 1003), have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or
(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, 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,
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and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has irrevocably deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose
an amount in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable,
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, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as
the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 606, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 611 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and
the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, for
whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default, whether or not it shall
be occasioned by the provisions of Article Sixteen, and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such
event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to a supplemental indenture, Board
Resolution or Officers Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 301
of this Indenture:
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(1) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that series when such
interest becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period specified in
the applicable supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers Certificate
establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 301 of this Indenture; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of
that series at its Maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise; provided,
however, that a valid extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance
with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the
payment of principal or premium, if any; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of
the Securities of that series and Article Twelve; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company
or any Guarantor in this Indenture which affects or is applicable to the Securities of that
series or any related Guarantee (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a
covenant or agreement which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section or which
has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series
of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a
period specified in the applicable supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers
Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 301 of this Indenture
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee
or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder;
or
(5) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the
Company under or subject to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies
Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable
federal, provincial, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws, or the
issuance of a sequestration order or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or in receipt of any
substantial part of the property of the Company, and any such decree, order or appointment
continues unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
relief under or subject to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies
Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable
federal, provincial, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws, or the
consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of
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any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due; or
(7) (A) there shall have occurred a default by the Company in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) Debt in an amount to be specified in the applicable
supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers Certificate establishing the terms of
such series pursuant to Section 301 of this Indenture or more outstanding under or evidenced
by any single indenture or instrument, when the same becomes due and payable at the stated
maturity thereof, and such default shall have continued after any applicable grace period
and shall not have been cured or waived or (B) Debt of the Company in an amount to be
specified in the applicable supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers
Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 301 of this Indenture
or more outstanding under or evidenced by any single indenture or instrument shall have been
accelerated or otherwise declared due and payable, or required to be prepaid or repurchased
(other than by regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity
thereof; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501 with
respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every
such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series
are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount
as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that
series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
portion thereof) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in
clause (5) or (6) of Section 501 occurs, the principal amount (or if any Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of all Outstanding Securities shall be due and payable immediately,
without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series (or
of all series, as the case may be) has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series (or of all series, as
the case may be), by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise
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specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)),
(A) all overdue interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities of that series
(or of all series, as the case may be),
(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) any Outstanding Securities of
that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which has become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue
interest, if any, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or of all series,
as the case may be), other than the non-payment of amounts of principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or interest on Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be)
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of a declaration of acceleration in
respect of the Securities because of an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) shall have
occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the
Debt that is the subject of such Event of Default has been
discharged or the holders thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect
of such Debt, and written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have
been given to the Trustee by the Company and countersigned by the holders of such Debt or a
trustee, fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration
in respect of the Securities, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30 day period
which has not been cured or waived during such period.
SECTION 503. Collection of Debt and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
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(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at the Maturity thereof,
then the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee 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, if any, and interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if
any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, on any overdue
interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto,
such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name 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 (or of all series, as the case
may be) 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 (or of all series, as the
case may be) by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce
any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of 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, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file a proof of claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any),
or such portion of the principal amount of any series of Original Issue Discount Securities
or Indexed Securities as may be specified in the terms of such series, and interest, if any,
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 agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
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(2) 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 606.
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.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION
506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities,
or both, as the case may be, 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 606;
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of
(and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities in respect of which or for the
benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of
any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and
Third: The balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons
entitled thereto.
SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
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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 the Securities of any series, 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 in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4),
(7) or (8) of Section 501, or, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5)
or (6) of Section 501, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities, 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
satisfactory to the Trustee 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 or more in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series in the case of any Event of Default described in
clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, or, in the case of any Event
of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, by the Holders of a majority
or more in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities of the same series, in the case of any
Event of Default, described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, or of Holders
of all Securities in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section
501, 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 same series, in the case of any Event of
Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, or, in the case of any
Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided herein (including,
if applicable, Article Fourteen) and in such Security, of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on, such Security on the Stated Maturity expressed
in such Security or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and
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to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all
rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
With respect to the Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such 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, relating to or arising under clause (1),
(2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, and, with respect to all Securities, the Holders of not
less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities 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, not relating to or arising
under clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, provided that in each case:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture;
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(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might expose the Trustee to personal
liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of such series not
consenting.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such
series waive any past default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501 (or
in the case of a default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, the Holders of not less
than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities may waive any such past
default), and its consequences, except a default
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on any Security, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series affected.
Upon any such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time
insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it shall
not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may
assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to
authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit
instituted by the Company.
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default hereunder with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section
313(c), notice of such Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been
cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, 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 a trust committee of directors and/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; and provided further that in the case of any
Default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no
such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d):
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than delivery of any Security, to the
Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently
evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon a Board Resolution, an Opinion of Counsel
or an Officers Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance
thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of
Securities
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of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered
to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Indenture; and
(9) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of any series unless either (1) such Default or Event of
Default is known, or ought reasonably to have been known, by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to
the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of any series or by any
Holder of the Securities of any series.
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 any of
its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds
or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for the Trustees certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the
Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver
this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the
statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true
and accurate, subject to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any
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Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities
or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act,
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. A Trustee that has
resigned or was removed shall remain subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 606. 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 as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in
writing (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, advances and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except
any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder,
including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in
connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee, to pay or
reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless
the Trustee shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such obligations of the
Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or
collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities.
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When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, the expenses (including reasonable charges and
expense of its counsel) of and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any applicable U.S. or Canadian federal, state or provincial
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the
resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting
Interests.
(a) There shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee
under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and surplus (together with that of
its parent, if applicable) of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of federal, state, territorial
or District of Columbia 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. 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.
(b) The following indenture shall be deemed to be specifically described herein for the
purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in TIA Section 310(b): Subordinated Debt
Securities Indenture dated as of , between the Company and the trustee
named therein.
SECTION 608. 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 609.
(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 609 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.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act
of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a
successor Trustee required by Section 609 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30
days after the delivery of an Act of removal, the Trustee being removed 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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(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) 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 607(a) and shall fail to
resign 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
(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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such
series, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), 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 of such series 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 or pursuant to 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). 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, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment
in the manner hereinafter provided, 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 to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided for
in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
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SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(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 successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring
Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be
trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder
administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental
indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent
provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance,
shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with
respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by
such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the
appointment of such successor Trustee relates. Whenever there is a successor Trustee with respect
to one or more (but less than all) series of securities issued pursuant to this Indenture, the
terms Indenture and Securities shall have the meanings specified in the provisos to the
respective definitions of those terms in Section 101 which contemplate such situation.
(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
rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
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(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 610. 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 of 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. In case any of the Securities
shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any successor Trustee may
authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect which
this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee; provided,
however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor
Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to
its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Authenticating Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series
and the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the
series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve, in the manner provided for in
Section 106. 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. Any
such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. 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, any state thereof or the District
of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having a combined capital
and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by federal or
state authority. If such 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
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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, it 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 give
written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which
such Authenticating Agent shall serve, in the manner provided for in Section 106. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this
Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
Dated:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that none of the Company or the Trustee or 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 TIA Section 312, 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 TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the
first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to the
Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, a brief report dated as of such May 15 if required by Section 313(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(c) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission to the Holders, be
filed by the Trustee with the Company (Attention: General Counsel), with each securities
exchange upon which any of the Securities are listed (if so listed) and also with the
Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when the Securities become listed on
any stock exchange.
SECTION 703. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 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 such
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;
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(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; and
(3) transmit to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section
313(c), within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any
information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to clauses
(1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time
to time by the Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee are for informational
purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate, amalgamate or enter into any statutory arrangement with or
merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its
properties and assets to any Person, unless:
(1) the entity formed by or continuing from such consolidation, amalgamation or
arrangement or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance
or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety shall:
(A) be a corporation, partnership or trust organized and validly existing under
the laws of:
(i) Canada or any province or territory thereof;
(ii) the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia; or
(iii) if such consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or other
transaction would not impair the rights of the Holders of the Securities, in
any other country, provided that if such successor entity is organized under
the laws of a jurisdiction other than Canada or any province or territory
thereof, or the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, the successor entity assumes by a supplemental
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indenture the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture to pay
Additional Amounts; and
(B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, or assume by
operation of law, the Companys obligation for the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all the Securities and
the performance and observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of
the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company and the successor Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
amalgamation, arrangement, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided
for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
This Section shall only apply to a merger, amalgamation, arrangement or consolidation in which
the Company is not the surviving corporation and to conveyances, leases and transfers by the
Company as transferor or lessor.
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted.
Upon any consolidation, amalgamation or arrangement by the Company with or merger by the
Company into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of
the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to any Person in accordance
with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation, amalgamation or arrangement or
into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall
succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under
this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company
herein, and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company (which term shall for this
purpose mean the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this Indenture or any
successor Person which shall theretofore become such in the manner described in Section 801),
except in the case of a lease, shall be discharged of all obligations and covenants under this
Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
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into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following
purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained 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 being included solely for the benefit
of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default
are being included solely for the benefit of such series); provided,
however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental
indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be
shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an
immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee
upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default
apply to waive such default; or
(4) 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
(5) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections
201 and 301; or
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the
requirements of Section 609(b); or
(7) to close this Indenture with respect to the authentication and delivery of
additional series of Securities, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture; provided such action shall not, in the opinion of the Board of Directors,
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series and any related
coupons in any material respect; or
(8) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on
the authorized amount, terms, purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities,
as herein set forth; or
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(9) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities
pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; provided that any such action shall not, in
the opinion of the Board of Directors, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or
(10) to make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities of any series, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to 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 which affect
such series of Securities 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 of such series,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any) or any
installment of principal of or interest on any Security of such series, or reduce the
principal amount thereof (or premium, if any) or the rate of interest, if any, thereon, or
change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts contemplated by Section 1005
(except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or reduce the
amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or Indexed Security of such
series that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 504, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of any Holder of any
Security of such series, or change any Place of Payment where, or the Currency in which, any
Security of such series or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after
the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be), or adversely affect any
right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided pursuant to Section 301 herein;
or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series 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 which affect
such series or certain defaults applicable to such series hereunder and their consequences
provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or
voting with respect to Securities of such series; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1007, except
to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
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Indenture which affect such series cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series; or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the subordination of
Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. Any such
supplemental indenture adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the
provisions of this Indenture, or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of
such series, shall not affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any
other series.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date
is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons,
shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided that unless such consent shall have become
effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90
days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without
further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be provided with, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
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Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities
of such series.
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of
each Outstanding Security affected, in the manner provided for in Section 106, setting forth in
general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities
that it shall duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where
Securities of that series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion or
exchange, as applicable and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office
of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agents to receive such respective
presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
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The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided, however, that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of
any series for such purposes. The Company shall 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 specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 301
with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for
each series of Securities the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in
such city and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so
long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be
payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of the
Indenture, then the Company shall maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so
required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e))
sufficient to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of such
series so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided and shall 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
shall, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency described in the
preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, 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 shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) for any series of
Securities 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 shall:
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(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on Securities of such 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;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon
the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series; and
(3) 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 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 sums.
Except as provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any), or interest, if any, on any Security of any series, and remaining unclaimed for
two years (or such shorter period as may be specified in the applicable abandoned property
statutes) after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust;
and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to
the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect
to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to
make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an
Authorized Newspaper, 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 shall be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Statement as to Compliance.
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a
brief certificate from the principal executive officer(s), principal financial officer(s) or
principal accounting officer(s) as to his or her knowledge of the Companys compliance with all
conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 1004, such compliance
shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this
Indenture.
SECTION 1005. Additional Amounts.
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If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, the Company shall
pay to the Holder of a Security of such series Additional Amounts as may be specified as
contemplated by Section 301. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security of any series
or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series, such mention
shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by the terms of
such series established pursuant to Section 301 to the extent that, in such context, Additional
Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and express mention
of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall not be
construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express mention is
not made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if the Securities of a series
provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment
Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series shall not bear
interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made),
and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal, premium or interest if there has
been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers Certificate,
the Company shall furnish the Trustee and the Companys principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if
other than the Trustee, with an Officers Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent
or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal, premium or interest on the Securities of that
series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series without withholding for or on account
of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of the series. If
any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers Certificate shall specify by country
the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of that
series and the Company shall pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts
required by the terms of such Securities. In the event that the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as
the case may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned certificate, then the Trustee or such
Paying Agent shall be entitled (i) to assume that no such withholding or deduction is required with
respect to any payment of principal or interest with respect to any Securities of a series until it
shall have received a certificate advising otherwise and (ii) to make all payments of principal and
interest with respect to the Securities of a series without withholding or deductions until
otherwise advised. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to
hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence
or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of
them in reliance on any Officers
Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or in reliance on the Companys not furnishing
such an Officers Certificate.
SECTION 1006. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to
preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the rights (charter and
statutory) and franchises of the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall
not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall determine that the
preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its
subsidiaries as a whole.
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SECTION 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may, with respect to any series of Securities, omit in any particular instance to
comply with any term, provision or condition which affects such series set forth in Section 1006
or, as specified pursuant to Section 301(17) for Securities of such series, in any covenants of the
Company added to Article Ten pursuant to Section 301(15) or Section 301(17) in connection with
Securities of such series, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a
majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of any series, by Act of such Holders,
waive such compliance in such instance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver
shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly
waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company and the
duties of the Trustee to Holders of Securities of such series in respect of any such term,
provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1008. Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
If any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, then the Company shall file with the
Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of
original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding
Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specified information relating to such
original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable
in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated
by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at
least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal
amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such
documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed
pursuant to Section 1103. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of
any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this
Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate evidencing
compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
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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 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method
as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions of the principal of Securities of such series; provided,
however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount
of a Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such
series established pursuant to Section 301.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than
itself) 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 Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or
is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice of redemption shall be
given in the manner provided for in Section 106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed. Failure
to give notice in the manner provided in Section 106 to the Holder of any Securities
designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder,
shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities or
portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holders in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 1106, if any;
(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) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to
such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such
Security, the Holder shall receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of
authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
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(5) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106 shall become due and payable upon
each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest
thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(6) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, if any, maturing after the
Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any;
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency
in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and
accrued interest, if any, on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) (together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date), and
from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price
and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease to
bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice
maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption
Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Redemption Date; provided,
however, that installments of interest on Securities 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 Record Dates
according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
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Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article
or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holders
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, 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. However, if less than all of the Securities of any series with
differing issue dates, interest rates and stated maturities are to be redeemed, the Company in its
sole discretion shall select the particular Securities to be redeemed and shall notify the Trustee
in writing thereof at least 45 days prior to the relevant redemption date.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
Retirements of Securities of any series pursuant to any sinking fund shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
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 mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in
Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any
series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
Subject to Section 1203, in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to any Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option (1)
deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for
redemption) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, and/or (2) receive credit
for the principal amount of Securities of such series which have been previously delivered to the
Trustee by the Company or for Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of the same series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series; provided, however, that such Securities
have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited for such
purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price specified in such Securities for
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redemption through
operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such mandatory sinking fund payment shall be
reduced accordingly.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities,
the Company shall 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 in the
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering
or crediting Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 (which Securities shall, if not
previously delivered, accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its
right to make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such
certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the
cash payment or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund
payment date. In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking
fund payment due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid
entirely in cash and shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject
to a mandatory sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Securities as provided
in Section 1202 and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with
respect to such series.
Not more than 60 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
1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of
the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1106 and 1107.
Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee or a Paying Agent
(or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) in cash a sum equal to any interest that shall accrue to the date fixed for
redemption of Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date
pursuant to this Section 1203.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking fund for any series of Securities, if
at any time the amount of cash to be paid into such sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking
fund payment date, together with any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or
payments for such series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the Trustee, unless requested
by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the redemption of Securities of such
series through the operation of the sinking fund. Any such unused balance of moneys deposited in
such sinking fund shall be added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash on
the next succeeding sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Company, shall be applied
at any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities of such series, by public or private
purchase, in the open market or otherwise, at a
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purchase price for such Securities (excluding
accrued interest and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be
reimbursed by the Company) not in excess of the principal amount thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.
Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders
thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this
Article.
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities.
Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders
thereof shall, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at the
Repayment Price thereof, together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date
specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or before
the Repayment Date it shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is
acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount
of money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise
specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the Repayment Price of and
(except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if any, on, all
the Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option.
Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall
contain an Option to Elect Repayment form on the reverse of such Securities. To be repaid at the
option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such repayment, with the Option to Elect
Repayment form on the reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holders
attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the Place of Payment
therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or places or which the
Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor
later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date. If less than the Repayment Price of such Security
is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the portion of the Repayment Price
of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination for Securities of such
series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the
Holder for the portion of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified.
Any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part
if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal
amount of such Security would be less than the minimum authorized denomination of Securities
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of the series of which such Security to be repaid is a part. Except as otherwise may be provided
by the terms of any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise
of the repayment option by the Holder shall be irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and
Payable.
If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall
have been surrendered as provided in this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of
such Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall
become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein specified,
and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease
to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such
provisions maturing after the Repayment Date, the Repayment Price of such Security so to be repaid
shall be paid by the Company, together with accrued interest, if any, to the Repayment Date;
provided, however, that installments of interest, if any, whose Stated Maturity is
on or prior to the Repayment 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 Record
Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security surrendered for repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, the
Repayment Price shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service
charge and at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be
repaid.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, the
provisions of this Article Fourteen shall apply to each series of Securities, and the Company may,
at its option, effect defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 1402, or
covenant defeasance of or within a series under Section 1403 in accordance with the terms of such
Securities and in accordance with this Article.
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SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set forth in
Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, defeasance). For this purpose, such defeasance means
that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by
such Outstanding Securities, which shall thereafter be deemed to be Outstanding only for the
purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (A) and (B) below,
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), except for the following which shall survive until otherwise
terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities to
receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such
Section, payments in respect of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
such Securities when such payments are due, (B) the Companys obligations with respect to such
Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003 and with respect to the payment of
Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as contemplated by Section 1005, (C) the rights,
powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (D) this Article Fourteen.
Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the Company may exercise its option under this
Section 1402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 1403 with respect to
such Securities. Money and securities held in trust pursuant to this Section 1402 shall not be
subject to Article Sixteen.
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Article
Eight, Section 1006 and any covenant specified pursuant to Section 301, its obligations under any
other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities on and after the date the conditions
set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, covenant defeasance), and such Securities
shall thereafter be deemed not to be Outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver,
consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with
such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed Outstanding for all other purposes hereunder.
For this purpose, such covenant defeasance
means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities, the Company may omit to comply with
and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such
covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such
covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any
other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default
under Section 501(4) or Section 501(8) or otherwise, as the case may be, but, except as specified
above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 1402 or Section 1403 to
any Outstanding Securities of or within a series:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to
comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in
trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) an amount
(in such Currency in which such Securities are then specified as payable at Stated
Maturity), or (B) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on the
basis of the Currency in which such Securities are then specified as payable at Stated
Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof
in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of
any payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, under such
Securities, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of
a nationally recognized firm of independent chartered 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) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities and on the
Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any)
or installment of principal or interest, if any, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund
payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities on the day on which
such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to
apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to said payments with
respect to such Securities. Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the Trustee, in
accordance with Section 1102 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all or any portion
of such Outstanding Securities at a future date in accordance with the terms of the
Securities of such series and Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable.
Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the
foregoing.
(2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred
and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as clauses (5) and (6) of Section
501 are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st 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 defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(4) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States stating that (x) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y)
since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable
U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and
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based thereon such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities shall not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and
shall 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 under Section 1403, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States to the effect that the Holders of
such Outstanding Securities shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income
tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and shall be subject to U.S. 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) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such defeasance or covenant
defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms,
conditions or limitations in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(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 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403 (as
the case may be) have been complied with.
(8) Either the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in Canada or
a ruling from Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to the effect that the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities shall not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian federal,
provincial or territorial income tax or other tax purpose as a result of such defeasance or
covenant defeasance, as the case may be, and shall be subject to Canadian federal or
provincial income tax and other tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case had such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case
may be, not occurred (and for the purposes of such opinion, such Canadian counsel shall
assume that Holders of the Securities include Holders who are not resident in Canada).
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in
Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government
Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this
Section 1405, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of such Outstanding Securities
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any 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, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
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Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to Section 301, if, after a
deposit referred to in Section 1404(1) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of
which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 312(b) or the terms
of such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to
Section 1404(1) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs as
contemplated in Section 312(d) or 312(e) or by the terms of any Security in respect of which the
deposit pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made, the indebtedness represented by such Security
shall be deemed to have been, and shall be, fully discharged and satisfied through the payment of
the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Security as they become due
out of the proceeds yielded by converting (from time to time as specified below in the case of any
such election) the amount or other property deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency
in which such Security becomes payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on
the applicable Market Exchange Rate for such Currency in effect on the third Business Day prior to
each payment date, except, with respect to a Conversion Event, for such Currency in effect (as
nearly as feasible) at the time of the Conversion Event.
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 1404 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 such Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver
or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations
(or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would
then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as
applicable, in accordance with this Article Fourteen.
SECTION 1406. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section
1405 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys obligations under this
Indenture and such Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to Section 1402 or 1403, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying
Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 1405; provided,
however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any such Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company
shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from
the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
GUARANTEES
SECTION 1501. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to each of the Guarantors for the Guarantee
of Securities of a series.
SECTION 1502. Guarantee.
Each Guarantor of a particular series of Securities hereby unconditionally guarantees (each
such guarantee to be referred to herein as a Guarantee), jointly and severally with each other
Guarantor of the Securities of that series, if any, to each Holder of such Securities authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the
validity and enforceability of this Indenture, such Securities or the obligations of the Company
hereunder or thereunder, (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium or
interest on such Securities, whether at maturity or on an interest payment date, by acceleration,
pursuant to an offer to purchase such Securities or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of and interest, if any, on such Securities, if lawful, and all other obligations of the
Company to the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly
paid in full, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof including all amounts payable to
the Trustee under Section 606 hereof, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any such Securities or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in
full when due or to be performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether
at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
If the Company fails to make any payment when due of any amount so guaranteed for whatever
reason, the Guarantor of the Securities of that series shall be obligated, jointly and severally
with each other Guarantor, if any, to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that
its obligations hereunder shall be continuing, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and
shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities, this
Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of
the Securities or the Trustee with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery
of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which
might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of such Guarantor. Each
Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, demand of performance, filing of
claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, the benefit of discussion, protest, notice and all demand
whatsoever and covenants that its Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance
of the obligations contained in the Securities guaranteed by such Guarantee, in this Indenture and
in this Article Fifteen. If any Holder of Securities of a series guaranteed hereby or the Trustee
is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Guarantor of such Securities,
or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company
or any Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or any Guarantor of such Securities to the Trustee
or such Holder, this Article Fifteen, to the extent theretofore discharged with respect to any
Guarantee of such Securities, shall be reinstated in full
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force and effect. Each Guarantor agrees
that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders of Securities
of a series guaranteed hereby by such Guarantor in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby by
such Guarantee until payment in full of all such obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that,
as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders of Securities of a series guaranteed
hereby by such Guarantor and the Trustee on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article Five hereof for the purposes of such
Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration
in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby and (ii) in the event of any acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article Five hereof such obligations (whether or not due and payable)
shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor, jointly and severally with any other
Guarantor of such Securities, for the purpose of this Article Fifteen. In addition, without
limiting the foregoing, upon the effectiveness of an acceleration under Article Five, the Trustee
may make a demand for payment on the Securities under any Guarantee provided hereunder and not
discharged.
With respect to each Guarantee by a Guarantor, such Guarantor shall be subrogated to all
rights of the Holder of any Securities guaranteed hereby by such Guarantee against the Company in
respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by such Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of such
Guarantee; provided that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments
arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of and interest on all
such Securities shall have been paid in full.
The Guarantee set forth in this Section 1502 shall not be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose with respect to a Security until the certificate of authentication on such Security shall
have been signed by the Trustee or any duly appointed agent.
SECTION 1503. Obligations of the Guarantor Unconditional.
Nothing contained in this Article Fifteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any Security is
intended to or shall impair, as between a Guarantor and the Holders of the Securities guaranteed by
such Guarantors Guarantee, the obligations of such Guarantor, which are absolute
and unconditional, to pay to such Holders the principal of and interest as and when the same
shall become due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Guarantee or is intended to
or shall affect the relative rights of such Holders and creditors of such Guarantor, nor shall
anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or such Holder from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon Default under this Indenture in respect of cash,
property or securities of such Guarantor received upon the exercise of any such remedy;
Upon any distribution of assets of a Guarantor referred to in this Article Fifteen, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 602 and 603, and the Holders of the Securities
guaranteed hereby by such Guarantor shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any
court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or
other person making any distribution to the Trustee or to such Holders, for the purpose of
ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of other
indebtedness of such Guarantor, 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.
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SECTION 1504. Article Not to Prevent Events of Default.
The failure to make a payment on account of principal or interest on the Securities of any
series by reason of any provision in this Article Fifteen shall not be construed as preventing the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 501.
SECTION 1505. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
To evidence a Guarantee set forth in this Article Fifteen, the Guarantor hereby agrees that
the guarantee notation, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the Guarantee Notation),
shall be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee that is guaranteed by
such Guarantee and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its
Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding any failure to endorse the Guarantee Notation on each such Security.
If an officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Securities guaranteed hereby no
longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security on which a notation of
the Guarantee is endorsed, such Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall
constitute due delivery of each Guarantee thereof
This Indenture 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 Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of
the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF NOTATION OF SECURITY
RELATING TO GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
[Name of Guarantor] (hereinafter referred to as the Guarantor, which term includes any
successor person under the Indenture (the Indenture) referred to in the Security upon which this
notation is endorsed) (the Endorsed Security), has unconditionally guaranteed (i) the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Endorsed Security and
all other Securities of the same series as the Endorsed Security (the Guaranteed Securities),
whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the
overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Guaranteed Securities, to the
extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the
Holders of Guaranteed Securities or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in
Article Fifteen of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any Guaranteed Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in
full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
The obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of Guaranteed Securities and to the Trustee
pursuant to the Guarantee evidenced hereby and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article
Fifteen of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the terms of such
Guarantee.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the
Guarantor shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee evidenced hereby by reason of his
or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.
The Guarantee evidenced hereby shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the
certificate of authentication of the Guaranteed Securities shall have been executed by the Trustee
under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
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EXHIBIT 4.4
IMAX CORPORATION
SUBORDINATED SECURITIES
INDENTURE
Dated as of
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Trustee
IMAX CORPORATION
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act
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Conversion Date |
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Conversion Event |
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Corporate Trust Office |
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corporation |
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covenant defeasance |
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Default |
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Default Notice |
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Defaulted Interest |
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defeasance |
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Election Date |
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Event of Default |
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Exchange Date |
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Exchange Rate Agent |
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Extension Notice |
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Extension Period |
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Final Maturity |
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Foreign Currency |
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Government Obligations |
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Guarantee |
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Guarantor |
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Holder |
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Indenture |
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Indexed Security |
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interest |
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Interest Payment Date |
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Judgment Currency |
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mandatory sinking fund payment |
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Market Exchange Rate |
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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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Optional Reset Date |
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optional sinking fund payment |
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Original Issue Discount Security |
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Original Stated Maturity |
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Outstanding |
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Paying Agent |
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Payment Blockage Period |
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Person |
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Place of Payment |
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rates of exchange |
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Redemption Date |
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Redemption Price |
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Regular Record Date |
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Repayment Date |
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Repayment Price |
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Required Currency |
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Reset Notice |
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Responsible Officer |
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Security or Securities |
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Securities Act |
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Security Register and Security Registrar |
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Senior Indebtedness |
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Special Record Date |
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Stated Maturity |
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Subsequent Interest Period |
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Trust Indenture Act or TIA |
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Trustee |
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United States |
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United States person |
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Valuation Date |
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Vice President |
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Yield to Maturity |
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SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions |
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SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee |
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SECTION 104. Acts of Holders |
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SECTION 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company |
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SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver |
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SECTION 107. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents |
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SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns |
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SECTION 109. Separability Clause |
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SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture |
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SECTION 111. Governing Law |
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SECTION 112. Legal Holidays |
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SECTION 113. Currency Indemnity |
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SECTION 114. Currency Equivalent |
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SECTION 115. Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities |
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SECTION 116. Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the Company Exempt from
Individual Liability |
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SECTION 117. Waiver of Jury Trial |
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SECTION 118. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act |
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ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS |
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SECTION 201. Forms Generally |
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SECTION 202. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication |
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form |
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ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES |
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SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series |
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SECTION 302. Denominations |
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SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating |
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SECTION 304. Temporary Securities |
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SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange |
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SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities |
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SECTION 307. Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest Rights Preserved;
Optional Interest Reset |
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SECTION 308. Optional Extension of Stated Maturity |
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SECTION 309. Persons Deemed Owners |
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SECTION 310. Cancellation |
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SECTION 311. Computation of Interest |
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SECTION 312. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities |
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SECTION 313. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate Agent |
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SECTION 314. CUSIP Numbers |
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ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture |
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SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money |
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ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES |
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SECTION 501. Events of Default |
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SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment |
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SECTION 503. Collection of Debt and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee |
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SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities |
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SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected |
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SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits |
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SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest |
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SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies |
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SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative |
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SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver |
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SECTION 512. Control by Holders |
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SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults |
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SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws |
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SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs |
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ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE |
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SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults |
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SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee |
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SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities |
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SECTION 604. May Hold Securities |
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SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust |
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SECTION 606. Compensation and Reimbursement |
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SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting Interests |
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SECTION 608. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor |
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SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor |
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SECTION 610. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business |
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SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent |
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ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY |
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SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders |
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SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee |
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SECTION 703. Reports by Company |
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ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE |
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SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms |
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SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted |
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ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES |
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SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders |
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SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures |
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SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures |
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SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act |
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SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures |
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SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures |
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SECTION 908. Effect on Senior Indebtedness |
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ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS |
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SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest |
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SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust |
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SECTION 1004. Statement as to Compliance |
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SECTION 1005. Additional Amounts |
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SECTION 1006. Corporate Existence |
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SECTION 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants |
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SECTION 1008. Calculation of Original Issue Discount |
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ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES |
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SECTION 1101. Applicability of Article |
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SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee |
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SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed |
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SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption |
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SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price |
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SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date |
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SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part |
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ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS |
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SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article |
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SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities |
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SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund |
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS |
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SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article |
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SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities |
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SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option |
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SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable |
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SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part |
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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SECTION 1401. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge |
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SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
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SECTION 1406. Reinstatement |
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ARTICLE FIFTEEN GUARANTEES |
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SECTION 1501. Applicability of Article |
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SECTION 1502. Guarantee |
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SECTION 1503. Obligations of the Guarantor Unconditional |
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SECTION 1504. Article Not to Prevent Events of Default |
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SECTION 1505. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee |
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ARTICLE SIXTEEN SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES |
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SECTION 1601. Agreement to Subordinate |
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SECTION 1602. Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization;
Subrogation of Securities |
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SECTION 1603. No Payment on Securities in Certain Circumstances |
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SECTION 1604. Payments on Securities Permitted |
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SECTION 1605. Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect Subordination |
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SECTION 1606. Notices to Trustee |
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SECTION 1607. Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness |
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SECTION 1608. Modifications of Terms of Senior Indebtedness |
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SECTION 1609. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent |
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ARTICLE SEVENTEEN SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES |
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SECTION 1701. Agreement to Subordinate |
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SECTION 1702. Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization; Subrogation of
Guarantees |
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SECTION 1703. No Payment on Guarantees in Certain Circumstances |
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SECTION 1704. Payments on Guarantees Permitted |
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SECTION 1705. Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect Subordination |
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SECTION 1706. Notices to Trustee |
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SECTION 1707. Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor |
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SECTION 1708. Modifications of Terms of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor |
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SECTION 1709. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating Agent |
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TESTIMONIUM |
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SIGNATURES AND SEALS |
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FORM OF GUARANTEE |
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EXHIBIT A |
vii
INDENTURE,
dated as of
, ___ between IMAX CORPORATION, a corporation duly organized and existing
under the laws of Canada (herein called the Company), having its principal office at 2525
Speakman Drive, Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1, and _________________, a ________________ duly organized and existing under the laws of
, as trustee (herein called the Trustee).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for
the issuance from time to time of its senior debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness
(herein called the Securities), which may be convertible into or exchangeable for any securities
of any person (including the Company), to be issued in one or more series as provided in this
Indenture.
This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,
that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by
such provisions.
All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid and binding 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 series thereof, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
SECTION 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise requires:
(1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this
Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein, and the terms
cash transaction and self-liquidating paper, as used in TIA Section 311, shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the rules of the Commission adopted under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to
them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and, except as
otherwise herein expressly provided, the term generally accepted accounting principles with respect
to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles
used in the Companys annual financial statements contained in the Companys annual report
delivered to its shareholders in respect of the fiscal year immediately prior to the date of
such computation;
(4) 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;
(5) or is not exclusive;
(6) including or include means including or include without limitation; and
(7) unsecured or unguaranteed Debt shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to
secured or guaranteed Debt merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured or guaranteed Debt.
Certain terms, used principally in Article Three and Article Five are defined in those
Articles.
Act, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
Additional Amounts means any additional amounts which are required by a Security or by or
pursuant to a Board Resolution, under circumstances specified therein, to be paid by the Company in
respect of certain taxes imposed on certain Holders and which are owing to such Holders.
Affiliate of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling
or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the
purposes of this definition, control when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms controlling and
controlled have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
Authenticating Agent means any Person appointed by the Trustee to act on behalf of the
Trustee pursuant to Section 611 to authenticate Securities.
Authorized Newspaper means a newspaper, in the English language or in an official language of the country of
publication, customarily published on each Business Day, whether or not such newspaper is also
published on Saturdays, Sundays or holidays, and of general circulation in each place in connection
with which the term is used or in the financial community of each such place. Where successive
publications are required to be made in Authorized Newspapers, the successive publications may be
made in the same or in different newspapers in the same city meeting the foregoing requirements and
in each case on any Business Day.
2
Board of Directors means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized
committee of that board.
Board Resolution means a copy of a resolution certified by the General Counsel, 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 or any other particular
location referred to in this Indenture or in the Securities, means, unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment or other location
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.
calculation period has the meaning specified in Section 311.
Capital Stock means (a) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all
shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not
voting) of corporate stock, including each class of common stock and preferred stock of such Person
and (b) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership
or other equity interests of such Person.
Commission means the United States 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 Indenture such
Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture
Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
Company means the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this
Indenture, and thereafter Company shall mean such successor Person.
Company Request or Company Order means a written request or order signed in the name of
the Company by any two Officers, and delivered to the Trustee.
Component Currency has the meaning specified in Section 312.
Conversion Date has the meaning specified in Section 312.
Conversion Event means the cessation of use of (i) a Foreign Currency (other than the Euro
or other currency unit) both by the government of the country which issued such Currency and by a
central bank or other public institution of or within the international banking community for the
settlement of transactions, (ii) the Euro or (iii) any currency unit (or composite currency) other
than the Euro for the purposes for which it was established.
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 on the date
of execution of this Indenture is located at
, Attention: , except
that with respect to presentation of Securities for payment or for registration of
3
transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which, at any particular time,
its corporate agency business shall be conducted.
corporation includes corporations, associations, companies and business trusts.
covenant defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1403.
Currency means any currency or currencies, composite currency or currency unit or currency
units, including, without limitation, the Euro, issued by the government of one or more countries
or by any recognized confederation or association of such governments.
Debt means notes, bonds, debentures or other similar evidences of indebtedness for money
borrowed.
Default means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an
Event of Default.
Default Notice has the meaning specified in Section 1603.
Defaulted Interest has the meaning specified in Section 307.
defeasance has the meaning specified in Section 1402.
Depositary means a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to
act as Depositary for the Global Securities. The Company initially appoints DTC as the Depositary.
Dollar or $ means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United
States as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit has the meaning specified in Section 312.
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency has the meaning specified in Section 312.
DTC means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors.
Election Date has the meaning specified in Section 312.
Eligible Guarantors means each of the Companys North American Subsidiaries.
Euro means the lawful currency of the participating member states of the European Union that have
adopted the single currency in accordance with the Treaty establishing the European Community
(whether known as the Euro or otherwise).
Event of Default has the meaning specified in Section 501.
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Exchange Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exchange Date has the meaning specified in Section 304.
Exchange Rate Agent means, with respect to Securities of or within any series, unless
otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, a New York clearing
house bank, designated pursuant to Section 301 or Section 313.
Exchange Rate Officers Certificate means a certificate setting forth (i) the applicable
Market Exchange Rate and (ii) the Dollar or Foreign Currency amounts of principal (and premium, if
any) and interest, if any (on an aggregate basis and on the basis of a Security having the lowest
denomination principal amount determined in accordance with Section 302 in the relevant Currency),
payable with respect to a Security of any series on the basis of such Market Exchange Rate, signed
by any Officer of the Company.
Extension Notice has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Extension Period has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Final Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Foreign Currency means any Currency other than Currency of the United States.
Government Obligations means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of
Securities pursuant to Section 301, securities which are (i) direct obligations of the government
which issued the Currency in which the Securities of a particular series are payable or (ii)
obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of
the government which issued the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the
payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed by such government, which, in either case, are full
faith and credit obligations of such government payable in such Currency and are not callable or
redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and shall also include a depository receipt issued
by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such Government Obligation or a
specific payment of interest on or principal of any such Government Obligation held by such
custodian for the account of a holder of a depository receipt; provided that (except as
required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to
the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the
Government Obligation or the specific payment of interest on or principal of the Government
Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.
Guarantee has the meaning specified in Section 1502.
Guarantee Notation has the meaning specified in Section 1502.
Guarantor has the meaning specified in Section 1501.
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Holder means the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
Indenture means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be
supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the
applicable provisions hereof, and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities
established as contemplated by Section 301 and the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are
deemed to be part hereof; provided, however, that, if at any time more than one
Person is acting as Trustee under this instrument, Indenture shall mean, with respect to any one
or more series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee, 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 for which such Person is Trustee established as
contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to
other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or
provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more
indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such Person had become such Trustee but
to which such Person, as such Trustee, was not a party.
Indexed Security means a Security the terms of which provide that the principal amount
thereof payable at Stated Maturity may be more or less than the principal face amount thereof at
original issuance.
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 at the rate prescribed in
such Original Issue Discount Security, and, when used with respect to a Security which provides for
the payment of Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 1005, includes such Additional Amounts.
Interest Payment Date, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of
an installment of interest on such Security.
Judgment Currency has the meaning specified in Section 113.
mandatory sinking fund payment has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
Market Exchange Rate means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, (i) for any conversion involving a currency unit on the one hand and
Dollars or any Foreign Currency on the other, the exchange rate between the relevant currency unit
and Dollars or such Foreign Currency calculated by the method specified pursuant to Section 301 for
the Securities of the relevant series, (ii) for any conversion of Dollars into any Foreign
Currency, the noon (New York City time) buying rate for such Foreign Currency for cable transfers
quoted in New York City as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York
and (iii) for any conversion of one Foreign Currency into Dollars or another Foreign Currency, the
spot rate at noon local time in the relevant market at which, in accordance with normal banking
procedures, the Dollars or Foreign Currency into which conversion is being made could be purchased
with the Foreign Currency from which conversion
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is being made from major banks located in either
New York City, London, England or any other principal market for Dollars or such purchased Foreign
Currency, in each case determined by the Exchange Rate Agent. Unless otherwise specified with
respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, in the event of the unavailability of any of the
exchange rates provided for in the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Exchange Rate Agent
shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major
banks in New York City, London, England or another principal market for the Currency in question,
or such other quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent shall deem appropriate. Unless otherwise
specified by the Exchange Rate Agent, if there is more than one market for dealing in any Currency
by reason of foreign exchange regulations or otherwise, the market to be used in respect of such
Currency shall be that upon which a non-resident issuer of securities designated in such Currency
would purchase such Currency in order to make payments in respect of such securities.
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, notice of redemption, notice of
option to elect repayment or otherwise.
North American Subsidiary means any Subsidiary of the Company, as defined in clauses (i) and
(ii) only of the definition of Subsidiary, that was formed under the laws of the United States or
any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or under the laws of Canada or any
province or territory thereof.
Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, any Executive Vice President, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President, the General
Counsel, the Treasurer or the Secretary or any Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the
Company.
Officers Certificate means a written certificate signed in the name of the Company by any
two Officers, and delivered to the Trustee.
Opinion of Counsel means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Company,
including an employee of the Company.
Optional Reset Date has the meaning specified in Section 307.
optional sinking fund payment has the meaning specified in Section 1201.
Original Issue Discount Security means any Security which provides for an amount less than
the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
Original Stated Maturity has the meaning specified in Section 308.
Outstanding, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination,
all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
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(i) Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation pursuant to the terms of this Indenture;
(ii) Securities, or portions thereof, for whose payment or redemption or repayment at
the option of the Holder 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 therefore satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;
(iii) Securities, except to the extent provided in Sections 1402 and 1403, with respect
to which the Company has effected defeasance and/or covenant defeasance as provided in
Article Fourteen; and
(iv) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this
Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been
presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a
protected purchaser (as defined in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code) in whose hands
such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, and for the purpose of making the calculations
required by TIA Section 313, (i) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that
may be counted in making such determination or calculation and that shall be deemed to be
Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal to the amount of principal thereof that would be (or
shall have been declared to be) due and payable, at the time of such determination, upon a
declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, (ii) the principal
amount of any Security denominated in a Foreign Currency that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed Outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the Dollar equivalent, determined as of the date such Security is originally issued by the
Company as set forth in an Exchange Rate Officers Certificate delivered to the Trustee, of the
principal amount (or, in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security, the Dollar equivalent as
of such date of original issuance of the amount determined as provided in clause (i) above) of such
Security, (iii) the principal amount of any Indexed Security that may be counted in making such
determination or calculation and that shall be deemed outstanding for such purpose shall be equal
to the principal face amount of such Indexed Security at original issuance, unless otherwise
provided with respect to such Security pursuant to Section 301, and (iv) 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 making such calculation or in relying upon any such request,
demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Securities which a Responsible
Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned
which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgees right so to act with respect
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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 such other obligor.
Paying Agent means any Person (including the Company acting as Paying Agent) authorized by
the Company to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Securities on
behalf of the Company.
Payment Blockage Period has the meaning specified in Section 1603.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or
political subdivision thereof.
Place of Payment means, when used with respect to the Securities of or within any series,
the place or places where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such
Securities are payable as specified and as contemplated by or pursuant to Sections 301 and 1002.
rates of exchange has the meaning specified in Section 113.
Redemption Date, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, in whole or in part,
means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
Redemption Price, when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at
which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities
of or within any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
Repayment Date means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of
the Holder, the date fixed for such repayment pursuant to this Indenture.
Repayment Price means, when used with respect to any Security to be repaid at the option of
the Holder, the price at which it is to be repaid pursuant to this Indenture.
Required Currency has the meaning specified in Section 113.
Reset Notice has the meaning specified in Section 307.
Responsible Officer, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, officer or any other
officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
above-designated officers, and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any
other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this
Indenture.
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Security or Securities has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and
more particularly means Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture;
provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one Person acting as
Trustee under this Indenture, Securities with respect to the Indenture as to which such Person is
Trustee shall have the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and shall more
particularly mean Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, exclusive, however,
of Securities of any series as to which such Person is not Trustee.
Securities Act means the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
Security Register and Security Registrar have the respective meanings specified in Section
305.
Senior Indebtedness means the principal of (and premium, if any) and unpaid interest on (i)
indebtedness of the Company (including indebtedness of others guaranteed by the Company), whether
outstanding on the date hereof or thereafter created, incurred, assumed or guaranteed, for money
borrowed, unless in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is
outstanding it is provided that such indebtedness is not senior or prior in right of payment to the
Securities, and (ii) renewals, extensions, modifications and refundings of any such indebtedness.
Special Record Date for the payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of or within
any series means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
Specified Amount has the meaning specified in Section 312.
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, as
such date may be extended pursuant to the provisions of Section 308.
Subsequent Interest Period has the meaning specified in Section 307.
Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, (i) any corporation, association or other
business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of Capital Stock entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or
trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one
or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof), (ii) any partnership
(a) the sole general partner or the managing
Trust Indenture Act or TIA means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date
as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 905; provided,
however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act is amended after such date, Trust
Indenture Act or TIA means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture
Act of 1939 as so amended.
Trustee means the Person named as the Trustee in the first paragraph of this Indenture
until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions
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of this Indenture, and thereafter Trustee shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee
hereunder; provided, however, that if at any time there is more than one such
Person, Trustee as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean only the Trustee
with respect to Securities of that series.
United States means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to
Section 301, the United States of America (including the states and the District of Columbia), its
territories, its possessions and other areas subject to its jurisdiction.
United States person means, unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities
pursuant to Section 301, an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, a
corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United
States or an estate or trust the income of which is subject to United States federal income
taxation regardless of its source.
Valuation Date has the meaning specified in Section 312.
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.
Yield to Maturity means the yield to maturity, computed at the time of issuance of a
Security (or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such Security) and
as set forth in such Security in accordance with generally accepted United States bond yield
computation principles.
SECTION 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any
provision of this Indenture, the Trustee may require an Officers Certificate stating that all
conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture (including any covenant compliance
with which constitutes a condition precedent) relating to the proposed action have been complied
with or an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions
precedent, if any, have been complied with, or both; provided, however, 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 covenant or condition provided
for in this Indenture (other than pursuant to Section 1004) shall include:
(1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such
covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation
upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
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(3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as
to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such covenant or
condition has been complied with.
SECTION 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion
of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by
the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document,
but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to
such matters in one or several documents.
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to
legal matters, upon an Opinion of Counsel, or a certificate or representations by counsel, unless
such Officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations by counsel with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or
opinion is based are erroneous. Any such Opinion of Counsel or certificate or representations 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.
Any certificate or opinion of an Officer of the Company or of counsel may be based, insofar as
it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an
accountant or firm of accountants in the employ of the Company, unless such Officer or counsel, as
the case may be, knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or
opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which such certificate or
opinion may be based are erroneous. Any certificate or opinion of any independent firm of
chartered accountants filed with the Trustee shall contain a statement that such firm is
independent.
Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests,
consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may,
but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
SECTION 104. Acts of Holders.
(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action
provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders of the Outstanding Securities of all
series or one or more series, as the case may be, 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. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become
effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the
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Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. Such instrument or instruments and any such
record (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as
the Act of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments or so voting at any such meeting.
Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or of the
holding by any Person of a Security, shall be sufficient for
any purpose of this Indenture and 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 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 principal amount and serial numbers of Securities held by any Person, and the date of
holding the same, shall be proved by the Security Register.
(d) If the Company shall solicit from the Holders of Securities 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. Notwithstanding TIA Section 316(c), such
record date shall be the record date specified in or pursuant to such Board Resolution, which shall
be a date not earlier than the date 30 days prior to the first solicitation of Holders generally in
connection therewith and not later than the date such solicitation is completed. 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 eleven months after the record date.
(e) 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 therefore or in lieu
thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee, any Security
Registrar, any Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Company in reliance thereon, whether
or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
SECTION 105. Notices, etc. to Trustee and Company.
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Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or
other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or
filed with,
(1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose
hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at its
Corporate Trust Office, or
(2) the Company or any Guarantor 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, Attention: General Counsel, addressed
to it at the address of its principal office specified in the first paragraph of this
Indenture or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the
Company.
SECTION 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
Where this Indenture provides for notice of any event to Holders of Securities by the Company
or the Trustee, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each such 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 of Securities 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 of Securities. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the
manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether
or not such Holder actually receives such notice.
In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service or by reason
of any other cause, it shall be impractical to mail notice of any event to Holders of Securities
when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any
manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be
sufficient giving of such notice 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.
Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing
by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver
shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the
Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in
reliance upon such waiver.
SECTION 107. 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.
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SECTION 108. Successors and Assigns.
All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its successors and
assigns, whether so expressed or not.
SECTION 109. Separability Clause.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in any Security shall be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in
any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 110. Benefits of Indenture.
Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person,
other than the parties hereto, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Securities Registrar
and their successors hereunder and the Holders of Securities, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
SECTION 111. Governing Law.
This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
law of the State of New York. This Indenture is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act that are required to be part of this Indenture and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed
by such provisions.
SECTION 112. Legal Holidays.
In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund
payment date or Stated Maturity or 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 any Security
other than a provision in the Securities of any series which specifically states that such
provision shall apply in lieu of this Section), payment of principal (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the
next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on
the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date or sinking fund payment date, or at the
Stated Maturity or Maturity; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and
after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date, Repayment Date, sinking fund payment date,
Stated Maturity or Maturity, as the case may be.
SECTION 113. Currency Indemnity. (a) The Company covenants and agrees that the following
provisions shall apply to conversion of currency in the case of the Securities and this Indenture:
(i) If for the purposes of obtaining judgment in, or enforcing the judgment of, any
court in any country, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (the Judgment
Currency) an amount due or contingently due under the Securities of any series and this
Indenture (the Required Currency), then the conversion shall be made at the rate of
exchange prevailing on the Business Day before the day on which a final
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judgment which is
not appealable or is not appealed is given or the order of enforcement is made, as the case
may be (unless a court shall otherwise determine).
(ii) If there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Business Day
before the day on which the judgment referred to in (i) above is given or an order of
enforcement is made, as the case may be (or such other date as a court shall determine), and
the date of receipt of the amount due, the Company shall pay such additional (or, as the
case may be, such lesser) amount, if any, as may be necessary so that the amount paid in the
Judgment Currency when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of receipt
shall produce the amount in the Required Currency originally due.
(b) In the event of the winding-up of the Company at any time while any amount or damages
owing under the Securities and this Indenture, or any judgment or order rendered in respect
thereof, shall remain outstanding, the Company shall indemnify and hold the Holders and the Trustee
harmless against any deficiency arising or resulting from any variation in rates of exchange
between (1) the date as of which the equivalent of the amount in the Required Currency (other than
under this paragraph (b)) is calculated for the purposes of such winding-up and (2) the final date
for the filing of proofs of claim in such winding-up. For the purpose of this paragraph (b) the
final date for the filing of proofs of claim in the winding-up of the Company shall be the date
fixed by the liquidator or otherwise in accordance with the relevant provisions of applicable law
as being the latest practicable date as at which liabilities of the Company may be ascertained for
such winding-up prior to payment by the liquidator or otherwise in respect thereto.
(c) The obligations contained in paragraphs (a)(ii) and (b) above shall constitute separate
and independent obligations of the Company from its other obligations under the Securities and this
Indenture, shall give rise to separate and independent causes of action against the Company, shall
apply irrespective of any waiver or extension granted by any Holder or Trustee from time to time
and shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any judgment or order or the filing of
any proof of claim in the winding-up of the Company for a liquidated sum in respect of amounts due
hereunder (other than under paragraph (b) above) or under any such judgment or order. Any such
deficiency as aforesaid shall be deemed to constitute a loss suffered by the Holders or the
Trustee, as the case may be, and no proof or evidence of any actual loss shall be required by the
Company or the applicable liquidator. In the case of paragraph (b) above, the amount of such
deficiency shall not be deemed to be reduced by
any variation in rates of exchange occurring between the said final date and the date of any
liquidating distribution.
(d) The term rate(s) of exchange shall mean the Bank of Canada noon rate for purchases on
the relevant date of the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency, as reported by Telerate on
screen 3194 (or such other means of reporting the Bank of Canada noon rate as may be agreed upon by
each of the parties to this Indenture) and includes any premiums and costs of exchange payable.
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SECTION 114. Currency Equivalent.
Except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, for purposes of the construction of the terms
of this Indenture or of the Securities, in the event that any amount is stated herein in the
Currency of one nation (the First Currency), as of any date such amount shall also be deemed to
represent the amount in the Currency of any other relevant nation which is required to purchase
such amount in the First Currency at the noon buying rate in the City of New York for cable
transfers payable to such First Currency in the City of New York on the applicable issue date, as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
SECTION 115. Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of
Immunities.
By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company (i) acknowledges that it has
irrevocably designated and appointed [] as its authorized agent upon which process may be served
in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities or this Indenture that may
be instituted in any United States federal or New York State court in the Borough of Manhattan, The
City of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws or brought by the Trustee
(whether in its individual capacity or in its capacity as Trustee hereunder), (ii) submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that
service of process upon [] and written notice of said service to the Company (mailed or delivered
to the Company, Attention: General Counsel, at its principal office specified in the first
paragraph of this Indenture and in the manner specified in Section 105 hereof), shall be deemed in
every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The
Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and
all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and
appointment of [] in full force and effect so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding.
To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of
any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to
judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its
property, the Company hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its obligations under
this Indenture and the Securities, to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 116. Incorporators, Shareholders, Officers and Directors of the
Company Exempt from Individual Liability.
No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture,
or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any
incorporator, as such, or against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director, as
such, of the Company or of any successor, either directly or through the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the
enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such
liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders
and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.
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SECTION 117. Waiver of Jury Trial.
Each of the Company and the Trustee hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted
by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Indenture, the Securities or the transactions contemplated hereby.
SECTION 118. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
If and to the extent that any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties
imposed by any of Section 310 to 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, through operation of
Section 318(c) thereof, such imposed duties control.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
SECTION 201. Forms Generally.
(a) The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the forms 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 or any indenture supplemental hereto, and may have such letters,
numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as the
Company may deem appropriate and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or
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 forms of Securities of any 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 General Counsel, Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the
Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the
authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any portion of the text of any Security may be set
forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Security.
The Trustees certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the
form set forth in this Article.
The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved or produced by any
combination of these methods on a steel-engraved border or steel-engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the Officers executing such
Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
SECTION 202. Form of Trustees Certificate of Authentication.
Subject to Section 611, the Trustees certificate of authentication shall be in substantially
the following form:
TRUSTEES CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
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This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
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SECTION 203. Securities Issuable in Global Form.
If Securities of or within a series are issuable in global form, as specified as contemplated
by Section 301, then, notwithstanding clause (8) of Section 301, 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 of such series from time to
time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate amount of Outstanding Securities of such series
represented thereby may from time to time be increased or decreased 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 by the Trustee 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 303 or Section 304. Subject to
the provisions of Section 303 and, if applicable, Section 304, 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 303 or Section 304 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 102 and need not be accompanied by an Opinion
of Counsel.
The provisions of the last sentence of Section 303 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 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) with regard to the reduction in the principal amount of Securities represented
thereby, together with the written statement contemplated by the last sentence of Section 303.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 307, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301, payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security in
permanent global form shall be made to the Person or Persons specified therein.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 309 and except as provided in the preceding
paragraph, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company and the Trustee
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shall treat as the Holder of such principal amount of Outstanding Securities represented by a permanent global
Security the Holder of such permanent global Security.
None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or the Security Registrar will have any
responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account
of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing
any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
SECTION 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under
this Indenture is unlimited. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time
and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened, without the consent of the Holders, for
issuances of additional Securities of such series. Securities shall be subordinated in right of
payment to all Senior Indebtedness as provided in Article Sixteen hereof.
The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in one or more
Board Resolutions or pursuant to authority granted by one or more Board Resolutions and, subject to
Section 303, set forth in, or determined in the manner provided in, an Officers Certificate, or
established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of
any series, any or all of the following, as applicable (each of which (except for the matters set
forth in clauses (1), (2) and (18) below), if so provided, may be determined from time to time by
the Company with respect to unissued Securities of the series and set forth in such Securities of
the series when issued from time to time):
(1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities
of the series from all other series of Securities);
(2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that
may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated
and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other
Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906, 1107 or 1305);
(3) the date or dates, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined or
extended, on which the principal of the Securities of the series is payable;
(4) the rate or rates (whether fixed or variable) at which the Securities of the series
shall bear interest, if any, or the method by which such rate or rates shall be determined,
the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue, or the method by which such date or
dates shall be determined, the Interest Payment Dates on which such interest shall be
payable and the Regular Record Date for the interest payable on any Security on any Interest
Payment Date, or the method by which such date or dates shall be determined, and the basis
upon which interest shall be calculated if other than on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months;
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(5) the place or places, if any, other than or in addition to The City of New York,
where the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on Securities of the
series shall be payable, where any Securities of the series may be surrendered for
registration of transfer, where Securities of the series may be surrendered for exchange,
where Securities of the series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for
conversion or exchange, as applicable, and, if different than the location specified in
Section 105, the place or places where notices or demands to or upon the Company in respect
of the Securities of the series and this Indenture may be served and the extent to which, or
the manner in which, any interest payment or Additional Amounts on a global Security on an
Interest Payment Date shall be paid;
(6) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency in
which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed,
in whole or in part, at the option of the Company, if the Company is to have that option;
(7) the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of such
extension;
(8) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem, repay or purchase Securities of
the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provision or at the option of a Holder
thereof, and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which, the Currency
in which, and other terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, repaid or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
(9) if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the
denomination or denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
(10) if other than the Trustee, the identity of each Security Registrar and/or Paying
Agent;
(11) if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of
Securities of the series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the
Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the method by which such portion shall be
determined;
(12) if other than Dollars, the Currency in which payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of the series shall be payable or in
which the Securities of the series shall be denominated and the particular provisions
applicable thereto in accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of
Section 312;
(13) whether the amount of payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest,
if any, on the Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index,
formula or other method (which index, formula or method may be based, without limitation, on
one or more Currencies, commodities, equity indices or other indices), and the manner in
which such amounts shall be determined;
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(14) whether the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on the
Securities of the series are to be payable, at the election of the Company or a Holder
thereof, in a Currency other than that in which such Securities are denominated or stated to
be payable, the period or periods within which (including the Election Date), and the terms
and conditions upon which, such election may be made, and the time and manner of determining
the exchange rate between the Currency in which such Securities are denominated or stated to
be payable and the Currency in which such Securities are to be so payable, in each case in
accordance with, in addition to or in lieu of any of the provisions of Section 312;
(15) the designation of the initial Exchange Rate Agent, if any;
(16) the applicability, if any, of Sections 1402 and/or 1403 to the Securities of the
series and any provisions in modification of, in addition to or in lieu of any of the
provisions of Article Fourteen that shall be applicable to the Securities of the series;
(17) provisions, if any, granting special rights to the Holders of Securities of the
series upon the occurrence of such events as may be specified;
(18) any deletions from, modifications of or additions to the Events of Default or
covenants (including any deletions from, modifications of or additions to Section 1007) of
the Company with respect to Securities of the series, whether or not such Events of Default
or covenants are consistent with the Events of Default or covenants set forth herein;
(19) whether the Securities of the series shall be issued in whole or in part in
permanent global form and, in such case, the Depositary for such Securities if other than
DTC; the manner in which and the circumstances under which interests in any such permanent
global Security may be exchanged for Securities in definitive form, if other than, or in
addition to, the manner and circumstances specified in Section 304;
(20) the Person to whom any interest on any Security of the series shall be payable, if
other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is
registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest and the
extent to which, or the manner in which, any interest payable on a temporary global Security
on an Interest Payment Date shall be paid if other than in the manner provided in Section
304;
(21) if Securities of the series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon
original issue or upon exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of
certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, the form and/or
terms of such certificates, documents or conditions;
(22) if the Securities of the series are to be issued upon the exercise of warrants,
the time, manner and place for such Securities to be authenticated and delivered;
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(23) whether, under what circumstances and the Currency in which the Company shall pay
Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005 on the Securities of the series to any
Holder who is not a United States person (including any modification to the definition of
such term) in respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge and, if so, whether the
Company shall have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such Additional
Amounts (and the terms of any such option);
(24) which, if any, of the Eligible Guarantors shall guarantee the Securities on the
terms set forth in Article Fifteen (each of the Eligible Guarantors that guarantee the
Securities described in Article Fifteen, if any, a Guarantor) and if payment of the
Securities of the series shall be guaranteed by any other Person;
(25) the percentage or percentages of principal amount of which the Securities of the
series shall be issued;
(26) if the Securities of the series are to be convertible into or exercisable,
redeemable or exchangeable for any securities of any Person (including the Company), the
terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be so convertible or exchangeable,
including whether conversion, exercise, redemption or exchange is mandatory, at the option
of the Holder or at the Companys option, the date on or the period during which conversion,
exercise, redemption or exchange may occur, the initial conversion, exercise, redemption or
exchange price or rate and the circumstances or manner in which the amount of common shares
or preference shares or other securities issuable upon conversion, exercise, redemption or
exchange may be adjusted;;
(27) the ranking of the obligations of each Guarantor under its respective Guarantee,
if other than on parity with all other unsecured Debt, if the Securities of the series are
subject to mandatory or optional remarketing or other mandatory or optional resale
provisions, and, if applicable, the date or period during which such resale may occur, any conditions to such resale and any right of a Holder to substitute securities
for the Securities subject to resale; and
(28) any other terms, conditions, rights and preferences (or limitations on such rights
and preferences) relating to the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or 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 (subject to Section
303) and set forth in such Officers Certificate or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. Not
all Securities of any one series need be issued at the same time, and, unless otherwise provided, a
series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.
If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to one or more
Board Resolutions, such Board Resolutions shall be delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the
delivery of the Officers Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
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SECTION 302. Denominations.
The Securities of each series shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in such
denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by or pursuant to Section 301. With respect to
Securities of any series denominated in Dollars, in the absence of any such provisions, the
Securities of such series, other than Securities issued in global form (which may be of any
denomination), shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.
SECTION 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by any Officer. The signature of
any Officer on the Securities may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any
future such authorized Officer and may be imprinted or otherwise reproduced on the Securities.
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 such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver
such Securities. If not all of the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time and if
the Board Resolution or supplemental indenture establishing such series shall so permit, such Company Order may set forth procedures acceptable to the Trustee for the issuance of such
Securities and determining the terms of particular Securities of such series such as interest rate,
stated maturity, date of issuance and date from which interest shall accrue.
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
TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d)) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating:
(1) that the form or forms of such Securities have been established in conformity with
the provisions of this Indenture;
(2) that the terms of such Securities have been established in conformity with the
provisions of this Indenture;
(3) that such Securities when completed by appropriate insertions and executed and
delivered by the Company to the Trustee for authentication in accordance with this
Indenture, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in accordance with this Indenture and
issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion
of Counsel, shall constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company,
enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization and other similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting the
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enforcement of creditors rights, to general equitable principles and to such other
qualifications as such counsel shall conclude do not materially affect the rights of Holders
of such Securities;
(4) that the Company has the corporate power to issue such Securities, and has duly
taken all necessary corporate action with respect to such issuance; and
(5) that the issuance of such Securities shall not contravene the articles of
incorporation or by-laws of the Company or result in any violation of any of the terms or
provisions of any law or regulation.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding two paragraphs, if not all
the Securities of any series are to be issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the
Officers Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion
of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to the preceding two paragraphs prior to or at the time of
issuance of each Security, but such documents shall be delivered prior to or at the time of
issuance of the first Security of such series.
The Trustee shall not be required to authenticate and deliver any such Securities if the issue
of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture shall 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.
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 duly executed by the Trustee by manual signature of an authorized
officer, 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. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been
authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company
shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 310 together
with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 102 and need not be accompanied by an
Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Security has never been issued and sold by the Company, for
all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and
delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
Reference is made to Section 1505 concerning execution and delivery of the Guarantees.
SECTION 304. Temporary Securities.
Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series the Company may execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities (printed or lithographed). Temporary
Securities shall be issuable in any authorized denomination and substantially in the form of the
definitive Securities but with such omissions, insertions and
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variations as may be appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Security shall
be executed by the Company and shall be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and
in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the definitive Securities. Without
unreasonable delay the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee definitive Securities of
such series and thereupon any or all temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in
exchange therefor, at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities an equal aggregate principal amount of
definitive Securities. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without
any charge therefor except that in case of any such exchange involving any registration of transfer
the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge
that may be imposed in relation thereto. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities shall in all
respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities
authenticated and delivered hereunder.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section or Section 305, unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive form, a global Security representing all
or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such depositary or by a nominee of such depositary to
such depositary or another nominee of such depositary or by such depositary or any such nominee to
a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee of such successor depositary.
If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Company that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time
the Depositary for Securities of a series shall no longer be a clearing agency registered and in
good standing under the Exchange Act, or other applicable statute or regulation, the Company shall
appoint a successor Depositary with respect to the Securities of such series. If a successor
Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Company within 90 days after
the Company receives such notice or becomes aware of such condition, the Company will execute, and
the Trustee, upon receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive
Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive
form in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the global Security or
Securities representing such series in exchange for such global Security or Securities.
If specified by the Company pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Securities of a series,
the Depositary for such series of Securities may surrender a global Security for such series of
Securities in exchange in whole or in part for Securities of such series in definitive form on such
terms as are acceptable to the Company and such depositary. Thereupon, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without charge:
(1) to each Person specified by the Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same
series, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Person in an aggregate principal
amount equal to and in exchange for such Persons beneficial interest in the global
Security; and
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(2) to the Depositary a new global Security in a denomination equal to the difference,
if any, between the principal amount of the surrendered global Security and the aggregate
principal amount of Securities delivered to Holders thereof.
SECTION 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or in any
office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment a register for each series of Securities (the
registers maintained in such Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or 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 and transfer of Securities. The Security Register shall
be in written form or any other form capable of being converted into written form within a
reasonable time. At all reasonable times, the Security Register shall be open to inspection by the
Trustee. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as security registrar (the Security
Registrar) for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein
provided. The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Security
Registrar for any series of Securities; provided that, no such removal or
replacement shall be effective until a successor Security Registrar with respect to such series of
Securities shall have been appointed by the Company and shall have accepted such appointment by the
Company. In the event that the Trustee shall not be or shall cease to be the Security Registrar with respect to a series of Securities, it shall have the right to examine the Security
Register for such series at all reasonable times. There shall be only one Security Register for
each series of Securities.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at any office or
agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee, one or more new
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor.
At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other replacement
Securities of the same series, of any authorized denomination and of a like aggregate principal
amount and tenor, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to
receive.
Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is
entitled to receive.
If the Company shall establish pursuant to Section 301 that the Securities of a series are to
be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more global Securities, then the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with Section 303 and the Company Order with respect to
such series, authenticate and deliver one or more global Securities in
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temporary or permanent form that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series to be represented by one or more global
Securities, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such global Security or
Securities or the nominee of such depositary, and (iii) shall bear a legend substantially to the
following effect: This Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a
nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of
the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of
such successor Depositary, unless and until this Security is exchanged in whole or in part for
Securities in definitive form and such other legend as may be required by the Depositary.
The Company may at any time and in its sole discretion determine that the Securities of any
series issued in the form of one or more global Securities shall no longer be represented by such
global Security or Securities. In such event the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon
receipt of a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such
series, shall authenticate and deliver Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in
authorized denominations, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the
global Security or Securities representing such series in exchange for such global Security or
Securities.
Upon the exchange of a global Security for Securities in definitive registered form, such
global Security shall be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities issued in exchange for a global Security pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the depositary for such global Security, pursuant to instructions from
its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. The
Trustee shall deliver such Securities to the persons in whose names such Securities are so
registered.
All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be
valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if
so required by the Company or the Security Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar,
duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of
Securities.
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 selection for redemption of Securities of that series under Section 1103 or 1203 and
ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing of the relevant notice of
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redemption, 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, or (iii) to issue,
register the transfer of or exchange any Security which has been surrendered for repayment at the
option of the Holder, except the portion, if any, of such Security not to be so repaid.
SECTION 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company, together with, in
proper cases, such security or indemnity as may be required by the Company or the Trustee to save
each of them or any agent of either of them harmless, the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a replacement 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 to the Trustee (i) evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity
as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in
the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a
protected purchaser (as defined in Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code), the Company shall
execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a replacement Security of the same series and of like
tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.
Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous two paragraphs, 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 replacement 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 replacement Security of any series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, shall constitute an original additional contractual
obligation of the Company, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security, if
any, 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, as amended or supplemented pursuant to this Indenture with
respect to particular Securities or generally, are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent
lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
SECTION 307. Payment of Principal and Interest; Interest Rights Preserved;
Optional Interest Reset.
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(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, interest, if any, on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly
provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security
(or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular
Record Date for such interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose
pursuant to Section 1002; provided, however, that each installment of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on any Security may at the Companys option be paid
by (i) mailing a check for such interest, payable to or upon the written order of the Person
entitled thereto pursuant to Section 309, to the address of such Person as it appears on the
Security Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account of the person entitled to receive such
payment if such person is a Holder of $10,000,000 or more in aggregate principal amount of the
Securities of such series (with wire transfer instructions provided to the Trustee not less than 15
days prior to payment of interest by wire transfer); provided further, that
principal paid in relation to any Security redeemed at the option of the Company pursuant to
Article Eleven, or paid at Maturity, shall be paid to the holder of such Security only upon
presentation and surrender of such Security to such office or agency referred to in this Section
307(a).
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, 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 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 and, if
applicable, interest on such defaulted interest (to the extent lawful) at the rate specified in the
Securities of such series (such defaulted interest and, if applicable, interest thereon herein
collectively called 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 in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301
for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b),
312(d) and 312(e)) 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
on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause
provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such
Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to
the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee
of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of
such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause
notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date
therefor to be given in the manner provided in Section 106, not less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date. Notice of the
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proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefore having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to
the Persons in whose name the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor
Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no
longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2).
(2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any
series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities
exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by
such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment
pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
(b) The provisions of this Section 307(b) may be made applicable to any series of Securities
pursuant to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified
pursuant to such Section 301). The interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) on any Security of such series may be reset by the
Company on the date or dates specified on the face of such Security (each an Optional Reset
Date). The Company may exercise such option with respect to such Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to an Optional Reset Date
for such Security. Not later than 40 days prior to each Optional Reset Date, the Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of any such Security a notice
(the Reset Notice) indicating whether the Company has elected to reset the interest rate (or the
spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable), and if so (i)
such new interest rate (or such new spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) and (ii) the
provisions, if any, for redemption during the period from such Optional Reset Date to the next
Optional Reset Date or if there is no such next Optional Reset Date, to the Stated Maturity Date of
such Security (each such period a Subsequent Interest Period), including the date or dates on
which or the period or periods during which and the price or prices at which such redemption may
occur during the Subsequent Interest Period.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days prior to the Optional Reset Date, the
Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier used to
calculate such interest rate, if applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice and establish an
interest rate (or a spread or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if
applicable) that is higher than the interest rate (or the spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable) provided for in the Reset Notice, for the Subsequent Interest Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate
(or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if applicable) to the Holder of such Security. Such
notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to which the interest rate (or the spread
or spread multiplier used to calculate such interest rate, if applicable) is reset on an Optional
Reset Date, and with respect to which the Holders of such Securities have not tendered such
Securities for repayment (or have validly revoked any such tender) pursuant to the next succeeding
paragraph, shall bear such higher interest rate (or such higher spread or spread multiplier, if
applicable).
The Holder of any such Security shall have the option to elect repayment by the Company of the
principal of such Security on each Optional Reset Date at a price equal to the
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principal amount thereof plus interest accrued to such Optional Reset Date. In order to obtain repayment on an
Optional Reset Date, the Holder must follow the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for
repayment at the option of Holders except that the period for delivery or notification to the
Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35 days prior to such Optional Reset Date and except
that, if the Holder has tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to the Reset Notice, the
Holder may, by written notice to the Trustee, revoke such tender or repayment until the close of
business on the tenth day before such Optional Reset Date.
Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section and Section 305, each Security delivered
under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other
Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried
by such other Security.
SECTION 308. Optional Extension of Stated Maturity.
The provisions of this Section 308 may be made applicable to any series of Securities pursuant
to Section 301 (with such modifications, additions or substitutions as may be specified pursuant to such Section 301). The Stated Maturity of any Security of such series
may be extended at the option of the Company for the period or periods specified on the face of
such Security (each an Extension Period) up to but not beyond the date (the Final Maturity) set
forth on the face of such Security. The Company may exercise such option with respect to any
Security by notifying the Trustee of such exercise at least 50 but not more than 60 days prior to
the Stated Maturity of such Security in effect prior to the exercise of such option (the Original
Stated Maturity). If the Company exercises such option, the Trustee shall transmit, in the manner
provided for in Section 106, to the Holder of such Security not later than 40 days prior to the
Original Stated Maturity a notice (the Extension Notice) indicating (i) the election of the
Company to extend the Stated Maturity, (ii) the new Stated Maturity, (iii) the interest rate, if
any, applicable to the Extension Period and (iv) the provisions, if any, for redemption during such
Extension Period. Upon the Trustees transmittal of the Extension Notice, the Stated Maturity of
such Security shall be extended automatically and, except as modified by the Extension Notice and
as described in the next paragraph, such Security shall have the same terms as prior to the
transmittal of such Extension Notice.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, not later than 20 days before the Original Stated Maturity of
such Security, the Company may, at its option, revoke the interest rate provided for in the
Extension Notice and establish a higher interest rate for the Extension Period by causing the
Trustee to transmit, in the manner provided for in Section 106, notice of such higher interest rate
to the Holder of such Security. Such notice shall be irrevocable. All Securities with respect to
which the Stated Maturity is extended shall bear such higher interest rate.
If the Company extends the Maturity of any Security, the Holder shall have the option to elect
repayment of such Security by the Company on the Original Stated Maturity at a price equal to the
principal amount thereof, plus interest accrued to such date. In order to obtain repayment on the
Original Stated Maturity once the Company has extended the Maturity thereof, the Holder must follow
the procedures set forth in Article Thirteen for repayment at the option of Holders, except that
the period for delivery or notification to the Trustee shall be at least 25 but not more than 35
days prior to the Original Stated Maturity and except that, if the Holder has
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tendered any Security for repayment pursuant to an Extension Notice, the Holder may by written notice to the Trustee
revoke such tender for repayment until the close of business on the tenth day before the Original
Stated Maturity.
SECTION 309. 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 Sections 305 and 307) interest, if any, on such Security and for
all other purposes whatsoever (other than the payment of Additional Amounts, if any), whether or
not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or
the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
The Depositary for Securities may be treated by the Company, the Trustee, and any agent of the
Company or the Trustee as the owner of such global Security for all purposes whatsoever (other than
the payment of Additional Amounts, if any). None of the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent or
the Security Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records
relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Security in global
form or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership
interests.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any global Security, nothing herein shall
prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee, from giving effect to
any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any depositary, as a Holder,
with respect to such global Security or impair, as between such depositary and owners of beneficial
interests in such global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of
the rights of such depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such global Security.
SECTION 310. Cancellation.
All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, repayment at the option of the Holder,
registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any current or future sinking fund
payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee.
All Securities so delivered to the Trustee shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at
any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and
delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver
to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities
previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so
delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. If the Company shall so acquire any of the
Securities, however, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the
indebtedness represented by such Securities unless and until the same are surrendered to the
Trustee for cancellation. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture.
All cancelled Securities held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with
its customary procedures and certification of their disposal
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delivered to the Company unless by Company Order the Company shall direct that cancelled Securities be returned to it.
SECTION 311. Computation of Interest.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any Securities,
interest, if any, on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year
of twelve 30-day months. For the purposes of disclosure under the Interest Act (Canada), the
yearly rate of interest to which interest calculated under a Security for any period in any
calendar year (the calculation period) is equivalent, is the rate payable under a Security in
respect of the calculation period multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the actual number of days in such calendar year and the denominator of which is the actual number of days
in the calculation period.
SECTION 312. Currency and Manner of Payments in Respect of Securities.
(a) Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301, Securities of any series not
permitting the election provided for in paragraph (b) below or the Holders of which have not made
the election provided for in paragraph (b) below, payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on any Security of such series shall be made in the Currency in which such
Security, as the case may be, is payable. The provisions of this Section 312 may be modified or
superseded with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301.
(b) It may be provided pursuant to Section 301 with respect to Securities of any series that
Holders shall have the option, subject to paragraphs (d) and (e) below, to receive payments of
principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on such Securities in any of the Currencies
which may be designated for such election by delivering to the Trustee a written election with
signature guarantees and in the applicable form established pursuant to Section 301, not later than
the close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the applicable payment date. If a
Holder so elects to receive such payments in any such Currency, such election shall remain in
effect for such Holder or any transferee of such Holder until changed by such Holder or such
transferee by written notice to the Trustee (but any such change must be made not later than the
close of business on the Election Date immediately preceding the next payment date to be effective
for the payment to be made on such payment date and no such change of election may be made with
respect to payments to be made on any Security of such series with respect to which an Event of
Default has occurred or with respect to which the Company has deposited funds pursuant to Article
Four or Fourteen or with respect to which a notice of redemption has been given by the Company or a
notice of option to elect repayment has been sent by such Holder or such transferee). Any Holder
of any such Security who shall not have delivered any such election to the Trustee not later than
the close of business on the applicable Election Date shall be paid the amount due on the
applicable payment date in the relevant Currency as provided in Section 312(a). The Trustee shall
notify the Exchange Rate Agent as soon as practicable after the Election Date of the aggregate
principal amount of Securities for which Holders have made such written election.
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(c) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the election referred to in
paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301, then, unless otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301, not later than the fourth Business Day after the Election Date for each
payment date for Securities of any series, the Exchange Rate Agent shall deliver to the Company a
written notice specifying, in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable, the
respective aggregate amounts of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on
Securities to be paid on such payment date, specifying the amounts in such Currency so payable in
respect of the Securities as to which the Holders of Securities of such series shall have elected
to be paid in another Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above. If the election referred to in
paragraph (b) above has been provided for pursuant to Section 301 and if at least one Holder has
made such election, then, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, on the second
Business Day preceding such payment date the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for such series
of Securities an Exchange Rate Officers Certificate in respect of the Dollar or Foreign Currency
payments to be made on such payment date. Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the
Dollar or Foreign Currency amount receivable by Holders of Securities who have elected payment in a
Currency as provided in paragraph (b) above shall be determined by the Company on the basis of the
applicable Market Exchange Rate in effect on the third Business Day (the Valuation Date)
immediately preceding each payment date, and such determination shall be conclusive and binding for
all purposes, absent manifest error.
(d) If a Conversion Event occurs with respect to a Foreign Currency in which any of the
Securities are denominated or payable other than pursuant to an election provided for pursuant to
paragraph (b) above, then with respect to each date for the payment of principal of (and premium,
if any) and interest, if any, on the applicable Securities denominated or payable in such Foreign
Currency occurring after the last date on which such Foreign Currency was used (the Conversion
Date), the Dollar shall be the Currency of payment for use on each such payment date. Unless
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Dollar amount to be paid by the Company to the
Trustee and by the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the Holders of such Securities with respect to
such payment date shall be, in the case of a Foreign Currency other than a currency unit, the
Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency or, in the case of a currency unit, the Dollar Equivalent
of the Currency Unit, in each case as determined by the Exchange Rate Agent in the manner provided
in paragraph (f) or (g) below.
(e) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if the Holder of a Security
denominated in any Currency shall have elected to be paid in another Currency as provided in
paragraph (b) above, and a Conversion Event occurs with respect to such elected Currency, such
Holder shall receive payment in the Currency in which payment would have been made in the absence
of such election; and if a Conversion Event occurs with respect to the Currency in which payment
would have been made in the absence of such election, such Holder shall receive payment in Dollars
as provided in paragraph (d) above.
(f) The Dollar Equivalent of the Foreign Currency shall be determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent and shall be obtained for each subsequent payment date by converting the specified Foreign
Currency into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate on the Conversion Date.
(g) The Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit shall be determined by the Exchange Rate
Agent and subject to the provisions of paragraph (h) below shall be the sum of
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each amount obtained by converting the Specified Amount of each Component Currency into
Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate for such Component Currency on the Valuation Date with respect
to each payment.
(h) For purposes of this Section 312, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
A Component Currency shall mean any Currency which, on the Conversion Date, was a
component currency of the relevant currency unit, including, but not limited to, the Euro.
A Specified Amount of a Component Currency shall mean the number of units of such
Component Currency or fractions thereof which were represented in the relevant currency
unit, including, but not limited to, the Euro, on the Conversion Date. If after the
Conversion Date the official unit of any Component Currency is altered by way of combination
or subdivision, the Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall be divided or
multiplied in the same proportion. If after the Conversion Date two or more Component
Currencies are consolidated into a single currency, the respective Specified Amounts of such
Component Currencies shall be replaced by an amount in such single Currency equal to the sum
of the respective Specified Amounts of such consolidated Component Currencies expressed in
such single Currency, and such amount shall thereafter be a Specified Amount and such single
Currency shall thereafter be a Component Currency. If after the Conversion Date any
Component Currency shall be divided into two or more currencies, the Specified Amount of
such Component Currency shall be replaced by amounts of such two or more currencies, having
an aggregate Dollar Equivalent value at the Market Exchange Rate on the date of such
replacement equal to the Dollar Equivalent value of the Specified Amount of such former
Component Currency at the Market Exchange Rate immediately before such division and such
amounts shall thereafter be Specified Amounts and such currencies shall thereafter be
Component Currencies. If, after the Conversion Date of the relevant currency unit,
including, but not limited to, the Euro, a Conversion Event (other than any event referred
to above in this definition of Specified Amount) occurs with respect to any Component
Currency of such currency unit and is continuing on the applicable Valuation Date, the
Specified Amount of such Component Currency shall, for purposes of calculating the Dollar
Equivalent of the Currency Unit, be converted into Dollars at the Market Exchange Rate in
effect on the Conversion Date of such Component Currency.
Election Date shall mean the date for any series of Securities as specified pursuant
to clause (13) of Section 301 by which the written election referred to in paragraph (b)
above may be made.
All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Dollar Equivalent of
the Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the Currency Unit, the Market Exchange Rate and
changes in the Specified Amounts as specified above shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in
the absence of manifest error, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the
Company, the Trustee and all Holders of such Securities
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denominated or payable in the relevant Currency. The Exchange Rate Agent shall promptly give
written notice to the Company and the Trustee of any such decision or determination.
In the event that the Company determines in good faith that a Conversion Event has occurred
with respect to a Foreign Currency, the Company shall immediately give written notice thereof to
the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the Trustee shall promptly thereafter give notice
in the manner provided for in Section 106 to the affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date.
In the event the Company so determines that a Conversion Event has occurred with respect to the
Euro or any other currency unit in which Securities are denominated or payable, the Company shall
immediately give written notice thereof to the Trustee and to the Exchange Rate Agent (and the
Trustee shall promptly thereafter give notice in the manner provided for in Section 106 to the
affected Holders) specifying the Conversion Date and the Specified Amount of each Component
Currency on the Conversion Date. In the event the Company determines in good faith that any
subsequent change in any Component Currency as set forth in the definition of Specified Amount
above has occurred, the Company shall similarly give written notice to the Trustee and the Exchange
Rate Agent.
The Trustee shall be fully justified and protected in relying and acting upon information
received by it from the Company and the Exchange Rate Agent and shall not otherwise have any duty
or obligation to determine the accuracy or validity of such information independent of the Company
or the Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 313. Appointment and Resignation of Successor Exchange Rate
Agent.
(a) Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, if and so long as the Securities of
any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be payable in a Foreign Currency,
or so long as it is required under any other provision of this Indenture, then the Company shall
maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so required, at least one Exchange
Rate Agent. The Company shall cause the Exchange Rate Agent to make the necessary foreign exchange
determinations at the time and in the manner specified pursuant to Section 301 for the purpose of
determining the applicable rate of exchange and, if applicable, for the purpose of converting the
issued Foreign Currency into the applicable payment Currency for the payment of principal (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, pursuant to Section 312.
(b) No resignation of the Exchange Rate Agent and no appointment of a successor Exchange Rate
Agent pursuant to this Section shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the
successor Exchange Rate Agent as evidenced by a written instrument delivered to the Company and the
Trustee.
(c) The Company shall have the right to remove and replace from time to time the Exchange Rate
Agent for any series of Securities. If the Exchange Rate Agent shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Exchange Rate Agent for any
cause with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Exchange Rate Agent or Exchange Rate Agents with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being
understood that any such successor Exchange Rate Agent may be appointed with respect to the
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one or more or all of such series and that, unless otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301, at any time there shall only be one Exchange Rate Agent with respect to the Securities
of any particular series that are originally issued by the Company on the same date and that are
initially denominated and/or payable in the same Currency).
SECTION 314. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Securities may use CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and,
if so, the Trustee shall indicate the CUSIP numbers of the Securities in notices of redemption as
a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in
any notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers
printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in CUSIP
numbers.
ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
Unless otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of
Securities, this Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to
any series of Securities specified in such Company Request (except as to any surviving rights of
registration of transfer or exchange of Securities of such series expressly provided for herein or
pursuant hereto and any right to receive Additional Amounts as contemplated by Section 1005) and
the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series when
(1) either
(A) all Securities of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered
(other than (i) Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen
and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii) Securities
of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust with
the Trustee or any Paying Agent or segregated and held in trust by the Company and
thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in
Section 1003), have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(B) all Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation
(i) have become due and payable, or
(ii) shall become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one
year, or
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(iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, 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 irrevocably deposited
or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for such purpose
an amount in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable,
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, if any, to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities
which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as
the case may be;
(2) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the
Company; and
(3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers Certificate and an Opinion of
Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as to such series have been complied with.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 606, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating
Agent under Section 611 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to
subclause (B) of clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and
the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive such satisfaction and discharge.
SECTION 402. Application of Trust Money.
Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money deposited with the
Trustee pursuant to Section 401 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any
Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine,
to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, for
whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated
from other funds except to the extent required by law.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
SECTION 501. Events of Default.
Event of Default, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any
one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default, whether or not it shall
be occasioned by the provisions of Article Sixteen, and whether it shall be
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voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any
court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), unless such
event is specifically deleted or modified in or pursuant to a supplemental indenture, Board
Resolution or Officers Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 301
of this Indenture:
(1) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that series when such
interest becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period specified in
the applicable supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers Certificate
establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 301 of this Indenture; or
(2) default in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security of
that series at its Maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise; provided,
however, that a valid extension of the maturity of such Securities in accordance
with the terms of any indenture supplemental hereto shall not constitute a default in the
payment of principal or premium, if any; or
(3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of
the Securities of that series and Article Twelve; or
(4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Company
or any Guarantor in this Indenture which affects or is applicable to the Securities of that
series or any related Guarantee (other than a default in the performance, or breach, of a
covenant or agreement which is specifically dealt with elsewhere in this Section or which
has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of one or more series
of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a
period specified in the applicable supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers
Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 301 of this Indenture
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee
or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and
requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a Notice of Default hereunder;
or
(5) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises
adjudging the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition
seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company under or subject to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies
Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable
federal, provincial, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws, or the
issuance of a sequestration order or the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee,
trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or in receipt of any
substantial part of the property of the Company, and any such decree, order or appointment
continues unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
(6) the institution by the Company of proceedings to be adjudicated a bankrupt or
insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings
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against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or
relief under or subject to the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), the Companies
Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), the U.S. Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable
federal, provincial, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws, or the
consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or of
any substantial part of its property, or the making by it of a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due; or
(7) (A) there shall have occurred a default by the Company in the payment of the
principal of (or premium, if any) Debt in an amount to be specified in the applicable
supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers Certificate establishing the terms of
such series pursuant to Section 301 of this Indenture or more outstanding under or evidenced
by any single indenture or instrument, when the same becomes due and payable at the stated
maturity thereof, and such default shall have continued after any applicable grace period
and shall not have been cured or waived or (B) Debt of the Company in an amount to be
specified in the applicable supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officers
Certificate establishing the terms of such series pursuant to Section 301 of this Indenture
or more outstanding under or evidenced by any single indenture or instrument shall have been
accelerated or otherwise declared due and payable, or required to be prepaid or repurchased
(other than by regularly scheduled required prepayment), prior to the stated maturity
thereof; or
(8) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
SECTION 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
If an Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501 with
respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then in every
such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may declare the principal amount (or, if the Securities of that series
are Original Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount
as may be specified in the terms of that series) of all of the Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the
Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified
portion thereof) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in
clause (5) or (6) of Section 501 occurs, the principal amount (or if any Securities are Original
Issue Discount Securities or Indexed Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be
specified in the terms thereof) of all Outstanding Securities shall be due and payable immediately,
without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or the Holders.
At any time after a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series (or
of all series, as the case may be) has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter provided in this Article, the Holders of
a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series
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(or of all series, as
the case may be), by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if
(1) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay in the
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified
pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as
provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)),
(A) all overdue interest, if any, on all Outstanding Securities of that series
(or of all series, as the case may be),
(B) all unpaid principal of (and premium, if any) any Outstanding Securities of
that series (or of all series, as the case may be) which has become due otherwise
than by such declaration of acceleration, and interest on such unpaid principal at
the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,
(C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue
interest, if any, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel; and
(2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series (or of all series,
as the case may be), other than the non-payment of amounts of principal of (or premium, if
any, on) or interest on Securities of that series (or of all series, as the case may be)
which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived
as provided in Section 513.
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, in the event of a declaration of acceleration in
respect of the Securities because of an Event of Default specified in Section 501(7) shall have
occurred and be continuing, such declaration of acceleration shall be automatically annulled if the
Debt that is the subject of such Event of Default has been discharged or the holders thereof have rescinded their declaration of acceleration in respect
of such Debt, and written notice of such discharge or rescission, as the case may be, shall have
been given to the Trustee by the Company and countersigned by the holders of such Debt or a
trustee, fiduciary or agent for such holders, within 30 days after such declaration of acceleration
in respect of the Securities, and no other Event of Default has occurred during such 30 day period
which has not been cured or waived during such period.
SECTION 503. Collection of Debt and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
The Company covenants that if
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(1) default is made in the payment of any installment of interest on any Security when
such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or
(2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any
Security at the Maturity thereof,
then the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee 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, if any, and interest on any overdue principal (and premium, if
any) and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, on any overdue
interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto,
such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including
the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel.
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own
name 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 (or of all series, as the case
may be) 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 (or of all series, as the
case may be) by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to
protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or
agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce
any other proper remedy.
SECTION 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of 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, premium, if any, or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise,
(1) to file a proof of claim for the whole amount of principal (and premium, if any),
or such portion of the principal amount of any series of Original Issue Discount Securities
or Indexed Securities as may be specified in the terms of such series, and interest, if any,
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
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(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee,
its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and
(2) 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 606.
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.
SECTION 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and
enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof
in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be
brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after
provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of
the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in
respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
SECTION 506. Application of Money Collected.
Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following
order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on
account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, upon presentation of the Securities,
or both, as the case may be, 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 606;
Second: Subject to Section 1602, to the payment of the amounts then due and
unpaid for principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities in
respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such
Securities for principal (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, respectively; and
Third: The balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons
entitled thereto.
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SECTION 507. Limitation on Suits.
No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding,
judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or the Securities of any series, 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 in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4),
(7) or (8) of Section 501, or, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5)
or (6) of Section 501, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities, 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
satisfactory to the Trustee 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 or more in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of that series in the case of any Event of Default described in
clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, or, in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, by the Holders of a majority
or more in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities;
it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any
manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb
or prejudice the rights of any other Holders of Securities of the same series, in the case of any
Event of Default, described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, or of Holders
of all Securities in the case of any Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section
501, 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 same series, in the case of any Event of
Default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, or, in the case of any
Event of Default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501.
SECTION 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium
and Interest.
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have
the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment, as provided herein (including,
if applicable, Article Fourteen) and in such Security, of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and (subject to Section 307) interest, if any, on, such Security on the Stated
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Maturity expressed in such Security or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for
the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of
such Holder.
SECTION 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy
under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to
any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of Securities shall
be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all
rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had
been instituted.
SECTION 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, no right or remedy
herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities is intended to be
exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted
by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent
assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.
SECTION 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Security to exercise any right or
remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a
waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by
this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as
often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 512. Control by Holders.
With respect to the Securities of any series, the Holders of not less than a majority in
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such 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, relating to or arising under clause (1),
(2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, and, with respect to all Securities, the Holders of not
less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities 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, not relating to or arising
under clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501, provided that in each case:
(1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this
Indenture;
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(2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not
inconsistent with such direction; and
(3) the Trustee need not take any action which might expose the Trustee to personal
liability or be unjustly prejudicial to the Holders of Securities of such series not
consenting.
SECTION 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
Subject to Section 502, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the
Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such
series waive any past default described in clause (1), (2), (3), (4), (7) or (8) of Section 501 (or
in the case of a default described in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities may waive any such past
default), and its consequences, except a default
(1) in respect of the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on any Security, or
(2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be
modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such
series affected.
Upon any such waiver, any such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising
therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or Event of Default or impair any right
consequent thereon.
SECTION 514. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time
insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any
stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the
covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully
do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it shall
not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall
suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
SECTION 515. Undertaking for Costs.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit
against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, a court may require
any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may
assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust
Indenture Act; provided, that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to
authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit
instituted by the Company.
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ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
SECTION 601. Notice of Defaults.
Within 90 days after the occurrence of any Default hereunder with respect to the Securities of
any series, the Trustee shall transmit in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section
313(c), notice of such Default hereunder known to the Trustee, unless such Default shall have been
cured or waived; provided, however, that, except in the case of a Default in the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, 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 a trust committee of directors and/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; and provided further that in the case of any
Default of the character specified in Section 501(4) with respect to Securities of such series, no
such notice to Holders shall be given until at least 30 days after the occurrence thereof.
SECTION 602. Certain Rights of Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of TIA Sections 315(a) through 315(d):
(1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting
upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request,
direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, coupon, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper party or parties;
(2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order (other than delivery of any Security, to the
Trustee for authentication and delivery pursuant to Section 303 which shall be sufficiently
evidenced as provided therein) and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be
sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
(3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it
desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any
action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may,
in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon a Board Resolution, an Opinion of Counsel
or an Officers Certificate;
(4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion
of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action
taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
(5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers
vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of
Securities
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of any series pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered
to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the
costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction;
(6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters
stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice,
request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or
other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry
or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall
determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the
books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;
(7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties
hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder;
(8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in
good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers
conferred upon it by this Indenture; and
(9) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default
with respect to the Securities of any series unless either (1) such Default or Event of
Default is known, or ought reasonably to have been known, by a Responsible Officer of the
Trustee or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to
the Trustee by the Company or any other obligor on the Securities of any series or by any
Holder of the Securities of any series.
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 any of
its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds
or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 603. Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except for the Trustees certificates of
authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any
Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no
representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities, except
that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture,
authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by
it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate, subject
to the qualifications set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any
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Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
SECTION 604. May Hold Securities.
The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other
agent of the Company or of the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 310(b) and 311 of the Trust Indenture Act,
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. A Trustee that has
resigned or was removed shall remain subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 605. Money Held in Trust.
Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money
received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Company.
SECTION 606. 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 as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in
writing (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, advances and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except
any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or bad
faith; and
(3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability
or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in
connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including
the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim or liability in connection with
the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
The obligations of the Company under this Section to compensate the Trustee, to pay or
reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances and to indemnify and hold harmless
the Trustee shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction
and discharge of this Indenture. As security for the performance of such obligations of the
Company, the Trustee shall have a claim prior to the Securities upon all property and funds held or
collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on particular Securities.
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When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default
specified in clause (5) or (6) of Section 501, the expenses (including reasonable charges and
expense of its counsel) of and the compensation for such services are intended to constitute
expenses of administration under any applicable U.S. or Canadian federal, state or provincial
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law.
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture and the
resignation or removal of the Trustee.
SECTION 607. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility; Conflicting
Interests.
(a) There shall be at all times a Trustee hereunder which shall be eligible to act as Trustee
under TIA Section 310(a)(1) and shall have a combined capital and surplus (together with that of
its parent, if applicable) of at least $50,000,000. If such corporation publishes reports of
condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of federal, state, territorial
or District of Columbia 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. 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.
(b) The following indenture shall be deemed to be specifically described herein for the
purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso contained in TIA Section 310(b): Senior Debt Securities
Indenture dated as of , between the Company and the trustee named
therein.
SECTION 608. 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 609.
(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 609 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.
(c) The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act
of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of
such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 609 shall not have been delivered to the
Trustee within 30 days after the delivery of an Act of removal, the Trustee being removed 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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(d) If at any time:
(1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of TIA Section 310(b) 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 607(a) and shall fail to
resign 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
(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 or pursuant to a Board Resolution, may remove the
Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities or the Securities of such
series, or (ii) subject to TIA Section 315(e), 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 of such series 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 or pursuant to 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). 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, become the
successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the
successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment
in the manner hereinafter provided, 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 to the Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided for
in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the
Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
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SECTION 609. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
(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 successor Trustee with respect to the Securities
of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee
with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture
supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1)
shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to
vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee
with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor
Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall
contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights,
powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those
series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring
Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be
necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one
Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute
such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust
or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other
such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or
removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or
those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the
Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to
such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect
to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee
relates. Whenever there is a successor Trustee with respect to one or more (but less than all)
series of securities issued pursuant to this Indenture, the terms Indenture and Securities shall have the meanings specified in the provisos to the
respective definitions of those terms in Section 101 which contemplate such situation.
(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
rights, powers and trusts referred to in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section, as the case may be.
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(d) No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance
such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 610. 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 of 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. In case any of the Securities
shall not have been authenticated by such predecessor Trustee, any successor Trustee may
authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor Trustee. In all such cases such certificates shall have the full force and effect which
this Indenture provides for the certificate of authentication of the Trustee; provided,
however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor
Trustee or to authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to
its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.
SECTION 611. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
At any time when any of the Securities remain Outstanding, the Trustee may appoint an
Authenticating Agent or Authenticating Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities
which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series
and the Trustee shall give written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the
series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent shall serve, in the manner provided for in
Section 106. 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. Any
such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Responsible Officer of
the Trustee, and a copy of such instrument shall be promptly furnished to the Company. 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, any
state thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating
Agent, having a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to
supervision or examination by federal or state authority. If such 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
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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, it 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 give
written notice of such appointment to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which
such Authenticating Agent shall serve, in the manner provided for in Section 106. Any successor
Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the
rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as
an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible
under the provisions of this Section.
The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable
compensation for its services under this Section.
If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the
Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees certificate of
authentication, an alternate certificate of authentication substantially in the following form:
Dated:
This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the
within-mentioned Indenture.
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ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
SECTION 701. Disclosure of Names and Addresses of Holders.
Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the
Trustee that none of the Company or the Trustee or 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 TIA Section 312, 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 TIA Section 312(b).
SECTION 702. Reports by Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after May 15 of each year commencing with the first May 15 after the
first issuance of Securities pursuant to this Indenture, the Trustee shall transmit to the
Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act, a brief report dated as of such May 15 if required by Section 313(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(b) The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b) and 313(c) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
(c) A copy of such report shall, at the time of such transmission to the Holders, be
filed by the Trustee with the Company (Attention: General Counsel), with each securities
exchange upon which any of the Securities are listed (if so listed) and also with the
Commission. The Company agrees to notify the Trustee when the Securities become listed on
any stock exchange.
SECTION 703. Reports by Company.
The Company shall:
(1) file with the Trustee, within 15 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 such
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;
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(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; and
(3) transmit to all Holders, in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA Section
313(c), within 30 days after the filing thereof with the Trustee, such summaries of any
information, documents and reports required to be filed by the Company pursuant to clauses
(1) and (2) of this Section as may be required by rules and regulations prescribed from time
to time by the Commission.
Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee are for informational
purposes only and the Trustees receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any
information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Companys compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to
rely exclusively on Officers Certificates).
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
SECTION 801. Company May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms.
The Company shall not consolidate, amalgamate or enter into any statutory arrangement with or
merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its
properties and assets to any Person, unless:
(1) the entity formed by or continuing from such consolidation, amalgamation or
arrangement or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance
or transfer, or which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the
Company substantially as an entirety shall:
(A) be a corporation, partnership or trust organized and validly existing under
the laws of:
(i) Canada or any province or territory thereof;
(ii) the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia; or
(iii) if such consolidation, amalgamation, arrangement, merger or other
transaction would not impair the rights of the Holders of the Securities, in
any other country, provided that if such successor entity is organized under
the laws of a jurisdiction other than Canada or any province or territory
thereof, or the United States, any state thereof or the District of
Columbia, the successor entity assumes by a supplemental
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indenture the obligations of the Company under the Securities and this Indenture to pay Additional Amounts; and
(B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and
delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, or assume by
operation of law, the Companys obligation for the due and punctual payment of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on all the Securities and
the performance and observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of
the Company to be performed or observed;
(2) after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing; and
(3) the Company and the successor Person shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation,
amalgamation, arrangement, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and such supplemental
indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for
relating to such transaction have been complied with.
This Section shall only apply to a merger, amalgamation, arrangement or consolidation in which
the Company is not the surviving corporation and to conveyances, leases and transfers by the
Company as transferor or lessor.
SECTION 802. Successor Person Substituted.
Upon any consolidation, amalgamation or arrangement by the Company with or merger by the
Company into any other corporation or any conveyance, transfer or lease all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company substantially as an entirety to
any Person in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation,
amalgamation or arrangement or into which the Company is merged or to which such conveyance,
transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right
and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had
been named as the Company herein, and in the event of any such conveyance or transfer, the Company
(which term shall for this purpose mean the Person named as the Company in the first paragraph of
this Indenture or any successor Person which shall theretofore become such in the manner described
in Section 801), except in the case of a lease, shall be discharged of all obligations and
covenants under this Indenture and the Securities and may be dissolved and liquidated.
ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
SECTION 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
Without the consent of any Holders, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to a Board
Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter
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into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following
purposes:
(1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company and the assumption by
any such successor of the covenants of the Company contained 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 being included solely for the benefit
of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company; or
(3) to add any additional Events of Default (and if such Events of Default are to be
for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such Events of Default
are being included solely for the benefit of such series); provided,
however, that in respect of any such additional Events of Default such supplemental
indenture may provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be
shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an
immediate enforcement upon such default or may limit the remedies available to the Trustee
upon such default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of that or those series of Securities to which such additional Events of Default
apply to waive such default; or
(4) 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
(5) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections
201 and 301; or
(6) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor
Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the
administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the
requirements of Section 609(b); or
(7) to close this Indenture with respect to the authentication and delivery of
additional series of Securities, to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any
provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or
to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Indenture; provided such action shall not, in the opinion of the Board of Directors,
adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series and any related
coupons in any material respect; or
(8) to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on
the authorized amount, terms, purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of Securities,
as herein set forth; or
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(9) to supplement any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be
necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities
pursuant to Sections 401, 1402 and 1403; provided that any such action shall not, in
the opinion of the Board of Directors, adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect; or
(10) to make any change that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of
Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect.
SECTION 902. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders.
With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of all
Outstanding Securities of any series, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the
Trustee, the Company, when authorized by or pursuant to 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 which affect
such series of Securities 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 of such series,
(1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of (or premium, if any) or any
installment of principal of or interest on any Security of such series, or reduce the
principal amount thereof (or premium, if any) or the rate of interest, if any, thereon, or
change any obligation of the Company to pay Additional Amounts contemplated by Section 1005
(except as contemplated by Section 801(1) and permitted by Section 901(1)), or reduce the
amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or Indexed Security of such
series that would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity
thereof pursuant to Section 502 or the amount thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to
Section 504, or adversely affect any right of repayment at the option of any Holder of any
Security of such series, or change any Place of Payment where, or the Currency in which, any
Security of such series or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right
to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity
thereof (or, in the case of redemption or repayment at the option of the Holder, on or after
the Redemption Date or the Repayment Date, as the case may be), or adversely affect any
right to convert or exchange any Security as may be provided pursuant to Section 301 herein;
or
(2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such
series 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 which affect
such series or certain defaults applicable to such series hereunder and their consequences
provided for in this Indenture, or reduce the requirements of Section 1504 for quorum or
voting with respect to Securities of such series; or
(3) modify any of the provisions of this Section, Section 513 or Section 1007, except
to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this
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Indenture which affect such series cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series; or
(4) modify any of the provisions of this Indenture relating to the subordination of
Securities in a manner adverse to the Holders.
A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this
Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series
of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with
respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this
Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series. Any such supplemental indenture adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture,
or modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series, shall not affect
the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date
is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons,
shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain
Holders after such record date; provided that unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which
is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and
without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.
It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular
form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve
the substance thereof.
SECTION 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture
permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the
Trustee shall be provided with, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel
stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this
Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustees own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.
SECTION 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be
modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this
Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated
and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby.
SECTION 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
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Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the
requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
SECTION 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental
indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in
form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the
Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion
of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by
the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities
of such series.
SECTION 907. Notice of Supplemental Indentures.
Promptly after the execution by the Company and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture
pursuant to the provisions of Section 902, the Company shall give notice thereof to the Holders of
each Outstanding Security affected, in the manner provided for in Section 106, setting forth in
general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture.
SECTION 908. Effect on Senior Indebtedness..
No supplemental indenture shall adversely affect the rights of any holder of Senior
Indebtedness under Article Sixteen without the consent of such holder.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
SECTION 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium, if any, and Interest.
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each series of Securities
that it shall duly and punctually pay the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any,
on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
SECTION 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or
agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where
Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where
Securities of that series that are convertible or exchangeable may be surrendered for conversion
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or exchange, as applicable and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the
Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served.
The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in
the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such
required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the same as its agents to
receive such respective presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where
the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes
and may from time to time rescind any such designation; provided, however, that no
such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to
maintain an office or agency in accordance with the requirements set forth above for Securities of
any series for such purposes. The Company shall 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 specified with respect to any Securities as contemplated by Section 301
with respect to a series of Securities, the Company hereby designates as a Place of Payment for
each series of Securities the office or agency of the Company in the Borough of Manhattan, The City
of New York, and initially appoints the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office as Paying Agent in
such city and as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Securities pursuant to Section 301, if and so
long as the Securities of any series (i) are denominated in a Foreign Currency or (ii) may be
payable in a Foreign Currency, or so long as it is required under any other provision of the
Indenture, then the Company shall maintain with respect to each such series of Securities, or as so
required, at least one Exchange Rate Agent.
SECTION 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of
Securities, it shall, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the
benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum in the Currency in which the Securities of such
series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of
such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e))
sufficient to pay the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on Securities of such
series so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as
herein provided and shall 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
shall, on or before each due date of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on
any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum (in the Currency described in the
preceding paragraph) sufficient to pay the principal (or premium, if any) or
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interest, if any, 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 shall
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
The Company shall cause each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) for any series of
Securities 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 shall:
(1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any)
and interest, if any, on Securities of such 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;
(2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon
the Securities of such series) in the making of any payment of principal of (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on the Securities of such series; and
(3) 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 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 sums.
Except as provided in the Securities of any series, any money deposited with the Trustee or
any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (or
premium, if any), or interest, if any, on any Security of any series, and remaining unclaimed for
two years (or such shorter period as may be specified in the applicable abandoned property
statutes) after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the
Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust;
and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to
the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect
to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease;
provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to
make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in an
Authorized Newspaper, 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 shall be repaid to the Company.
SECTION 1004. Statement as to Compliance.
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The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, a
brief certificate from the principal executive officer(s), principal financial officer(s) or
principal accounting officer(s) as to his or her knowledge of the Companys compliance with all
conditions and covenants under this Indenture. For purposes of this Section 1004, such compliance
shall be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice under this
Indenture.
SECTION 1005. Additional Amounts.
If the Securities of a series provide for the payment of Additional
Amounts, the Company shall pay to the Holder of a Security of such series Additional Amounts as may
be specified as contemplated by Section 301. Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any
context, the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on any Security
of any series or the net proceeds received on the sale or exchange of any Security of any series,
such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Additional Amounts provided by
the terms of such series established pursuant to Section 301 to the extent that, in such context,
Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof pursuant to such terms and
express mention of the payment of Additional Amounts (if applicable) in any provisions hereof shall
not be construed as excluding Additional Amounts in those provisions hereof where such express
mention is not made.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, if the Securities of a series
provide for the payment of Additional Amounts, at least 10 days prior to the first Interest Payment
Date with respect to that series of Securities (or if the Securities of that series shall not bear
interest prior to Maturity, the first day on which a payment of principal and any premium is made),
and at least 10 days prior to each date of payment of principal, premium or interest if there has
been any change with respect to the matters set forth in the below-mentioned Officers Certificate,
the Company shall furnish the Trustee and the Companys principal Paying Agent or Paying Agents, if
other than the Trustee, with an Officers Certificate instructing the Trustee and such Paying Agent
or Paying Agents whether such payment of principal, premium or interest on the Securities of that
series shall be made to Holders of Securities of that series without withholding for or on account
of any tax, assessment or other governmental charge described in the Securities of the series. If
any such withholding shall be required, then such Officers Certificate shall specify by country
the amount, if any, required to be withheld on such payments to such Holders of Securities of that
series and the Company shall pay to the Trustee or such Paying Agent the Additional Amounts
required by the terms of such Securities. In the event that the Trustee or any Paying Agent, as
the case may be, shall not so receive the above-mentioned certificate, then the Trustee or such
Paying Agent shall be entitled (i) to assume that no such withholding or deduction is required with
respect to any payment of principal or interest with respect to any Securities of a series until it
shall have received a certificate advising otherwise and (ii) to make all payments of principal and
interest with respect to the Securities of a series without withholding or deductions until
otherwise advised. The Company covenants to indemnify the Trustee and any Paying Agent for, and to
hold them harmless against, any loss, liability or expense reasonably incurred without negligence
or bad faith on their part arising out of or in connection with actions taken or omitted by any of
them in reliance on any Officers Certificate furnished pursuant to this Section or in reliance on
the Companys not furnishing such an Officers Certificate.
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SECTION 1006. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done
all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the
rights (charter and statutory) and franchises of the Company; provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if the Company shall
determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of
the Company and its subsidiaries as a whole.
SECTION 1007. Waiver of Certain Covenants.
The Company may, with respect to any series of Securities,
omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition which affects such
series set forth in Section 1006 or, as specified pursuant to Section 301(17) for Securities of
such series, in any covenants of the Company added to Article Ten pursuant to Section 301(15) or
Section 301(17) in connection with Securities of such series, if before the time for such
compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities of
any series, by Act of such Holders, waive such compliance in such instance with such term,
provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or
condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective,
the obligations of the Company and the duties of the Trustee to Holders of Securities of such
series in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 1008. Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
If any Securities are Original Issue Discount
Securities, then the Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year
(i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and
accrual periods) accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other
specified information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
SECTION
1101. Applicability of Article.
Securities of any series which are redeemable before their
Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as
otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with
this Article.
SECTION 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by or pursuant to a
Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, at
least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date
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and of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and shall deliver to the
Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be
redeemed pursuant to Section 1103. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the
expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or
elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers Certificate
evidencing compliance with such restriction.
SECTION 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to
be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee,
from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method
as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for
redemption of portions of the principal of Securities of such series; provided,
however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount
of a Security not redeemed to less than the minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such
series established pursuant to Section 301.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Registrar (if other than
itself) 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 Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to
be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or
is to be redeemed.
SECTION 1104. Notice of Redemption.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301, notice of redemption shall be
given in the manner provided for in Section 106 not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed. Failure to give notice in the manner
provided in Section 106 to the Holder of any Securities designated for redemption as a whole or in
part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the
proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities or portion thereof.
Any notice that is mailed to the Holders in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively
presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
All notices of redemption shall state:
(1) the Redemption Date;
(2) the Redemption Price and the amount of accrued interest to the Redemption Date
payable as provided in Section 1106, if any;
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(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) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to
such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such
Security, the Holder shall receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of
authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;
(5) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any, to
the Redemption Date payable as provided in Section 1106 shall become due and payable upon
each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest
thereon shall cease to accrue on and after said date;
(6) the Place or Places of Payment where such Securities, if any, maturing after the
Redemption Date, are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price and accrued
interest, if any;
(7) that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case.
Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be
given by the Company or, at the Companys request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of
the Company.
SECTION 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
On or prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall
deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying
Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money in the Currency
in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to
Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and accrued interest, if any,
on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
SECTION 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall,
on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified in the
Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant
to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections
312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) (together with accrued interest, if
any, to the Redemption Date), and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default
in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest, if any) such Securities shall, if the
same were interest-bearing, cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for
redemption in accordance with said notice maturing after the Redemption Date, such Security shall
be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest, if any, to the
Redemption Date; provided, however, that installments of interest on Securities
whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Securities,
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or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on
the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for
redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the
Redemption Date at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue
Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article
or of Article Twelve) shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or
the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holders
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, 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. However, if less than all of the Securities of any series with
differing issue dates, interest rates and stated maturities are to be redeemed, the Company in its
sole discretion shall select the particular Securities to be redeemed and shall notify the Trustee
in writing thereof at least 45 days prior to the relevant redemption date.
ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
SECTION 1201. Applicability of Article.
Retirements of Securities of any series pursuant to any sinking fund shall be made in
accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by
Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this Article.
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 mandatory sinking fund payment may be subject
to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the
redemption of Securities of any series as provided for by the terms of Securities of such series.
SECTION 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
Subject to Section 1203, in lieu of making all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund
payment with respect to any Securities of a series in cash, the Company may at its option (1)
deliver to the Trustee Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for
redemption) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired by the Company, and/or
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(2) receive credit for the principal amount of Securities of such series which have been previously delivered to the
Trustee by the Company or for Securities of such series which have been redeemed either at the
election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of
permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in
satisfaction of all or any part of any mandatory sinking fund payment with respect to the
Securities of the same series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as
provided for by the terms of such series; provided, however, that such Securities
have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received and credited 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.
SECTION 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any series of Securities,
the Company shall 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 in the Currency in which the
Securities of such series are payable (except as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for
the Securities of such series and except, if applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and
312(e)) and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering or crediting
Securities of that series pursuant to Section 1202 (which Securities shall, if not previously
delivered, accompany such certificate) and whether the Company intends to exercise its right to
make a permitted optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series. Such certificate shall
be irrevocable and upon its delivery the Company shall be obligated to make the cash payment or
payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date.
In the case of the failure of the Company to deliver such certificate, the sinking fund payment due
on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date for that series shall be paid entirely in cash and
shall be sufficient to redeem the principal amount of such Securities subject to a mandatory
sinking fund payment without the option to deliver or credit Securities as provided in Section 1202
and without the right to make any optional sinking fund payment, if any, with respect to such
series.
Not more than 60 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
1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of
the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the
redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections
1106 and 1107.
Prior to any sinking fund payment date, the Company shall pay to the Trustee or a Paying Agent
(or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in
Section 1003) in cash a sum equal to any interest that shall accrue to the date fixed for
redemption of Securities or portions thereof to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date
pursuant to this Section 1203.
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Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to a sinking fund for any series of Securities, if
at any time the amount of cash to be paid into such sinking fund on the next succeeding sinking
fund payment date, together with any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payment or
payments for such series, does not exceed in the aggregate $100,000, the Trustee, unless requested
by the Company, shall not give the next succeeding notice of the redemption of Securities of such
series through the operation of the sinking fund. Any such unused balance of moneys deposited in
such sinking fund shall be added to the sinking fund payment for such series to be made in cash on
the next succeeding sinking fund payment date or, at the request of the Company, shall be applied
at any time or from time to time to the purchase of Securities of such series, by public or private
purchase, in the open market or otherwise, at a purchase price for such Securities (excluding
accrued interest and brokerage commissions, for which the Trustee or any Paying Agent shall be
reimbursed by the Company) not in excess of the principal amount thereof.
ARTICLE THIRTEEN
REPAYMENT AT OPTION OF HOLDERS
SECTION 1301. Applicability of Article.
Repayment of Securities of any series before their Stated Maturity at the option of Holders
thereof shall be made in accordance with the terms of such Securities and (except as otherwise
specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series) in accordance with this
Article.
SECTION 1302. Repayment of Securities.
Securities of any series subject to repayment in whole or in part at the option of the Holders
thereof shall, unless otherwise provided in the terms of such Securities, be repaid at the
Repayment Price thereof, together with interest, if any, thereon accrued to the Repayment Date
specified in or pursuant to the terms of such Securities. The Company covenants that on or
before the Repayment Date it shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the
Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003)
an amount of money in the Currency in which the Securities of such series are payable (except as
otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301 for the Securities of such series and except, if
applicable, as provided in Sections 312(b), 312(d) and 312(e)) sufficient to pay the Repayment
Price of and (except if the Repayment Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest, if
any, on, all the Securities or portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid on such date.
SECTION 1303. Exercise of Option.
Securities of any series subject to repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall
contain an Option to Elect Repayment form on the reverse of such Securities. To be repaid at the
option of the Holder, any Security so providing for such repayment, with the Option to Elect
Repayment form on the reverse of such Security duly completed by the Holder (or by the Holders
attorney duly authorized in writing), must be received by the Company at the
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Place of Payment therefor specified in the terms of such Security (or at such other place or places or which the
Company shall from time to time notify the Holders of such Securities) not earlier than 45 days nor
later than 30 days prior to the Repayment Date. If less than the Repayment Price of such Security
is to be repaid in accordance with the terms of such Security, the portion of the Repayment Price
of such Security to be repaid, in increments of the minimum denomination for Securities of such
series, and the denomination or denominations of the Security or Securities to be issued to the
Holder for the portion of such Security surrendered that is not to be repaid, must be specified.
Any Security providing for repayment at the option of the Holder thereof may not be repaid in part
if, following such repayment, the unpaid principal amount of such Security would be less than the
minimum authorized denomination of Securities of the series of which such Security to be repaid is
a part. Except as otherwise may be provided by the terms of any Security providing for repayment
at the option of the Holder thereof, exercise of the repayment option by the Holder shall be
irrevocable unless waived by the Company.
SECTION 1304. When Securities Presented for Repayment Become Due and Payable.
If Securities of any series providing for repayment at the option of the Holders thereof shall
have been surrendered as provided in this Article and as provided by or pursuant to the terms of
such Securities, such Securities or the portions thereof, as the case may be, to be repaid shall
become due and payable and shall be paid by the Company on the Repayment Date therein specified,
and on and after such Repayment Date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of such
Securities on such Repayment Date) such Securities shall, if the same were interest-bearing, cease
to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for repayment in accordance with such
provisions maturing after the Repayment Date, the Repayment Price of such Security so to be repaid
shall be paid by the Company, together with accrued interest, if
any, to the Repayment Date; provided, however, that installments of interest,
if any, whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Repayment 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 Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
If any Security surrendered for repayment shall not be so repaid upon surrender thereof, the
Repayment Price shall, until paid, bear interest from the Repayment Date at the rate of interest or
Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) set forth in such Security.
SECTION 1305. Securities Repaid in Part.
Upon surrender of any Security which is to be repaid in part only, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security, without service
charge and at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any
authorized denomination specified by the Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in
exchange for the portion of the principal of such Security so surrendered which is not to be
repaid.
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ARTICLE FOURTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 1401. Companys Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, the
provisions of this Article Fourteen shall apply to each series of Securities, and the Company may,
at its option, effect defeasance of the Securities of or within a series under Section 1402, or
covenant defeasance of or within a series under Section 1403 in accordance with the terms of such
Securities and in accordance with this Article.
SECTION 1402. Defeasance and Discharge.
Upon the Companys exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its
obligations with respect to such Outstanding Securities on the date the conditions set forth in
Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, defeasance). For this purpose, such defeasance means
that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by
such Outstanding Securities, which shall thereafter be deemed to be Outstanding only for the
purposes of Section 1405 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in (A) and (B) below,
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), except for
the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A) the
rights of Holders of such Outstanding Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described
in Section 1404 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal
of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on such Securities when such payments are due, (B)
the Companys obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and
1003 and with respect to the payment of Additional Amounts, if any, on such Securities as
contemplated by Section 1005, (C) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee
hereunder and (D) this Article Fourteen. Subject to compliance with this Article Fourteen, the
Company may exercise its option under this Section 1402 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its
option under Section 1403 with respect to such Securities. Money and securities held in trust
pursuant to this Section 1402 shall not be subject to Article Sixteen.
SECTION 1403. Covenant Defeasance.
Upon the Companys exercise of the above option applicable to this Section with respect to any
Securities of or within a series, the Company shall be released from its obligations under Article
Eight, Section 1006 and any covenant specified pursuant to Section 301, its obligations under any
other covenant, with respect to such Outstanding Securities on and after the date the conditions
set forth in Section 1404 are satisfied (hereinafter, covenant defeasance), and such Securities
shall thereafter be deemed not to be Outstanding for the purposes of any direction, waiver,
consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with
such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed
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Outstanding for all other purposes hereunder.
For this purpose, such covenant defeasance means that, with respect to such Outstanding Securities,
the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition
or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any
reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to
any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not
constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 501(4) or Section 501(8) or otherwise, as
the case may be, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such
Securities shall be unaffected thereby.
SECTION 1404. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
The following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 1402 or Section 1403 to
any Outstanding Securities of or within a series:
(1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee (or another trustee satisfying the requirements of Section 607 who shall agree to
comply with the provisions of this Article Fourteen applicable to it) as trust funds in
trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security
for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (A) an amount
(in such Currency in which such Securities are then specified as payable at Stated
Maturity), or (B) Government Obligations applicable to such Securities (determined on the
basis of the Currency in which such Securities are then specified as payable at Stated
Maturity) which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof
in accordance with their terms shall provide, not later than one day before the due date of
any payment of principal of and premium, if any, and interest, if any, under such
Securities, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, sufficient, in the opinion of
a nationally recognized firm of independent chartered 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) and interest, if any, on such Outstanding Securities and on the
Stated Maturity (or Redemption Date, if applicable) of such principal (and premium, if any)
or installment of principal or interest, if any, and (ii) any mandatory sinking fund
payments or analogous payments applicable to such Outstanding Securities on the day on which
such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and of such
Securities; provided that the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to
apply such money or the proceeds of such Government Obligations to said payments with
respect to such Securities. Before such a deposit, the Company may give to the Trustee, in
accordance with Section 1102 hereof, a notice of its election to redeem all or any portion
of such Outstanding Securities at a future date in accordance with the terms of the
Securities of such series and Article Eleven hereof, which notice shall be irrevocable.
Such irrevocable redemption notice, if given, shall be given effect in applying the
foregoing.
(2) No Default or Event of Default with respect to such Securities shall have occurred
and be continuing on the date of such deposit or, insofar as clauses (5) and (6) of Section
501 are concerned, at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after
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the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until
the expiration of such period).
(3) Such defeasance or covenant defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation
of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or
instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
(4) In the case of an election under Section 1402, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States stating that (x) the Company has
received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (y)
since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable
U.S. federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such
opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Outstanding Securities shall not recognize
income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such defeasance and
shall 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 under Section 1403, the Company shall have delivered to
the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States to the effect that the
Holders of such Outstanding Securities shall not recognize income, gain or loss for
U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such covenant defeasance and shall be
subject to U.S. 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) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section, such defeasance or covenant
defeasance shall be effected in compliance with any additional or substitute terms,
conditions or limitations in connection therewith pursuant to Section 301.
(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 1402 or the covenant defeasance under Section 1403 (as
the case may be) have been complied with.
(8) Either the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in Canada or
a ruling from Canada Customs and Revenue Agency to the effect that the Holders of such
Outstanding Securities shall not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian federal,
provincial or territorial income tax or other tax purpose as a result of such defeasance or
covenant defeasance, as the case may be, and shall be subject to Canadian federal or
provincial income tax and other tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same
times as would have been the case had such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case
may be, not occurred (and for the purposes of such opinion, such Canadian counsel shall
assume that Holders of the Securities include Holders who are not resident in Canada).
SECTION 1405. Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions.
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Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and Government
Obligations (or other property as may be provided pursuant to Section 301) (including the proceeds
thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this
Section 1405, the Trustee) pursuant to Section 1404 in respect of such Outstanding Securities
shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such
Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any 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, if any, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the
extent required by law.
Unless otherwise specified with respect to any Security pursuant to Section 301, if, after a
deposit referred to in Section 1404(1) has been made, (a) the Holder of a Security in respect of
which such deposit was made is entitled to, and does, elect pursuant to Section 312(b) or the terms
of such Security to receive payment in a Currency other than that in which the deposit pursuant to
Section 1404(1) has been made in respect of such Security, or (b) a Conversion Event occurs as
contemplated in Section 312(d) or 312(e) or by the terms of any
Security in respect of which the deposit pursuant to Section 1404(1) has been made, the
indebtedness represented by such Security shall be deemed to have been, and shall be, fully
discharged and satisfied through the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on such Security as they become due out of the proceeds yielded by converting
(from time to time as specified below in the case of any such election) the amount or other
property deposited in respect of such Security into the Currency in which such Security becomes
payable as a result of such election or Conversion Event based on the applicable Market Exchange
Rate for such Currency in effect on the third Business Day prior to each payment date, except, with
respect to a Conversion Event, for such Currency in effect (as nearly as feasible) at the time of
the Conversion Event.
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 1404 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 such Outstanding Securities.
Anything in this Article Fourteen to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver
or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any money or Government Obligations
(or other property and any proceeds therefrom) held by it as provided in Section 1404 which, in the
opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written
certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would
then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent defeasance or covenant defeasance, as
applicable, in accordance with this Article Fourteen.
SECTION 1406. Reinstatement.
If the Trustee or any Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section
1405 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining,
restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Companys obligations under this
Indenture and such Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had
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occurred pursuant to Section 1402 or 1403, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying
Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 1405; provided,
however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or
interest, if any, on any such Security following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company
shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from
the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
ARTICLE FIFTEEN
GUARANTEES
SECTION 1501. Applicability of Article.
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to each of the Guarantors for the Guarantee
of Securities of a series.
SECTION 1502. Guarantee.
Each Guarantor of a particular series of Securities hereby unconditionally guarantees (each
such guarantee to be referred to herein as a Guarantee), jointly and severally with each other
Guarantor of the Securities of that series, if any, to each Holder of such Securities authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the
validity and enforceability of this Indenture, such Securities or the obligations of the Company
hereunder or thereunder, (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium or
interest on such Securities, whether at maturity or on an interest payment date, by acceleration,
pursuant to an offer to purchase such Securities or otherwise, and interest on the overdue
principal of and interest, if any, on such Securities, if lawful, and all other obligations of the
Company to the Holders of such Securities or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly
paid in full, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof including all amounts payable to
the Trustee under Section 606 hereof, and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or
renewal of any such Securities or any of such other obligations, the same shall be promptly paid in
full when due or to be performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether
at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise.
If the Company fails to make any payment when due of any amount so guaranteed for whatever
reason, the Guarantor of the Securities of that series shall be obligated, jointly and severally
with each other Guarantor, if any, to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that
its obligations hereunder shall be continuing, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and
shall be unaffected by, the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities, this
Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of
the Securities or the Trustee with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any
judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of such Guarantor. Each Guarantor
hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, demand of performance, filing of claims
with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, the benefit of discussion, protest, notice and all demand
whatsoever and covenants that its Guarantee shall not be discharged except by
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complete performance of the obligations contained in the Securities guaranteed by such Guarantee, in this Indenture and
in this Article Fifteen. If any Holder of Securities of a series guaranteed hereby or the Trustee
is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company or any Guarantor of such Securities,
or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to the Company
or any Guarantor, any amount paid by the Company or any Guarantor of such Securities to the Trustee
or such Holder, this Article Fifteen, to the extent theretofore discharged with respect to any
Guarantee of such Securities, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. Each Guarantor agrees
that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders of Securities
of a series guaranteed hereby by such Guarantor in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby by
such Guarantee until payment in full of all such obligations. Each Guarantor further agrees that,
as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and
the Holders of Securities of a series guaranteed hereby by such Guarantor and the Trustee on
the other hand, (i) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as
provided in Article Five hereof for the purposes of such Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations
guaranteed hereby and (ii) in the event of any acceleration of such obligations as provided in
Article Five hereof such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due
and payable by such Guarantor, jointly and severally with any other Guarantor of such Securities,
for the purpose of this Article Fifteen. In addition, without limiting the foregoing, upon the
effectiveness of an acceleration under Article Five, the Trustee may make a demand for payment on
the Securities under any Guarantee provided hereunder and not discharged.
With respect to each Guarantee by a Guarantor, such Guarantor shall be subrogated to all
rights of the Holder of any Securities guaranteed hereby by such Guarantee against the Company in
respect of any amounts paid to such Holder by such Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of such
Guarantee; provided that the Guarantor shall not be entitled to enforce, or to receive any payments
arising out of or based upon, such right of subrogation until the principal of and interest on all
such Securities shall have been paid in full.
The Guarantee set forth in this Section 1502 shall not be valid or become obligatory for any
purpose with respect to a Security until the certificate of authentication on such Security shall
have been signed by the Trustee or any duly appointed agent.
SECTION 1503. Obligations of the Guarantor Unconditional.
Nothing contained in this Article Fifteen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in any Security is
intended to or shall impair, as between a Guarantor and the Holders of the Securities guaranteed by
such Guarantors Guarantee, the obligations of such Guarantor, which are absolute and
unconditional, to pay to such Holders the principal of and interest as and when the same shall
become due and payable in accordance with the provisions of this Guarantee or is intended to or
shall affect the relative rights of such Holders and creditors of such Guarantor, nor shall
anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or such Holder from exercising all remedies
otherwise permitted by applicable law upon Default under this Indenture in respect of cash,
property or securities of such Guarantor received upon the exercise of any such remedy;
Upon any distribution of assets of a Guarantor referred to in this Article Fifteen, the
Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 602 and 603, and the Holders of the Securities
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guaranteed hereby by such Guarantor shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any
court of competent jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or
other person making any distribution to the Trustee or to such Holders, for the purpose of
ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of other
indebtedness of such Guarantor, 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.
SECTION
1504. Article Not to Prevent Events of Default.
The failure to make a payment on account of principal or interest on the Securities of any
series by reason of any provision in this Article Fifteen shall not be construed as preventing the
occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 501.
SECTION 1505. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
To evidence a Guarantee set forth in this Article Fifteen, the Guarantor hereby agrees that
the guarantee notation, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto (the Guarantee Notation),
shall be endorsed on each Security authenticated and delivered by the Trustee that is guaranteed by
such Guarantee and that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by its
Chairman of the Board, its President or one of its Vice Presidents.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding any failure to endorse the Guarantee Notation on each such Security.
If an officer whose signature is on this Indenture or on the Securities guaranteed hereby no
longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security on which a notation of
the Guarantee is endorsed, such Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall
constitute due delivery of each Guarantee thereof
ARTICLE SIXTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES
SECTION 1601. Agreement to Subordinate.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, the Company, for itself, its successors
and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities by his acceptance thereof,
likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and
interest, if any, on each and all of the Securities is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent
and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all
Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1602. Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization;
Subrogation of Securities.
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Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, upon any distribution of assets of the
Company upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether in
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Company or
otherwise (subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make other equitable
provision reflecting the rights conferred in this Indenture upon the
Senior Indebtedness and the holders thereof with respect to the Securities and the holders thereof by
a lawful plan of reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law):
(1) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled to receive payment in full
of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest due thereon before the Holders
of the Securities are entitled to receive any payment upon the principal (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on indebtedness evidenced by the Securities;
(2) any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Sixteen shall be paid by
the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution,
whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or otherwise, directly to
the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives or to the
trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such
Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts
remaining unpaid on account of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the
Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in
full of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and
(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of
assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities,
shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior
Indebtedness is paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be paid over, upon written
notice to the Trustee, to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative or
representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under which any instrument
evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, ratably as aforesaid, for
application to payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid until all such Senior
Indebtedness shall have been paid in full, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the Holders of the Securities shall
be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or
distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to Senior Indebtedness
until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the Securities shall be paid
in full and no such payments or distributions to the Holders of the Securities of cash, property or
securities otherwise distributable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall, as between the
Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the
Securities be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the
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Securities. It is understood that the provisions of this Article Sixteen are and are intended solely for the purpose
of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders
of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand. Nothing contained in this Article Sixteen or
elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as between the
Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the
Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is unconditional and absolute, to
pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if
any, on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their
terms, or to affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the
Company other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or in the
Securities prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under
this Article Sixteen of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or
securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or
distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Sixteen, the Trustee, subject to
the provisions of Section 601, shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the liquidating
trustee or agent or other Person making any distribution to the Trustee for the purpose of
ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of 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 Sixteen.
The Trustee, however, shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness. The Trustee shall not be liable to any such holder if it shall pay over or
distribute to or on behalf of Holders of Securities or the Company moneys or assets to which any
holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article Sixteen.
If the Trustee or any Holder of Securities does not file a proper claim or proof of debt in
the form required in any proceeding referred to above prior to 30 days before the expiration of the
time to file such claim in such proceeding, then the holder of any Senior Indebtedness is hereby
authorized, and has the right, to file an appropriate claim or claims for or on behalf of such
Holder of Securities.
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 and
no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read
into this Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 1603. No Payment on Securities in Certain Circumstances.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301,
(a) Upon the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness by lapse of time, acceleration (unless
waived, rescinded or annulled) or otherwise, or upon any payment default (with or without the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both, in accordance with the terms of the instrument governing
such Senior Indebtedness, and without any waiver or forgiveness) with respect to any Senior
Indebtedness, all amounts payable thereon shall first be paid in full, or such
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Senior Indebtedness, before any payment is made, directly or indirectly by set off or otherwise, on account of principal
of, or interest on, the Securities of such series or to acquire any of the Securities of such
series or on account of the redemption provisions of the Securities of such series.
(b) Upon a default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness (other than under circumstances
when the terms of paragraph (a) of this Section are applicable), as such default is defined therein
or in the instrument under which it is outstanding, permitting the holders to accelerate the
maturity thereof, upon written notice thereof given to the Company and the Trustee by or on behalf
of holders of such Senior Indebtedness (Default Notice), then, unless and until such default
shall have been cured or waived by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or shall have ceased to
exist (the Payment Blockage Period), no direct or indirect payment shall be made by the Company
with respect to the principal of, or interest on, the Securities or to acquire any of such
Securities or on account of the redemption provisions of the Securities; provided,
however, that this paragraph (b) shall not prevent the making of any payment (which is not
otherwise prohibited by paragraph (a)) for more than 179 days after the Default Notice shall have
been given unless the Senior Indebtedness in respect of which such event of default exists has been
declared due and payable in its entirety, in which case no such payment may be made until such
acceleration has been rescinded or annulled or such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full.
(c) If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, any payment on account of
principal of, or interest on, the Securities shall be received by the Trustee, by a Holder or by
any Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, money for any such payment
is segregated and held in trust), then, unless and until such payment is no longer prohibited by
this Section, such payment (subject to the provisions of Section 1604) shall be held in trust for
the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness and, upon notice to the Trustee or such Paying
Agent from the representative of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and pursuant to the
directions of such representative, shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness or their representative(s), ratably according to the aggregate amount remaining unpaid
on account of the principal of and interest on the Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each,
for application to the payment or prepayment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the
extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in accordance with its terms, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution or provision therefor to or for the holders of
Senior Indebtedness. Promptly after becoming aware thereof, the Company shall give written notice
to the Trustee of any event prohibiting payments on account of principal of, or interest on, the
Securities and, in such event, shall provide to the Trustee, in the form of an Officers
Certificate, the names and addresses of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and their
representative(s), if any, the amount of the Senior Indebtedness held by each such holder, any
information necessary to calculate the daily or other increase in Senior Indebtedness held by such
holders and any other information which the Trustee may reasonably request to comply with this
Article. Subject to the provisions of Section 1602 hereof, in the event that the Trustee or the
Paying Agent reasonably determines that additional evidence is required with respect to any person
as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, may request that such person furnish
evidence to its reasonable as to the extent such person is entitled to participate in such payment
or distribution and as to other facts pertinent to the rights
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of such persons under this Article and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, may
defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as to the right of such person to
receive such payment.
SECTION 1604. Payments on Securities Permitted.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities shall (a) affect the
obligation of the Company to make, or prevent the Company from making, at any time except as
provided in Sections 1602 and 1603, payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on the Securities or (b) prevent the application by the Trustee of any moneys deposited with
it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest,
if any, on the Securities, unless the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office
written notice of any event prohibiting the making of such payment more than two Business Days
prior to the date fixed for such payment.
SECTION 1605. Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect
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
provided in this Article Sixteen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all such
purposes.
SECTION 1606. Notices to Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provisions of this Indenture,
neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent (other than the Company) shall be charged with knowledge
of the existence of any Senior Indebtedness or of any event which would prohibit the making of any
payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, unless and until the Trustee or such
Paying Agent shall have received (in the case of the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office)
written notice thereof from the Company or from the holder of any Senior Indebtedness or from the
trustee for any such holder, together with proof satisfactory to the Trustee of such holding of
Senior Indebtedness or of the authority of such trustee; provided, however, that if at least two
Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such moneys may become payable
for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of either the principal (or premium, if
any) or interest, if any, on any Security) the Trustee shall not have received with respect to such
moneys the notice provided for in this Section 1606, then, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys
and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary, which may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder)
to establish that such a notice has been given by a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on
behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further
evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to
participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article Sixteen, the Trustee may
request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
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satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to
participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such
Person under this Article Sixteen and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any
payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive
such payment.
SECTION 1607. Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article Sixteen in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it to the same extent as
any other holder of Senior Indebtedness and nothing in this Indenture shall be construed to deprive
the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article Sixteen shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or
pursuant to Section 606.
SECTION 1608. Modifications of Terms of Senior Indebtedness.
Any renewal or extension of the time of payment of any Senior Indebtedness or the exercise by
the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any of their rights under any instrument creating or
evidencing Senior Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder,
may be made or done all without notice to or assent from the Holders of the Securities or the
Trustee.
No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or
waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any liability or obligation under or in respect of,
or of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any indenture or other instrument under which
any Senior Indebtedness is outstanding or of such Senior Indebtedness, whether or not such release
is in accordance with the provisions of any applicable document, shall in any way alter or affect
any of the provisions of this Article Sixteen or of the Securities relating to the subordination
thereof.
SECTION 1609. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article Sixteen,
the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree
entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership,
liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is pending, or a
certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver, assignee for
the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, delivered to
the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of 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 Sixteen.
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ARTICLE SEVENTEEN
SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES
SECTION 1701. Agreement to Subordinate.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, each of the Guarantors, for itself, its
successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities by his respective
acceptance thereof, likewise covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of (and
premium, if any) and interest, if any, on each and all of the Guarantees is hereby expressly
subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, in right of payment to the
prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness.
SECTION 1702. Distribution on Dissolution, Liquidation and Reorganization;
Subrogation of Guarantees.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, upon any distribution of assets of a
Guarantor, upon any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of a Guarantor, whether
in bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of a Guarantor or
otherwise (subject to the power of a court of competent jurisdiction to make other equitable
provision reflecting the rights conferred in this Indenture upon the Senior Indebtedness of any
such Guarantor and the holders thereof with respect to the Guarantees and the holders thereof by a
lawful plan of any such Guarantor of reorganization under applicable bankruptcy law):
(1) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness of any such Guarantor shall be entitled to
receive payment in full of the principal thereof (and premium, if any) and interest due
thereon before the Holders of the Guarantees are entitled to receive any payment upon the
principal (or premium, if any) or interest, if any, on indebtedness evidenced by the
Guarantees;
(2) any payment or distribution of assets of any such Guarantor of any kind or
character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Guarantees
or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article Seventeen shall
be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or
distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or
otherwise, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor or their
representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under
which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor may have been
issued, ratably according to the aggregate amounts remaining unpaid on account of the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor
held or represented by each, to the extent necessary to make payment in full of all Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent
payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and
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(3) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any payment or distribution of
assets of any such Guarantor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or
securities, shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Guarantees before all
Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor is paid in full, such payment or distribution shall be
paid over, upon written notice to the Trustee, to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or
their representative or representatives or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture
under which any instrument evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued,
ratably as aforesaid, for application to payment of all Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantor remaining unpaid until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full,
after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness.
Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantors, the Holders
shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantors to
receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of such Guarantors applicable to
such Senior Indebtedness until the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest, if any, on the
Senior Indebtedness shall be paid in full and no such payments or distributions to the Holders of
cash, property or securities otherwise distributable to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such
Guarantors shall, as between such Guarantors, its creditors other than the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantors, and the Holders be deemed to be a payment by such Guarantors to or
on account of the Guarantees. It is understood that the provisions of this Article Seventeen are
and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the
Guarantees, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Guarantors, on the
other hand. Nothing contained in this Article Seventeen or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the
Guarantees is intended to or shall impair, as between the Guarantors and the Holders of the
Guarantees, the obligation of such Guarantors, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay to the
Holders of the Guarantees for any obligation thereunder and when the same shall become due and
payable in accordance with their terms, or to affect the relative rights of the Holders of the
Guarantees and creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantors, nor
shall anything herein or in the Guarantees prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any such Guarantees
from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this
Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article Seventeen of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantors in respect of cash, property or securities of such Guarantor
received upon the exercise of any such remedy. Upon any payment or distribution of assets of such
Guarantor referred to in this Article Seventeen the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section
601, shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other
Person making any distribution to the Trustee for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled
to participate in such distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantors and
other indebtedness of such Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts
paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article Seventeen.
The Trustee, however, shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of any Guarantor. The Trustee shall not be liable to any such holder if it shall pay
over or distribute to or on behalf of Holders of Guarantees or the Guarantor moneys or assets to
which any holder of Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor shall be entitled by virtue of this
Article Seventeen.
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If the Trustee or any Holder of Guarantees does not file a proper claim or proof of debt in
the form required in any proceeding referred to above prior to 30 days before the expiration of the
time to file such claim in such proceeding, then the holder of any Senior Indebtedness of any
Guarantor is hereby authorized, and has the right, to file an appropriate claim or claims for or on
behalf of such Holder of Guarantees.
With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor, the Trustee undertakes to
perform or to observe only such of its covenants or obligations as are specifically set forth in
this Article and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to holders of Senior Indebtedness
of any Guarantor shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee.
SECTION 1703. No Payment on Guarantees in Certain Circumstances.
Unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301,
(a) Upon the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness by lapse of time, acceleration (unless
waived, rescinded or annulled) or otherwise, or upon any payment default (with or without the
giving of notice or lapse of time or both, in accordance with the terms of the instrument governing
such Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor, and without any waiver or forgiveness) with respect to any
Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor, all amounts payable thereon shall first be paid in full before
any payment is made, directly or indirectly by set off or otherwise, on account of any obligations
arising under the Guarantees.
(b) Upon a default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness (other than under circumstances
when the terms of paragraph (a) of this Section are applicable), as such default is defined therein
or in the instrument under which it is outstanding, permitting the holders to accelerate the
maturity thereof, upon written notice thereof given to such Guarantor and the Trustee by or on
behalf of holders of such Senior Indebtedness (Default Notice), then, unless and until such
default shall have been cured or waived by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or shall have
ceased to exist (the Payment Blockage Period), no direct or indirect payment shall be made by
such Guarantor with respect to any obligations arising under the Guarantees; provided,
however, that this paragraph (b) shall not prevent the making of any payment (which is not
otherwise prohibited by paragraph (a)) for more than 179 days after the Default Notice shall have
been given unless the Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor in respect of which such event of default
exists has been declared due and payable in its entirety, in which case no such payment may be made
until such acceleration has been rescinded or annulled or such Senior Indebtedness has been paid in
full.
(c) If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section, any payment on account of
principal of, or interest on, the Guarantees shall be received by the Trustee, by a Holder or by
any Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, money for any such payment
is segregated and held in trust), then, unless and until such payment is no longer prohibited by
this Section, such payment (subject to the provisions of Section 1604) shall be held in trust for
the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor and, upon notice to the Trustee or
such Paying Agent from the representative of the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor
and pursuant to the directions of such representative, shall be paid
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over or delivered to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness or their representative(s),
ratably according to the aggregate amount remaining unpaid on account of the principal of and
interest on such Senior Indebtedness held or represented by each, for application to the payment or
prepayment of all Senior Indebtedness of such Guarantor remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to
pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in accordance with its terms, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution or provision therefor to or for the holders of Senior
Indebtedness of such Guarantor. Promptly after becoming aware thereof, the Guarantor shall give
written notice to the Trustee of any event prohibiting payments for any obligations arising under
the Guarantees and, in such event, shall provide to the Trustee, in the form of an Officers
Certificate, the names and addresses of the holders of such Senior Indebtedness and their
representative(s), if any, the amount of the Senior Indebtedness held by each such holder, any
information necessary to calculate the daily or other increase in Senior Indebtedness held by such
holders and any other information which the Trustee may reasonably request to comply with this
Article. Subject to the provisions of Section 1702 hereof, in the event that the Trustee or the
Paying Agent reasonably determines that additional evidence is required with respect to any person
as a holder of such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to
this Article, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, may request that such person
furnish evidence to its reasonable as to the extent such person is entitled to participate in such
payment or distribution and as to other facts pertinent to the rights of such persons under this
Article and if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be,
may defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as to the right of such person
to receive such payment.
SECTION 1704. Payments on Guarantees Permitted.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Guarantees shall (a) affect the
obligation of the Guarantors to make, or prevent the Guarantors from making, at any time except as
provided in Sections 1702 and 1703, payments of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest, if
any, on the Guarantees or (b) prevent the application by the Trustee of any moneys deposited with
it hereunder to the payment of or on account of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest,
if any, on the Guarantees, unless the Trustee shall have received at its Corporate Trust Office
written notice of any event prohibiting the making of such payment more than two Business Days
prior to the date fixed for such payment.
SECTION 1705. Authorization of Holders to Trustee to Effect
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
provided in this Article Seventeen and appoints the Trustee his attorney-in-fact for any and all
such purposes.
SECTION 1706. Notices to Trustee.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article or any other provisions of this Indenture,
neither the Trustee nor any Paying Agent shall be charged with knowledge of the existence of any
Senior Indebtedness of any Guarantor or of any event which would prohibit the
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making of any payment of moneys to or by the Trustee or such Paying Agent, unless and until
the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall have received (in the case of the Trustee, at its Corporate
Trust Office) written notice thereof from such Guarantor or from the holder of any such Senior
Indebtedness or from the trustee for any such holder, together with proof satisfactory to the
Trustee of such holding of such Senior Indebtedness or of the
authority of such trustee; provided,
however, that if at least two Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any
such moneys may become payable for any purpose; the Trustee shall not have received with respect to
such moneys the notice provided for in this Section 1706, then, anything herein contained to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such moneys
and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any
notice to the contrary, which may be received by it within two Business Days prior to such date.
The Trustee shall be entitled to rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Person
representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor (or a trustee on behalf
of such holder) to establish that such a notice has been given by a holder of such Senior
Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder. In the event that the Trustee determines
in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder
of any such Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this
Article Seventeen, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable
satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of such Senior Indebtedness held by such Person, the
extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any
other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article Seventeen and, if such
evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial
determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment.
SECTION 1707. Trustee as Holder of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor.
The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this
Article Seventeen in respect of any Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor at any time held by it to
the same extent as any other holder of such Senior Indebtedness and nothing in this Indenture shall
be construed to deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.
Nothing in this Article Seventeen shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under
or pursuant to Section 606.
SECTION 1708. Modifications of Terms of Senior Indebtedness of a
Guarantor.
Any renewal or extension of the time of payment of any Senior Indebtedness or the exercise by
the holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor or the exercise by the holders of such Senior
Indebtedness of any of their rights under any instrument creating or evidencing such Senior
Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder, may be made or done
all without notice to or assent from the Holders of the Guarantees or the Trustee.
No compromise, alteration, amendment, modification, extension, renewal or other change of, or
waiver, consent or other action in respect of, any liability or obligation under or in
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respect of, or of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any indenture or other
instrument under which any Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor is outstanding or of such Senior
Indebtedness, whether or not such release is in accordance with the provisions of any applicable
document, shall in any way alter or affect any of the provisions of this Article Seventeen or of
the Guarantees relating to the subordination thereof.
SECTION 1709. Reliance on Judicial Order or Certificate of Liquidating
Agent.
Upon any payment or distribution of assets of any Guarantor referred to in this Article
Seventeen, the Trustee and the Holders of the Guarantees shall be entitled to rely upon any order
or decree entered by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such insolvency, bankruptcy,
receivership, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution, winding up or similar case or proceeding is
pending, or a certificate of the trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, custodian, receiver,
assignee for the benefit of creditors, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution,
delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of Guarantees, for the purpose of ascertaining the
Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of Senior Indebtedness
of a Guarantor and other indebtedness of a Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the
amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this
Article Seventeen.
This Indenture 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 Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of
the day and year first above written.
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EXHIBIT A
[FORM OF NOTATION OF SECURITY
RELATING TO GUARANTEE]
GUARANTEE
[Name of Guarantor] (hereinafter referred to as the Guarantor, which term includes any
successor person under the Indenture (the Indenture) referred to in the Security upon which this
notation is endorsed) (the Endorsed Security), has unconditionally guaranteed (i) the due and
punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Endorsed Security and
all other Securities of the same series as the Endorsed Security (the Guaranteed Securities),
whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the
overdue principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on the Guaranteed Securities, to the
extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the
Holders of Guaranteed Securities or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms set forth in
Article Fifteen of the Indenture and (ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of
any Guaranteed Securities or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in
full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at
stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall
have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
The obligations of the Guarantor to the Holders of Guaranteed Securities and to the Trustee
pursuant to the Guarantee evidenced hereby and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article
Fifteen of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to such Indenture for the terms of such
Guarantee.
No stockholder, officer, director or incorporator, as such, past, present or future, of the
Guarantor shall have any personal liability under the Guarantee evidenced hereby by reason of his
or its status as such stockholder, officer, director or incorporator.
The Guarantee evidenced hereby shall not be valid or obligatory for any purpose until the
certificate of authentication of the Guaranteed Securities shall have been executed by the Trustee
under the Indenture by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers.
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IMAX Corporation
2525 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, Ontario
L5K 1B1
Dear Ladies/Gentlemen:
We are acting as Canadian counsel to IMAX Corporation (the Company) in connection with the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (as such may hereafter be amended or supplemented, the
Registration Statement) filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission in
connection with the registration under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
relating to the offering from time to time, as set forth in the prospectus contained in the
Registration Statement and as to be set forth in one or more supplements to the prospectus, of the
Companys: (i) debt securities (the Debt Securities); (ii) common shares (the Common Shares);
(iii) special shares (the Preferred Shares); (iv) warrants to purchase Debt Securities (the Debt
Warrants); (v) warrants to purchase Common Shares (the Common Share Warrants); (vi) warrants to
purchase Preferred Shares (the Preferred Share Warrants); (vii) stock purchase contracts (the
Stock Purchase Contracts); and (viii) units (the Units) with an aggregate offering price set
forth in the Registration Statement. The Debt Warrants, Common Share Warrants and Preferred Share
Warrants are collectively referred to as the Warrants and the Warrants, together with the Debt
Securities, the Common Shares, the Preferred Shares, the Stock Purchase Contracts and the Units are
collectively referred to as the Securities. Any Debt Securities or Preferred Shares may be
convertible into, or exchangeable for, Common Shares or other Securities.
The Debt Securities will be issued in one or more series and may be either senior debt
securities (the Senior Securities) issued pursuant to an indenture to be entered into (the
Senior Indenture) between the Company and a trustee to be identified therein (the Senior
Trustee), or subordinated debt securities (the Subordinated Securities) issued pursuant to an
indenture to be entered into (the Subordinated Indenture) between the Company and a trustee to be
identified therein (the Subordinated Trustee). The Debt Securities may be guaranteed by certain
of the Companys U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries (any such guarantees by the Companys Canadian
subsidiaries, the Guarantees). The Debt Warrants will be issued under one or more debt warrant
agreements (each, a Debt Warrant Agreement), the Common Share Warrants will be issued under one
or more common share warrant agreements (each, a Common Share Warrant Agreement) and the
Preferred Share Warrants will be issued under one or more preferred share warrant agreements (each,
a Preferred Share Warrant Agreement and, together with the
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Debt Warrant Agreements and the Common Share Warrant Agreements, the Warrant Agreements) each to
be between the Company and a financial institution to be identified therein as warrant agent (each,
a Warrant Agent).
We have made such investigations and examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise
identified to our satisfaction, of such certificates, documents and records as we have considered
necessary or relevant for the purposes of the opinions hereinafter expressed.
For purposes of this opinion, we have assumed the legal capacity of all individuals and, with
respect to all documents examined by us, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all
documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents
submitted to us as copies. We have relied upon the certificates referred to above with respect to
the accuracy of the factual matters contained therein and we have not performed any independent
verification of such factual matters.
The opinions hereinafter expressed are limited to the laws of the Province of Ontario and the
federal laws of Canada applicable therein in effect on the date hereof.
Based upon the foregoing and subject to the qualifications set forth herein, we are of the
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Board), be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. |
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The Senior Securities (including Senior Securities issuable upon conversion of or exchange
for any Security or upon exercise of any Debt Warrant) will, when authorized for issuance by
the Board, be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company
and, when the final terms of the applicable Senior Securities have been duly established and
approved by the Board and such Senior Securities are issued and delivered in accordance with
the terms of the Senior Indenture against payment therefor, such Senior Securities will be
validly issued. |
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The Subordinated Indenture will, when approved by the Board, be duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. |
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The Subordinated Securities (including Subordinated Securities issuable upon conversion of or
exchange for any Security or upon exercise of any Debt Warrant) will, when authorized for
issuance by the Board, be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company and, when the final terms of the applicable Subordinated Securities have been duly
established and approved by the Board and such Subordinated Securities are issued and
delivered in accordance with the terms of the Subordinated Indenture against payment therefor,
such Subordinated Securities will be validly issued. |
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The Guarantees will, when approved by the board of directors of each of the Companys
Canadian subsidiaries offering such Guarantees, be duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of each such Canadian subsidiary. |
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The Common Shares (including Common Shares issuable upon conversion of or exchange for any
Security or upon exercise of any Common Share Warrant) will, when approved for issuance by the
Board, be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and,
when issued and delivered against payment therefor, will be validly issued as fully paid and
non-assessable shares in the capital of the Company. |
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The Preferred Shares (including Preferred Shares issuable upon conversion of or exchange for
any Security or upon exercise of any Preferred Share Warrant) will, when approved for issuance
by the Board, be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company
and, when the final terms thereof have been duly established and approved by the Board and
when all action necessary for creation of such Preferred Shares has been taken including,
without limitation, the filing of Articles of Amendment, such Preferred Shares will be validly
created and, when issued and delivered against payment therefor, will be validly issued as
fully paid and non-assessable shares in the capital of the Company. |
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The Warrants and any applicable Warrant Agreement will, when approved by the Board, be duly
authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. |
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The Stock Purchase Contracts and any applicable Stock Purchase Contract Agreement will, when
approved by the Board, be duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the
Company. |
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The Units will, when approved by the Board, be duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on the part of the Company. |
We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and
to the use of our name where it appears in the Registration Statement.
Yours very truly,
/s/ McCarthy Tétrault
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
EX-5.2
EXHIBIT 5.2
[Letterhead of Shearman & Sterling LLP]
February 13, 2009
The Board of Directors
IMAX Corporation
2525 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, Ontario L5K 1B1
IMAX Corporation
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as United States counsel to IMAX Corporation, a Canadian corporation (the
Company), in connection with the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (such
registration statement, including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the
Registration Statement) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
Commission) relating to the proposed public offering from time to time, pursuant to Rule
415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), of the following
securities of the Company: (i) senior debt securities (the Senior Debt Securities) and
subordinated debt securities (the Subordinated Debt Securities and, together with the
Senior Debt Securities, the Debt Securities); (ii) guarantees of the Debt Securities (the
Guarantees) by the subsidiaries of the Company listed in Schedule A (the Covered
Guarantors) and certain other subsidiaries of the Company (together with the Covered
Guarantors, the Guarantors); (iii) special shares (the Special Shares); (iv)
common shares, no par value (the Common Shares); (v) warrants to purchase any of the
foregoing Debt Securities, Special Shares or Common Shares (the Warrants); (vi) share
purchase contracts to purchase Common Shares or Special Shares (the Stock Purchase
Contracts); and (vii) units comprised of one or more of the foregoing securities (the
Units), in each case, as described in the prospectus forming a part of the Registration
Statement (the Prospectus) and as shall be designated by the Company at the time of the
applicable offering.
The Senior Debt Securities will be issued in one or more series pursuant to an indenture in
substantially the form of Exhibit 4.3 to the Registration Statement (the Senior
Indenture) to be entered into between the Company and a financial institution identified
therein as trustee (the Senior Trustee). The Subordinated Debt Securities will be issued
in one or more series pursuant to an indenture in substantially the form of Exhibit 4.4 to the
Registration Statement (the Subordinated Indenture) to be entered into between the
Company and a financial institution identified therein as trustee (the Subordinated
Trustee). The Warrants will be issued under one or more warrant agreements (each, a
Warrant Agreement) to be entered into between the Company and a financial institution
identified therein as warrant agent (each, a Warrant Agent). The Stock Purchase
Contracts will be issued under one or more share purchase contract agreements (each, a Stock
Purchase Contract Agreement) to be entered into
between the Company and a financial institution identified therein as share purchase contract agent
(the Stock Purchase Contract Agent). The Units will be issued under one or more unit
agreements (each, a Unit Agreement) to be entered into between the Company and a
financial institution identified therein as unit agent (the Unit Agent). The Senior
Indenture, any form of certificate representing Senior Debt Securities, the Subordinated Indenture,
any form of certificate representing Subordinated Debt Securities, any form of notation of
Guarantee, any Warrant Agreement, any form of certificate representing Warrants, any Stock Purchase
Contract Agreement and any Unit Agreement are collectively referred to herein as the Opinion
Documents.
In that connection, we have reviewed originals or copies of the following documents:
(a) |
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The Registration Statement. |
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Originals or copies of such other corporate records of the Company, certificates of public
officials and of officers of the Company and agreements and other documents as we have deemed
necessary as a basis for the opinions expressed below. |
In our review of the Opinion Documents and other documents, we have assumed:
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The genuineness of all signatures. |
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The authenticity of the originals of the documents submitted to us. |
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The conformity to authentic originals of any documents submitted to us as copies. |
(d) |
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As to matters of fact, the truthfulness of the representations made in certificates of public
officials and officers of the Company. |
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That, when duly executed by the parties thereto, each of the Opinion Documents will be the
legal, valid and binding obligation of each party thereto, other than the Company and the
Guarantors, enforceable against each such party in accordance with its terms and that each of
the Opinion Documents will be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the
State of New York. |
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Each of the Company and the Guarantors is an entity duly
organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization. |
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Each of the Company and the Guarantors, other than the Covered
Guarantors, has power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to execute,
deliver and perform the Opinion Documents to which it is a party. |
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The execution, delivery and performance by each of the Company
and the Guarantors of the Opinion Documents to which it is a party will have
been duly authorized by all necessary action (corporate or otherwise) and will
not: |
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contravene its certificate or
articles of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational
documents; |
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except with respect to Generally
Applicable Law, violate any law, rule or regulation applicable
to it; or |
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result in any conflict with or
breach of any agreement or document binding on it. |
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Except with respect to Generally Applicable Law, 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 each of the Company
and the Guarantors of any Opinion Document to which it is a party or, if any
such authorization, approval, consent, action, notice or filing is required, it
has been duly obtained, taken, given or made and is or will be in full force
and effect. |
We have not independently established the validity of the foregoing assumptions.
Generally Applicable Law means the federal law of the United States of America, and the
law of the State of New York (including the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or pursuant
thereto), that a New York lawyer exercising customary professional diligence would reasonably be
expected to recognize as being applicable to the Company, the Guarantors, the Opinion Documents or
the transactions governed by the Opinion Documents, and for purposes of assumption paragraph (f)
above and our opinion in paragraph 5 below, the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing definition of Generally Applicable Law, the term
Generally Applicable Law does not include any law, rule or regulation that is applicable to the
Company, any of the Guarantors, the Opinion Documents or such transactions solely because such law,
rule or regulation is part of a regulatory regime applicable to any party to any of the Opinion
Documents or any of its affiliates due to the specific assets or business of such party or such
affiliate.
Based upon the foregoing and upon such other investigation as we have deemed necessary and subject
to the qualifications set forth below, we are of the opinion that:
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When (i) the necessary corporate action has been taken to authorize the form, terms,
execution and delivery of the Senior Indenture and (ii) the Senior Indenture has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company and duly authorized, executed and delivered by the
Senior Trustee, the Senior Indenture will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. |
2. |
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When (i) the Senior Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and the
Senior Trustee, (ii) the necessary corporate action has been taken to authorize the form or
forms, term or terms, execution and delivery of the Senior Debt Securities and (iii) the
Senior Debt Securities have been duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Senior
Trustee in accordance with the Senior Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the
purchasers thereof, the Senior Debt Securities will be the
legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Senior Indenture. |
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When (i) the necessary corporate action has been taken to authorize the form, terms,
execution and delivery of the Subordinated Indenture and (ii) the Subordinated Indenture has
been duly executed and delivered by the Company and duly authorized, executed and delivered by
the Subordinated Trustee, the Subordinated Indenture will be the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. |
4. |
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When (i) the Subordinated Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and
the Subordinated Trustee, (ii) the necessary corporate action has been taken to authorize the
form or forms, term or terms, execution and delivery of the Subordinated Debt Securities and
(iii) the Subordinated Debt Securities have been duly executed by the Company and
authenticated by the Subordinated Trustee in accordance with the Subordinated Indenture and
delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof, the Subordinated Debt Securities will be
the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with their terms and entitled to the benefits of the Subordinated Indenture. |
5. |
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The Guarantees have been duly authorized by the Covered Guarantors and, when (i) the
necessary corporate action has been taken by the Guarantors, other than the Covered
Guarantors, to authorize the Guarantees and the final terms of the Guarantees have been duly
established and approved, (ii) the Guarantees have been duly executed and delivered by each of
the Guarantors in accordance with the Senior Indenture or the Subordinated Indenture, as
applicable, and (iii) the Senior Debt Securities or the Subordinated Debt Securities, as
applicable, have been authenticated by the Senior Trustee or Subordinated Trustee, as
applicable, in accordance with the Senior Indenture or the Subordinated Indenture, as
applicable, and delivered to and paid for by the purchasers thereof, the Guarantees will be
the legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the Guarantors enforceable against each of
the Guarantors in accordance with their terms. |
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When (i) the necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the form,
terms, execution and delivery of the Warrants, including the adoption of a Warrant Agreement
relating thereto, and (ii) Warrants with such terms are duly executed and delivered against
payment in the manner provided for in the Warrant Agreement pursuant to which the Warrants are
to be executed and delivered and such corporate action, and such Warrants have been
countersigned by the applicable Warrant Agent, such Warrants will constitute valid and binding
obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms. |
7. |
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When (i) the necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the form,
terms, execution and delivery of the Stock Purchase Contracts, including the adoption of a
Stock Purchase Contract Agreement relating thereto, and (ii) the Stock Purchase Contracts with
such terms are duly executed and delivered against payment therefor in the manner provided for
in the Stock Purchase Contracts and such corporate action, and such Stock Purchase Contracts
have been countersigned by the applicable
Stock Purchase Contract Agent, such Stock Purchase Contracts will constitute valid and
binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
terms. |
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When (i) the necessary corporate action has been taken by the Company to authorize the form,
terms, execution and delivery of the Units, including the adoption of a Unit Agreement
relating thereto, and (ii) the Units with such terms are duly executed and delivered against
payment therefor in the manner provided for in the agreement pursuant to which the Units are
to be issued and such corporate action, and such Units have been countersigned by the
applicable Unit Agent, such Units will constitute valid and binding obligations of the
Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms. |
Our opinions expressed above are subject to the following qualifications:
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Our opinions are subject to (i) the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors rights generally (including
without limitation all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and (ii) possible judicial
action giving effect to governmental actions or foreign laws affecting creditors rights. |
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Our opinions are also subject to the effect of general principles of equity, including
without limitation concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing
(regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law). |
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Our opinions are limited to Generally Applicable Law. |
(d) |
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With respect to Debt Securities denominated in a currency other than United States dollars,
if any, we express no opinion as to whether a court would award a judgment in a currency other
than United States dollars. |
This opinion letter speaks only as of the date hereof. We expressly disclaim any responsibility to
advise you of any development or circumstance of any kind, including any change of law or fact,
that may occur after the date of this opinion letter that might affect the opinions expressed
herein.
We understand that this opinion is to be used in connection with the Registration Statement. We
hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to the
use of our name in the Prospectus under the caption Legal Matters. In giving this 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 promulgated thereunder.
Very truly yours,
/s/ SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
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SCHEDULE A
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Big Engine Films Inc.
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Delaware |
David Keighley Productions 70 MM Inc.
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Delaware |
IMAX (Titanic) Inc.
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Delaware |
IMAX II U.S.A. Inc.
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Delaware |
IMAX Chicago Theatre LLC
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Delaware |
IMAX Film Holding Co.
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Delaware |
IMAX Minnesota Holding Co.
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Delaware |
IMAX Providence General Partner Co.
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Delaware |
IMAX Providence Limited Partner Co.
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Delaware |
IMAX Scribe Inc.
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Delaware |
IMAX Theatre Holding (California I) Co.
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Delaware |
IMAX Theatre Holding (California II) Co.
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Delaware |
IMAX Theatre Holding (Nyack I) Co.
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Delaware |
IMAX Theatre Holding (Nyack II) Co.
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Delaware |
IMAX Theatre Holding Co.
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Delaware |
IMAX Theatre Holdings (OEI), Inc.
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Delaware |
IMAX Theatre Management Company
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Delaware |
IMAX U.S.A. Inc.
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Delaware |
Nyack Theatre LLC
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New York |
Ridefilm Corporation
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Delaware |
Sacramento Theatre LLC
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Delaware |
Strategic Sponsorship Corporation
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Delaware |
Taurus-Littrow Productions Inc.
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Delaware |
EX-12.1
EXHIBIT 12.1
IMAX Corporation
Statement Regarding Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges
Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges:
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Nine months |
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ended |
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September 30, |
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Years ended December 31, |
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2008 |
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2007 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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(in thousands of dollars, except ratio data) |
Earnings: |
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(Loss) income from continuing operations before
income taxes and minority interest |
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$ |
(23,804 |
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$ |
(28,470 |
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$ |
(11,904 |
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$ |
7,008 |
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$ |
6,444 |
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$ |
174 |
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Loss from equity-accounted investees |
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(2,496 |
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(23,804 |
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(28,470 |
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(11,904 |
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7,008 |
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6,444 |
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(2,322 |
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Fixed charges: |
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Interest Expense |
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12,240 |
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15,825 |
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15,651 |
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15,665 |
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15,906 |
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15,096 |
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Amortization of capitalized expenses related to
indebtedness |
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1,067 |
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1,267 |
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1,108 |
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1,210 |
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1,164 |
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704 |
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Estimate of interest within rental expense1 |
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880 |
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1,110 |
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988 |
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918 |
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757 |
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685 |
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14,187 |
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18,202 |
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17,747 |
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17,793 |
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17,827 |
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16,485 |
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Earnings before fixed charges |
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$ |
(9,617 |
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$ |
(10,268 |
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$ |
5,843 |
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$ |
24,801 |
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$ |
24,271 |
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$ |
14,163 |
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Ratio of earnings to fixed charges |
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(0.68 |
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(0.56 |
) |
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0.33 |
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1.39 |
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1.36 |
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0.86 |
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Additional earnings required to achieve earnings
to fixed charges ratio of 1:1 |
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$ |
23,804 |
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$ |
28,470 |
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$ |
11,904 |
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$ |
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$ |
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$ |
2,322 |
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Management considers approximately 22% of Companys rental expense to
reasonably approximate imputed interest. |
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 March 14, 2008 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedules
and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in IMAX
Corporations Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. We also consent to
the references to us under the headings Experts.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto, Ontario
February 13, 2009