EXHIBIT 4.2
FORM OF AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
XXXXXXX CAPITAL TRUST IV
Dated as of ___________________
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE I INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS..................................... 2
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.................................................. 2
ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT................................................ 9
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application............................. 9
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities............................... 10
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee.............................. 10
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee......................... 10
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent............. 10
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.................................... 11
SECTION 2.7 Default; Notice.............................................. 12
ARTICLE III ORGANIZATION....................................................... 13
SECTION 3.1 Name......................................................... 13
SECTION 3.2 Office....................................................... 13
SECTION 3.3 Purpose...................................................... 14
SECTION 3.4 Authority.................................................... 14
SECTION 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust............................... 14
SECTION 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees............. 14
SECTION 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees......... 17
SECTION 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee.................... 18
SECTION 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Property Trustee.. 21
SECTION 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee........................... 23
SECTION 3.11 Delaware Trustee............................................. 25
SECTION 3.12 Execution of Documents....................................... 25
SECTION 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities....... 25
SECTION 3.14 Duration of Trust............................................ 26
SECTION 3.15 Mergers...................................................... 26
ARTICLE IV SPONSOR............................................................ 28
SECTION 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities...................... 28
SECTION 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor.............................. 28
SECTION 4.3 Right to Proceed............................................. 29
SECTION 4.4 Right to Terminate Trust..................................... 29
ARTICLE V TRUSTEES........................................................... 29
SECTION 5.1 Number of Trustees; Appointment of Co-Trustee................ 29
SECTION 5.2 Delaware Trustee............................................. 30
SECTION 5.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility................................ 31
SECTION 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Administrative
Trustees and Delaware Trustee Generally...................... 32
SECTION 5.5 Administrative Trustees...................................... 32
SECTION 5.6 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees............. 32
SECTION 5.7 Vacancies among Trustees..................................... 34
SECTION 5.8 Effect of Vacancies.......................................... 35
SECTION 5.9 Meetings..................................................... 35
SECTION 5.10 Delegation of Power.......................................... 35
SECTION 5.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Bu........ 36
ARTICLE VI DISTRIBUTIONS...................................................... 36
SECTION 6.1 Distributions................................................ 36
ARTICLE VII ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES............................................. 36
SECTION 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities...................... 36
SECTION 7.2 Execution and Authentication................................. 37
SECTION 7.3 Form and Dating.............................................. 38
SECTION 7.4 Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent................... 39
SECTION 7.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.......................... 40
SECTION 7.6 Replacement Securities....................................... 40
SECTION 7.7 Outstanding Capital Securities............................... 40
SECTION 7.8 Capital Securities in Treasury............................... 41
SECTION 7.9 Temporary Securities......................................... 41
SECTION 7.10 Cancellation................................................. 42
ARTICLE VIII TERMINATION OF TRUST............................................... 43
SECTION 8.1 Termination of Trust......................................... 43
ARTICLE IX TRANSFER OF INTERESTS.............................................. 44
SECTION 9.1 Transfer of Securities....................................... 44
SECTION 9.2 Transfer Procedures and Restrictions......................... 45
SECTION 9.3 Deemed Security Holders...................................... 49
SECTION 9.4 Book-Entry Interests......................................... 49
SECTION 9.5 Notices to Clearing Agency................................... 50
SECTION 9.6 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency..................... 50
ARTICLE X LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEE.......... 50
SECTION 10.1 Liability.................................................... 50
SECTION 10.2 Exculpation.................................................. 51
SECTION 10.3 Fiduciary Duty............................................... 51
SECTION 10.4 Indemnification.............................................. 52
SECTION 10.5 Outside Businesses........................................... 56
ARTICLE XI ACCOUNTING......................................................... 56
SECTION 11.1 Fiscal Year.................................................. 56
SECTION 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters................................... 56
SECTION 11.3 Banking...................................................... 57
SECTION 11.4 Withholding.................................................. 57
ARTICLE XII AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS........................................... 58
SECTION 12.1 Amendments................................................... 58
SECTION 12.2 Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent........... 60
ARTICLE XIII REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE AND DELAWARE TRUST........... 61
SECTION 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee........... 61
SECTION 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee........... 62
ARTICLE XIV MISCELLANEOUS..................................................... 63
SECTION 14.1 Notices...................................................... 63
SECTION 14.2 Governing Law................................................ 65
SECTION 14.3 Intention of the Parties..................................... 65
SECTION 14.4 Headings..................................................... 65
SECTION 14.5 Successors and Assigns....................................... 65
SECTION 14.6 Partial Enforceability....................................... 65
SECTION 14.7 Counterparts................................................. 65
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Section of Trust Indenture Act Section of
of 1939, as amended Trust Agreement
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310(a)..................................... 5.3
310(b)..................................... 5.3(c), 5.3(d)
311(a)..................................... 2.2(b)
311(b)..................................... 2.2(b)
312(a)..................................... 2.2(a)
312(b)..................................... 2.2(b)
313 ..................................... 2.3
314(a)..................................... 2.4; 3.6(j)
314(c)..................................... 2.5
315(a)..................................... 3.9
315(b)..................................... 2.7(a)
315(c)..................................... 3.9(a)
315(d)..................................... 3.9(b)
316(a)..................................... 2.6
316(c)..................................... 3.6(e)
317(a)..................................... 3.8(e); 3.8(h)
317(b)..................................... 3.8(i); 7.5
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* This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of this Trust
Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
OF
XXXXXXX CAPITAL TRUST IV
Dated as of _______________
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT ("Trust Agreement") dated
and effective as of ______, _____, by the Trustees (as defined herein), the
Sponsor (as defined herein) and by the holders, from time to time, of undivided
beneficial interests in the Trust to be issued pursuant to this Trust Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Trustees and the Sponsor established Xxxxxxx
Capital Trust IV (the "Trust"), a trust formed under the Delaware Statutory
Trust Act pursuant to a Trust Agreement dated as of February 6, 2004 (the
"Original Trust Agreement"), and a Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary
of State of the State of Delaware on February 6, 2004, for the sole purpose of
issuing and selling certain securities representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust, investing the proceeds thereof in certain
Debentures of the Debenture Issuer (each as hereinafter defined), and engaging
in only those activities necessary, advisable or incidental thereto;
WHEREAS, prior to the date hereof, no interests in the Trust
have been issued;
WHEREAS, all of the Trustees and the Sponsor, by this Trust
Agreement, amend and restate each and every term and provision of the Original
Trust Agreement; and
NOW, THEREFORE, it being the intention of the parties hereto
to continue the Trust as a statutory trust under the Statutory Trust Act and
that this Trust Agreement constitute the governing instrument of such statutory
trust, the Trustees declare that all assets contributed to the Trust will be
held in trust for the benefit of the holders, from time to time, of the
securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust issued hereunder, subject to the provisions of this Trust Agreement and,
in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties, intending to be legally bound hereby, agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
INTERPRETATION AND DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Definitions.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Trust Agreement but not
defined in the preamble above or elsewhere herein have the respective
meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.1;
(b) a term defined anywhere in this Trust Agreement has the
same meaning throughout;
(c) all references to "the Trust Agreement" or "this Trust
Agreement" are to this Trust Agreement and each Annex and Exhibit
hereto, as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(d) all references in this Trust Agreement to Articles and
Sections and Annexes and Exhibits are to Articles and Sections of and
Annexes and Exhibits to this Trust Agreement unless otherwise
specified;
(e) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same
meaning when used in this Trust Agreement unless otherwise defined in
this Trust Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires;
(f) a term defined in the Indenture (as defined herein) has
the same meaning when used in this Trust Agreement unless otherwise
defined in this Trust Agreement or the context otherwise requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice
versa.
"Administrative Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
5.1.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule
405 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereunder.
"Agent" means any Paying Agent, Registrar or Exchange Agent.
"Authorized Officer" of a Person means any other Person that
is authorized to legally bind such former Person.
"Book-Entry Interest" means a beneficial interest in the
Global Capital Security registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or its
nominee, ownership and
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transfers of which shall be maintained and made through book entries by a
Clearing Agency as described in Section 9.4.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday
or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York, Newark, Delaware
and Waterbury, Connecticut are authorized or required by law or executive order
to remain closed.
"Capital Securities" has the meaning specified in Section
7.1(a).
"Capital Securities Guarantee" means the Capital Securities
Guarantee Agreement, dated as of the Closing Time, by Xxxxxxx Financial
Corporation, in respect of the Capital Securities.
"Capital Security Beneficial Owner" means, with respect to a
Book-Entry Interest, a Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry
Interest, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a
Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly as a Clearing
Agency Participant or as an indirect participant, in each case in accordance
with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Capital Security Certificate" has the meaning set forth in
Section 9.4.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a
"Clearing Agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act that is acting as
depositary for the Capital Securities and in whose name or in the name of a
nominee of that organization shall be registered a Global Certificate and which
shall undertake to effect book entry transfers and pledges of the Capital
Securities.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank,
other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time the
Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited
with the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Time" means the "Closing Time" as defined in the
Purchase Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Commission" means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission as from time to time constituted, or if at any time after the
execution of this Trust Agreement such Commission is not existing and performing
the duties now assigned to it under applicable federal securities laws, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
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"Common Securities" has the meaning specified in Section
7.1(a).
"Common Securities Guarantee" means the Common Securities
Guarantee Agreement, dated as of the Closing Time, of Xxxxxxx Financial
Corporation in respect of the Common Securities.
"Common Securities Subscription Agreement" means the Common
Securities Subscription Agreement, dated as of the Closing Time, between the
Trust and Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation, relating to the Common Securities.
"Company Indemnified Person" means (a) any Administrative
Trustee; (b) any Affiliate of any Administrative Trustee; (c) any officers,
directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives or agents
of any Administrative Trustee; or (d) any officer, employee or agent of the
Trust or its Affiliates.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Property
Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Property Trustee shall, at
any particular time, be principally administered, which office at the date of
execution of this Agreement is located at Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000.
"Covered Person" means: (a) any officer, director,
shareholder, partner, member, representative, employee or agent of (i) the Trust
or (ii) the Trust's Affiliates; and (b) any Holder of Securities.
"Debenture Issuer" means Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation, a
Delaware corporation, or any successor entity resulting from any consolidation,
amalgamation, merger or other business combination, in its capacity as issuer of
the Debentures under the Indenture.
"Debenture Subscription Agreement" means the Debenture
Subscription Agreement, dated as of the Closing Time, between the Debenture
Issuer and the Trust in respect of the Debentures.
"Debenture Trustee" means _____________, a ___________ banking
corporation, as trustee under the Indenture until a successor is appointed
thereunder, and thereafter means such successor trustee.
"Debentures" means the _____% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures due _______________, Series A, of the Debenture Issuer
issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Default" means an event, act or condition that with notice or
lapse of time, or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
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"Definitive Capital Securities" has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.3(c).
"Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
"Direct Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8(e).
"Distribution" means a distribution payable to Holders in
accordance with Section 6.1.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing
Agency.
"Event of Default" in respect of the Securities means an Event
of Default (as defined in the Indenture) that has occurred and is continuing in
respect of the Debentures.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Exchange Agent" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
"Fiduciary Indemnified Person" has the meaning set forth in
Section 10.4(b).
"Fiscal Year" has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1.
"Global Capital Security" means a global certificate
representing Capital Securities deposited with, or on behalf of, DTC, or a
nominee of DTC, in each case for credit to an account of a participant in DTC.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Security or Successor
Security is registered, such Person being a beneficial owner within the meaning
of the Statutory Trust Act.
"Indemnified Person" means a Company Indemnified Person or a
Fiduciary Indemnified Person.
"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of the Closing Time,
between the Debenture Issuer and the Debenture Trustee, as amended from time to
time.
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"Initial Optional Redemption Date" has the meaning set forth
in Section 4(b) of Annex I hereto.
"Investment Company" means an investment company as defined in
the Investment Company Act.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Legal Action" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(g).
"Like Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 3 of Annex
I hereto.
"List of Holders" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a).
"Majority in liquidation amount" means, with respect to the
Trust Securities, except as provided in the terms of the Capital Securities or
by the Trust Indenture Act, Holders of outstanding Trust Securities voting
together as a single class or, as the context may require, Holders of
outstanding Capital Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities
voting separately as a class, who are the record owners of more than 50% of the
aggregate liquidation amount (including the amount that would be paid on
redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions
to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding
Securities of the relevant class.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
an Executive or Senior Vice President, a Vice President, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Any Officers' Certificate
delivered by the Trust shall be signed by at least one Administrative Trustee.
Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Certificate has
read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering
the Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such
examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is
necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
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(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who
may be an employee of the Sponsor, and who shall be acceptable to the Property
Trustee.
"Participants" has the meaning specified in Section 7.3(b).
"Paying Agent" has the meaning specified in Section 7.4.
"Payment Amount" has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual,
corporation, estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity
of whatever nature.
"PORTAL" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.6(b)(iii).
"Property Trustee" has the meaning set forth in Section
5.3(a).
"Property Trustee Account" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.8(c)(i).
"Prospectus Supplement" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.6(b)(i).
"Purchase Agreement" means the Purchase Agreement, dated
__________, by and among the Trust, the Debenture Issuer and the purchaser
named therein.
"Quorum" means a majority of the Administrative Trustees or,
if there are only two Administrative Trustees, both of them.
"Registrar" has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4.
"Regulatory Capital Event" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(c) of Annex I hereto.
"Related Party" means, with respect to the Sponsor, any direct
or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Sponsor or any other Person that
owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the outstanding voting securities of the
Sponsor.
"Responsible Officer" means any officer within the Corporate
Trust Office of the Property Trustee with direct responsibility for the
administration of
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this Trust Agreement and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer of the Property Trustee to whom such matter is
referred because of that officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the
particular subject.
"Securities" or "Trust Securities" means the Common Securities
and the Capital Securities.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Securities Guarantees" means the Common Securities Guarantee
and the Capital Securities Guarantee.
"Special Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of
Annex I hereto.
"Special Event Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4(c) of Annex I hereto.
"Sponsor" means Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation, a Delaware
corporation, or any successor entity resulting from any merger, consolidation,
amalgamation or other business combination, in its capacity as sponsor of the
Trust.
"Statutory Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. Code Section 3801 et seq., as it may be amended from time
to time, or any successor legislation.
"Successor Delaware Trustee" has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.6(b)(ii).
"Successor Entity" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.15(b)(i).
"Successor Property Trustee" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.8(f)(ii).
"Successor Securities" has the meaning set forth in Section
3.15(b)(i).
"Super Majority" has the meaning set forth in Section
2.6(a)(ii).
"Tax Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4(c) of Annex
I hereto.
"10% in liquidation amount" means, with respect to the Trust
Securities, except as provided in the terms of the Capital Securities or by the
Trust
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Indenture Act, Holders of outstanding Trust Securities voting together as a
single class or, as the context may require, Holders of outstanding Capital
Securities or Holders of outstanding Common Securities voting separately as a
class, who are the record owners of 10% or more of the aggregate liquidation
amount (including the amount that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or
otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the
voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding Securities of the relevant
class.
"Treasury Regulations" means the income tax regulations,
including temporary and proposed regulations, promulgated under the Code by the
United States Treasury, as such regulations may be amended from time to time
(including corresponding provisions of succeeding regulations).
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended from time to time, or any successor legislation.
"Trustee" or "Trustees" means each Person who has signed this
Trust Agreement as a trustee, so long as such Person shall continue as a trustee
of the Trust in accordance with the terms hereof, and all other Persons who may
from time to time be duly appointed, qualified and serving as Trustees in
accordance with the provisions hereof, and references herein to a Trustee or the
Trustees shall refer to such Person or Persons solely in their capacity as
trustees hereunder.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on
deposit in, or owing to the Property Trustee Account and (c) all proceeds and
rights in respect of the foregoing and any other property and assets for the
time being held or deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to this
Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application.
(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement in
order for this Trust Agreement to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act and
shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a
Trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If and to the extent that any provision of this Trust
Agreement limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Sections 310
to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control.
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(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust
Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities.
(a) Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on
behalf of the Trust shall provide the Property Trustee, unless the Property
Trustee is Registrar for the Securities, (i) within 14 days after each record
date for payment of Distributions, a list, in such form as the Property Trustee
may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders ("List of
Holders") as of such record date, provided that neither the Sponsor nor the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall be obligated to provide
such List of Holders at any time that the List of Holders does not differ from
the most recent List of Holders given to the Property Trustee by the Sponsor and
the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust, and (ii) at any other time,
within 30 days of receipt by the Trust of a written request for a List of
Holders as of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given
to the Property Trustee. The Property Trustee shall preserve, in as current a
form as is reasonably practicable, all information contained in Lists of Holders
given to it or which it receives in the capacity as Paying Agent (if acting in
such capacity), provided that the Property Trustee may destroy any List of
Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List of Holders.
(b) The Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations
under Section 311(a), 311(b) and 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Property Trustee.
Within 60 days after June 1 of each year, commencing June 1,
____, the Property Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Capital
Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture
Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act. The Property Trustee shall also comply with the requirements of
Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Property Trustee.
Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf
of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents, reports and
information as are required by Section 314 (if any) of the Trust Indenture Act
and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture
Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section 314 of the
Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
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Each of the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf
of the Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance
with any conditions precedent provided for in this Trust Agreement that relate
to any of the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act.
Any certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to
Section 314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act may be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 2.6 Events of Default; Waiver.
(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Capital
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Capital
Securities, waive any past Event of Default in respect of the Capital Securities
and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Event of Default under
the Indenture:
(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, the Event of Default
under the Trust Agreement shall also not be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of greater than a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the holders of the Debentures (a
"Super Majority") to be waived under the Indenture, the Event of
Default under the Trust Agreement may only be waived by the vote of the
Holders of at least the proportion in aggregate liquidation amount of
the Capital Securities that the relevant Super Majority represents of
the aggregate principal amount of the Debentures outstanding.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(a) shall be in
lieu of Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section
316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this
Trust Agreement and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.
Upon such waiver, any such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of
Default with respect to the Capital Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have been cured, for every purpose of this Trust Agreement, but no such
waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or an Event of Default
with respect to the Capital Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
Any waiver by the Holders of the Capital Securities of an Event of Default with
respect to the Capital Securities shall also be deemed to constitute a waiver by
the Holders of the Common Securities of any such Event of Default with respect
to the Common Securities for all purposes of this Trust Agreement without any
further act, vote, or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities.
(b) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Common Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Common
Securities, waive any past Event of Default with respect to the Common
Securities and its consequences, provided that, if the underlying Event of
Default under the Indenture:
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(i) is not waivable under the Indenture, except where the
Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to have waived such Event
of Default under the Trust Agreement as provided below in this Section
2.6(b), the Event of Default under the Trust Agreement shall also not
be waivable; or
(ii) requires the consent or vote of a Super Majority to be
waived, except where the Holders of the Common Securities are deemed to
have waived such Event of Default under the Trust Agreement as provided
below in this Section 2.6(b), the Event of Default under the Trust
Agreement may only be waived by the vote of the Holders of at least the
proportion in aggregate liquidation amount of the Common Securities
that the relevant Super Majority represents of the aggregate principal
amount of the Debentures outstanding;
provided further, each Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived
any such Event of Default and all Events of Default with respect to the Common
Securities and their consequences if all Events of Default with respect to the
Capital Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, and until
such Events of Default have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the
Property Trustee will be deemed to be acting solely on behalf of the Holders of
the Capital Securities and only the Holders of the Capital Securities will have
the right to direct the Property Trustee in accordance with the terms of the
Securities. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(b) shall be in lieu of
Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such
Sections 316(a)(1)(A) and 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act are hereby
expressly excluded from this Trust Agreement and the Securities, as permitted by
the Trust Indenture Act. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section
2.6(b), upon such waiver, any such Default shall cease to exist and any Event of
Default with respect to the Common Securities arising therefrom shall be deemed
to have been cured for every purpose of this Trust Agreement, but no such waiver
shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default with respect
to the Common Securities or impair any right consequent thereon.
(c) A waiver of an Event of Default under the Indenture by the
Property Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of the Capital Securities,
constitutes a waiver of the corresponding Event of Default under this Trust
Agreement. The foregoing provisions of this Section 2.6(c) shall be in lieu of
Section 316(a)(1)(B) of the Trust Indenture Act and such Section 316(a)(1)(B) of
the Trust Indenture Act is hereby expressly excluded from this Trust Agreement
and the Securities, as permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.7 Default; Notice.
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(a) The Property Trustee shall, within 90 days after a
Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of a Default with
respect to the Securities, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to the
Holders, notices of all such Defaults, unless such Defaults have been cured
before the giving of such notice or previously waived; provided, however, that
except in the case of a Default arising from the nonpayment of principal of (or
premium, if any) or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums
(as such terms are defined in the Indenture), if any) on the Debentures, the
Property Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as
a Responsible Officer in good faith determines that the withholding of such
notice is in the interests of the Holders.
(b) The Property Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge
of any Default or Event of Default except:
(i) a Default or Event of Default under Sections _____ (other
than the payment of Compounded Interest and Additional Sums) and _____
of the Indenture; or
(ii) any Default or Event of Default as to which the Property
Trustee shall have received written notice or of which a Responsible
Officer charged with the administration of the Trust Agreement shall
have actual knowledge.
(c) Within ten Business Days after a Responsible Officer
obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Property
Trustee shall transmit notice of such Event of Default to the Holders of the
Capital Securities, the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor, unless such
Event of Default shall have been cured or waived. The Sponsor and the
Administrative Trustees shall file annually with the Property Trustee a
certification as to whether or not they are in compliance with all the
conditions and covenants applicable to them under this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
ORGANIZATION
SECTION 3.1 Name.
The Trust is named "Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV" as such name may
be modified from time to time by the Administrative Trustees following written
notice to the Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Holders. The
Trust's activities may be conducted under the name of the Trust or any other
name deemed advisable by the Administrative Trustees.
SECTION 3.2 Office.
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The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o
Webster Financial Corporation, Xxxxxxx Plaza, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000. On ten Business Days' prior written notice to the Delaware
Trustee, the Property Trustee and the Holders of Securities, the Administrative
Trustees may designate another principal office.
SECTION 3.3 Purpose.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Trust are (a) to
issue and sell Securities, (b) use the proceeds from the sale of the Securities
to acquire the Debentures, and (c) except as otherwise limited herein, to engage
in only those other activities necessary, advisable or incidental thereto,
including without limitation, those activities specified in Sections 3.6, 3.8,
3.9, 3.10, 3.11 and/or 3.12. The Trust shall not borrow money, issue debt or
reinvest proceeds derived from investments, mortgage or pledge any of its
assets, or otherwise undertake (or permit to be undertaken) any activity that
would cause the Trust not to be classified for United States federal income tax
purposes as a grantor trust.
SECTION 3.4 Authority.
Subject to the limitations provided in this Trust Agreement
and to the specific duties of the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees
shall have exclusive and complete authority to carry out the purposes of the
Trust. An action taken by one or more of the Administrative Trustees in
accordance with their powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the
Trust and an action taken by the Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust in
accordance with its powers shall constitute the act of and serve to bind the
Trust. In dealing with the Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust, no Person
shall be required to inquire into the authority of the Trustees to bind the
Trust. Persons dealing with the Trust are entitled to rely conclusively on the
power and authority of the Trustees as set forth in this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 3.5 Title to Property of the Trust.
Except as provided in Section 3.8 with respect to the
Debentures and the Property Trustee Account or as otherwise provided in this
Trust Agreement, legal title to all assets of the Trust shall be vested in the
Trust. The Holders shall not have legal title to any part of the assets of the
Trust, but shall have an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the
Trust.
SECTION 3.6 Powers and Duties of the Administrative Trustees.
The Administrative Trustees shall have the exclusive power,
duty and authority, and are hereby authorized and directed, to cause the Trust
to engage in the following activities:
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(a) to execute, enter into and deliver the Common Securities
Subscription Agreement and to execute, deliver, issue and sell the Securities in
accordance with this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that except as
contemplated in Section 7.1(a), (i) the Trust may issue no more than one series
of Capital Securities and no more than one series of Common Securities, (ii)
there shall be no interests in the Trust other than the Securities, and (iii)
the issuance of Securities shall be limited to a simultaneous issuance of both
Capital Securities and Common Securities at the Closing Time;
(b) in connection with the issue and sale of the Capital
Securities, at the direction of the Sponsor, to:
(i) prepare and execute, if necessary, a Prospectus Supplement
(the "Prospectus Supplement") in preliminary and final form prepared by
the Sponsor, in relation to the sale of Capital Securities;
(ii) execute and file any documents prepared by the Sponsor,
or take any acts as determined by the Sponsor to be necessary in order
to qualify or register all or part of the Capital Securities in any
State in which the Sponsor has determined to qualify or register such
Capital Securities for sale;
(iii) execute and file an application, prepared by the
Sponsor, to permit the Capital Securities to trade or be quoted or
listed in or on the Private Offerings, Resales and Trading through
Automated Linkages ("PORTAL") Market or any other securities exchange,
quotation system or the Nasdaq Stock Market's National Market;
(iv) execute and deliver letters, documents, or instruments
with DTC and other Clearing Agencies relating to the Capital
Securities; and
(v) execute, enter into and deliver the Purchase Agreement
providing for, among other things, the sale of the Capital Securities;
(c) to execute, enter into and deliver the Debenture
Subscription Agreement, to acquire the Debentures with the proceeds of the sale
of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities; provided, however, that the
Administrative Trustees shall cause legal title to the Debentures to be held of
record in the name of the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Holders;
(d) to give the Sponsor and the Property Trustee prompt
written notice of the occurrence of a Special Event;
(e) to establish a record date with respect to all actions to
be taken hereunder that require a record date be established, including and with
respect to,
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for the purposes of Section 316(c) of the Trust Indenture Act, Distributions,
voting rights, redemptions and exchanges, and to issue relevant notices to the
Holders of Capital Securities and Holders of Common Securities as to such
actions and applicable record dates;
(f) to take all actions and perform such duties as may be
required of the Administrative Trustees pursuant to the terms of the Securities;
(g) to the fullest extent permitted by law, to bring or
defend, pay, collect, compromise, arbitrate, resort to legal action, or
otherwise adjust claims or demands of or against the Trust ("Legal Action"),
unless pursuant to Section 3.8(e), the Property Trustee has the exclusive power
to bring such Legal Action;
(h) to employ or otherwise engage employees and agents (who
may be designated as officers with titles) and managers, contractors, advisors,
and consultants and pay reasonable compensation for such services;
(i) to cause the Trust to comply with the Trust's obligations
under the Trust Indenture Act;
(j) to give the certificate required by Section 314(a)(4) of
the Trust Indenture Act to the Property Trustee, which certificate may be
executed by any Administrative Trustee;
(k) to incur expenses that are necessary or incidental to
carry out any of the purposes of the Trust;
(l) to act as, or appoint another Person to act as, Registrar
and Exchange Agent for the Securities or to appoint a Paying Agent for the
Securities as provided in Section 7.4 except for such time as such power to
appoint a Paying Agent is vested in the Property Trustee;
(m) to give prompt written notice to the Property Trustee and
to Holders of any notice received from the Debenture Issuer of its election to
defer payments of interest on the Debentures by extending the interest payment
period under the Indenture;
(n) to take all action that may be necessary or appropriate
for the preservation and the continuation of the Trust's valid existence,
rights, franchises and privileges as a statutory trust under the laws of the
State of Delaware and of each other jurisdiction in which such existence is
necessary to protect the limited liability of the Holders or to enable the Trust
to effect the purposes for which the Trust was created;
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(o) to take any action, not inconsistent with this Trust
Agreement or with applicable law, that the Administrative Trustees determine in
their discretion to be necessary or desirable in carrying out the activities of
the Trust as set out in this Section 3.6, including, but not limited to:
(i) causing the Trust not to be deemed to be an Investment
Company required to be registered under the Investment Company Act;
(ii) causing the Trust to continue to be classified for United
States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust; and
(iii) cooperating with the Debenture Issuer to ensure that the
Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Debenture Issuer for
United States federal income tax purposes;
(p) to take all action necessary to cause all applicable tax
returns and tax information reports that are required to be filed with respect
to the Trust to be duly prepared and filed by the Administrative Trustees, on
behalf of the Trust; and
(q) to execute and deliver all documents or instruments,
perform all duties and powers, and do all things for and on behalf of the Trust
in all matters necessary, advisable or incidental to the foregoing.
The Administrative Trustees must exercise the powers set forth
in this Section 3.6 in a manner that is consistent with the purposes and
functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3, and the Administrative Trustees
shall not take any action that is inconsistent with the purposes and functions
of the Trust set forth in Section 3.3.
Subject to this Section 3.6, the Administrative Trustees shall
have none of the powers or the authority of the Property Trustee set forth in
Section 3.8.
Any expenses incurred by the Administrative Trustees pursuant
to this Section 3.6 shall be reimbursed by the Debenture Issuer.
SECTION 3.7 Prohibition of Actions by the Trust and the Trustees.
The Trust shall not, and the Trustees (including the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee) shall not, and the Administrative Trustees
shall cause the Trust not to, engage in any activity other than as required or
authorized by this Trust Agreement. The Trust shall not:
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(i) invest any proceeds received by the Trust from holding the
Debentures, but shall distribute all such proceeds to Holders pursuant
to the terms of this Trust Agreement and of the Securities;
(ii) acquire any assets other than as expressly provided
herein;
(iii) possess Trust Property for other than a Trust purpose or
execute any mortgage in respect of, or pledge, any Trust Property;
(iv) make any loans or incur any indebtedness other than loans
represented by the Debentures;
(v) possess any power or otherwise act in such a way as to
vary the Trust Property or the terms of the Securities in any way
whatsoever;
(vi) issue any securities or other evidences of beneficial
ownership of, or beneficial interest in, the Trust other than the
Securities;
(vii) other than as provided in this Trust Agreement or Annex
I hereto, (A) direct the time, method and place of conducting any
proceeding with respect to any remedy available to the Debenture
Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Debenture
Trustee with respect to the Debentures, (B) waive any past default that
is waivable under the Indenture, or (C) exercise any right to rescind
or annul any declaration that the principal of all the Debentures shall
be due and payable; or
(viii) consent to any amendment, modification or termination
of the Indenture or the Debentures where such consent shall be required
unless the Trust shall have received an opinion of independent tax
counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such amendment,
modification or termination will not cause more than an insubstantial
risk that the Trust will not be classified as a grantor trust for
United States federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 3.8 Powers and Duties of the Property Trustee.
(a) The legal title to the Debentures shall be owned by and
held of record in the name of the Property Trustee in trust for the benefit of
the Trust and the Holders. The right, title and interest of the Property Trustee
to the Debentures shall vest automatically in each Person who may hereafter be
appointed as Property Trustee in accordance with Section 5.6. Such vesting and
cessation of title shall be effective whether or not conveyance documents with
regard to the Debentures have been executed and delivered.
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(b) The Property Trustee shall not transfer its right, title
and interest in the Debentures to the Administrative Trustees or to the Delaware
Trustee (if the Property Trustee does not also act as Delaware Trustee).
(c) The Property Trustee shall:
(i) establish and maintain a segregated non-interest bearing
trust account (the "Property Trustee Account") in the name of and under
the exclusive control of the Property Trustee on behalf of the Holders
and, upon the receipt of payments of funds made in respect of the
Debentures held by the Property Trustee, deposit such funds into the
Property Trustee Account and make payments or cause the Paying Agent to
make payments to the Holders from the Property Trustee Account in
accordance with Section 6.1; funds in the Property Trustee Account
shall be held uninvested until disbursed in accordance with this Trust
Agreement; and the Property Trustee Account shall be an account that is
maintained with a banking institution the rating on whose long-term
unsecured indebtedness by a "nationally recognized statistical rating
organization", as that term is defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2)
under the Securities Act, is at least equal to the rating assigned to
the Capital Securities;
(ii) engage in such ministerial activities as shall be
necessary or appropriate to effect the redemption of the Securities to
the extent the Debentures are redeemed or mature; and
(iii) upon written notice of distribution issued by the
Administrative Trustees in accordance with the terms of the Securities,
engage in such ministerial activities as shall be necessary or
appropriate to effect the distribution of the Debentures to Holders
upon the occurrence of certain events.
(d) The Property Trustee shall take all actions and perform
such duties as may be specifically required of the Property Trustee pursuant to
the terms of this Trust Agreement and the Securities.
(e) Subject to Section 3.9(a), the Property Trustee shall take
any Legal Action which arises out of or in connection with an Event of Default
of which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge or the Property Trustee's
duties and obligations under this Trust Agreement or the Trust Indenture Act and
if the Property Trustee shall have failed to take such Legal Action, the Holders
of the Capital Securities may take such Legal Action, to the same extent as if
such Holders of Capital Securities held an aggregate principal amount of
Debentures equal to the aggregate liquidation amount of such Capital Securities,
without first proceeding against the Property Trustee or the Trust; provided,
however, that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and such
event is attributable to
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the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay the principal of or premium, if any,
or interest (including Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) on the
Debentures on the date such principal, premium, if any, or interest (including
Compounded Interest and Additional Sums, if any) is otherwise payable (or in the
case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a Holder of Capital Securities
may directly institute a proceeding for enforcement of payment to such Holder of
the principal of or premium, if any or interest (including Compounded Interest
and Additional Sums, if any) on the Debentures having a principal amount equal
to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a
"Direct Action") on or after the respective due date specified in the
Debentures. In connection with such Direct Action, the rights of the Holders of
the Common Securities will be subrogated to the rights of such Holder of Capital
Securities to the extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such
Holder of Capital Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the
preceding sentences, the Holders of Capital Securities will not be able to
exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures.
(f) The Property Trustee shall continue to serve as a Trustee
until either:
(i) the Trust has been completely liquidated and the proceeds
of the liquidation distributed to the Holders pursuant to the terms of
the Securities; or
(ii) a successor Property Trustee has been appointed and has
accepted that appointment in accordance with Section 5.6 (a "Successor
Property Trustee").
(g) The Property Trustee shall have the legal power to
exercise all of the rights, powers and privileges of a holder of Debentures
under the Indenture and, if an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible
Officer occurs and is continuing, the Property Trustee shall, for the benefit of
Holders, enforce its rights as holder of the Debentures subject to the rights of
the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement and the Securities.
(h) The Property Trustee shall be authorized to undertake any
actions set forth in Section 317(a) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(i) For such time as the Property Trustee is the Paying Agent,
the Property Trustee may authorize one or more Persons to act as additional
Paying Agents and to pay Distributions, redemption payments or liquidation
payments on behalf of the Trust with respect to all Securities and any such
Paying Agent shall comply with Section 317(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
such additional Paying Agent may be removed by the Property Trustee at any time
the Property Trustee remains as Paying Agent and a successor Paying Agent or
additional Paying Agents may be
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(but are not required to be) appointed at any time by the Property Trustee while
the Property Trustee is acting as Paying Agent.
(j) Subject to this Section 3.8, the Property Trustee shall
have none of the duties, liabilities, powers or the authority of the
Administrative Trustees set forth in Section 3.6.
Notwithstanding anything expressed or implied to the contrary
in this Trust Agreement or any Annex or Exhibit hereto, (i) the Property Trustee
must exercise the powers set forth in this Section 3.8 in a manner that is
consistent with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3,
and (ii) the Property Trustee shall not take any action that is inconsistent
with the purposes and functions of the Trust set out in Section 3.3.
SECTION 3.9 Certain Duties and Responsibilities of the Property Trustee.
(a) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event
of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may
have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such duties as are specifically
set forth in this Trust Agreement and in the Securities and no implied covenants
shall be read into this Trust Agreement against the Property Trustee. In case an
Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to
Section 2.6) of which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, the Property
Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust
Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
his or her own affairs.
(b) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to
relieve the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its
own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after
the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may have
occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Property
Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions
of this Trust Agreement and in the Securities and the Property
Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such
duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this
Trust Agreement and in the Securities, and no implied
covenants or obligations shall be read into this Trust
Agreement against the Property Trustee; and
(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the
Property Trustee, the Property Trustee may conclusively rely,
as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the
opinions expressed therein,
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upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Property
Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Trust
Agreement; provided, however, that in the case of any such
certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are
specifically required to be furnished to the Property Trustee,
the Property Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not on their face they conform to the
requirements of this Trust Agreement;
(ii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall
be proved that the Property Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the
pertinent facts;
(iii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable with respect to
any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Securities relating to the time, method and
place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the
Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the
Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement;
(iv) no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the
Property Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur
personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or
in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have
reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds or
liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this Trust
Agreement or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Property Trustee
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it;
(v) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the
custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and
the Property Trustee Account shall be to deal with such property in a
similar manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for
its own account, subject to the protections and limitations on
liability afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement
and the Trust Indenture Act;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall have no duty or liability for
or with respect to the value, genuineness, existence or sufficiency of
the Debentures or the payment of any taxes or assessments levied
thereon or in connection therewith;
(vii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any
interest on any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree
in writing with the Sponsor. Money held by the Property Trustee need
not be segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
Property Trustee Account
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maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.8(c)(i) and
except to the extent otherwise required by law; and
(viii) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for
monitoring the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor
with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the
Property Trustee be liable for any default or misconduct of the
Administrative Trustees or the Sponsor.
SECTION 3.10 Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.9:
(i) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be
fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any
resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by
it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented by the
proper party or parties;
(ii) any direction or act of the Sponsor or the Administrative
Trustees contemplated by this Trust Agreement may be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate;
(iii) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement,
the Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or
established before taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder,
the Property Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and
conclusively rely upon an Officers' Certificate which, upon receipt of
such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Sponsor or the
Administrative Trustees;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any
recording, filing or registration of any instrument (including any
financing or continuation statement or any filing under tax or
securities laws) or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof;
(v) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel or other
experts of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel and
experts with respect to legal matters or advice within the scope of
such experts' area of expertise 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 accordance with such
advice or opinion, such counsel may be counsel to the Sponsor or any of
its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees, and the Property
Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions
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concerning the administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of
competent jurisdiction;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to
exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust
Agreement at the request or direction of any Holder, unless such Holder
shall have provided to the Property Trustee security and indemnity,
reasonably satisfactory to the Property Trustee, against the costs,
expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses and the
expenses of the Property Trustee's agents, nominees or custodians) and
liabilities that might be incurred by it in complying with such request
or direction, including such reasonable advances as may be requested by
the Property Trustee; provided, however, that, nothing contained in
this Section 3.10(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Property
Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation
to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement;
(vii) the Property 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 Property Trustee, in
its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit;
(viii) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or
powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by
or through agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys and the Property
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;
(ix) any action taken by the Property Trustee or its agents
hereunder shall bind the Trust and the Holders, and the signature of
the Property Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and
effective to perform any such action and no third party shall be
required to inquire as to the authority of the Property Trustee to so
act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions of
this Trust Agreement, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by
the Property Trustee's or its agent's taking such action;
(x) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action
hereunder, the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the
Holders which instructions may only be given by the Holders of the same
proportion in liquidation amount of the Securities as would be entitled
to direct the Property Trustee under the terms of the Securities in
respect of such remedy,
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right or action, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right
or taking such other action until such instructions are received, and
(iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in or
accordance with such instructions;
(xi) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust
Agreement, the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to
take any action that is discretionary under the provisions of this
Trust Agreement; and
(xii) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any action
taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith, without
negligence or willful misconduct, and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Trust Agreement.
(b) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to
impose any duty or obligation on the Property Trustee to perform any act or acts
or exercise any right, power, duty or obligation conferred or imposed on it, in
any jurisdiction in which it shall be illegal, or in which the Property Trustee
shall be unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law, to
perform any such act or acts, or to exercise any such right, power, duty or
obligation. No permissive power or authority available to the Property Trustee
shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 3.11 Delaware Trustee.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement
other than Section 5.2, the Delaware Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise
any powers, nor shall the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and
responsibilities of the Trustees described in this Trust Agreement (except as
required under the Statutory Trust Act). Except as set forth in Section 5.2, the
Delaware Trustee shall be a Trustee for the sole and limited purpose of
fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Statutory Trust Act. In the
event the Delaware Trustee shall at any time be required to take any action or
perform any duty hereunder, the Delaware Trustee shall be entitled to the
benefits of Section 3.9(b)(ii) to (viii), inclusive, and Section 3.10. No
implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Trust Agreement against
the Delaware Trustee.
SECTION 3.12 Execution of Documents.
Unless otherwise determined by the Administrative Trustees,
each Administrative Trustee, individually, is authorized to execute and deliver
on behalf of the Trust any documents, agreements, instruments or certificates
that the Administrative Trustees have the power and authority to execute
pursuant to Section 3.6.
SECTION 3.13 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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The recitals contained in this Trust Agreement and the
Securities shall be taken as the statements of the Sponsor, and the Trustees do
not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no
representations as to the value or condition of the Trust Property or any part
thereof. The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency
of this Trust Agreement or the Securities.
SECTION 3.14 Duration of Trust.
The Trust, unless terminated pursuant to the provisions of
Article VIII hereof, shall have existence up to 55 years.
SECTION 3.15 Mergers.
(a) The Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate,
amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, except as
described in Section 3.15(b) and (c) and except with respect to the distribution
of Debentures to Holders pursuant to Section 8.1(a)(iii).
(b) The Trust may, at the request of the Sponsor, with the
consent of the Administrative Trustees or, if there are more than two, a
majority of the Administrative Trustees and without the consent of the Holders,
the Delaware Trustee or the Property Trustee, merge with or into, consolidate,
amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and
assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to, a trust organized as
such under the laws of any State; provided that:
(i) such successor entity (the "Successor Entity") either:
(A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the
Trust under the Securities; or
(B) substitutes for the Securities other securities
having substantially the same terms as the Securities (the
"Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities
rank the same as the Securities rank in priority with respect
to Distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise;
(ii) the Sponsor expressly appoints a trustee of the Successor
Entity that possesses the same powers and duties as the Property
Trustee with respect to the Debentures;
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(iii) the Successor Securities are listed, quoted or included
for trading, or any Successor Securities will be listed, quoted or
included for trading upon notification of issuance, on any national
securities exchange or with any other organization on which the Capital
Securities are then listed, quoted or included;
(iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Capital Securities
(including any Successor Securities) or the Debentures to be downgraded
by any nationally recognized statistical rating organization that
publishes a rating on the Capital Securities or the Debentures;
(v) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement,
conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely affect the rights,
preferences and privileges of the Holders (including the holders of any
Successor Securities) in any material respect (other than with respect
to any dilution of the interests of such Holders or holders, as the
case may be, in the new entity);
(vi) the Successor Entity has a purpose identical to that of
the Trust;
(vii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Sponsor has received an
opinion of independent counsel to the Trust experienced in such matters
to the effect that:
(A) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the Holders
(including the holders of any Successor Securities) in any
material respect (other than with respect to any dilution of
the interests of such Holders or holders, as the case may be,
in the new entity);
(B) following such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease,
neither the Trust nor the Successor Entity will be required to
register as an Investment Company; and
(C) following such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the
Trust (or the Successor Entity) will continue to be classified
as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes;
(viii) the Sponsor or any permitted successor or assignee owns
all of the common securities of the Successor Entity and guarantees the
obligations
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of the Successor Entity under the Successor Securities at least to the
extent provided by the Capital Securities Guarantee and the Common
Securities Guarantee; and
(ix) there shall have been furnished to the Property Trustee
an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect
that all conditions precedent in this Trust Agreement to such
transaction have been satisfied.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.15(b), the Trust shall not,
except with the consent of Holders of 100% in liquidation amount of the
Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or
convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or
substantially as an entirety to, any other Person or permit any other Person to
consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease
would cause the Trust or the Successor Entity not to be classified as a grantor
trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE IV
SPONSOR
SECTION 4.1 Sponsor's Purchase of Common Securities.
At the Closing Time, pursuant to the Common Securities
Subscription Agreement, the Sponsor will purchase all of the Common Securities
then issued by the Trust, in an amount equal to at least 3% of the total capital
of the Trust, at the same time as the Capital Securities are issued and sold.
SECTION 4.2 Responsibilities of the Sponsor.
In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital
Securities, the Sponsor shall have the exclusive right and responsibility to
engage in the following activities:
(a) to prepare the Prospectus Supplement, in preliminary and
final form;
(b) to determine the States in which to take appropriate
action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital Securities and
to do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by the
Trust, and advise the Trust of actions it must take, and prepare for execution
and filing any documents to be executed and filed by the Trust, as the Sponsor
deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the applicable laws of any
such States;
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(c) if deemed necessary or advisable by the Sponsor, to
prepare for filing by the Trust an application to permit the Capital Securities
to trade or be quoted or listed in or on the PORTAL market, or any other
securities exchange, quotation system or the Nasdaq Stock Market's National
Market; and
(d) to negotiate the terms of the Purchase Agreement providing
for the sale of the Capital Securities.
SECTION 4.3 Right to Proceed.
The Sponsor acknowledges the rights of the Holders of Capital
Securities, in the event that a failure of the Trust to pay Distributions on the
Capital Securities is attributable to the failure of the Debenture Issuer to pay
the principal of or premium (if any) or interest on the Debentures, to institute
a proceeding directly against the Debenture Issuer for enforcement of its
payment obligations in respect of the Debentures.
SECTION 4.4 Right to Terminate Trust.
The Sponsor will have the right at any time to terminate the
Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
required by applicable law, to cause the Debentures to be distributed to the
Holders in liquidation of the Trust. Such right is subject to the Sponsor having
received (i) an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such distribution will not
cause the holders of Capital Securities to recognize gain or loss for United
States federal income tax purposes and (ii) any and all required regulatory
approvals.
ARTICLE V
TRUSTEES
SECTION 5.1 Number of Trustees; Appointment of Co-Trustee.
The number of Trustees initially shall be five (5), and:
(a) at any time before the issuance of any Securities, the
Sponsor may, by written instrument, increase or decrease the number of Trustees;
and
(b) after the issuance of any Securities, the number of
Trustees may be increased or decreased by vote of the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as a class at a meeting of
the Holders of the Common Securities;
provided, however, that, the number of Trustees shall in no event be less than
two (2); provided further that (1) one Trustee, in the case of a natural person,
shall be a
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person who is a resident of the State of Delaware or that, if not a natural
person, is an entity which has its principal place of business in the State of
Delaware (the "Delaware Trustee"); (2) there shall be at least one Trustee who
is an employee or officer of, or is affiliated with, the Sponsor (an
"Administrative Trustee"); and (3) one Trustee shall be the Property Trustee for
so long as this Trust Agreement is required to qualify as an indenture under the
Trust Indenture Act, and such Trustee may also serve as Delaware Trustee if it
meets the applicable requirements. Notwithstanding the above, unless an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time or times, for the
purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be located,
the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities acting
as a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities, and the
Administrative Trustees shall have power to appoint one or more Persons either
to act as a co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of all or any part of
the Trust Property, or to act as separate trustee of any such property, in
either case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of
appointment, and to vest in such Person or Persons in such capacity any
property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the
provisions of this Trust Agreement. In case an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make any such
appointment of a co-trustee.
SECTION 5.2 Delaware Trustee.
For so long as required by the Statutory Trust Act, the
Delaware Trustee shall be:
(a) a natural person who is a resident of the State of
Delaware; or
(b) if not a natural person, an entity which has its principal
place of business in the State of Delaware, and otherwise meets the requirements
of applicable law,
provided, however, that, if the Property Trustee has its principal place of
business in the State of Delaware and otherwise meets the requirements of
applicable law, then the Property Trustee shall also be the Delaware Trustee and
Section 3.11 shall have no application.
The initial Delaware Trustee shall be:
The Bank of New York (Delaware)
Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attention: ____________________
Telecopier: (___) ___-____
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Telephone: (___) ___-____
SECTION 5.3 Property Trustee; Eligibility.
(a) There shall at all times be one Trustee (the "Property
Trustee") which shall act as Property Trustee and which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Sponsor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof
or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or Person permitted by
the Commission to act as an indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture
Act, authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trust powers,
having a combined capital and surplus of at least 50 million U.S.
dollars ($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by
federal, state, territorial or District of Columbia authority. If such
corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant
to law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority
referred to above, then for the purposes of this Section 5.3(a)(ii),
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.
(b) If at any time the Property Trustee shall cease to be
eligible to so act under Section 5.3(a), the Property Trustee shall immediately
resign in the manner and with the effect set forth in Section 5.6(c).
(c) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire any
"conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act, the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities (as
if it were the obligor referred to in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act)
shall in all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
(d) The Capital Securities Guarantee shall be deemed to be
specifically described in this Trust Agreement for purposes of clause (i) of the
first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
(e) The initial Property Trustee shall be:
The Bank of New York
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: ____________________
Telecopier: (___) ___-____
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Telephone: (___) ___-____
SECTION 5.4 Certain Qualifications of Administrative Trustees and Delaware
Trustee Generally.
Each Administrative Trustee and the Delaware Trustee (unless
the Property Trustee also acts as Delaware Trustee) shall be either a natural
person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal entity that shall act through
one or more Authorized Officers.
SECTION 5.5 Administrative Trustees.
The initial Administrative Trustees shall be:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
R. Xxxxx Xxxxxx
c/o Webster Financial Corporation
Xxxxxxx Plaza
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Telecopier: (___) ___-____
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Trust Agreement and
except if a meeting of the Administrative Trustees is called with respect to any
matter over which the Administrative Trustees have power to act, any power of
the Administrative Trustees may be exercised by, or with the consent of, any one
such Administrative Trustee.
(b) Unless otherwise determined by the Administrative
Trustees, and except as otherwise required by the Statutory Trust Act or
applicable law, any Administrative Trustee acting alone is authorized to execute
on behalf of the Trust any documents which the Administrative Trustees have the
power and authority to cause the Trust to execute pursuant to Section 3.6.
(c) An Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney
consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the
age of 21 his or her power for the purposes of signing any documents which the
Administrative Trustees have power and authority to cause the Trust to execute
pursuant to Section 3.6.
SECTION 5.6 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Trustees.
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(a) Subject to Section 5.6(b) hereof and to Section 6(b) of
Annex I hereto, Trustees may be appointed or removed without cause at any time:
(i) until the issuance of any Securities, by written
instrument executed by the Sponsor;
(ii) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing after the issuance of any Securities, by vote of the Holders
of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities voting as
a class at a meeting of the Holders of the Common Securities; and
(iii) if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing after the issuance of the Securities, with respect to the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, by vote of Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Capital Securities voting as a
class at a meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities.
(b) (i) The Trustee that acts as Property Trustee shall not be
removed in accordance with Section 5.6(a) until a Successor Property Trustee has
been appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument executed
by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to the removed Property
Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor; and
(ii) the Trustee that acts as Delaware Trustee shall not be
removed in accordance with this Section 5.6(a) until a successor
Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as Delaware Trustee under
Sections 5.2 and 5.4 (a "Successor Delaware Trustee") has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by written instrument
executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the
removed Delaware Trustee, the Property Trustee (if the removed Delaware
Trustee is not also the Property Trustee), the Administrative Trustees
and the Sponsor.
(c) A Trustee appointed to office shall hold office until his
successor shall have been appointed or until his death, removal or resignation.
Any Trustee may resign from office (without need for prior or subsequent
accounting) by an instrument in writing signed by the Trustee and delivered to
the other Trustees, the Sponsor and the Trust, which resignation shall take
effect upon such delivery or upon such later date as is specified therein;
provided, however, that:
(i) No such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the
Property Trustee shall be effective:
(A) until a Successor Property Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument
executed by such Successor Property Trustee and delivered to
the Trust, the Sponsor,
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the Delaware Trustee (if the resigning Property Trustee is not
also the Delaware Trustee) and the resigning Property Trustee;
or
(B) until the assets of the Trust have been
completely liquidated and the proceeds thereof distributed to
the Holders; and
(ii) no such resignation of the Trustee that acts as the
Delaware Trustee shall be effective until a Successor Delaware Trustee
has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by instrument
executed by such Successor Delaware Trustee and delivered to the Trust,
the Property Trustee (if the resigning Delaware Trustee is not also the
Property Trustee), the Sponsor and the resigning Delaware Trustee.
(d) The Holders of the Common Securities or, if an Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing after the issuance of the
Securities, the Holders of the Capital Securities shall use their best efforts
to promptly appoint a Successor Delaware Trustee or Successor Property Trustee,
as the case may be, if the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee delivers an
instrument of resignation in accordance with this Section 5.6.
(e) If no Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware
Trustee shall have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this
Section 5.6 within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of resignation or
removal, the Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee resigning or being removed, as
applicable, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for appointment of
a Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee. Such court may
thereupon, after prescribing such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and
prescribe, appoint a Successor Property Trustee or Successor Delaware Trustee,
as the case may be.
(f) No Property Trustee or Delaware Trustee shall be liable
for the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Property Trustee or Successor
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be.
(g) At the time of resignation or removal of the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, the Sponsor shall pay to such Trustee any
amounts that may be owed to such Trustee pursuant to Section 10.4.
SECTION 5.7 Vacancies among Trustees.
If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the
number of Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 5.1, or if the number of
Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 5.1, a vacancy shall occur. A
resolution certifying the existence of such vacancy by the Administrative
Trustees or, if there are more than two, a majority of the Administrative
Trustees shall be conclusive evidence of the
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existence of such vacancy. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed
in accordance with Section 5.6.
SECTION 5.8 Effect of Vacancies.
The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
dissolution, liquidation, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of a
Trustee shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Trust. Whenever a
vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall occur, until such vacancy
is filled by the appointment of an Administrative Trustee in accordance with
Section 5.6, the Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number,
shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall
discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 5.9 Meetings.
If there is more than one Administrative Trustee, meetings of
the Administrative Trustees shall be held from time to time upon the call of any
Administrative Trustee. Regular meetings of the Administrative Trustees may be
held at a time and place fixed by resolution of the Administrative Trustees.
Notice of any in-person meetings of the Administrative Trustees shall be hand
delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by facsimile, with a hard
copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before such meeting. Notice of
any telephonic meetings of the Administrative Trustees or any committee thereof
shall be hand delivered or otherwise delivered in writing (including by
facsimile, with a hard copy by overnight courier) not less than 24 hours before
a meeting. Notices shall contain a brief statement of the time, place and
anticipated purposes of the meeting. The presence (whether in person or by
telephone) of an Administrative Trustee at a meeting shall constitute a waiver
of notice of such meeting except where an Administrative Trustee attends a
meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any activity
on the ground that the meeting has not been lawfully called or convened. Unless
provided otherwise in this Trust Agreement, any action of the Administrative
Trustees may be taken at a meeting by vote of a majority of the Administrative
Trustees present (whether in person or by telephone) and eligible to vote with
respect to such matter, provided that a Quorum is present, or without a meeting
by the unanimous written consent of the Administrative Trustees. In the event
there is only one Administrative Trustee, any and all action of such
Administrative Trustee shall be evidenced by a written consent of such
Administrative Trustee.
SECTION 5.10 Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney
consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the
age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any documents
contemplated in
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Section 3.6, including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed
with the Commission, or making any other governmental filing.
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate
from time to time to such of their number or to officers of the Trust the doing
of such things and the execution of such instruments either in the name of the
Trust or the names of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the
Administrative Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not
prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set
forth herein.
SECTION 5.11 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee or
any Administrative Trustee that is not a natural person, as the case may be, may
be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person
resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be a party, or any
Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of
the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be the
successor of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be,
hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on
the part of any of the parties hereto, provided such Person shall be otherwise
qualified and eligible under this Article.
ARTICLE VI
DISTRIBUTIONS
SECTION 6.1 Distributions.
Holders shall receive Distributions in accordance with the
applicable terms of the relevant Holder's Securities. If and to the extent that
the Debenture Issuer makes a payment of interest (including Compounded Interest
and Additional Sums), premium and/or principal on the Debentures held by the
Property Trustee (the amount of any such payment being a "Payment Amount"), the
Property Trustee shall and is directed, to the extent funds are available for
that purpose, to make a distribution (a "Distribution") of the Payment Amount to
Holders in accordance with the terms of the Securities.
ARTICLE VII
ISSUANCE OF SECURITIES
SECTION 7.1 General Provisions Regarding Securities.
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(a) The Administrative Trustees shall on behalf of the Trust
issue one class of capital securities representing undivided preferred
beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust having such terms as are set
forth in Annex I (the "Capital Securities") and one class of common securities
representing common undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust
having such terms as are set forth in Annex I (the "Common Securities"). The
Trust shall issue no securities or other interests in the assets of the Trust
other than the Capital Securities and the Common Securities.
(b) The consideration received by the Trust for the issuance
of the Securities shall constitute a contribution to the capital of the Trust
and shall not constitute a loan to the Trust.
(c) Upon issuance of the Securities as provided in this Trust
Agreement, the Securities so issued shall be deemed to be validly issued, fully
paid and non-assessable.
(d) Every Person, by virtue of having become a Holder or a
Capital Security Beneficial Owner in accordance with the terms of this Trust
Agreement, shall be deemed to have expressly assented and agreed to the terms
of, and shall be bound by, this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 7.2 Execution and Authentication.
(a) The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Trust by
an Administrative Trustee. In case any Administrative Trustee of the Trust who
shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such Administrative
Trustee before the Securities so signed shall be delivered by the Trust, such
Securities nevertheless may be delivered as though the Person who signed such
Securities had not ceased to be such Administrative Trustee; and any Securities
may be signed on behalf of the Trust by such persons who, at the actual date of
execution of such Security, shall be the Administrative Trustees of the Trust,
although at the date of the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement any
such person was not an Administrative Trustee.
(b) One Administrative Trustee shall sign the Securities for
the Trust by manual or facsimile signature. Unless otherwise determined by the
Trust, such signature shall, in the case of Common Securities, be a manual
signature.
A Capital Security shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of an authorized signatory of the Property Trustee. The
signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Capital Security has been
authenticated under this Trust Agreement. A Common Security shall be valid upon
execution by an Administrative Trustee without any act of the Property Trustee.
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Upon a written order of the Trust signed by one Administrative
Trustee, the Property Trustee shall authenticate the Capital Securities for
original issue. The aggregate number of Capital Securities outstanding at any
time shall not exceed the number set forth in Annex I hereto except as provided
in Section 7.6.
The Property Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
acceptable to the Trust to authenticate Capital Securities. An authenticating
agent may authenticate Capital Securities whenever the Property Trustee may do
so. Each reference in this Trust Agreement to authentication by the Property
Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the
same rights as the Property Trustee hereunder with respect to the Sponsor or an
Affiliate.
SECTION 7.3 Form and Dating.
(a) Securities. The Capital Securities shall be evidenced by
one or more certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, and the
Common Securities shall be evidenced by one or more certificates substantially
in the form of Exhibit A-2. The Property Trustee's certificate of authentication
shall be substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A-1. Certificates
representing the Securities may be printed, lithographed or engraved or may be
produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to an Administrative
Trustee, as evidenced by the execution thereof. The Securities may have letters,
"CUSIP" or other numbers, notations or other marks of identification or
designation and such legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange
rule, agreements to which the Trust is subject, if any, or usage, provided that
any such notation, legend or endorsement is in a form acceptable to the
Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by their execution thereof. The Trust at
the direction of the Sponsor shall furnish any such legend not contained in
Exhibit A-1 to the Property Trustee in writing. Each Capital Security shall be
dated the date of its authentication. The terms and provisions of the Securities
set forth in Annex I and the forms of Securities set forth in Exhibits A-1 and
A-2 are part of the terms of this Trust Agreement and, to the extent applicable,
the Property Trustee and the Sponsor, by their execution and delivery of this
Trust Agreement, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound
thereby.
(b) Book-Entry Provisions. This Section 7.3(b) shall apply
only to the Global Capital Security and such other Capital Securities in global
form as may be authorized by the Trust to be deposited with or on behalf of the
Clearing Agency.
An Administrative Trustee shall execute and the Property
Trustee shall, in accordance with this Section 7.3, authenticate and make
available for delivery initially a single Global Capital Security that (i) shall
be registered in the name of Cede & Co. or other nominee of such Clearing Agency
and (ii) shall be delivered by the Property Trustee to such Clearing Agency or
pursuant to such Clearing Agency's written instructions or, if no such written
instructions are
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received by the Property Trustee, held by the Property Trustee as custodian for
the Clearing Agency.
Members of, or participants in, the Clearing Agency
("Participants") shall have no rights under this Trust Agreement with respect to
the Global Capital Security held on their behalf by the Clearing Agency or by
the Property Trustee as the custodian of the Clearing Agency or under such
Global Capital Security, and the Clearing Agency may be treated by the Trust,
the Property Trustee and any agent of the Trust or the Property Trustee as the
absolute owner of such Global Capital Security for all purposes whatsoever.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Trust, the
Property Trustee or any agent of the Trust or the Property Trustee from giving
effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by
the Clearing Agency or impair, as between the Clearing Agency and its
Participants, the operation of customary practices of such Clearing Agency
governing the exercise of the rights of a holder of a beneficial interest in the
Global Capital Security.
(c) Definitive Capital Securities. Except as provided in
Section 7.9 or 9.2(d)(i), owners of beneficial interests in the Global Capital
Security will not be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificated
Capital Securities ("Definitive Capital Securities").
SECTION 7.4 Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent.
The Trust shall maintain in Newark, Delaware (i) an office or
agency where Capital Securities may be presented for registration of transfer
("Registrar"), (ii) an office or agency where Capital Securities may be
presented for payment ("Paying Agent") and (iii) an office or agency where
Securities may be presented for exchange ("Exchange Agent"). The Registrar shall
keep a register of the Capital Securities and of their transfer. The Trust may
appoint the Registrar, the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent and may appoint
one or more co-registrars, one or more additional paying agents and one or more
additional exchange agents in such other locations as it shall determine. The
term "Registrar" includes any additional registrar, the term "Paying Agent"
includes any additional paying agent and the term "Exchange Agent" includes any
additional exchange agent. The Trust may change any Paying Agent, Registrar,
co-registrar or Exchange Agent without prior notice to any Holder. The Paying
Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written notice
to the Property Trustee, the Administrative Trustees and the Sponsor. The Trust
shall notify the Property Trustee of the name and address of any Agent not a
party to this Trust Agreement. If the Trust fails to appoint or maintain another
entity as Registrar, Paying Agent or Exchange Agent, the Property Trustee shall
act as such. The Trust or any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent,
Registrar, or Exchange Agent. The Trust shall act as Paying Agent, Registrar and
Exchange Agent for the Common Securities.
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The Trust initially appoints the Property Trustee as
Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange Agent for the Capital Securities.
SECTION 7.5 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Trust shall require each Paying Agent other than the
Property Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust
for the benefit of Holders or the Property Trustee all money held by the Paying
Agent for the payment of liquidation amounts or Distributions, and will notify
the Property Trustee if there are insufficient funds for such purpose. While any
such insufficiency continues, the Property Trustee may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Property Trustee. The Trust at any time may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Property Trustee and
to account for any money disbursed by it. Upon payment over to the Property
Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Trust or an Affiliate of the Trust)
shall have no further liability for the money. If the Trust or the Sponsor or an
Affiliate of the Trust or the Sponsor acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate
and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held
by it as Paying Agent.
SECTION 7.6 Replacement Securities.
If a Holder claims that a Security owned by it has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken or if such Security is mutilated and is
surrendered to the Trust or in the case of the Capital Securities to the
Property Trustee, an Administrative Trustee shall execute and the Property
Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery a replacement
Security if the Property Trustee's requirements are met. An indemnity bond must
be provided by the Holder which, in the judgment of the Property Trustee, is
sufficient to protect the Trustees, the Sponsor, the Trust or any authenticating
agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced. The
Trust may charge such Holder for its expenses in replacing a Security.
SECTION 7.7 Outstanding Capital Securities.
The Capital Securities outstanding at any time are all the
Capital Securities authenticated by the Property Trustee except for those
cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, and those described in
this Section as not outstanding.
If a Capital Security is replaced, paid or purchased pursuant
to Section 7.6 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Property Trustee
receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced, paid or purchased Capital
Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.
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If Capital Securities are considered paid in accordance with
the terms of this Trust Agreement, they cease to be outstanding and
Distributions on them shall cease to accumulate.
A Capital Security does not cease to be outstanding because
one of the Trust, the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor holds the Security.
SECTION 7.8 Capital Securities in Treasury.
In determining whether the Holders of the required amount of
Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Capital
Securities owned by the Trust, the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor, as
the case may be, shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except
that for the purposes of determining whether the Property Trustee shall be fully
protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities
which the Property Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
SECTION 7.9 Temporary Securities.
(a) Until Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the
Trust may prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the Property
Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be
substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that
the Trust considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable
delay, the Trust shall prepare and, in the case of the Capital Securities, the
Property Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities in exchange for
temporary Securities.
(b) The Global Capital Security deposited with the Clearing
Agency or with the Property Trustee as custodian for the Clearing Agency
pursuant to Section 7.3 shall be transferred to the beneficial owners thereof in
the form of Definitive Capital Securities only if such transfer complies with
Section 9.2 and (i) the Clearing Agency notifies the Sponsor that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Clearing Agency for such Global Capital
Security or if at any time such Clearing Agency ceases to be a "clearing agency"
registered under the Exchange Act, and, in each case, a clearing agency is not
appointed by the Sponsor within 90 days of receipt of such notice or of becoming
aware of such condition, (ii) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing or (iii) the Trust at its sole discretion elects to cause the
issuance of Definitive Capital Securities.
(c) Any Global Capital Security that is transferable to the
beneficial owners thereof in the form of Definitive Capital Securities pursuant
to this Section 7.9 shall be surrendered by the Clearing Agency to the Property
Trustee located in Newark, Delaware, to be so transferred, in whole or from time
to time in part, without charge, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate and
make available for delivery, upon such transfer of each portion of such Global
Capital Security, an
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equal aggregate liquidation amount of Securities of authorized denominations in
the form of Definitive Capital Securities. Any portion of the Global Capital
Security transferred pursuant to this Section shall be registered in such names
as the Clearing Agency shall direct.
(d) Subject to the provisions of Section 7.9(c), the Holder of
the Global Capital Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any
Person, including Participants and Persons that may hold interests through
Participants, to take any action which such Holder is entitled to take under
this Trust Agreement or the Securities.
(e) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events
specified in Section 7.9(b), the Trust will promptly make available to the
Property Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Capital Securities in fully
registered form without distribution coupons.
SECTION 7.10 Cancellation.
The Trust at any time may deliver Capital Securities to the
Property Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, Paying Agent and Exchange
Agent shall forward to the Property Trustee any Capital Securities surrendered
to them for registration of transfer, redemption, exchange or payment. The
Property Trustee shall promptly cancel all Capital Securities, surrendered for
registration of transfer, redemption, exchange, payment, replacement or
cancellation and shall dispose of cancelled Capital Securities in accordance
with its customary procedures unless the Trust otherwise directs. The Trust may
not issue new Capital Securities to replace Capital Securities that it has paid
or that have been delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation or that any
Holder has exchanged.
SECTION 7.11 CUSIP Numbers.
The Trust in issuing the Capital Securities may use "CUSIP"
numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall use
"CUSIP" numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders of Capital
Securities; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is
made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Capital
Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may
be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Capital
Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or
omission of such numbers. The Sponsor will promptly notify the Property Trustee
of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
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ARTICLE VIII
TERMINATION OF TRUST
SECTION 8.1 Termination of Trust.
(a) The Trust shall dissolve and be of no further force or
effect:
(i) upon the bankruptcy of the Sponsor;
(ii) upon the filing of a certificate of dissolution or
liquidation or its equivalent with respect to the Sponsor; or the
revocation of the Sponsor's charter and the expiration of 90 days after
the date of revocation without a reinstatement thereof;
(iii) following the distribution of a Like Amount of the
Debentures to the Holders, provided that, the Property Trustee has
received written notice from the Sponsor directing the Property Trustee
to terminate the Trust (which direction is optional, and except as
otherwise expressly provided below, within the discretion of the
Sponsor) and provided, further, that such direction and such
distribution is conditioned on (a) the receipt by the Sponsor of any
required regulatory approvals, and (b) the Administrative Trustees'
receipt of an opinion of independent tax counsel experienced in such
matters, which opinion may rely on public or private rulings of the
Internal Revenue Service, to the effect that the Holders of the Capital
Securities will not recognize any gain or loss for United States
federal income tax purposes as a result of the dissolution of the Trust
and the distribution of Debentures;
(iv) upon the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of the
Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction;
(v) when all of the Securities shall have been called for
redemption and the amounts necessary for redemption thereof shall have
been paid to the Holders in accordance with the terms of the
Securities;
(vi) upon the redemption or repayment of the Debentures or at
such time as no Debentures are outstanding; or
(vii) the expiration of the term of the Trust provided in
Section 3.14.
(b) As soon as is practicable upon completion of winding up of
the Trust following the occurrence of an event referred to in Section 8.1(a),
the Administrative Trustees shall file a certificate of cancellation with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the Statutory
Trust Act.
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(c) The provisions of Section 3.9 and Article X shall survive
the termination of the Trust.
ARTICLE IX
TRANSFER OF INTERESTS
SECTION 9.1 Transfer of Securities.
(a) Securities may only be transferred, in whole or in part,
in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Trust Agreement
and in the terms of the Securities. Any transfer or purported transfer of any
Security not made in accordance with this Trust Agreement shall be null and
void.
(b) Subject to this Article IX, Capital Securities may only be
transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions
set forth in this Trust Agreement. Any transfer or purported transfer of any
Capital Security not made in accordance with this Trust Agreement shall be null
and void.
(c) For so long as the Securities remain outstanding, the
Sponsor agrees (i) not to transfer ownership of the Common Securities of the
Trust, provided that any permitted successor of the Sponsor under the Indenture
may succeed to the Sponsor's ownership of the Common Securities, (ii) not to
cause, as Sponsor of the Trust, or to permit, as Holder of the Common
Securities, the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust, except as
provided in this Trust Agreement and (iii) to use its best efforts to cause the
Trust (a) to remain a statutory trust, except in connection with the
distribution of Debentures to the Holders in liquidation of the Trust, the
redemption of all of the Securities, or certain mergers, consolidations or
amalgamations, each as permitted by this Trust Agreement, and (b) to otherwise
continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income
tax purposes.
(d) The Property Trustee shall provide for the registration of
Capital Securities and of the transfer of Capital Securities, which will be
effected without charge but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the
Property Trustee may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental
charges that may be imposed in relation to it. Upon surrender for registration
of transfer of any Capital Securities, an Administrative Trustee shall cause one
or more new Capital Securities to be issued in the name of the designated
transferee or transferees. Every Capital Security surrendered for registration
of transfer shall be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Property Trustee duly executed by the Holder or such
Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Capital Security surrendered
for registration of transfer shall be delivered to the Property Trustee and
canceled in accordance with Section 7.10. A transferee of a Capital Security
shall be entitled to the rights and
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subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder upon the receipt by such
transferee of a Capital Security. By acceptance of a Capital Security or any
interest therein, each transferee shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by
this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 9.2 Transfer Procedures and Restrictions.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Capital Securities.
When Definitive Capital Securities are presented to the Registrar or
co-registrar:
(x) to register the transfer of such Definitive Capital
Securities; or
(y) to exchange such Definitive Capital Securities which
became mutilated, destroyed, defaced, stolen or lost, for an equal
number of Definitive Capital Securities,
the Registrar or co-registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange
as requested if its reasonable requirements for such transaction are met;
provided, however, that the Definitive Capital Securities surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a
written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trust and
the Registrar or co-registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
(b) Restrictions on Transfer of a Definitive Capital Security
for a Beneficial Interest in the Global Capital Security. A Definitive Capital
Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in the Global Capital
Security except upon satisfaction of the requirements set forth below. Upon
receipt by the Property Trustee of a Definitive Capital Security, duly endorsed
or accompanied by appropriate instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to
the Property Trustee, together with written instructions directing the Property
Trustee to make, or to direct the Clearing Agency to make, an adjustment on its
books and records with respect to the Global Capital Security to reflect an
increase in the number of the Capital Securities represented by such Global
Capital Security, then the Property Trustee shall cancel such Definitive Capital
Security and cause, or direct the Clearing Agency to cause, the aggregate number
of Capital Securities represented by the Global Capital Security to be increased
accordingly. If the Global Capital Security is not then outstanding, the Trust
shall issue and the Property Trustee shall authenticate, upon written order of
any Administrative Trustee, a new Global Capital Security representing an
appropriate number of Capital Securities.
(c) Transfer and Exchange of the Global Capital Security.
Subject to Section 9.2(d), the transfer and exchange of Global Capital Security
or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the Clearing Agency in
accordance with
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this Trust Agreement (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth
herein, if any) and the procedures of the Clearing Agency therefor.
(d) Transfer of a Beneficial Interest in the Global Capital
Security for a Definitive Capital Security.
(i) Any Person having a beneficial interest in the Global
Capital Security may upon request, but only upon 20 days prior notice
to the Property Trustee, and if accompanied by the information
specified below, exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive
Capital Security representing the same number of Capital Securities.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee from the Clearing Agency or its
nominee on behalf of any Person having a beneficial interest in the
Global Capital Security of written instructions or such other form of
instructions as is customary for the Clearing Agency or the Person
designated by the Clearing Agency as having such a beneficial interest
in a Global Capital Security and certification(s) from the transferor
in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as the form of
"Assignment" in Exhibit A-1, which may be submitted by facsimile, then
the Property Trustee will cause the aggregate number of Capital
Securities represented by the Capital Security to be reduced on its
books and records and, following such reduction, the Trust will execute
and the Property Trustee will authenticate and make available for
delivery to the transferee a Definitive Capital Security.
(ii) Definitive Capital Securities issued in exchange for a
beneficial interest in the Global Capital Security pursuant to this
Section 9.2(d) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized
denominations as the Clearing Agency, pursuant to instructions from its
Clearing Agency Participants or indirect participants or otherwise,
shall instruct the Property Trustee in writing. The Property Trustee
shall deliver such Capital Securities to the Persons in whose names
such Capital Securities are so registered in accordance with such
instructions of the Clearing Agency.
(e) Restrictions on Transfer and Exchange of the Global
Capital Security. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement
(other than the provisions set forth in subsection (g) of this Section 9.2), the
Global Capital Security may not be transferred as a whole except by the Clearing
Agency to a nominee of the Clearing Agency or another nominee of the Clearing
Agency or by the Clearing Agency or any such nominee to a successor Clearing
Agency or a nominee of such successor Clearing Agency.
(f) Authentication of Definitive Capital Securities. If at any
time:
(i) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing,
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(ii) the Trust, in its sole discretion, notifies the Property
Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive
Capital Securities under this Trust Agreement, or
(iii) the Clearing Agency notifies the Sponsor that it is
unwilling or unable to continue as Clearing Agency for such Global
Capital Security or if at any time such Clearing Agency ceases to be a
"clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act, and, in each case,
a clearing agency is not appointed by the Sponsor within 90 days of
receipt of such notice or of becoming aware of such condition,
then the Trust will execute, and the Property Trustee, upon receipt of a written
order of the Trust signed by one Administrative Trustee requesting the
authentication and delivery of Definitive Capital Securities to the Persons
designated by the Trust, will authenticate and make available for delivery
Definitive Capital Securities, equal in number to the number of Capital
Securities represented by the Global Capital Security, in exchange for such
Global Capital Security.
(g) Cancellation or Adjustment of Global Capital Security. At
such time as all beneficial interests in the Global Capital Security have either
been exchanged for Definitive Capital Securities to the extent permitted by this
Trust Agreement or redeemed, repurchased or canceled in accordance with the
terms of this Trust Agreement, such Global Capital Security shall be returned to
the Clearing Agency for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Property
Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in
the Global Capital Security is exchanged for Definitive Capital Securities,
Capital Securities represented by such Global Capital Security shall be reduced
and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Property Trustee
and the Clearing Agency or its nominee to reflect such reduction.
(h) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of
Capital Securities.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the
Trust shall execute and the Property Trustee shall authenticate
Definitive Capital Securities and the Global Capital Security at the
Registrar's or co-registrar's request in accordance with the terms of
this Trust Agreement.
(ii) Registrations of transfers or exchanges will be effected
without charge, but only upon payment (with such indemnity as the Trust
or the Sponsor may require) in respect of any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in relation to it.
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(iii) The Registrar or co-registrar shall not be required to
register the transfer of or exchange of (a) Capital Securities during a
period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of
mailing of a notice of redemption or any notice of selection of Capital
Securities for redemption and ending at the close of business on the
day of such mailing or (b) any Capital Security so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any
Capital Security being redeemed in part.
(iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of
transfer of any Capital Security, the Trust, the Property Trustee, the
Paying Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar may deem and treat the
Person in whose name a Capital Security is registered as the absolute
owner of such Capital Security for the purpose of receiving
Distributions on such Capital Security and for all other purposes
whatsoever, and none of the Trust, the Property Trustee, the Paying
Agent, the Registrar or any co-registrar shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
(v) All Capital Securities issued upon any registration of
transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement
shall evidence the same security and shall be entitled to the same
benefits under this Trust Agreement as the Capital Securities
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(i) No Obligation of the Property Trustee.
(i) The Property Trustee shall have no responsibility or
obligation to any beneficial owner of the Global Capital Security, a
Participant in the Clearing Agency or other Person with respect to the
accuracy of the records of the Clearing Agency or its nominee or of any
Participant thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the
Capital Securities or with respect to the delivery to any Participant,
beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Clearing Agency) of
any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any
amount, under or with respect to such Capital Securities. All notices
and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be
made to Holders under the Capital Securities shall be given or made
only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be the
Clearing Agency or its nominee in the case of the Global Capital
Security). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Capital
Security shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency subject to
the applicable rules and procedures of the Clearing Agency. The
Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in
relying upon information furnished by the Clearing Agency or any agent
thereof with respect to its Participants and any beneficial owners.
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(ii) The Property Trustee and the Registrar shall have no
obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance
with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Trust Agreement or
under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in
any Capital Security (including any transfers between or among Clearing
Agency Participants or beneficial owners in the Global Capital
Security) other than to require delivery of such Certificates and other
documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if
and when expressly required by, the terms of this Trust Agreement, and
to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with
the express requirements hereof.
SECTION 9.3 Deemed Security Holders.
The Trustees may treat the Person in whose name any Security
shall be registered on the books and records of the Trust as the sole owner and
Holder of such Security for purposes of receiving Distributions and for all
other purposes whatsoever and, accordingly, shall not be bound to recognize any
equitable or other claim to or interest in such Security on the part of any
Person, whether or not the Trust shall have actual or other notice thereof.
SECTION 9.4 Book-Entry Interests.
The Global Capital Security shall initially be registered on
the books and records of the Trust in the name of Cede & Co., the nominee of the
Clearing Agency and no Capital Security Beneficial Owner will receive physical
delivery of a definitive Capital Security certificate (a "Capital Security
Certificate") representing such Capital Security Beneficial Owner's interests in
such Global Capital Security, except as provided in Section 9.2 and Section 7.9.
Unless and until Definitive Capital Securities have been issued to the Capital
Security Beneficial Owners pursuant to Section 9.2 or Section 7.9:
(a) the provisions of this Section 9.4 shall be in full force
and effect;
(b) the Trust and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal with
the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Trust Agreement (including
the payment of Distributions on the Global Capital Security and
receiving approvals, votes or consents hereunder) as the sole Holder of
the Global Capital Security and shall have no obligation to the Capital
Security Beneficial Owners;
(c) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 9.4
conflict with any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, the
provisions of this Section 9.4 shall control; and
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(d) the rights of the Capital Security Beneficial Owners shall
be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to
those established by law and agreements between such Capital Security
Beneficial Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency
Participants, and the Clearing Agency shall receive and transmit
payments of Distributions on the Global Capital Security to such
Clearing Agency Participants; provided, however, that solely for the
purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of
Capital Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this Trust
Agreement, the Trustees, with respect to the Global Capital Security,
may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, any
written instrument (including a proxy) delivered to the Trustees by the
Clearing Agency setting forth the Capital Security Beneficial Owners'
votes or assigning the right to vote on any matter to any other Persons
either in whole or in part; and the Clearing Agency will also make
book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants.
SECTION 9.5 Notices to Clearing Agency.
Whenever a notice or other communication to the Capital
Security Holders is required to be given by a Trustee under this Trust
Agreement, such Trustee shall give all such notices and communications specified
herein to be given to the Holder of the Global Capital Security to the Clearing
Agency and shall have no notice obligations to the Capital Security Beneficial
Owners.
SECTION 9.6 Appointment of Successor Clearing Agency.
If any Clearing Agency elects to discontinue its services as
securities depositary with respect to the Capital Securities, the Administrative
Trustees may, in their sole discretion, appoint a successor Clearing Agency with
respect to such Capital Securities.
ARTICLE X
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY OF
HOLDERS OF SECURITIES, TRUSTEE OR OTHERS
SECTION 10.1 Liability.
(a) Except as expressly set forth in this Trust Agreement, the
Securities Guarantees and the terms of the Securities, the Sponsor shall not be:
(i) personally liable for the return of any portion of the
capital contributions (or any return thereon) of the Holders which
shall be made solely from assets of the Trust; and
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(ii) required to pay to the Trust or to any Holder any deficit
upon dissolution of the Trust or otherwise.
(b) The Sponsor shall be liable for all of the debts and
obligations of the Trust (other than in respect of the Securities) to the extent
not satisfied out of the Trust's assets.
(c) Pursuant to Section 3803(a) of the Statutory Trust Act,
the Holders shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
SECTION 10.2 Exculpation.
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or
accountable in damages or otherwise to the Trust or any Covered Person for any
loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or
omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Trust and in a
manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the
authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust Agreement or by
law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage
or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's gross negligence (or,
in the case of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, negligence) or
willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying
in good faith upon the records of the Trust and upon such information, opinions,
reports or statements presented to the Trust by any Person as to matters the
Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other Person's
professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Trust, including information, opinions, reports or
statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities, profits,
losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from
which Distributions to Holders might properly be paid.
SECTION 10.3 Fiduciary Duty.
(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Indemnified
Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto
to the Trust or to any other Covered Person, an Indemnified Person acting under
this Trust Agreement shall not be liable to the Trust or to any other Covered
Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement.
The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the
duties and liabilities of an Indemnified Person otherwise existing at law or in
equity (other than the duties
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imposed on the Property Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act), are agreed by
the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of such
Indemnified Person.
(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:
(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises between
any Covered Persons, or
(ii) whenever this Trust Agreement or any other agreement
contemplated herein or therein provides that an Indemnified Person
shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and
reasonable to the Trust or any Holder of Securities,
the Indemnified Person shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action
or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative interest of each
party (including its own interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or
situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary
or accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted accounting
practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by the Indemnified Person,
the resolution, action or term so made, taken or provided by the Indemnified
Person shall not constitute a breach of this Trust Agreement or any other
agreement contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Indemnified
Person at law or in equity or otherwise.
(c) Whenever in this Trust Agreement an Indemnified Person is
permitted or required to make a decision:
(i) in its "discretion" or under a grant of similar authority,
the Indemnified Person shall be entitled to consider such interests and
factors as it desires, including its own interests, and shall have no
duty or obligation to give any consideration to any interest of or
factors affecting the Trust or any other Person; or
(ii) in its "good faith" or under another express standard,
the Indemnified Person shall act under such express standard and shall
not be subject to any other or different standard imposed by this Trust
Agreement or by applicable law.
SECTION 10.4 Indemnification.
(a) (i) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent
permitted by law, any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party
or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative (other
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than an action by or in the right of the Trust) by reason of the fact
that he is or was a Company Indemnified Person, against expenses
(including attorneys' fees and expenses), judgments, fines and amounts
paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in
connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good
faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to
the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any criminal
action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct
was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by
judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo
contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the Company Indemnified Person did not act in good
faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not
opposed to the best interests of the Trust, and, with respect to any
criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that his
conduct was unlawful.
(ii) The Sponsor shall indemnify, to the full extent permitted
by law, any Company Indemnified Person who was or is a party or is
threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed
action or suit by or in the right of the Trust to procure a judgment in
its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a Company Indemnified
Person against expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with the defense
or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a
manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Trust and except that no such indemnification shall be
made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Company
Indemnified Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Trust
unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery of Delaware or
the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon
application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of
all the circumstances of the case, such Person is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such Court of Chancery or
such other court shall deem proper.
(iii) To the extent that a Company Indemnified Person shall be
successful on the merits or otherwise (including dismissal of an action
without prejudice or the settlement of an action without admission of
liability) in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in
paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a), or in defense of any
claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified, to the full
extent permitted by law, against expenses (including attorneys' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith.
(iv) Any indemnification under paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this
Section 10.4(a) (unless ordered by a court) shall be made by the
Sponsor only as authorized in the specific case upon a determination
that indemnification of
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the Company Indemnified Person is proper in the circumstances because
he has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in paragraphs
(i) and (ii). Such determination shall be made (1) by the
Administrative Trustees by a majority vote of a Quorum consisting of
such Administrative Trustees who were not parties to such action, suit
or proceeding, (2) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if
obtainable, if a Quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees so
directs, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, or (3) by
the Common Security Holder of the Trust.
(v) Expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred
by a Company Indemnified Person in defending a civil, criminal,
administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding referred to
in paragraphs (i) and (ii) of this Section 10.4(a) shall be paid by the
Sponsor in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or
proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such
Company Indemnified Person to repay such amount if it shall ultimately
be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the Sponsor
as authorized in this Section 10.4(a). Notwithstanding the foregoing,
no advance shall be made by the Sponsor if a determination is
reasonably and promptly made (i) by the Administrative Trustees by a
majority vote of a Quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees,
(ii) if such a Quorum is not obtainable, or, even if obtainable, if a
Quorum of disinterested Administrative Trustees so directs, by
independent legal counsel in a written opinion or (iii) by the Common
Security Holder of the Trust, that, based upon the facts known to the
Administrative Trustees, counsel or the Common Security Holder at the
time such determination is made, such Company Indemnified Person acted
in bad faith or in a manner that the Common Security Holder did not
believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Trust, or,
with respect to any criminal proceeding, that such Company Indemnified
Person believed or had reasonable cause to believe his conduct was
unlawful. In no event shall any advance be made in instances where the
Administrative Trustees, independent legal counsel or Common Security
Holder reasonably determine that a Company Indemnified Person
deliberately breached his duty to the Trust or its Common or Capital
Security Holders.
(vi) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
by, or granted pursuant to, the other paragraphs of this Section
10.4(a) shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which
those seeking indemnification and advancement of expenses may be
entitled under any agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors of the Sponsor or Capital Security Holders of the Trust or
otherwise, both as to action in his official capacity and as to action
in another capacity while holding such office. All rights to
indemnification under this Section 10.4(a) shall be deemed to be
provided by a contract between the Sponsor and each Company Indemnified
Person who serves in such capacity at any time while this Section
10.4(a) is
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in effect. Any repeal or modification of this Section 10.4(a) shall not
affect any rights or obligations then existing.
(vii) The Sponsor or the Trust may purchase and maintain
insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a Company Indemnified
Person against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him
in any such capacity, or arising out of his status as such, whether or
not the Debenture Issuer would have the power to indemnify him against
such liability under the provisions of this Section 10.4(a).
(viii) For purposes of this Section 10.4(a), references to
"the Trust" shall include, in addition to the resulting or surviving
entity, any constituent entity (including any constituent of a
constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger, so that any person
who is or was a director, trustee, officer or employee of such
constituent entity, or is or was serving at the request of such
constituent entity as a director, trustee, officer, employee or agent
of another entity, shall stand in the same position under the
provisions of this Section 10.4(a) with respect to the resulting or
surviving entity as he would have with respect to such constituent
entity if its separate existence had continued.
(ix) The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided
by, or granted pursuant to, this Section 10.4(a) shall, unless
otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a Person
who has ceased to be a Company Indemnified Person and shall inure to
the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a
Person.
(b) The Sponsor agrees to indemnify the (i) Property Trustee,
(ii) the Delaware Trustee, (iii) any Affiliate of the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, and (iv) any officers, directors, shareholders, members,
partners, employees, representatives, custodians, nominees or agents of the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (each of the Persons in (i) through
(iv), including the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee in their
respective individual capacities, being referred to as a "Fiduciary Indemnified
Person") for, and to hold each Fiduciary Indemnified Person harmless against,
any and all loss, liability, damage, claim or expense including taxes (other
than taxes based on the income of such Fiduciary Indemnified Person) incurred
without negligence or bad faith on the part of such Fiduciary Indemnified
Person, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending against or investigating any
claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of the
powers or duties of such Fiduciary Indemnified Person hereunder. The obligation
to indemnify as set forth in this Section 10.4(b) shall survive the resignation
or removal of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee and the satisfaction
and discharge of this Trust Agreement.
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(c) The Sponsor agrees to pay the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee, from time to time, such compensation for all services rendered
by the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee hereunder as may be mutually
agreed upon in writing by the Sponsor and the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be, and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein,
to reimburse the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee upon its or their
request for all reasonable expenses (including counsel fees and expenses),
disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, in accordance with the provisions of this
Trust Agreement, except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to its or their negligence or bad faith.
SECTION 10.5 Outside Businesses.
Any Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the
Property Trustee may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures
of any nature or description, independently or with others, similar or
dissimilar to the business of the Trust, and the Trust and the Holders shall
have no rights by virtue of this Trust Agreement in and to such independent
ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the pursuit of any such
venture, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed
wrongful or improper. No Covered Person, the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee, or
the Property Trustee shall be obligated to present any particular investment or
other opportunity to the Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that,
if presented to the Trust, could be taken by the Trust, and any Covered Person,
the Sponsor, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee shall have the right
to take for its own account (individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to
recommend to others any such particular investment or other opportunity. Any
Covered Person, the Delaware Trustee and the Property Trustee may engage or be
interested in any financial or other transaction with the Sponsor or any
Affiliate of the Sponsor, or may act as depositary for, trustee or agent for, or
act on any committee or body of holders of, securities or other obligations of
the Sponsor or its Affiliates.
ARTICLE XI
ACCOUNTING
SECTION 11.1 Fiscal Year.
The fiscal year ("Fiscal Year") of the Trust shall be the
calendar year, or such other year as is required by the Code.
SECTION 11.2 Certain Accounting Matters.
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(a) At all times during the existence of the Trust, the
Administrative Trustees shall keep, or cause to be kept, full books of account,
records and supporting documents, which shall reflect in reasonable detail each
transaction of the Trust. The books of account shall be maintained on the
accrual method of accounting, in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, consistently applied. The Trust shall use the accrual method of
accounting for United States federal income tax purposes. The books of account
and the records of the Trust shall be examined by and reported upon as of the
end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust by a firm of independent certified public
accountants selected by the Administrative Trustees.
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly
prepared and delivered to each of the Holders any annual United States federal
income tax information statement required by the Code, containing such
information with regard to the Securities held by each Holder as is required by
the Code and the Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding any right under the Code
to deliver any such statement at a later date, the Administrative Trustees shall
endeavor to deliver all such information statements within 30 days after the end
of each Fiscal Year of the Trust.
(c) The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be duly
prepared and filed with the appropriate taxing authority, an annual United
States federal income tax return, on a Form 1041 or such other form required by
United States federal income tax law, and any other annual income tax returns
required to be filed by the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust with
any state or local taxing authority.
SECTION 11.3 Banking.
The Trust may maintain one or more bank accounts in the name
and for the sole benefit of the Trust; provided, however, that all payments of
funds in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee shall be made
directly to the Property Trustee Account and no other funds of the Trust shall
be deposited in the Property Trustee Account. The sole signatories for such
accounts shall be designated by the Administrative Trustees; provided, however,
that the Property Trustee shall designate the signatories for the Property
Trustee Account.
SECTION 11.4 Withholding.
The Trust and the Administrative Trustees shall comply with
all withholding requirements under United States federal, state and local law.
The Trust shall request, and the Holders shall provide to the Trust, such forms
or certificates as are necessary to establish an exemption from withholding with
respect to each Holder, and any representations and forms as shall reasonably be
requested by the Trust to assist it in determining the extent of, and in
fulfilling, its
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withholding obligations. The Administrative Trustees shall cause to be filed
required forms with applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from
withholding is properly established by a Holder, shall remit amounts withheld
with respect to the Holder to applicable jurisdictions. To the extent that the
Trust is required to withhold and pay over any amounts to any authority with
respect to Distributions or allocations to any Holder, the amount withheld shall
be deemed to be a Distribution in the amount of the withholding to the Holder.
In the event of any claim of excess withholding, Holders shall be limited to an
action against the applicable jurisdiction. If the amount required to be
withheld was not withheld from actual Distributions made, the Trust may reduce
subsequent Distributions by the amount of such withholding.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENTS AND MEETINGS
SECTION 12.1 Amendments.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this Trust Agreement
(including Section 7 of Annex I hereto) or by any applicable terms of the
Securities, this Trust Agreement may only be amended by a written instrument
approved and executed by:
(i) the Sponsor and the Administrative Trustees (or, if there
are more than two Administrative Trustees, a majority of the
Administrative Trustees);
(ii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties,
obligations or immunities of the Property Trustee, the Property
Trustee; and
(iii) if the amendment affects the rights, powers, duties,
obligations or immunities of the Delaware Trustee, the Delaware
Trustee.
(b) No amendment shall be made, and any such purported
amendment shall be void and ineffective:
(i) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment, the
Property Trustee shall have first received an Officers' Certificate
from each of the Trust and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted
by, and conforms to, the terms of this Trust Agreement (including the
terms of the Securities);
(ii) unless, in the case of any proposed amendment which
affects the rights, powers, duties, obligations or immunities of the
Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall have first received:
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(A) an Officers' Certificate from each of the Trust
and the Sponsor that such amendment is permitted by, and
conforms to, the terms of this Trust Agreement (including the
terms of the Securities); and
(B) an Opinion of Counsel (who may be counsel to the
Sponsor or the Trust) that such amendment is permitted by, and
conforms to, the terms of this Trust Agreement (including the
terms of the Securities) and that all conditions precedent to
the execution and delivery of such amendment have been
satisfied;
provided, however, that the Property Trustee shall not be required to sign any
such amendment; and
(iii) to the extent the result of such amendment would be to:
(A) cause the Trust to fail to continue to be
classified for purposes of United States federal income
taxation as a grantor trust;
(B) reduce or otherwise adversely affect the powers
of the Property Trustee in contravention of the Trust
Indenture Act; or
(C) cause the Trust to be deemed to be an Investment
Company required to be registered under the Investment Company
Act;
(c) At such time after the Trust has issued any Securities
that remain outstanding, any amendment that would adversely affect the rights,
privileges or preferences of any Holder may be effected only with such
additional requirements as may be set forth in the terms of such Securities;
(d) Section 10.1(c) and this Section 12.1 shall not be amended
without the consent of all of the Holders;
(e) Article Four shall not be amended without the consent of
the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Common Securities;
(f) The rights of the Holders of the Common Securities under
Article V to increase or decrease the number of, and appoint and remove Trustees
shall not be amended without the consent of the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Common Securities; and
(g) Notwithstanding Section 12.1(c), this Trust Agreement may
be amended without the consent of the Holders to:
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(i) cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision in
this Trust Agreement that may be inconsistent with any other provision
of this Trust Agreement or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement which shall not
be inconsistent with the other provisions of the Trust Agreement; or
(ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any provisions of the
Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure that the
Trust will be classified for United States federal income tax purposes
as a grantor trust at all times that any Securities are outstanding or
to ensure that the Trust will not be required to register as an
Investment Company under the Investment Company Act;
provided, however, that in each such case, such action shall not adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders, and any amendments
of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof is given to
the Holders.
SECTION 12.2 Meetings of the Holders; Action by Written Consent.
(a) Meetings of the Holders of any class of Securities may be
called at any time by the Property Trustee (or as provided in the terms of the
Securities) to consider and act on any matter on which Holders of such class of
Securities are entitled to act under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the
terms of the Securities or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital
Securities are listed or admitted for trading. The Property Trustee shall call a
meeting of the Holders of such class if directed to do so by the Holders of at
least 10% in liquidation amount of such class of Securities. Such direction
shall be given by delivering to the Property Trustee one or more notices in
writing stating that the signing Holders wish to call a meeting and indicating
the general or specific purpose for which the meeting is to be called. Any
Holders calling a meeting shall specify in writing the Capital Security
Certificates held by the Holders exercising the right to call a meeting and only
those Securities specified shall be counted for purposes of determining whether
the required percentage set forth in the second sentence of this paragraph has
been met.
(b) Except to the extent otherwise provided in the terms of
the Securities, the following provisions shall apply to meetings of Holders:
(i) notice of any such meeting shall be given to all the
Holders having a right to vote thereat at least seven days and not more
than 60 days before the date of such meeting. Whenever a vote, consent
or approval of the Holders is permitted or required under this Trust
Agreement or the rules of any stock exchange on which the Capital
Securities are listed or admitted for trading, such vote, consent or
approval may be given at a meeting of the Holders; any action that may
be taken at a meeting of the Holders may be
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taken without a meeting if a consent in writing setting forth the
action so taken is signed by the Holders owning not less than the
minimum amount of Securities in liquidation amount that would be
necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all
Holders having a right to vote thereon were present and voting; prompt
notice of the taking of action without a meeting shall be given to the
Holders entitled to vote who have not consented in writing; and the
Property Trustee may specify that any written ballot submitted to the
Security Holder for the purpose of taking any action without a meeting
shall be returned to the Trust within the time specified by the
Property Trustee;
(ii) each Holder may authorize any Person to act for it by
proxy on all matters in which a Holder is entitled to participate,
including waiving notice of any meeting, or voting or participating at
a meeting; no proxy shall be valid after the expiration of eleven
months from the date thereof unless otherwise provided in the proxy;
every proxy shall be revocable at the pleasure of the Holder executing
it; and, except as otherwise provided herein, all matters relating to
the giving, voting or validity of proxies shall be governed by the
General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware relating to proxies,
and judicial interpretations thereunder, as if the Trust were a
Delaware corporation and the Holders were stockholders of a Delaware
corporation;
(iii) each meeting of the Holders shall be conducted by the
Administrative Trustees or by such other Person that the Administrative
Trustees may designate; and
(iv) unless the Statutory Trust Act, this Trust Agreement, the
terms of the Securities, the Trust Indenture Act or the listing rules
of any stock exchange on which the Capital Securities are then listed
or trading, otherwise provides, the Administrative Trustees, in their
sole discretion, shall establish all other provisions relating to
meetings of Holders, including notice of the time, place or purpose of
any meeting at which any matter is to be voted on by any Holders,
waiver of any such notice, action by consent without a meeting, the
establishment of a record date, quorum requirements, voting in person
or by proxy or any other matter with respect to the exercise of any
such right to vote.
ARTICLE XIII
REPRESENTATIONS OF PROPERTY TRUSTEE
AND DELAWARE TRUSTEE
SECTION 13.1 Representations and Warranties of Property Trustee.
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The Trustee that acts as initial Property Trustee represents
and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Trust
Agreement, and each Successor Property Trustee represents and warrants to the
Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Property Trustee's acceptance
of its appointment as Property Trustee that:
(a) the Property Trustee is a banking corporation, a national
banking association or a bank or trust company, duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the United States or the State of
Delaware, as the case may be, with corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this
Trust Agreement;
(b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Property
Trustee of this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Property Trustee; and this Trust Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by the Property Trustee and under Delaware
law (excluding any securities laws) constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Property Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium,
insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to
general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of
whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law);
(c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust
Agreement by the Property Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach
of the charter or by-laws of the Property Trustee; and
(d) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration
with or notice to, any federal or Delaware banking authority governing the trust
powers of the Property Trustee is required for the execution, delivery or
performance by the Property Trustee of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 13.2 Representations and Warranties of Delaware Trustee.
The Trustee that acts as initial Delaware Trustee represents
and warrants to the Trust and to the Sponsor at the date of this Trust
Agreement, and each Successor Delaware Trustee represents and warrants to the
Trust and the Sponsor at the time of the Successor Delaware Trustee's acceptance
of its appointment as Delaware Trustee that:
(a) the Delaware Trustee is a banking corporation, a national
banking association or a bank or trust company, duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the United States or the State of
Delaware, as the case may be, with corporate power and authority to execute and
deliver, and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of, this
Trust Agreement;
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(b) the execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware
Trustee of this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate action on the part of the Delaware Trustee; and this Trust Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by the Delaware Trustee and under Delaware
law (excluding any securities laws) constitutes a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Delaware Trustee, enforceable against it in accordance with
its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, moratorium,
insolvency, and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to
general principles of equity and the discretion of the court (regardless of
whether the enforcement of such remedies is considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law);
(c) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust
Agreement by the Delaware Trustee does not conflict with or constitute a breach
of the charter or by-laws of the Delaware Trustee; and
(d) no consent, approval or authorization of, or registration
with or notice to, any federal or Delaware banking authority governing the trust
powers of the Delaware Trustee is required for the execution, delivery or
performance by the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement; and
(e) the Delaware Trustee is a natural person who is a resident
of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an entity which has its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware, and is a Person that
satisfies for the Trust Section 3807(a) of the Statutory Trust Act.
ARTICLE XIV
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 14.1 Notices.
All notices provided for in this Trust Agreement shall be in
writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be delivered,
telecopied or mailed by first class mail, overnight courier service or confirmed
telecopy, as follows:
(a) if given to the Trust, in care of the Administrative
Trustees at the Trust's mailing address set forth below (or such other address
as the Trust may give notice of to the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee
and the Holders):
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV
c/o Webster Financial Corporation
Webster Plaza
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
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Telecopier: (___) ___-____
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Administrative Trustee
(b) if given to the Delaware Trustee, at the mailing address
set forth below (or such other address as Delaware Trustee may give notice of to
the Holders):
The Bank of New York (Delaware)
Xxxxx Xxxx Center, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier: (___) ___-____
Telephone: (___) ___-____
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(c) if given to the Property Trustee, at the Property
Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the Property
Trustee may give notice of to the Holders):
The Bank of New York
Xxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier: (___) ___-____
Telephone: (___) ___-____
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
(d) if given to the Holder of the Common Securities, at the
mailing address of the Sponsor set forth below (or such other address as the
Holder of the Common Securities may give notice to the Trust):
Xxxxxxx Financial Corporation
Xxxxxxx Plaza
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telecopier: (___) ___-____
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
Attention: ____________________
(e) if given to any other Holder, at the address set forth on
the books and records of the Trust.
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All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when
received in person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class
mail, postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused
delivery or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice
was given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered
on the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 14.2 Governing Law.
This Trust Agreement and the rights of the parties hereunder
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of
Delaware without regard to conflict of law principles thereof.
SECTION 14.3 Intention of the Parties.
It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be
classified for United States federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust. The
provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be interpreted to further this
intention of the parties.
SECTION 14.4 Headings.
Headings contained in this Trust Agreement are inserted for
convenience of reference only and do not affect the interpretation of this Trust
Agreement or any provision hereof.
SECTION 14.5 Successors and Assigns.
Whenever in this Trust Agreement any of the parties hereto is
named or referred to, the successors and assigns of such party shall be deemed
to be included, and all covenants and agreements in this Trust Agreement by the
Sponsor and the Trustees shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective
successors and assigns, whether so expressed.
SECTION 14.6 Partial Enforceability.
If any provision of this Trust Agreement, or the application
of such provision to any Person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the
remainder of this Trust Agreement, or the application of such provision to
Persons or circumstances other than those to which it is held invalid, shall not
be affected thereby.
SECTION 14.7 Counterparts.
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This Trust Agreement may contain more than one counterpart of
the signature page and this Trust Agreement may be executed by the affixing of
the signature of each of the Trustees to one or more of such counterpart
signature pages. All of such counterpart signature pages shall be read as though
one, and they shall have the same force and effect as though all of the signers
had signed a single signature page.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first
above written.
_________________________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
as Administrative Trustee
_________________________________________
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
as Administrative Trustee
_________________________________________
R. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, as
Administrative Trustee
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as Delaware Trustee
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Property Trustee
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
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XXXXXXX FINANCIAL CORPORATION,
as Sponsor and Debenture Issuer
By:______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:___________________________________
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ANNEX I
TERMS OF
_____% CAPITAL SECURITIES, SERIES A
_____% COMMON SECURITIES
Pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Amended and Restated Trust
Agreement, dated as of _______________ (as amended from time to time, the "Trust
Agreement"), the designation, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and
other terms and provisions of the Securities are set out below (each capitalized
term used but not defined herein has the meaning set forth in the Trust
Agreement or, if not defined in such Trust Agreement, as defined in the
Prospectus Supplement referred to below in Section 2(c) of this Annex I):
1. Designation and Number.
(a) Capital Securities. _____ Series A Capital Securities of
the Trust with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the
Trust of _______________ dollars ($__________), and with a liquidation amount
with respect to the assets of the Trust of $__________ per security, are hereby
designated for the purposes of identification only as "_____% Capital
Securities, Series A" (collectively, the "Capital Securities"). The certificates
evidencing the Capital Securities shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
A-1 to the Trust Agreement, with such changes and additions thereto or deletions
therefrom as may be required by ordinary usage, custom or practice or to conform
to the rules of any exchange or quotation system on or in which the Capital
Securities are listed, traded or quoted.
(b) Common Securities. _____Common Securities of the Trust
with an aggregate liquidation amount with respect to the assets of the Trust of
_______________ dollars ($__________) and a liquidation amount with respect to
the assets of the Trust of $__________ per security, are hereby designated for
the purposes of identification only as "_____% Common Securities" (collectively,
the "Common Securities"). The certificates evidencing the Common Securities
shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 to the Trust Agreement, with
such changes and additions thereto or deletions therefrom as may be required by
ordinary usage, custom or practice.
2. Distributions.
(a) Distributions payable on each Security will be fixed at a
rate per annum of _____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the liquidation amount of
$__________ per Security (the "Liquidation Amount"), such rate being the rate of
interest payable on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee.
Distributions in arrears for
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more than one semi-annual period will bear additional Distributions thereon
compounded semi-annually at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by
applicable law). The term "Distributions", as used herein, includes
distributions of any and all such interest, if any, payable unless otherwise
stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are made in
respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the extent the
Property Trustee has funds legally available therefor.
(b) Distributions on the Securities will be cumulative, will
accumulate from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid or,
if no Distributions have been paid, from _______________, and will be payable
semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing
December 1, _____ (each, a "Distribution Date"), except as otherwise described
below. Distributions will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting
of twelve 30-day months. As long as no Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under the Indenture, the Debenture Issuer has the right under the
Indenture to defer payments of interest by extending the interest payment period
at any time and from time to time on the Debentures for a period not exceeding
10 consecutive semi-annual periods, including the first such semi-annual period
during such period (each an "Extension Period"), during which Extension Period
no interest shall be due and payable on the Debentures, provided that no
Extension Period shall end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date for the
Debentures or extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. As a
consequence of such deferral, Distributions will also be deferred.
Notwithstanding such deferral, Distributions will continue to accumulate with
additional Distributions thereon (to the extent permitted by applicable law but
not at a rate greater than the rate at which interest is then accruing on the
Debentures) at the Coupon Rate compounded semi-annually during any such
Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any such Extension Period, the
Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by further extending
such Extension Period, provided that such extension does not cause such
Extension Period, together with all such previous and further extensions within
such Extension Period, to exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, including
the first semi-annual period during such Extension Period, end on a date other
than an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or extend beyond the Maturity
Date of the Debentures. Upon the termination of any Extension Period and the
payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture Issuer may commence a new
Extension Period, subject to the above requirements.
(c) Distributions on the Securities will be payable to the
Holders thereof as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the
close of business on the 15th day of the month immediately preceding the month
in which the relevant Distribution Date occurs, which Distribution Dates
correspond to the Interest Payment Dates for the Debentures. Subject to any
applicable laws and regulations and the provisions of the Trust Agreement, each
such payment in respect of the Capital Securities will be made as described
under the heading
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"Description of Capital Securities -- Form, Denomination, Book-Entry Procedures
and Transfer" in the Prospectus Supplement dated _______________, of the
Debenture Issuer and the Trust relating to the Securities and the Debentures.
The relevant record dates for the Common Securities shall be the same as the
record dates for the Capital Securities. Distributions payable on any Securities
that are not punctually paid on any Distribution Date, as a result of the
Debenture Issuer having failed to make a payment under the Debentures, will
cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant record date, and such
defaulted Distribution will instead be payable to the Person in whose name such
Securities are registered on the special record date or other specified date
determined in accordance with the Indenture. If any date on which Distributions
are payable on the Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Distributions payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that
is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of any
such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on such date.
(d) In the event that there is any money or other property
held by or for the Trust that is not accounted for hereunder, such property
shall be distributed Pro Rata (as defined herein) among the Holders.
3. Liquidation Distribution Upon Dissolution.
In the event of any dissolution of the Trust, or if the
Sponsor otherwise gives notice of its election to liquidate the Trust pursuant
to Section 8.1(a)(iii) of the Trust Agreement, the Trust shall be liquidated by
the Administrative Trustees as expeditiously as the Administrative Trustees
determine to be possible by distributing to the Holders, after satisfaction of
liabilities to creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, a Like
Amount (as defined below) of the Debentures, unless such distribution is
determined by the Property Trustee not to be practicable, in which event such
Holders will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust legally
available for distribution to Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the
aggregate of the liquidation amount of $__________ per Security plus accumulated
and unpaid Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the
"Liquidation Distribution").
"Like Amount" means (i) with respect to a redemption of the
Securities, Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal amount
of Debentures to be paid in accordance with their terms and (ii) with respect to
a distribution of Debentures upon the liquidation of the Trust, Debentures
having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the Securities of
the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed.
If, upon any such liquidation, the Liquidation Distribution
can be paid only in part because the Trust has insufficient assets legally
available to pay in full
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the aggregate Liquidation Distribution, then the amounts payable directly by the
Trust on the Securities shall be paid on a Pro Rata basis.
4. Redemption and Distribution.
(a) Upon the repayment of the Debentures in whole or in part,
at maturity or otherwise (either at the option of the Debenture Issuer or
pursuant to a Special Event, as described below), the proceeds from such
repayment shall be simultaneously applied by the Property Trustee (subject to
the Property Trustee having received written notice no later than 45 days prior
to such repayment) to redeem a Like Amount of the Securities at a redemption
price equal to (i) in the case of the repayment of the Debentures on the
Maturity Date, the Maturity Redemption Price (as defined below), (ii) in the
case of the optional prepayment of the Debentures prior to the Initial Optional
Redemption Date and upon the occurrence and continuation of a Special Event, the
Special Event Redemption Price (as defined below) and (iii) in the case of the
optional prepayment of the Debentures on or after the Initial Optional
Redemption Date, the Optional Redemption Price (as defined below). The Maturity
Redemption Price, the Special Event Redemption Price and the Optional Redemption
Price are referred to collectively as the "Redemption Price". Holders will be
given not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior written notice of such
redemption.
(b) (i) The "Maturity Redemption Price", with respect to a
redemption of Securities, shall mean an amount equal to the principal of and
accrued and unpaid interest on the Debentures as of the Maturity Date thereof.
(ii) In the case of an optional redemption, if fewer than all
the outstanding Securities are to be so redeemed, the Common Securities and the
Capital Securities shall be redeemed Pro Rata and the Capital Securities to be
redeemed will be determined as described in Section 4(f)(ii) below. Upon the
entry of an order for the dissolution of the Trust by a court of competent
jurisdiction, the Debentures thereafter will be subject to optional redemption,
in whole, but not in part, on or after the Initial Optional Redemption Date.
The Debenture Issuer shall have the right (subject to the
conditions in the Indenture) to elect to redeem the Debentures, in whole or in
part, at any time on or after _______________ (the "Initial Optional Redemption
Date"), and, simultaneous with such redemption, to cause a Like Amount of the
Securities to be redeemed by the Trust at the Optional Redemption Price on a Pro
Rata basis. "Optional Redemption Price" shall mean a price equal to the
percentage of the liquidation amount of Securities to be redeemed plus
accumulated and unpaid Distributions thereon, if any, to the date of such
redemption if redeemed during the 12-month period beginning June 1 of the years
indicated below:
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Year Principal Percentage of
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100.000%
(c) If at any time a Tax Event or a Regulatory Capital Event
(each as defined below, and each a "Special Event") occurs, the Debenture Issuer
shall have the right (subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture) at
any time prior to the Initial Optional Redemption Date, to redeem the Debentures
in whole, but not in part, within the 90 days following the occurrence of such
Special Event (the "90 Day Period"), and, simultaneous with such redemption, to
cause a Like Amount of the Securities to be redeemed by the Trust at the Special
Event Redemption Price on a Pro Rata basis.
"Make-Whole Amount" shall mean an amount equal to the greater
of (x) 100% of the principal of Debentures or (y) the sum, as determined by a
Quotation Agent (as defined in the Indenture), of the present values of the
remaining scheduled payments of principal and interest on the Debentures,
discounted to the redemption date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day
year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Adjusted Treasury Rate (as
defined in the Indenture), plus, in the case of each of clauses (x) and (y),
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of redemption.
A "Tax Event" shall occur upon receipt by the Debenture Issuer
and the Trust of an opinion of counsel experienced in such matters to the effect
that, as a result of any amendment to, or change (including any announced
prospective change) in, the laws or any regulations thereunder of the United
States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein, or
as a result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change is
effective or which pronouncement or decision is announced on or after
_______________, there is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Trust is,
or will be within 90 days of the date of such opinion, subject to United States
federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the Debentures,
(ii) the interest payable by the Debenture Issuer on the Debentures is not, or
within 90 days of the date of such opinion will not be, deductible by the
Debenture Issuer, in whole or in part, for United States federal income tax
purposes, or (iii) the Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the date of such
opinion, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or
other governmental charges.
"Regulatory Capital Event" shall mean the receipt by the
Debenture Issuer and the Trust of an opinion of independent bank regulatory
counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Corporation is
subject to the Holding Company Capital Rules (as defined in the Indenture) and
is not entitled to treat the Capital Securities as Tier 1 capital (or its then
equivalent) thereunder; provided, however, that the distribution of the
Debentures in connection with the
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liquidation of the Trust by the Debenture Issuer shall not in and of itself
constitute a Regulatory Capital Event unless such liquidation shall have
occurred in connection with a Tax Event.
"Special Event Redemption Price" shall mean, with respect to
any redemption of Securities following a Special Event, an amount in cash equal
to the Make-Whole Amount.
(d) On and from the date fixed by the Administrative Trustees
for any distribution of Debentures and liquidation of the Trust: (i) the
Securities will no longer be deemed to be outstanding, (ii) the Clearing Agency
or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee), as the Holder
of the Capital Securities, will receive a registered global Certificate or
Certificates representing the Debentures to be delivered upon such distribution,
and (iii) any Certificates representing Securities not held by the Clearing
Agency or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) will be
deemed to represent beneficial interests in a Like Amount of Debentures until
such Certificates are presented to the Debenture Issuer or its agent for
transfer or reissue.
(e) The Trust may not redeem fewer than all the outstanding
Securities unless all accumulated and unpaid Distributions have been paid on all
Securities for all semi-annual Distribution periods terminating on or before the
date of redemption.
(f) The procedure with respect to redemptions or distributions
of Securities shall be as follows:
(i) Notice of any redemption of, or notice of distribution of
Debentures in exchange for, the Securities (a "Redemption/Distribution
Notice") will be given by the Trust by mail to each Holder to be
redeemed or exchanged not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days before
the date fixed for redemption or exchange thereof which, in the case of
a redemption, will be the date fixed for redemption of the Debentures.
For purposes of the calculation of the date of redemption or exchange
and the dates on which notices are given pursuant to this Section
4(f)(i), a Redemption/ Distribution Notice shall be deemed to be given
on the day such notice is first mailed by first-class mail, postage
prepaid, to Holders. Each Redemption/Distribution Notice shall be
addressed to the Holders at the address of each such Holder appearing
in the books and records of the Trust. No defect in the
Redemption/Distribution Notice or in the mailing of either thereof with
respect to any Holder shall affect the validity of the redemption or
exchange proceedings with respect to any other Holder.
(ii) In the event that fewer than all the outstanding
Securities are to be redeemed, the particular Securities to be redeemed
shall be selected on a
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Pro Rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts) not more than 60 nor
less than 30 days prior to the date fixed for redemption from the
outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption; provided,
however, that with respect to Holders that would be required to hold
less than 100 but more than zero Securities as a result of such
redemption, the Trust shall redeem Securities of each such Holder so
that after such redemption such Holder shall hold either 100 Securities
or such Holder no longer holds any Securities, and shall use such
method (including, without limitation, by lot) as the Trust shall deem
fair and appropriate; provided, further, that any such redemption may
be made on the basis of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Securities
held by each Holder thereof and may be made by making such adjustments
as the Trust deems fair and appropriate in order that fractional
Securities shall not thereafter remain outstanding. In respect of
Capital Securities registered in the name of and held of record by the
Clearing Agency or its nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its
nominee) or any nominee, the distribution of the proceeds of such
redemption will be made to the Clearing Agency and disbursed by such
Clearing Agency in accordance with the procedures applied by such
agency or nominee.
(iii) If Securities are to be redeemed and the Trust gives a
Redemption/Distribution Notice (which notice will be irrevocable), then
(A) with respect to Capital Securities issued in book-entry form, by
12:00 noon, New York City time, on the redemption date, provided that
the Debenture Issuer has paid the Property Trustee a sufficient amount
of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of the
Debentures by 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Maturity Date or
the date of redemption, as the case requires, the Property Trustee will
deposit irrevocably with the Clearing Agency or its nominee (or
successor Clearing Agency or its nominee) immediately available funds
sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price with respect to such
Capital Securities and will give the Clearing Agency irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the relevant
Clearing Agency Participants, and (B) with respect to Capital
Securities issued in certificated form and Common Securities, provided
that the Debenture Issuer has paid the Property Trustee a sufficient
amount of cash in connection with the related redemption or maturity of
the Debentures, the Property Trustee will irrevocably deposit with the
paying agent for the Capital Securities (if other than the Property
Trustee) funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price to the
Holders by check mailed to the address of the relevant Holder appearing
on the books and records of the Trust on the redemption date, and
provided further, that any such payment shall become due only upon
surrender by the Holder of the related certificated Capital Securities.
If a Redemption/ Distribution Notice shall have been given and funds
deposited as required, if applicable, then immediately prior to the
close of business on the date of such deposit, or on the redemption
date, as applicable, Distributions will cease to
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accumulate on the Securities so called for redemption and all rights of
Holders so called for redemption will cease, except the right of the
Holders of such Securities to receive the Redemption Price, but without
interest on such Redemption Price, and such Securities shall cease to
be outstanding.
(iv) Payment of accumulated and unpaid Distributions on the
Redemption Date of the Securities will be subject to the rights of
Holders on the close of business on a regular record date in respect of
a Distribution Date occurring on or prior to such Redemption Date.
Neither the Administrative Trustees nor the Trust shall be
required to register or cause to be registered the transfer of (i) any
Securities beginning on the opening of business 15 days before the day of
mailing of a notice of redemption or any notice of selection of Securities for
redemption or (ii) any Securities selected for redemption except the unredeemed
portion of any Security being redeemed. If any date fixed for redemption of
Securities is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable
on such date will be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and
without any interest or other payment in respect of any such delay). If payment
of the Redemption Price in respect of any Securities is improperly withheld or
refused and not paid either by the Property Trustee or by the Sponsor as
guarantor pursuant to the relevant Securities Guarantee, Distributions on such
Securities will continue to accumulate from the original redemption date to the
actual date of payment, in which case the actual payment date will be considered
the date fixed for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(v) Redemption/Distribution Notices shall be sent by the
Property Trustee on behalf of the Trust to (A) in respect of Capital
Securities issued in book-entry form, the Clearing Agency or its
nominee (or any successor Clearing Agency or its nominee), (B) in
respect of Capital Securities issued in certificated form, to the
Holders thereof, and (C) in respect of the Common Securities, to the
Holders thereof.
(vi) Subject to the foregoing and applicable law (including,
without limitation, United States federal securities laws and banking
laws), the Sponsor or any of its subsidiaries may at any time and from
time to time purchase outstanding Capital Securities by tender, in the
open market or by private agreement.
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5. Voting Rights - Capital Securities.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 5(b) and 7 and as
otherwise required by law and the Trust Agreement, the Holders of the Capital
Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property
Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee or
executing any trust or power conferred on such Debenture Trustee with respect to
the Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section _____
of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity of the principal of the Debentures or (iv) consent
to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the
Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case,
obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of all outstanding Capital Securities; provided, however, that where a consent
under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures
affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without
the prior approval of each Holder of the Capital Securities. The Trustees shall
not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders
of the Capital Securities except by subsequent vote of such Holders. The
Property Trustee shall notify each Holder of Capital Securities of any notice of
default with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing
approvals of such Holders of the Capital Securities, prior to taking any of the
foregoing actions, the Trustees shall obtain an opinion of counsel experienced
in such matters to the effect that the Trust will continue to be classified as a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes after taking any
such action into account.
If an Event of Default under the Trust Agreement has occurred
and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture
Issuer to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures on
the due date (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a
Holder of Capital Securities may institute a proceeding directly against the
Debenture Issuer for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on a Like Amount of Debentures (a "Direct
Action") on or after the respective due date specified in the Debentures. In
connection with such Direct Action, the rights of the Common Securities Holder
will be subrogated to the rights of such Holder of Capital Securities to the
extent of any payment made by the Debenture Issuer to such Holder of Capital
Securities in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the second preceding
sentence, the Holders of Capital Securities will not be able to exercise
directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures.
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Any approval or direction of Holders of Capital Securities may
be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Capital Securities convened for
such purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or
pursuant to written consent. The Property Trustee will cause a notice of any
meeting at which Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote, or of any
matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken, to
be mailed to each Holder of record of Capital Securities. Each such notice will
include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date by
which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution proposed
for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote or of
such matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions for the
delivery of proxies or consent.
No vote or consent of the Holders of the Capital Securities
will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Capital Securities or to
distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the terms
of the Securities.
Notwithstanding that Holders of Capital Securities are
entitled to vote or consent under any of the circumstances described above, any
of the Capital Securities that are owned by the Sponsor or any Affiliate of the
Sponsor shall not be entitled to vote or consent and shall, for purposes of such
vote or consent, be treated as if they were not outstanding.
6. Voting Rights - Common Securities.
(a) Except as provided under Sections 6(b), 6(c), and 7 or as
otherwise required by law and the Trust Agreement, the Holders of the Common
Securities will have no voting rights.
(b) Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, any Trustee may be removed at any time by the Holder of the
Common Securities. If a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be removed at such
time by the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the outstanding
Capital Securities. In no event will the Holders of the Capital Securities have
the right to vote to appoint, remove or replace the Administrative Trustees,
which voting rights are vested exclusively in the Sponsor as the Holder of the
Common Securities. No resignation or removal of a Trustee and no appointment of
a successor trustee shall be effective until the acceptance of appointment by
the successor trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.
(c) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property
Trustee, the Trustees shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or
executing any trust or power conferred on such Debenture Trustee with respect to
the Debentures,
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(ii) waive any past default that is waivable under Section _____ of the
Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration of
acceleration of the maturity of the principal of the Debentures or (iv) consent
to any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the
Debentures, where such consent shall be required, without, in each case,
obtaining the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount
of all outstanding Common Securities; provided, however, that where a consent
under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures
affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without
the prior approval of each Holder of the Common Securities. The Trustees shall
not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders
of the Common Securities except by subsequent vote of such Holders. The Property
Trustee shall notify each Holder of Common Securities of any notice of default
with respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals
of such Holders of the Common Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing
actions, the Trustees shall obtain an opinion of counsel experienced in such
matters to the effect that the Trust will continue to be classified as a grantor
trust for United States federal income tax purposes after taking any such action
into account.
If an Event of Default under the Trust Agreement has occurred
and is continuing and such event is attributable to the failure of the Debenture
Issuer to pay principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Debentures on
the due date (or in the case of redemption, on the redemption date), then a
Holder of Common Securities may institute a Direct Action directly against the
Debenture Issuer for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the principal of
or premium, if any, or interest on a Like Amount of Debentures on or after the
respective due date specified in the Debentures. In connection with such Direct
Action, the rights of the Common Securities Holder will be subordinated to the
rights of such Holder of Capital Securities in respect of any payment from the
Debenture Issuer in such Direct Action. Except as provided in the second
preceding sentence, the Holders of Common Securities will not be able to
exercise directly any other remedy available to the holders of the Debentures.
Any approval or direction of Holders of Common Securities may
be given at a separate meeting of Holders of Common Securities convened for such
purpose, at a meeting of all of the Holders of Securities in the Trust or
pursuant to written consent. The Administrative Trustees will cause a notice of
any meeting at which Holders of Common Securities are entitled to vote, or of
any matter upon which action by written consent of such Holders is to be taken,
to be mailed to each Holder of record of Common Securities. Each such notice
will include a statement setting forth (i) the date of such meeting or the date
by which such action is to be taken, (ii) a description of any resolution
proposed for adoption at such meeting on which such Holders are entitled to vote
or of such matter upon which written consent is sought and (iii) instructions
for the delivery of proxies or consents.
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No vote or consent of the Holders of the Common Securities
will be required for the Trust to redeem and cancel Common Securities or to
distribute the Debentures in accordance with the Trust Agreement and the terms
of the Securities.
7. Amendments to Trust Agreement.
In addition to the requirements set out in Section 12.1 of the
Trust Agreement, the Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Sponsor, the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees without the
consent of the Holders (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any
provisions in the Trust Agreement that may be inconsistent with any other
provisions, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions
arising under the Trust Agreement which shall not be inconsistent with the other
provisions of the Trust Agreement or (ii) to modify, eliminate or add to any
provisions of the Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be necessary to ensure
that the Trust will be classified for United States federal income tax purposes
as a grantor trust at all times that any Securities are outstanding or to ensure
that the Trust will not be required to register as an Investment Company under
the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that in each case, such action
shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Holder,
and any amendments of the Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice
thereof is given to the Holders. The Trust Agreement may also be amended by the
Trustees and the Sponsor with (i) the consent of Holders representing a Majority
in liquidation amount of all outstanding Securities, and (ii) receipt by the
Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the
exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance with such amendment
will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for United States federal
income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from status as an Investment
Company under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that, without the
consent of each Holder of Trust Securities, the Trust Agreement may not be
amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any Distribution on, or the
payment required to be made in respect of, the Trust Securities as of a
specified date, (ii) restrict the right of a Holder of Trust Securities to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date,
(iii) change the purpose of the Trust, (iv) authorize the issuance of any
additional beneficial interests in the Trust, (v) change the conversion,
exchange or redemption provisions of the Trust Securities, (vi) change the
conditions precedent for the Sponsor to elect to dissolve the Trust and
distribute the Debentures to the Holders of Trust Securities, (vii) change the
liquidation distribution or other provisions of the Trust Securities relating to
Distributions payable upon the dissolution and liquidation of the Trust or
(viii) affect the limited liability of any Holder of Trust Securities.
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8. Pro Rata.
A reference in these terms of the Securities to any payment,
distribution or treatment as being "Pro Rata" shall mean pro rata to each Holder
according to the aggregate liquidation amount of the Securities held by the
relevant Holder in relation to the aggregate liquidation amount of all
Securities outstanding unless, in relation to a payment, an Event of Default
under the Trust Agreement has occurred and is continuing, in which case any
funds available to make such payment shall be paid first to each Holder of the
Capital Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation amount of
Capital Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the aggregate
liquidation amount of all Capital Securities outstanding and then, only after
satisfaction of all amounts owed to the Holders of the Capital Securities, to
each Holder of Common Securities pro rata according to the aggregate liquidation
amount of Common Securities held by the relevant Holder relative to the
aggregate liquidation amount of all Common Securities outstanding.
9. Ranking.
The Capital Securities rank pari passu with the Common
Securities and payment thereon shall be made Pro Rata with the Common
Securities, except that, if an Event of Default under the Trust Agreement occurs
and is continuing, no payments in respect of Distributions on, or payments upon
liquidation, redemption or otherwise with respect to, the Common Securities
shall be made until the Holders of the Capital Securities shall be paid in full
the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution and other payments
to which they are entitled at such time.
10. Acceptance of Capital Securities Guarantee, Common
Securities Guarantee, Indenture and Debentures.
Each Holder of Capital Securities and Common Securities, by
the acceptance thereof, agrees to the provisions of the Capital Securities
Guarantee, the Common Securities Guarantee, the Indenture and the Debentures, as
applicable, including the subordination provisions therein.
11. No Preemptive Rights.
The issuance of Capital Securities and the issuance of Common
Securities is not subject to preemptive or other similar rights. The Holders
shall have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any additional securities.
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12. Miscellaneous.
These terms constitute a part of the Trust Agreement.
The Sponsor will provide a copy of the Trust Agreement, the
Capital Securities Guarantee or the Common Securities Guarantee, as applicable,
and the Indenture (including any supplemental indenture) to a Holder without
charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of business.
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XXXXXXX X-0
FORM OF CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE
[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]
[IF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY,
INSERT: THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS A GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF
THE TRUST AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (THE "CLEARING AGENCY") OR A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING
AGENCY. THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CAPITAL SECURITIES REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF A PERSON OTHER THAN THE CLEARING AGENCY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN
THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND NO TRANSFER OF
THIS CAPITAL SECURITY (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS CAPITAL SECURITY AS A WHOLE
BY THE CLEARING AGENCY TO A NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY OR BY A NOMINEE OF
THE CLEARING AGENCY TO THE CLEARING AGENCY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE CLEARING
AGENCY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT IN LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES.
UNLESS THIS CAPITAL SECURITY IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY TO THE TRUST OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CAPITAL SECURITY ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CLEARING AGENCY AND ANY PAYMENT HEREON IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO., ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO
ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL SINCE THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN
INTEREST HEREIN.]
Certificate Number:__________ Aggregate Liquidation Amount: $___________
CUSIP Number: _________________
Certificate Evidencing Capital Securities
of
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV
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_____% Capital Securities, Series __
(liquidation amount $__________ per Capital Security)
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV, a statutory trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that
______________ (the "Holder") is the registered owner of [$_________ in
aggregate liquidation amount of Capital Securities of the Trust]1 [the aggregate
liquidation amount of Capital Securities of the Trust specified in Schedule A
hereto]2 representing undivided preferred beneficial interests in the assets of
the Trust designated the _____% Capital Securities, Series __ (liquidation
amount $__________ per Capital Security) (the "Capital Securities"). The Capital
Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in person or
by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed
and in proper form for transfer. The designation, rights, privileges,
restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Capital
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to
the provisions of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust, dated
as of _______________, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust
Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Capital Securities as
set forth in Annex I to the Trust Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Trust Agreement. The
Sponsor will provide a copy of the Trust Agreement, the Capital Securities
Guarantee and the Indenture (including any supplemental indenture) to a Holder
without charge upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of
business.
Upon receipt of this Certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder and to the benefits
of the Capital Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein.
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__________________Insert in Definitive Capital Securities only.
__________________Insert in Global Capital Securities only.
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By acceptance hereof, the Holder agrees to treat, for United
States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the
Capital Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the
Debentures.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate
this __ day of _________, ____.
XXXXXXX CAPITAL TRUST IV
By:_______________________________
Name:_____________________________
Administrative Trustee
PROPERTY TRUSTEE'S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Capital Securities referred to in the
within-mentioned Trust Agreement.
Dated: __________ __, ____
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
not in its individual capacity but
solely as Property Trustee
By:_____________________________________
Authorized Signatory
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Capital Security will be fixed
at a rate per annum of _____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the liquidation amount of
$__________ per Capital Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable
on the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears
for more than one semi-annual period will bear interest thereon compounded
semi-annually at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
The term "Distributions", as used herein, includes such cash distributions and
any and all such interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, payable unless
otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are
made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the extent
the Property Trustee has funds legally available therefor.
Distributions on the Capital Securities will be cumulative,
will accumulate from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid
or, if no Distributions have been paid, from _______________ and will be payable
semi-annually in arrears, on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing
December 1, _____, except as otherwise described below. Distributions will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. As
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture,
the Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of
interest by extending the interest payment period at any time and from time to
time on the Debentures for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive calendar
semi-annual periods, including the first such semi-annual period during such
extension period (each an "Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period
shall end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or
extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. As a consequence of such
deferral, Distributions will also be deferred. Notwithstanding such deferral,
semi-annual Distributions will continue to accumulate with interest thereon (to
the extent permitted by applicable law, but not at a rate exceeding the rate of
interest then accruing on the Debentures) at the Coupon Rate compounded
semi-annually during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any
Extension Period, the Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by
further extending such Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period,
together with all such previous and further extensions within such Extension
Period, may not (i) exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, including the
first semi-annual period during such Extension Period, (ii) end on a date other
than an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or (iii) extend beyond the
Maturity Date of the Debentures. Payments of accumulated Distributions will be
payable to Holders as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the
record date immediately preceding the end of the Extension Period. Upon the
termination of any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the
Debenture Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above
requirements.
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Subject to receipt by the Sponsor of any and all required
regulatory approvals and to certain other conditions set forth in the Trust
Agreement and the Indenture, the Property Trustee may, at the direction of the
Sponsor, at any time terminate the Trust and cause the Debentures to be
distributed to the holders of the Securities in liquidation of the Trust or,
simultaneously with any redemption of the Debentures, cause a Like Amount of the
Securities to be redeemed by the Trust.
The Capital Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Trust Agreement.
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Capital Security
Certificate to:
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________ agent to transfer this
Capital Security Certificate on the books of the Trust. The agent may substitute
another to act for him or her.
Date: _______________________
Signature: __________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Capital Security
Certificate)
Signature Guarantee 3 : ___________________________________
___________Signature must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution"
that is a bank, stockbroker, savings and loan association or credit union
meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership
or participation in the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program ("STAMP")
or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by the
Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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_________________________________
Signature
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XXXXXXX X-0
FORM OF COMMON SECURITY CERTIFICATE
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Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV
_____% Common Securities
(liquidation amount $__________ per Common Security)
Xxxxxxx Capital Trust IV, a statutory trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Xxxxxxx
Financial Corporation (the "Holder") is the registered owner of _______________
(_____) common securities of the Trust representing undivided beneficial
interests in the assets of the Trust designated the _____% Common Securities
(liquidation amount $__________ per Common Security) (the "Common Securities").
The Common Securities are transferable on the books and records of the Trust, in
person or by a duly authorized attorney, upon surrender of this Certificate duly
endorsed and in proper form for transfer. The designation, rights, privileges,
restrictions, preferences and other terms and provisions of the Common
Securities represented hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to
the provisions of the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust dated as
of _______________, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust
Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as
set forth in Annex I to the Trust Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein shall have the meaning given them in the Trust Agreement. The
Sponsor will provide a copy of the Trust Agreement, the Common Securities
Guarantee and the Indenture (including any supplemental indenture) to a Holder
without charge upon written request to the Sponsor at its principal place of
business.
Upon receipt of this Certificate, the Holder is bound by the
Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder and to the benefits
of the Common Securities Guarantee to the extent provided therein.
By acceptance hereof, the Holder agrees to treat, for United
States federal income tax purposes, the Debentures as indebtedness and the
Common Securities as evidence of indirect beneficial ownership in the
Debentures.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has executed this certificate
this day of___________,___.
XXXXXXX CAPITAL TRUST IV
By:________________________________
Name:______________________________
Administrative Trustee
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[FORM OF REVERSE OF SECURITY]
Distributions payable on each Common Security will be fixed at
a rate per annum of _____% (the "Coupon Rate") of the liquidation amount of
$__________ per Common Security, such rate being the rate of interest payable on
the Debentures to be held by the Property Trustee. Distributions in arrears for
more than one semi-annual period will bear interest thereon compounded
semi-annually at the Coupon Rate (to the extent permitted by applicable law).
The term "Distributions", as used herein, includes such cash distributions and
any and all such interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, payable unless
otherwise stated. A Distribution is payable only to the extent that payments are
made in respect of the Debentures held by the Property Trustee and to the extent
the Property Trustee has funds legally available therefor.
Distributions on the Common Securities will be cumulative,
will accrue from the most recent date to which Distributions have been paid or,
if no Distributions have been paid, from _______________ and will be payable
semi-annually in arrears, on June 1 and December 1 of each year, commencing
December 1, _____, except as otherwise described below. Distributions will be
computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. As
long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the Indenture,
the Debenture Issuer has the right under the Indenture to defer payments of
interest by extending the interest payment period at any time and from time to
time on the Debentures for a period not exceeding 10 consecutive calendar
semi-annual periods, including the first such semi-annual period during such
extension period (each an "Extension Period"), provided that no Extension Period
shall end on a date other than an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or
extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Debentures. As a consequence of such
deferral, Distributions will also be deferred. Notwithstanding such deferral,
Distributions will continue to accumulate with interest thereon (to the extent
permitted by applicable law, but not at a rate exceeding the rate of interest
then accruing on the Debentures) at the Coupon Rate compounded semi-annually
during any such Extension Period. Prior to the termination of any Extension
Period, the Debenture Issuer may further defer payments of interest by further
extending such Extension Period; provided that such Extension Period, together
with all such previous and further extensions within such Extension Period, may
not (i) exceed 10 consecutive semi-annual periods, including the first
semi-annual period during such Extension Period, (ii) end on a date other than
an Interest Payment Date for the Debentures or (iii) extend beyond the Maturity
Date of the Debentures. Payments of accrued Distributions will be payable to
Holders as they appear on the books and records of the Trust on the record date
immediately preceding the end of the Extension Period. Upon the termination of
any Extension Period and the payment of all amounts then due, the Debenture
Issuer may commence a new Extension Period, subject to the above requirements.
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Subject to the receipt by the Sponsor of any and all required
regulatory approvals and to certain other conditions set forth in the Trust
Agreement and the Indenture, the Property Trustee may, at the direction of the
Sponsor, at any time terminate the Trust and cause the Debentures to be
distributed to the holders of the Securities in liquidation of the Trust or,
simultaneously with any redemption of the Debentures, cause a Like Amount of the
Securities to be redeemed by the Trust.
The Common Securities shall be redeemable as provided in the
Trust Agreement.
Under certain circumstances, the right of the holders of the
Common Securities shall be subordinate to the rights of the holders of the
Capital Securities, as provided in the Trust Agreement.
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