Masco corporation

ARTICLE TWO.

SECURITIES.

 

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SECTION 2.01. Forms Generally	9
SECTION 2.02. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication	9
SECTION 2.03. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series	9
SECTION 2.04. Authentication and Delivery	11
SECTION 2.05. Date and Denomination of Securities	13
SECTION 2.06. Execution of Securities	14
SECTION 2.07. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Securities	14
SECTION 2.08. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities	15
SECTION 2.09. Temporary Securities	17
SECTION 2.10. Cancellation of Securities Paid, etc.	17
ARTICLE THREE.
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY.
SECTION 3.01. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	18
SECTION 3.02. Offices for Notices and Payments, etc.	18
SECTION 3.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office	19
SECTION 3.04. Provision as to Paying Agent	19
SECTION 3.05. Limitation on Liens	20
SECTION 3.06. Limitation on Sale and Leaseback	22
SECTION 3.07. Certificate to Trustee	23
ARTICLE FOUR.
SECURITYHOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE.
SECTION 4.01. Securityholders’ Lists	23
SECTION 4.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists	24
SECTION 4.03. Reports by Company	26
SECTION 4.04. Reports by the Trustee	26

 

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ARTICLE FIVE.

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS

ON EVENT OF DEFAULT.

 

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SECTION 5.01. Events of Default	28
SECTION 5.02. Payment of Securities on Default; Suit Therefor	31
SECTION 5.03. Application of Moneys Collected by Trustee	34
SECTION 5.04. Proceedings by Securityholders	35
SECTION 5.05. Proceedings by Trustee	36
SECTION 5.06. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing	36
SECTION 5.07. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Securityholders	36
SECTION 5.08. Notice of Defaults	37
SECTION 5.09. Undertaking to Pay Costs	38
ARTICLE SIX.
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE.
SECTION 6.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee	38
SECTION 6.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, etc.	40
SECTION 6.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, etc.	41
SECTION 6.04. Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agents, Transfer Agents or Registrar May Own Securities	41
SECTION 6.05. Moneys to be Held in Trust	42
SECTION 6.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee	42
SECTION 6.07. Officers’ Certificate as Evidence	43
SECTION 6.08. Conflicting Interest of Trustee	43
SECTION 6.09. Eligibility of Trustee	50
SECTION 6.10. Resignation or Removal of Trustee	50
SECTION 6.11. Acceptance by Successor Trustee	52
SECTION 6.12. Succession by Merger, etc.	53
SECTION 6.13. Limitation on Rights of Trustee as a Creditor	54
SECTION 6.14. Authenticating Agents	58

 

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ARTICLE SEVEN.

CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS.

 

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SECTION 7.01. Action by Securityholders	60
SECTION 7.02. Proof of Execution by Securityholders	60
SECTION 7.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners	60
SECTION 7.04. Securities Owned by Company Deemed Not Outstanding	61
SECTION 7.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound	61
ARTICLE EIGHT.
SECURITYHOLDERS’ MEETINGS.
SECTION 8.01. Purpose of Meetings	62
SECTION 8.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee	63
SECTION 8.03. Call of Meetings by Company or Securityholders	63
SECTION 8.04. Qualifications for Voting	63
SECTION 8.05. Regulations	63
SECTION 8.06. Voting	65
ARTICLE NINE.
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES.
SECTION 9.01. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Securityholders	65
SECTION 9.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Securityholders	67
SECTION 9.03. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act; Effect of Supplemental Indentures	68
SECTION 9.04. Notation on Securities	69
SECTION 9.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to be Furnished Trustee	69
ARTICLE TEN.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE BY THE COMPANY.
SECTION 10.01. Consolidations and Mergers of Company and Conveyances Permitted Subject to Certain Conditions	69
SECTION 10.02. Successor Corporation to be Substituted for Company	70
SECTION 10.03. Securities to be Secured in Certain Events	71
SECTION 10.04. Evidence to be Furnished Trustee	71