Exhibit 4-l
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MSDW CAPITAL TRUST ( )
AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT
among
XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX, DISCOVER & CO., as Depositor,
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Property Trustee,
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE), as Delaware Trustee
and
the Administrators named herein
, 1998
MSDW CAPITAL TRUST ( )
Certain Sections of this Trust Agreement relating to
Sections 310 through 318 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
Trust Indenture Trust Agreement
Act Section Section
310(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.7
(a)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.9
(a)(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.7(a)(ii)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.8, 10.10(b)
311(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.13, 10.10(b)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.13, 10.10(b)
312(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.10(b)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.10(b), (f)
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.7
313(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.15(a)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.15(a), 8.15(b)
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.15(a), 10.8
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.15(a)
314(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.16
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(c)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.16, 8.17
(c)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.16, 8.17
(c)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.16, 8.17
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.17
315(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1(d)
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.2
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1(c)
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.1(d)
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
316(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(1)(A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(1)(B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.13
(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.7
317(a)(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Not Applicable
(a)(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8.14
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.10
318(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.10(a)
Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to
be a part of the Trust
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
ARTICLE II
CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST
SECTION 2.1. Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property;
Organizational Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities . . . . . . . . . 9
SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and
Purchase of Junior Subordinated Debentures . . . . . 9
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions . . 10
SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 2.9. Title to Trust Property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1. Payment Account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.1. Distributions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SECTION 4.2. Redemption . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Issuer Trust . 17
SECTION 4.7. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct
Actions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 4.8. Liability of the Holder of Common Securities . . . . 17
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SECTION 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities
Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 5.4. Global Capital Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 5.5. Registration of Transfer and Exchange Generally;
Certain Transfers and Exchanges; Capital
Securities Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 5.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust
Securities Certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 5.7. Persons Deemed Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 5.8. Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses . . . 21
SECTION 5.9. Maintenance of Office or Agency . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 5.10. Appointment of Paying Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor. . . . . 22
SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
SECTION 5.13. Rights of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Holder's Voting Rights . . . . . . . . 24
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 6.3. Meetings of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 6.5. Proxies, etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 6.6. Holder Action by Written Consent. . . . . . . . . . . 25
SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes . . . . . . 26
SECTION 6.8. Acts of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee . . . . . . . . . . 27
SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor . . . . . 27
ARTICLE VIII
THE ISSUER TRUSTEES; THE ADMINISTRATORS
SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities . . . . . . . . . 28
SECTION 8.2. Certain Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . 30
SECTION 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of
Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 8.5. May Hold Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of
Trustees and Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 8.8. Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee . . . . . . . . . . 34
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor . . 35
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor
or Issuer Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 8.14. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim . . . . . . . . . . 36
SECTION 8.15. Reports by Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 8.16. Reports to the Property Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . 37
SECTION 8.17. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . 37
SECTION 8.18. Number of Issuer Trustees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 8.19. Delegation of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SECTION 8.20. Appointment of Administrators . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 9.2. Early Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 9.3. Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 9.4. Liquidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or
Replacements of the Issuer Trust . . . . . . . . . . 40
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 10.2. Amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
SECTION 10.3. Separability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
SECTION 10.4. Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 10.5. Payments Due on Non-Business Day . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 10.6. Successors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 10.7. Headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
SECTION 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture
Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
SECTION 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee
and Indenture . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
SECTION 10.12. Counterparts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Exhibit A Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B Form of Letter of Representations
Exhibit C Form of Common Securities Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Capital Securities Certificate
Exhibit E Form of Expense Agreement
AGREEMENT
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, dated as of , 1998,
among (i) Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., a Delaware corporation
(including any successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii) The Bank of New
York, a New York banking corporation, as property trustee, (in such capacity,
the "Property Trustee"), (iii) The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware
banking corporation, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee") (the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee are referred to collectively herein
as the"Issuer Trustees"), (iv) two individuals selected by the holders of the
Common Securities (as defined herein) to act as administrators with respect
to the Issuer Trust (the "Administrators") and (v) the several Holders, as
hereinafter defined.
W I T N E S S E T H:
- - - - - - - - - -
WHEREAS, the Issuer Trust (as defined herein) has been established under
the Delaware Business Trust Act pursuant to a certain Trust Agreement, dated
as of , 1998 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), and by the filing of
the Certificate of Trust of the Issuer Trust with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware on , 1998 (the "Certificate of Trust"), which
Certificate of Trust is attached as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee
desire to amend and restate the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety as
set forth herein to provide for, among other things, (i) the issuance of the
Common Securities by the Issuer Trust to the Depositor, (ii) the issuance and
sale of the Capital Securities by the Issuer Trust pursuant to the
Underwriting Agreement, (iii) the acquisition by the Issuer Trust from the
Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, and (iv) the appointment of the Administrators.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set
forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of
the other parties and for the benefit of the Holders, hereby amends and
restates the Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees, intending
to be legally bound, as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement,
except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) The terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) All other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust Indenture
Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to
them therein;
(c) The words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to
be followed by the phrase "without limitation";
(d) All accounting terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
assigned to them in accordance with United States generally accepted
accounting principles as in effect at the time of computation;
(e) Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article"or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may
be, of this Trust Agreement; and
(f) The words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest
(as defined in the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture) paid by the Depositor
on a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures for such period.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in the Junior Subordinated
Debt Indenture.
"Administrators" means each Person appointed in accordance with Section
8.20 solely in such Person's capacity as Administrator of the Issuer Trust
and not in such Person's individual capacity, or any successor Administrator
appointed as herein provided; with the initial Administrators being
________________ and _________________.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this
definition,"control" when used with respect to any specified Person means the
power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or
indirectly,whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or
otherwise;and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings
correlative to the foregoing.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving a Global Capital Security or beneficial interest
therein, the rules and procedures of the Depositary for such Capital
Security, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in
effect from time to time.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in
the premises judging such Person a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as
properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjudication
or composition of or in respect of such Person under any applicable federal
or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or
appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other
similar official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property
or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the continuance
of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60
consecutive days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be adjudicated a
bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the institution of bankruptcy
or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable
federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law,
or the consent by it to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment
of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or the
making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission
by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become
due and its willingness to be adjudicated a bankrupt, or the taking of
corporate action by such Person in furtherance of any such action.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.9.
"Board of Directors" means the board of directors of the Depositor or
the Executive Committee of the board of directors of the Depositor (or any
other committee of the board of directors of the Depositor performing similar
functions) or a committee designated by the board of directors of the
Depositor (or any such committee), comprised of two or more members of the
board of directors of the Depositor or officers of the Depositor, or both.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly
adopted by the Depositor's Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board
of Directors or officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf
of the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and
effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Issuer
Trustees.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed or (c) a day on which the
Property Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Delaware Trustee's corporate
trust office or the corporate trust office of the Debt Securities Trustee is
closed for business.
"Capital Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
ownership of Capital Securities, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit D.
"Capital Security" means a preferred undivided beneficial interest in
the assets of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having
the rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to
receive Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Certificate Depositary Agreement" means the agreement among the Issuer
Trust, the Depositor and the Depositary, as the initial Clearing Agency,
dated as of the Closing Date, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit
B, as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time.
"Certificate of Trust" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Trust Agreement.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act. The Depositary shall be
the initial Clearing Agency.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with
the Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" has the meaning specified in the Underwriting Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time
to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after
the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then
the body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership
of Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
"Common Securities Subscription Agreement" means the common securities
subscription agreement between the Issuer Trust and the Depositor dated
___________________.
"Common Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets
of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having the rights
provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Property
Trustee located in the City of New York which at the time of the execution of
this Trust Agreement is located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in
the Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Junior
Subordinated Debentures to be redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed
for redemption of such Junior Subordinated Debentures under the Indenture.
"Debt Securities Trustee" means The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, as Trustee under the Indenture and any successor.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. Section 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from
time to time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the corporation identified as the "Delaware
Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as
Delaware Trustee of the Issuer Trust and not in its individual capacity, or
its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee
appointed as herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Depositary" means The Depository Trust Company or any successor
thereto.
"Direct Action" has the meaning specified in Section 5.13.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities
as provided in Section 4.1.
"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or
(b) default by the Issuer Trust or the Property Trustee in the payment
of any Distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such
default for a period of 30 days; or
(c) default by the Issuer Trust or the Property Trustee in the payment
of any Redemption Price of any Trust Security when it becomes due and
payable; or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material respect, of
any covenant or warranty of the Issuer Trustees in this Trust Agreement
(other than a covenant or warranty, a default in the performance of which or
the breach of which is dealt with in clause (b) or (c) above) and
continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there
has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer Trustees and
the Depositor by the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount
of the Outstanding Capital Securities, a written notice specifying such
default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such
notice is a "Notice of Default" hereunder; or
(e) the occurrence of any Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Property
Trustee or all or substantially all of its property if a successor Property
Trustee has not been appointed within a period of 90 days thereof.
"Exchange Act" shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended,and any successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time
to time.
"Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities,
dated as of the Closing Date, between the Depositor, in its capacity as
holder of the Common Securities, and the Issuer Trust, substantially in the
form attached as Exhibit E, as amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"Global Capital Securities Certificate" means a Capital Securities
Certificate evidencing ownership of Global Capital Securities.
"Global Capital Security" means a Capital Security, the ownership and
transfers of which shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as
described in Section 5.4.
"Guarantee Agreement" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and
delivered by the Depositor and The Bank of New York, as Guarantee Trustee,
contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement,
for the benefit of the holders of the Capital Securities, as amended from
time to time.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Trust
Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person shall be
a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust Act.
"Indenture" means the Junior Subordinated Debt Indenture, dated as of
, 1998, between the Depositor and the Debt Securities Trustee (as
amended or supplemented from time to time) relating to the issuance of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures.
"Investment Company Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
"Investment Company Event" means the receipt by the Issuer Trust of an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters, who shall not be an officer
or employee of the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, to the effect that, as
a result of the occurrence of a change in law or regulation or a written
change (including any announced prospective change) in interpretation or
application of law or regulation by any legislative body, court, governmental
agency or regulatory authority, there is more than an insubstantial risk that
the Issuer Trust is or will be considered an "investment company" that is
required to be registered under the Investment Company Act, which change or
prospective change becomes effective or would become effective, as the case
may be, on or after the date of the issuance of the Capital Securities.
"Issuer Trust" means MSDW Capital Trust ( ).
"Issuer Trustees" means, collectively, the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee.
"Junior Subordinated Debentures" means the aggregate principal amount of
the Depositor's _____% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures,
issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Junior Subordinated Debenture Subscription Agreement" means the junior
subordinated debenture subscription agreement between the Issuer Trust and
the Depositor dated _____________________.
"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security
interest or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential
arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust
Securities,Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to that portion
of the principal amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures to be
contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Indenture, allocated to the
Common Securities and to the Capital Securities based upon the relative
Liquidation Amounts of such classes and (b) with respect to a distribution of
Junior Subordinated Debentures to Holders of Trust Securities in connection
with a dissolution or liquidation of the Issuer Trust, Junior Subordinated
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Junior Subordinated Debentures
are distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $25 per Trust Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date on which Junior Subordinated
Debentures are to be distributed to Holders of Trust Securities in connection
with a dissolution and liquidation of the Issuer Trust pursuant to Section
9.4.
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).
"Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities" or "Majority
in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities" means, except as provided by
the Trust Indenture Act, Capital Securities or Common Securities, as the case
maybe, representing more than 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of all
then Outstanding Capital Securities or Common Securities, as the case may be.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of
the Board, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Strategic
and Administrative Officer, the Chief Legal Officer, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Treasurer of the Depositor, or any other person authorized by the
Board of Directors of the Depositor to execute any such written statement,
and delivered to the party provided herein. Any Officers' Certificate
delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement by each officer signing the Officers' Certificate that
such officer 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 such officer in rendering the Officers'
Certificate;
(c) a statement that 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
(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, unless
otherwise specified herein, be counsel for or an officer or employee of the
Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the preamble to
this Trust Agreement.
"Outstanding," with respect to Trust Securities, means, as of the date
of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and delivered
under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Trust Securities theretofore canceled by the Property Trustee or
delivered to the Property Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the
necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property Trustee or
any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Trust Securities, provided that if
such Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been
duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in lieu
of which other Trust Securities have been executed and delivered pursuant to
Sections 5.4, 5.5, 5.6 and 5.13; provided, however, that in determining
whether the Holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding
Capital Securities have given any request,demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Capital Securities owned by the
Depositor, or any Issuer Trustee, any Administrator or any Affiliate of the
Depositor or any Issuer Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed not to be
Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Issuer Trustee shall
be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Capital Securities that such
Issuer Trustee or such Administrator, as the case may be, actually knows to
be so owned shall be so disregarded and (b) the foregoing shall not apply at
any time when all of the outstanding Capital Securities are owned by the
Depositor, one or more of the Issuer Trustees, one or more of the
Administrators and/or any such Affiliate. Capital Securities so owned which
have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Administrators the pledgee's right so
to act with respect to such Capital Securities and that the pledgee is not
the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Global Capital
Securities as reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or, if a
Clearing Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected in the
records of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency
(directly or indirectly), in accordance with the rules of such Clearing
Agency.
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed
pursuant to Section 5.10 and shall initially be the Property Trustee.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate
trust account maintained with the Property Trustee in its trust department
for the benefit of the Holders in which all amounts paid in respect of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures will be held and from which the Property
Trustee,through the Paying Agent, shall make payments to the Holders in
accordance with Sections 4.1 and 4.2.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company,
company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other
entity of whatever nature.
"Property Trustee" means the Person identified as the "Property
Trustee"in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as
Property Trustee of the Issuer Trust and not in its individual capacity, or
its successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor property trustee
appointed as herein provided.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust
Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the stated
maturity of the Junior Subordinated Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for
a Like Amount of Trust Securities, including but not limited to any date of
redemption pursuant to the occurrence of any Special Event.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, the
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the Redemption Date.
"Relevant Trustee" has the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
"Responsible Officer" when used with respect to the Property Trustee
means any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any
managing director, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer of the Property Trustee
customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
above designated officers and having direct responsibility for the
administration of this Trust Agreement, and also, with respect to a
particular matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because
of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and any
successor statute thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.5.
"Senior Indebtedness" has the meaning specified in the Indenture.
"Special Event" means any Tax Event or Investment Company Event.
"Tax Event" means the receipt by the Issuer Trust of an Opinion of
Counsel experienced in such matters, who shall not be an officer or employee
of the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, 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 or administrative pronouncement or action or judicial
decision interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment
or change is effective or which pronouncement, action or decision is
announced on or after the date of issuance of the Capital Securities, there
is more than an insubstantial risk that (i) the Issuer Trust is, or will be
within 90 days of the delivery of such Opinion of Counsel, subject to United
States Federal income tax with respect to income received or accrued on the
Junior Subordinated Debentures, (ii) interest payable by the Depositor on the
Junior Subordinated Debentures is not, or within 90 days of the delivery of
such Opinion of Counsel will not be, deductible by the Depositor, in whole or
in part, for United States federal income tax purposes, or (iii) the Issuer
Trust is, or will be within 90 days of the delivery of such Opinion of
Counsel, subject to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties or
other governmental charges.
"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as
the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the
applicable provisions hereof, including (i) all Exhibits hereto, and (ii) for
all purposes of this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement any such
modification, amendment or supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Amended and Restated
Trust Agreement and any modification, amendment or supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or any
successor statute, in each case as amended from time to time.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Junior Subordinated Debentures, (b) any
cash on deposit in, or owing to, the Payment Account, and (c) all proceeds
and rights in respect of the foregoing or any other property and assets for
the time being held or deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to
the trusts of this Trust Agreement.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Capital Securities Certificates.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Capital
Securities.
"Underwriters" has the meaning specified in the Underwriting Agreement.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
, 1998, among the Issuer Trust, the Depositor and the Underwriters, as
the same may be amended from time to time.
ARTICLE II
CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST
SECTION 2.1. Name. The Issuer Trust continued hereby shall be known as
"MSDW Capital Trust ( )", as such name may be modified from time to time by
the Administrators following written notice to the Holders of Trust
Securities and the Issuer Trustees, in which name the Administrators and the
Issuer Trustees may engage in the transactions contemplated hereby, make and
execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Issuer Trust and xxx
and be sued.
SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of
Business.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is Xxxxx
Xxxx Center, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust
Administration, or such other address in the State of Delaware as the
Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Holders and the
Depositor. The principal executive office of the Issuer Trust is in care of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000 Attention: Office of the Secretary.
SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational
Expenses.
The Issuer Trust acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor in
connection with this Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which constitutes the
initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay all organizational expenses
of the Issuer Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Issuer
Trustee,promptly reimburse such Issuer Trustee for any such expenses paid by
such Issuer Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust
Property for the payment of such expenses.
SECTION 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities.
The Depositor, both on its own behalf and on behalf of the Issuer Trust
pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the
Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, an Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall
execute, manually or by facsimile, in accordance with Section 5.3 and the
Property Trustee shall authenticate in accordance with Section 5.3 and
deliver to the Underwriters, Capital Securities Certificates, registered in
the names requested by the Underwriters, in an aggregate amount of ( )
Capital Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $( ),
against receipt of the aggregate purchase price of such Capital Securities of
$( ), by the Property Trustee.
If the Underwriters exercise their option to purchase all or any
portion of an additional [___] Capital Securities pursuant to the terms of
the Underwriting Agreement, then an Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer
Trust, shall execute, manually or by facsimile, in accordance with Section
5.3 and the Property Trustee shall authenticate in accordance with Section
5.3 and deliver to the Underwriters, additional Capital Securities
Certificates, registered in the names requested by the Underwriters, in an
aggregate amount of up to [___] additional Capital Securities having an
aggregate Liquidation Amount of up to $[___], against receipt of the
aggregate purchase price of such additonal Capital Securities of $[___], by
the Property Trustee.
SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and
Purchase of Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement,an Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall execute or
cause to be executed in accordance with Section 5.2 and deliver to the
Depositor Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the
Depositor, in an aggregate amount of ( ) Common Securities having an
aggregate Liquidation Amount of $( ) against receipt of the aggregate
purchase price of such Common Securities of $( ) by the Property
Trustee. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrator, on behalf of the
Issuer Trust, shall subscribe for and purchase from the Depositor the Junior
Subordinated Debentures, registered in the name of the Issuer Trust and
having an aggregate principal amount equal to $( ) and, in
satisfaction of the purchase price for such Junior Subordinated Debentures,
the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall deliver to the
Depositor the sum of $( ) (being the sum of the amounts delivered to
the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) the second sentence of Section 2.4, and
(ii) the first sentence of this Section 2.5) and receive on behalf of the
Issuer Trust the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
If the Underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional Capital
Securities pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, then an
Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall execute or cause to be
executed in accordance with Section 5.2 and deliver to the Depositor, addi-
tional Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the Depositor,
in an aggregate amount of up to [____] additional Common Securities having
an aggregate Liquidation Amount of up to $[___] against receipt of the
aggregate purchase price of $[___], by the Property Trustee. Contemporane-
ously therewith, an Administrator, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall
subscribe for and purchase from the depositor, Junior Subordinated
Debentures, registered in the name of the Issuer Trust and having an aggregate
principal amount of up to $[___] and, in satisfaction of the purchase price
for such Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Property Trustee, on behalf of
the Issuer Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor an aggregate amount equal
to the sum of the amounts delivered to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i)
the third sentence of Section 2.4, and (ii) the third sentence of this Section
2.5, and receive on behalf of the Issuer Trust such Junior Subordinated
Debentures.
SECTION 2.6. Declaration of Trust.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Issuer Trust are to (a)
issue and sell Trust Securities and use the proceeds from such sale to
acquire the Junior Subordinated Debentures, and (b) engage in only those
other activities necessary or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby
appoints the Issuer Trustees as trustees of the Issuer Trust, to have all the
rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Issuer
Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby
declares that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to
the conditions set forth herein for the benefit of the Issuer Trust and the
Holders. The Depositor hereby appoints the Administrators, with such
Administrators having all rights, powers and duties set forth herein with
respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer Trust, and the
Administrators hereby accept such appointment, provided, however, that it is
the intent of the parties hereto that such Administrators shall not be
trustees with respect to the Issuer Trust and this Trust Agreement shall be
construed in a manner consistent with such intent. The Property Trustee
shall have the right and power to perform those duties assigned to the
Administrators. 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 Property Trustee or the Administrators set forth
herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one of the trustees of the Issuer
Trust for the sole and limited purpose of fulfilling the requirements of
Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act and for taking such actions
as are required to be taken by a Delaware trustee under the Delaware Business
Trust Act.
SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
(a) The Issuer Trustees and the Administrators shall conduct the
affairs of the Issuer Trust in accordance with the terms of this Trust
Agreement. Subject to the limitations set forth in paragraph (b) of this
Section and in accordance with the following provisions (i), (ii) and (iii),
the Issuer Trustees and the Administrators shall act as follows:
(i) Each Administrator, acting singly or jointly, is authorized,
on behalf of the Trust, to:
(A) comply with the Underwriting Agreement regarding the
issuance and sale of the Capital Securities;
(B) assist in compliance with the Securities Act, applicable
state securities or blue sky laws, and the Trust Indenture Act;
(C) assist in the listing of the Capital Securities upon such
securities exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the
Depositor, with the registration of the Capital Securities under
the Exchange Act, if required, and the preparation and filing of
all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the
foregoing;
(D) execute the Trust Securities on behalf of the Issuer
Trust in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(E) execute and deliver an application for a taxpayer
identification number for the Issuer Trust;
(F) execute on behalf of the Issuer Trust any documents that
the Administrators have the power to execute pursuant to this Trust
Agreement, including without limitation a Junior Subordinated
Debenture Subscription Agreement, a Common Securities Subscription
Agreement, a Certificate Depositary Agreement and an Expense
Agreement, all by and between the Issuer Trust and the Depositor;
and
(G) take any action incidental to the foregoing as necessary
or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement
(and any actions taken in furtherance of the above prior to the
date of this Trust Agreement by the Administrators are hereby
ratified and confirmed in all respects).
(ii) The Property Trustee shall have the power and authority to act
on behalf of the Issuer Trust with respect to the following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Junior Subordinated Debentures;
(C) the receipt and collection of interest, principal and any
other payments made in respect of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures in the Payment Account;
(D) the distribution of amounts owed to the Holders in
respect of the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges
of a holder of the Junior Subordinated Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other information
regarding the Trust Securities and the Junior Subordinated
Debentures to the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with
the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the
winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Issuer Trust
and the execution of the certificate of cancellation with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware; and
(I) after an Event of Default (other than under the
definition of such term if such Event of Default is by or with
respect to the Property Trustee), comply with the provisions of
this Trust Agreement and take any action to give effect to the
terms of this Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust
Property for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of
the effect of any such action on any particular Holder); and
provided, however, that nothing in this Section 2.7(a)(ii) shall
require the Property Trustee to take any action that is not
otherwise required in this Trust Agreement.
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Issuer Trust
(or the Issuer Trustees or Administrators acting on behalf of the Issuer
Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except as
expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, neither the
Issuer Trustees nor the Administrators shall (i) acquire any investments or
engage in any activities not authorized by this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell,
assign, transfer, exchange, mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of
any of the Trust Property or interests therein, including to Holders, except
as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would reasonably be
expected to cause the Issuer Trust to become taxable as a corporation for
United States Federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur any indebtedness for
borrowed money or issue any other debt, or (v) take or consent to any action
that would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the Trust Property.
The Property Trustee shall defend all claims and demands of all Persons at
any time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the
interest of the Issuer Trust or the Holders in their capacity as Holders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities,
the Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Issuer
Trust with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Issuer Trust, the following
(and any actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior
to the date of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all
respects):
(i) the preparation and filing by the Issuer Trust, and execution
on behalf of the Issuer Trust, of a registration statement,and a
prospectus in relation to the Capital Securities, including any
amendments thereto and the taking of any action necessary or desirable
to sell the Capital Securities in a transaction or a series of
transactions not exempt from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act;
(ii) the determination of the States in which to take appropriate
action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the Capital
Securities and the determination of any and all such acts, other than
actions that must betaken by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, and the
advice to the Issuer Trustees of actions they must take on behalf of the
Issuer Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of any
documents to be executed and filed by the Issuer Trust or on behalf of
the Issuer Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order
to comply with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with
the sale of the Capital Securities;
(iii) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and
delivery of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the
Capital Securities;
(iv) compliance with the listing requirements of the Capital
Securities upon such securities exchange or exchanges as shall be
determined by the Depositor, the registration of the Capital Securities
under the Exchange Act, if required, and the preparation and filing of
all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant to the
foregoing; and
(v) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to
carry out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrators
and the Property Trustee are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs
of the Issuer Trust and to operate the Issuer Trust so that the Issuer Trust
will not be deemed to be an "investment company" required to be registered
under the Investment Company Act, and will not be taxable as a corporation
for the United States Federal income tax purposes and so that the Junior
Subordinated Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the Depositor for
United States Federal income tax purposes. In this connection, the Property
Trustee and the Holders of Common Securities are authorized to take any
action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or
this Trust Agreement, that the Property Trustee and Holders of Common
Securities determine in their discretion to be necessary or desirable for
such purposes, as long as such action does not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of the holders of the Outstanding Capital
Securities. In no event shall the Administrators or the Issuer Trustees be
liable to the Issuer Trust or the Holders for any failure to comply with this
section that results from a change in law or regulations or in the
interpretation thereof.
SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust.
The assets of the Issuer Trust shall consist solely of the Trust
Property.
SECTION 2.9. Title to Trust Property.
Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered
by the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Issuer Trust and the Holders
in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1. Payment Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall
establish the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and its agents shall
have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the
Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from
the Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and
other property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account
shall be held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the
exclusive benefit of the Holders and for distribution as herein provided,
including (and subject to) any priority of payments provided for herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly
upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any other
payments or proceeds with respect to, the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
Amounts held in the Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property
Trustee pending distribution thereof.
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.1. Distributions.
(a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in
the Trust Property, and Distributions (including of Additional Amounts) will
be made on the Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates that payments of
interest (including of Additional Interest, as defined in the Indenture) are
made on the Junior Subordinated Debentures. Accordingly:
(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative and
will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Issuer Trust
available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall
accumulate from ________, 1998, and, except in the event (and to the
extent) that the Depositor exercises its right to defer the payment of
interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures pursuant to the
Indenture, shall be payable quarterly in arrears on __________,
__________, __________ and _________ of each year, commencing on
_________, 1998. If any date on which a Distribution is otherwise
payable on the Trust Securities is not a Business Day, then the payment
of such Distribution shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day (without any interest or other payment in respect of any
such delay), with the same force and effect as if made on the date on
which such payment was originally payable (each date on which
distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a
"Distribution Date").
(ii) The Trust Securities shall be entitled to Distributions
payable at a rate of _____% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any period
less than a full Distribution period shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days
elapsed in a partial month in a period. Distributions payable for each
full Distribution period will be computed by dividing the rate per annum
by four (4). The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall
include any Additional Amounts in respect of such period.
(iii) So long as no Debenture Event of Default has occurred and
is continuing, the Depositor has the right under the Indenture to defer
the payment of interest on the Junior Subordinated Debentures at any
time and from time to time for a period not exceeding 20 consecutive
quarterly periods (an "Extension Period"), provided that no Extension
Period may extend beyond the stated maturity of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures (as such stated maturity may be shortened in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture). As a consequence of any such deferral,
quarterly Distributions on the Trust Securities by the Issuer Trust will
also be deferred and the amount of Distributions to which Holders of the
Trust Securities are entitled will accumulate additional Distributions
thereon at the rate per annum of _____% per annum, compounded quarterly
from the most recent Distribution payment date on which Distributions
were paid, computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day
months and the actual days elapsed in a partial month in such period.
Additional Distributions payable for each full Distribution period will
be computed by dividing the rate per annum by four (4). The term
"Distributions" as used in Section 4.1 shall include any such additional
Distributions provided pursuant to this Section 4.1(a)(iii).
(iv) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the
Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the Issuer Trust has funds
then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of
such Distributions.
(b) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a
Distribution Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on
the Securities Register for the Trust Securities at the close of business on
the relevant record date, which shall be at the close of business on the 15th
day of the month next preceding the relevant Distribution Date, whether or
not a Business Day.
SECTION 4.2. Redemption.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the stated maturity of the
Junior Subordinated Debentures, the Issuer Trust will be required to redeem a
Like Amount of Trust Securities at the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60
days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be
redeemed, at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All
notices of redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price, or if the Redemption Price cannot be
calculated prior to the time the notice is required to be sent, the
estimate of the Redemption Price provided pursuant to the Indenture
together with a statement that it is an estimate and that the actual
Redemption Price will be calculated on the third Business Day prior to
the Redemption Date (and if an estimate is provided, a further notice
shall be sent of the actual Redemption Price on the date, or as soon as
practicable thereafter, that notice of such actual Redemption Price is
received pursuant to the Indenture);
(iii) the CUSIP number or CUSIP numbers of the Capital
Securities affected;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be
redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the
particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;
(v) that, on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become
due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and that
Distributions thereon will cease to accumulate on and after said date,
except as provided in Section 4.2(d) below; and
(vi) the place or places where Trust Securities are to be
surrendered for the payment of the Redemption Price.
The Issuer Trust in issuing the Trust Securities shall use
"CUSIP"numbers, and the Property Trustee shall indicate the "CUSIP" numbers
of the Trust Securities in notices of redemption and related materials as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no
representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Trust Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption
and related material.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the applicable proceeds from the
contemporaneous redemption of Junior Subordinated Debentures. Redemptions of
the Trust Securities shall be made and the Redemption Price shall be payable
on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Issuer Trust has funds
then on hand and legally available in the Payment Account for the payment of
such Redemption Price.
(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of
any Capital Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, with
respect to Capital Securities held in book-entry form, irrevocably deposit
with the Clearing Agency for such Capital Securities, to the extent available
therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will
give such Clearing Agency irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the
Redemption Price to the Holders of the Capital Securities. With respect to
Capital Securities that are not held in book-entry form, the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c), will irrevocably deposit with the Paying
Agent, to the extent available therefor, funds sufficient to pay the
applicable Redemption Price and will give the Paying Agent irrevocable
instructions and authority to pay the Redemption Price to the Holder of the
Capital Securities upon surrender of their Capital Securities Certificates.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior to the
Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be
payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the
Securities Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for
the related Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been
given and funds deposited as required, then, upon the date of such deposit,
all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption will
cease, except the right of such Holders to receive the Redemption Price and
any Distribution payable in respect of the Trust Securities on or prior to
the Redemption Date, but without interest, and such Securities will cease to
be Outstanding. In the event that any date on which any applicable
Redemption Price is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the
applicable 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), except that, if such Business Day
falls in the next calendar year, such payment will be made on the immediately
preceding Business Day, in each case, with the same force and effect as if
made on such date. In the event that payment of the Redemption Price in
respect of any Trust Securities called for redemption is improperly withheld
or refused and not paid either by the Issuer Trust or by the Depositor
pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement, Distributions on such Trust Securities
will continue to accumulate, as set forth in Section 4.1, from the Redemption
Date originally established by the Issuer Trust for such Trust Securities to
the date such applicable Redemption Price is actually paid, in which case the
actual payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes of
calculating the applicable Redemption Price.
(e) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust
Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated
pro rata to the Common Securities and the Capital Securities based on the
relative Liquidation Amounts of such classes. The particular Capital
Securities to be redeemed shall be selected on a pro rata basis based on
their respective Liquidation Amounts not more than 60 days prior to the
Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Capital
Securities not previously called for redemption, or if the Capital Securities
are then held in the form of a Global Capital Security in accordance with the
customary procedures for the Clearing Agency. The Property Trustee shall
promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing of the Capital Securities
selected for redemption and, in the case of any Capital Securities selected
for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be redeemed. For
all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires,
all provisions relating to the redemption of Capital Securities shall relate,
in the case of any Capital Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Capital
Securities that has been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, the Redemption Price of, and the Liquidation Distribution in
respect of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made, subject to
Section 4.2(e), pro rata among the Common Securities and the Capital
Securities based on the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Securities;
provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or Redemption Date any
Event of Default resulting from a Debenture Event of Default in Section
5.1(a) or 5.1(b) of the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing, no
payment of any Distribution (including any Additional Amounts) on, Redemption
Price of, or Liquidation Distribution in respect of, any Common Security, and
no other payment on account of the redemption, liquidation or other
acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made unless payment in full in
cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including any Additional
Amounts) on all Outstanding Capital Securities for all Distribution periods
terminating on or prior thereto, or, in the case of payment of the Redemption
Price, the full amount of such Redemption Price on all Outstanding Capital
Securities then called for redemption, or in the case of payment of the
Liquidation Distribution the full amount of such Liquidation Distribution on
all Outstanding Capital Securities, shall have been made or provided for, and
all funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be
applied to the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including any
Additional Amounts) on, the Redemption Price of, or the Liquidation
Distribution in respect of Capital Securities then due and payable. The
existence of an Event of Default does not entitle the Holders of Trust
Securities to accelerate the maturity thereof.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting
from any Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of the Common Securities
shall have no right to act with respect to any such Event of Default under
this Trust Agreement until the effects of all such Events of Default with
respect to the Capital Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated. Until all such Events of Default under this Trust Agreement with
respect to the Capital Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise
eliminated, the Property Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of
the Capital Securities and not on behalf of the Holder of the Common
Securities, and only the Holders of the Capital Securities will have the
right to direct the Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures.
Payments of Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) in respect
of the Capital Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address of the
Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities
Register or, if the Capital Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such
Distributions shall be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available
funds, which will credit the relevant accounts on the applicable Distribution
Dates. Payments of Distributions to Holders of $1,000,000 or more in
aggregate Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities may be made by wire
transfer of immediately available funds upon written request of such Holder
to the Securities Registrar not later than 15 calendar days prior to the date
on which the Distribution is payable. Payments in respect of the Common
Securities shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between
the Property Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities.
SECTION 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports.
The Administrators shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the
Depositor's expense, and file all United States Federal, state and local tax
and information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of
the Issuer Trust. In this regard, the Administrators shall (a) prepare and
file (or cause to be prepared and filed) all Internal Revenue Service forms
required to be filed in respect of the Issuer Trust in each taxable year of
the Issuer Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and
furnished) to each Holder all Internal Revenue Service forms required to be
provided by the Issuer Trust. The Administrators shall provide the Depositor
and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns and reports promptly
after such filing or furnishing. The Issuer Trustees shall comply with
United States Federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws and
information reporting requirements with respect to any payments to Holders
under the Trust Securities.
On or before December 15 of each year during which any Capital
Securities are Outstanding, the Administrators shall furnish to the Property
Trustee such information as may be reasonably requested by the Property
Trustee in order that the Property Trustee may prepare the information which
it is required to report for such year on Internal Revenue Service Forms 1096
and 1099 pursuant to Section 6049 of the Code. Such information shall
include the amount of original issue discount includible in income for each
Outstanding Capital Security during such year.
SECTION 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Issuer Trust.
Upon receipt under the Junior Subordinated Debentures of Additional
Sums, the Property Trustee shall promptly pay, or cause the Administrators to
pay in connection with the filing of any tax returns or reports pursuant to
Section 4.5, any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatsoever nature
(other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Issuer Trust by the United
States or any other taxing authority.
SECTION 4.7. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.
Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Capital Securities shall
be reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder has
directly received pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Indenture or Section 5.13 of
this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 4.8. Liability of the Holder of Common Securities.
The Holder of Common Securities shall be liable for the debts and
obligations of the Issuer Trust as set forth in Section 6.7 of the Indenture
regarding allocation of expenses.
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership.
Upon the creation of the Issuer Trust and the contribution by the
Depositor pursuant to Section 2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust
Securities, and at any time during which no Trust Securities are Outstanding,
the Depositor shall be the sole beneficial owner of the Issuer Trust.
SECTION 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates.
(a) The Trust Securities Certificates shall be issued in multiples of
$25 and shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer Trust by manual or
facsimile signature of at least one Administrator. Trust Securities
Certificates bearing the manual signatures of individuals who were, at the
time when such signatures shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on
behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall be validly issued and entitled to the
benefits of this Trust Agreement, notwithstanding that such individuals or
any of them shall have ceased to be so authorized prior to the delivery of
such Trust Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date
of delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates. A transferee of a Trust
Securities Certificate shall become a Holder, and shall be entitled to the
rights and subject to the obligations of a Holder hereunder, upon due
registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in such transferee's name
pursuant to Section 5.5.
(b) Upon their original issuance, Capital Securities Certificates shall
be issued in the form of one or more fully registered Global Capital
Securities Certificates which will be deposited with or on behalf of the
Depositary and registered in the name of the Depositary's nominee. Unless
and until it is exchangeable in whole or in part for the Capital Securities
in definitive form, a global security may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the
Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor of such Depositary or a nominee
of such successor.
(c) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive
Common Securities Certificate.
SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.
At the Closing Date, and on the date, if any, on which the Underwriters
exercise their option to purchase additional Capital Securities pursuant to
the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, as applicable, at least one of the
Administrators shall cause Trust Securities Certificates, in an aggregate
Liquidation Amount as provided in Sections 2.4 and 2.5, to be executed on
behalf of the Issuer Trust by manual or facsimile signature and delivered to
the Property Trustee and upon such delivery the Property Trustee shall
manually authenticate upon the written order of the Depositor such Trust
Securities Certificates and deliver such Trust Securities Certificates upon
the written order of the Depositor, executed by two authorized officers
thereof, without further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized
denominations.
SECTION 5.4. Global Capital Security.
(a) Any Global Capital Security issued under this Trust Agreement shall
be registered in the name of the nominee of the Clearing Agency and delivered
to such custodian therefor, and such Global Capital Security shall constitute
a single Capital Security for all purposes of this Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, a
Global Capital Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for Capital
Securities registered, and no transfer of the Global Capital Security in
whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the
Clearing Agency for such Global Capital Security, or its nominee thereof
unless (i) such Clearing Agency advises the Property Trustee in writing that
such Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its
responsibilities as Clearing Agency with respect to such Global Capital
Security or if it ceases to be a Clearing Agency under the Exchange Act, and
the Depositor is unable to locate a qualified successor within 90 days after
receiving such notice or becoming aware that the Depositary is no longer so
registered, (ii) the Issuer Trust at its option advises the Depositary in
writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency, or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing an
Event of Default.
(c) If a Capital Security is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a
beneficial interest in a Global Capital Security, then either (i) such Global
Capital Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or cancellation as
provided in this Article V or (ii) the aggregate Liquidation Amount thereof
shall be reduced or increased by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be
so exchanged or cancelled or equal to the Liquidation Amount of such other
Capital Security to be so exchanged for a beneficial interest therein, as the
case may be, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the
Security Registrar, whereupon the Property Trustee, in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures, shall instruct the Clearing Agency or its authorized
representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon any
such surrender or adjustment of a Global Capital Security by the Clearing
Agency, accompanied by registration instructions, the Property Trustee shall,
subject to Section 5.4(b) and as otherwise provided in this Article V,
authenticate and deliver any Capital Securities issuable in exchange for such
Global Capital Security (or any portion thereof) in accordance with the
instructions of the Clearing Agency. The Property Trustee shall not be
liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may conclusively
rely on, and shall be fully protected in relying on, such instructions.
(d) Every Capital Security authenticated and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global
Capital Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article V
or Article IV or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form
of, and shall be, a Global Capital Security, unless such Global Capital
Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Clearing Agency
for such Global Capital Security or a nominee thereof.
(e) The Clearing Agency or its nominee, as the registered owner of a
Global Capital Security, shall be considered the Holder of the Capital
Securities represented by such Global Capital Security for all purposes under
this Trust Agreement and the Capital Securities, and owners of beneficial
interests in such Global Capital Security shall hold such interests pursuant
to the Applicable Procedures and, except as otherwise provided herein, shall
not be entitled to receive physical delivery of any such Capital Securities
in definitive form and shall not be considered the Holders thereof under this
Trust Agreement. Accordingly, any such owner's beneficial interest in the
Global Capital Security shall be shown only on, and the transfer of such
interest shall be effected only through, records maintained by the Clearing
Agency or its nominee. Neither the Property Trustee nor the Securities
Registrar shall have any liability in respect of any transfers effected by
the Clearing Agency.
(f) The rights of owners of beneficial interests in a Global Capital
Security shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be
limited to those established by law and agreements between such owners and
the Clearing Agency.
SECTION 5.5. Registration of Transfer and Exchange Generally; Certain
Transfers and Exchanges; Capital Securities Certificates.
(a) The Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept at its
Corporate Trust Office a register or registers for the purpose of registering
Capital Securities Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Capital
Securities Certificates in which the registrar and transfer agent with
respect to the Capital Securities (the "Securities Registrar"), subject to
such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, shall provide for the
registration of Capital Securities Certificates and Common Securities
Certificates (subject to Section 5.11 in the case of Common Securities
Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of Capital
Securities Certificates as herein provided. Such register is herein
sometimes referred to as the "Securities Register." The Property Trustee is
hereby appointed "Securities Registrar" for the purpose of registering
Capital Securities and transfers of Capital Securities as herein provided.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Capital Security at
the offices or agencies of the Property Trustee designated for that purpose
an Administrator shall execute, and the Property Trustee shall authenticate
and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or
more new Capital Securities of the same series of any authorized
denominations of like tenor and aggregate Liquidation Amount and bearing such
legends as may be required by this Trust Agreement.
At the option of the Holder, Capital Securities may be exchanged for
other Capital Securities of any authorized denominations, of like tenor and
aggregate Liquidation Amount and bearing such legends as may be required by
this Trust Agreement, upon surrender of the Capital Securities to be
exchanged as such office or agency. Whenever any securities are so
surrendered for exchange, an Administrator shall execute and the Property
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Capital Securities that the Holder
making the exchange is entitled to receive.
All Capital Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Capital
Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer Trust, evidencing the
same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Trust Agreement, as
the Capital Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.
Every Capital Security presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange
shall (if so required by the Property Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the
Property Trustee and the Securities Registrar, duly executed by the Holder
thereof or such Holder's attorney duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any transfer or exchange
of Capital Securities, but the Property Trustee may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection with any transfer or exchange of Capital Securities.
Neither the Issuer Trust nor the Property Trustee shall be required,
pursuant to the provisions of this Section, (i) to issue, register the
transfer of or exchange any Capital Security during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of selection for redemption of
Capital Securities pursuant to Article IV and ending at the close of business
on the day of mailing of the notice of redemption, or (ii) to register the
transfer of or exchange any Capital Security so selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except, in the case of any such Capital Security to be
redeemed in part, any portion thereof not to be redeemed.
(b) Certain Transfers and Exchanges. Trust Securities may only be
transferred, in whole or in part, in accordance with the terms and conditions
set forth in this Trust Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by law,
any transfer or purported transfer of any Trust Security not made in
accordance with this Trust Agreement shall be null and void.
(i) Non Global Security to Non Global Security. A Capital
Security that is not a Global Capital Security may be transferred, in
whole or in part, to a Person who takes delivery in the form of another
Trust Security that is not a Global Security as provided in Section
5.5(a).
(ii) Free Transferability. Subject to this Section 5.5, Capital
Securities shall be freely transferable.
(iii) Exchanges Between Global Capital Security and Non-Global
Capital Security. A beneficial interest in a Global Capital Security
may be exchanged for a Capital Security that is not a Global Capital
Security as provided in Section 5.4.
SECTION 5.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities
Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered
to the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive
evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust
Securities Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities
Registrar and the Administrators such security or indemnity as may be
required by them to save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice
that such Trust Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona
fide purchaser, the Administrators, or any one of them, on behalf of the
Issuer Trust shall execute and make available for delivery, and the Property
Trustee shall authenticate, in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated,
destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust
Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In connection
with the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section,
the Administrators or the Securities Registrar may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be
imposed in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate
issued pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an
undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust corresponding
to that evidenced by the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Certificate, as if
originally issued, whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust
Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.
SECTION 5.7. Persons Deemed Holders.
The Issuer Trustees or the Securities Registrar shall treat the Person
in whose name any Trust Securities are issued as the owner of such Trust
Securities for the purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other
purposes whatsoever, and none of the Issuer Trustees, the Administrators nor
the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
SECTION 5.8. Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses.
Each Holder and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold
the Depositor, the Property Trustee, or the Administrators accountable by
reason of the disclosure of its name and address, regardless of the source
from which such information was derived.
SECTION 5.9. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Property Trustee shall designate, with the consent of the
Administrators, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, an office
or offices or agency or agencies where Capital Securities Certificates may be
surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and
demands to or upon the Issuer Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities
Certificates may be served. The Property Trustee initially designates its
Corporate Trust Office at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, as its corporate trust
office for such purposes. The Property Trustee shall give prompt written
notice to the Depositor, the Administrators and to the Holders of any change
in the location of the Securities Register or any such office or agency.
SECTION 5.10. Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Holders from the Payment
Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Property
Trustee and the Administrators. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable
power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account solely for the purpose of
making the Distributions referred to above. The Property Trustee may revoke
such power and remove any Paying Agent in its sole discretion. The Paying
Agent shall initially be the Property Trustee. Any Person acting as Paying
Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written
notice to the Administrators and the Property Trustee. In the event that the
Property Trustee shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying
Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the Property Trustee
shall appoint a successor (which shall be a bank or trust company) that is
reasonably acceptable to the Administrators to act as Paying Agent. Such
successor Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the
Property Trustee shall execute and deliver to the Issuer Trustees an
instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent
shall agree with the Issuer Trustees that as Paying Agent, such successor
Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any, held by
it for payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of the Holders
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders. The Paying
Agent shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon
removal of a Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in
its possession to the Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3
and 8.6 herein shall apply to the Bank also in its role as Paying Agent, for
so long as the Bank shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable,
to any other paying agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this Trust
Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent chosen by the
Property Trustee unless the context requires otherwise.
SECTION 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.
At the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial
and record ownership of the Common Securities. Neither the Depositor nor any
successor Holder of the Common Securities may transfer less than all the
Common Securities, and the Depositor or any such successor Holder may
transfer the Common Securities only (i) in connection with a consolidation or
merger of the Depositor into another Person or any conveyance, transfer or
lease by the Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an
entirety to any Person, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Indenture, or (ii) to
an Affiliate of the Depositor in compliance with applicable law (including
the Securities Act and applicable state securities and blue sky laws). To
the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted transfer of the Common
Securities, other than as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence,
shall be void. The Administrators shall cause each Common Securities
Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating "THIS
CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT TO THE DEPOSITOR OR AN AFFILIATE OF
THE DEPOSITOR IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST
AGREEMENT."
SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency.
To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Holders is
required under this Trust Agreement, for so long as Capital Securities are
represented by a Global Capital Securities Certificate, the Administrators
and the Issuer Trustees shall give all such notices and communications
specified herein to be given to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
obligations to the Owners.
SECTION 5.13. Rights of Holders.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9,
and the Holders shall not have any right or title therein other than the
undivided beneficial ownership interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust
conferred by their Trust Securities and they shall have no right to call for
any partition or division of property, profits or rights of the Issuer Trust
except as described below. The Trust Securities shall be personal property
giving only the rights specifically set forth therein and in this Trust
Agreement. The Trust Securities shall have no preemptive or similar rights
and when issued and delivered to Holders against payment of the purchase
price therefor, as provided herein, will be fully paid and nonassessable by
the Issuer Trust. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.8, the Holders
of the Trust Securities, in their capacities as such, 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.
(b) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon
a Debenture Event of Default, the Debt Securities Trustee fails or the
holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Junior
Subordinated Debentures fail to declare the principal of all of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to be immediately due and payable, the Holders of at
least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then Outstanding
shall have such right to make such declaration by a notice in writing to the
Property Trustee, the Depositor and the Debt Securities Trustee.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Junior Subordinated Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree
for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Debt Securities Trustee
as provided in the Indenture, the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount
of the Capital Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the
Depositor and the Debt Securities Trustee, may rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences if:
(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Debt Securities
Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest on all of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures,
(B) any accrued Additional Interest on all of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures,
(C) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Junior
Subordinated Debentures which have become due otherwise than by
such declaration of acceleration and interest and Additional
Interest thereon at the rate borne by the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, and
(D) all sums paid or advanced by the Debt Securities Trustee
under the Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Debt Securities Trustee and the
Property Trustee, their agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Junior Subordinated
Debentures, other than the non-payment of the principal of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures which has become due solely by such
acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 5.13 of
the Indenture.
If the Property Trustee fails to annul any such declaration and waive
such default, the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities shall also have the right to rescind and annul such
declaration and its consequences by written notice to the Depositor, the
Property Trustee and the Debt Securities Trustee, subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions set forth in Clause (i) and (ii) of this Section 5.13(b).
The Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities, waive
any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment of
principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum
sufficient to pay all matured installments of interest and principal due
otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited with the Debt Securities
Trustee) or a default in respect of a covenant or provision which under the
Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the holder of
each outstanding Junior Subordinated Debentures. No such rescission shall
affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such an
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of the Capital
Securities all or part of which is represented by Global Capital Securities,
a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding
Capital Securities entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall
be at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee receives such
notice. The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies,
and only such Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or
not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided, that,
unless such declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the
case may be, shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite
percentage having joined in such notice prior to the day which is 90 days
after such record date, such notice of declaration of acceleration, or
rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall automatically and without
further action by any Holder be canceled and of no further effect. Nothing
in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy of a Holder, from
giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written notice of
declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as the case
may be, that is identical to a written notice which has been canceled
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new
record date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section
5.13(b).
(c) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, to the
fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust
Agreement and the Indenture, upon a Debenture Event of Default specified in
Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b) of the Indenture, any Holder of Capital Securities
shall have the right to institute a proceeding directly against the
Depositor, pursuant to Section 5.01 of the Indenture, for enforcement of
payment to such Holder of the principal amount of or interest on Junior
Subordinated Debentures having an aggregate principal amount equal to the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a
"Direct Action"). Except as set forth in Sections 5.13(b) and 5.13(c), the
Holders of Capital Securities shall have no right to exercise directly any
right or remedy available to the holders of, or in respect of, the Junior
Subordinated Debentures.
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Holder's Voting Rights.
(a) Except as provided in this Trust Agreement and in the Indenture and
as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Capital Securities shall have any
right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the administration,
operation and management of the Issuer Trust or the obligations of the
parties hereto, nor shall anything herein set forth or contained in the terms
of the Trust Securities Certificates be construed so as to constitute the
Holders from time to time as members of an association.
(b) So long as any Junior Subordinated Debentures are held by the
Property Trustee on behalf of the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee shall
not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for
any remedy available to the Debt Securities Trustee, or executing any trust
or power conferred on the Property Trustee with respect to such Junior
Subordinated Debentures, (ii) waive any past default that may be waived under
Section 5.10 of the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a
declaration that the principal of all the Junior Subordinated Debentures
shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any amendment, modification or
termination of the Indenture or the Junior Subordinated Debentures, where
such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior
approval of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities, provided, however, that where a consent under the
Indenture would require the consent of each Holder of Junior Subordinated
Debentures affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property
Trustee without the prior written consent of each Holder of Capital
Securities. The Property Trustee shall not revoke any action previously
authorized or approved by a vote of the Holders of Capital Securities, except
by a subsequent vote of the Holders of Capital Securities. The Property
Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital Securities of any notice of
default received with respect to the Junior Subordinated Debentures. In
addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of the Holders of the Capital
Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing actions, the Property
Trustee shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an Opinion of Counsel
experienced in such matters to the effect that such action will not cause the
Issuer Trust to be taxable as a corporation for United States Federal income
tax purposes.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or
the Issuer Trust otherwise proposes to effect, (i) any action that would
adversely affect in any material respect the interests, powers, preferences
or special rights of the Capital Securities, whether by way of amendment to
the Trust Agreement or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or
termination of the Issuer Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this
Trust Agreement, then the Holders of Outstanding Capital Securities as a
class will be entitled to vote on such amendment or proposal and such
amendment or proposal shall not be effective except with the approval of the
Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities.
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings.
Notice of all meetings of the Holders, stating the time, place and
purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee pursuant to
Section 10.8 to each Holder of record, at his registered address, at least 15
days and not more than 90 days before the meeting. At any such meeting, any
business properly before the meeting may be so considered whether or not
stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned meeting may be held as
adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 6.3. Meetings of Holders.
No annual meeting of Holders is required to be held. The Property
Trustee, however, shall call a meeting of Holders to vote on any matter upon
the written request of the Holders of record of 25% of the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities and the Administrators or the
Property Trustee may, at any time in their discretion, call a meeting of
Holders of Capital Securities to vote on any matters as to which Holders are
entitled to vote.
Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a
quorum at any meeting of Holders of the Capital Securities.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders
of record present, in person or by proxy, holding Capital Securities
representing at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities held by the Holders present, either in person or by proxy, at such
meeting shall constitute the action of the Holders of Capital Securities,
unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights.
Holders shall be entitled to one vote for each $25 of Liquidation Amount
represented by their Outstanding Trust Securities in respect of any matter as
to which such Holders are entitled to vote.
SECTION 6.5. Proxies, etc.
At any meeting of Holders, any Holder entitled to vote thereat may vote
by proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it
shall have been placed on file with the Property Trustee, or with such other
officer or agent of the Issuer Trust as the Property Trustee may direct, for
verification prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Pursuant
to a resolution of the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name
of the Property Trustee or one or more officers of the Property Trustee.
Only Holders of record shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are
held jointly by several Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in
person or by proxy in respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one
of them shall be present at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such
joint owners or their proxies so present disagree as to any vote to be cast,
such vote shall not be received in respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy
purporting to be executed by or on behalf of a Holder shall be deemed valid
unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of proving
invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more than
three years after its date of execution.
SECTION 6.6. Holder Action by Written Consent.
Any action which may be taken by Holders at a meeting may be taken
without a meeting if Holders holding at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of all Trust Securities entitled to vote in respect of such action (or
such larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any other provision of
this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in writing.
SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
For the purposes of determining the Holders who are entitled to notice
of and to vote at any meeting or by written consent, or to participate in any
distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is not
otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any
other action, the Administrators or Property Trustee may from time to time
fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of Holders
or the payment of a distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a
record date for the determination of the identity of the Holders of record
for such purposes.
SECTION 6.8. Acts of Holders.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given,
made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person
or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, such action shall become effective when such instrument or
instruments are delivered to the Property Trustee. Such instrument or
instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.1) conclusive in favor of the
Issuer Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument
or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or
by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to
take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such
instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such
execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual
capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient
proof of his authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such
instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may
also be proved in any other manner which any Issuer Trustee or Administrator
receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Trust Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Trust Security shall bind every future
Holder of the same Trust Security and the Holder of every Trust Security
issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or
in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done
by the Issuer Trustees, the Administrators or the Issuer Trust in reliance
thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Trust
Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or
by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise among the Holders, the Administrators or the
Issuer Trustees with respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature
of any request, demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other
Act of such Holder or Issuer Trustee under this Article VI, then the
determination of such matter by the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with
respect to such matter.
SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records.
Upon reasonable notice to the Administrators and the Property Trustee,
the records of the Issuer Trust shall be open to inspection by Holders during
normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Holder's
interest as a Holder.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and
the Delaware Trustee.
The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf
of and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Depositor and the Holders that:
(a) The Property Trustee is a banking corporation with trust powers,
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of New
York,with trust 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 have 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 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 Delaware Trustee is duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing as a banking corporation under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with trust power and authority to execute and deliver, and to carry
out and perform its obligations under the terms of, the Trust Agreement.
(d) The execution, delivery and performance by the Delaware Trustee of
this Trust Agreement have 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 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' right 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).
(e) The Delaware Trustee is an entity which has its principal place of
business in the State of Delaware.
(f) The Property Trustee is a national- or state-chartered bank and has
capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000.
SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Holders that:
(a) the Trust Securities Certificates issued at the Closing Date on
behalf of the Issuer Trust have been duly authorized and will have been duly
and validly executed, issued and delivered by the Issuer Trustees pursuant to
the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this
Trust Agreement, and the Holders will be, as of each such date, entitled to
the benefits of this Trust Agreement; and
(b) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable by
the Issuer Trust (or the Issuer Trustees on behalf of the Issuer Trust) under
the laws of the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by either the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Trust
Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
THE ISSUER TRUSTEES; THE ADMINISTRATORS
SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Issuer Trustees and the
Administrators shall be as provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case
of the Property Trustee, by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Issuer
Trustees or the Administrators to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise
incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their duties
hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers, if they shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured
to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this
Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or
affording protection to the Issuer Trustees or the Administrators shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section. Nothing in this Trust Agreement
shall be construed to release an Administrator from liability for its own
grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act, or its
own willful misconduct. To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Issuer
Trustee or Administrator has duties and liabilities relating to the Issuer
Trust or to the Holders, such Issuer Trustee or Administrator shall not be
liable to the Issuer Trust or to any Holder for such Issuer Trustee's or
Administrator's 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 the Issuer Trustees and Administrators
otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the
Holders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Issuer Trustees
and Administrators.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in
respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and
proceeds from the Trust Property and only to the extent that there shall be
sufficient revenue or proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property
Trustee or a Paying Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms
hereof. Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it
will look solely to the revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the
extent legally available for distribution to it as herein provided and that
neither the Issuer Trustees nor the Administrators are personally liable to
it for any amount distributable in respect of any Trust Security or for any
other liability in respect of any Trust Security. This Section 8.1(b) does
not limit the liability of the Issuer Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere
in this Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust
Indenture Act.
(c) The Property Trustee, before the occurrence of any Event of Default
and after the curing 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 (including pursuant to Section 10.10), and no implied
covenants shall be read into this Trust Agreement against the Property
Trustee. If an Event of Default has occurred (that has not been cured or
waived pursuant to Section 5.13 of the Indenture), the Property Trustee shall
enforce this Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Holders and 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 its exercise thereof, as a
prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct
of his or her own affairs.
(d) 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 any 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 (including pursuant to Section 10.10), 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 (including pursuant to Section 10.10); 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, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to
the Property Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this
Trust Agreement; but in the case of any such certificates or
opinions that by any provision hereof or of the Trust Indenture Act
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 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 an authorized officer of the Property
Trustee, 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 at least a Majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Capital 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) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the custody,
safe keeping and physical preservation of the Junior Subordinated
Debentures and the Payment 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;
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on
any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the
Depositor; and money held by the Property Trustee need not be segregated
from other funds held by it except in relation to the Payment Account
maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 3.1 and except to
the extent otherwise required by law;
(vi) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring
the compliance by the Administrators or the Depositor with their
respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the Property
Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of any other Issuer
Trustee, the Administrators or the Depositor; and
(vii) 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 the Property Trustee
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 adequate indemnity against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it.
(e) The Administrators shall not be responsible for monitoring the
compliance by the Issuer Trustees or the Depositor with their respective
duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall either Administrator be liable
for the default or misconduct of any other Administrator, the Issuer Trustees
or the Depositor.
SECTION 8.2. Certain Notices.
Within ten Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee, the Property
Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section
10.8, notice of such Event of Default to the Holders and the Administrators,
unless such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived.
Within ten Business Days after the receipt of notice of the Depositor's
exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the Junior
Subordinated Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall
transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of
such exercise to the Holders and the Administrators, unless such exercise
shall have been revoked.
SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully
protected in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any
resolution, Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a
Holder or transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order,
appraisal, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any direction or act of the Depositor contemplated by this Trust
Agreement shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officers' Certificate;
(c) 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
re-recording, refiling or registration thereof;
(d) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel of its own choosing
(which counsel may be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and
may include any of its employees) and the advice of such counsel shall be
full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken
suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and
in accordance with such advice, such counsel may be counsel to the Depositor
or any of its Affiliates, and may include any of its employees; the Property
Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the
administration of this Trust Agreement from any court of competent
jurisdiction;
(e) 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 of the Holders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Property Trustee security or indemnity
satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction; provided, that
nothing contained in this Section 8.3(e) 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;
(f) 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, consent, order, approval, bond,
debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document,
unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but the Property
Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or
matters as it may see fit;
(g) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any of its duties hereunder either directly or by or
through its agents or attorneys, provided that 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;
(h) 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 Trust Securities as would be entitled to direct the
Property Trustee under the terms of the Trust Securities in respect of such
remedy, 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 fully protected in acting in accordance with such
instructions;
(i) 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. No provision of
this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on any
Issuer Trustee or Administrator 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 any Issuer Trustee
or Administrator shall be construed to be a duty;
(j) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of action
or (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any other
provisions contained herein or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure of the
application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except as to any
matter as to which the Holders are entitled to vote under the terms of this
Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Depositor
requesting written instructions of the Depositor as to the course of action
to be taken and the Property Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from
taking such action, as the Property Trustee shall be instructed in writing to
take, or to refrain from taking, by the Depositor; provided, however, that if
the Property Trustee does not receive such instructions of the Depositor
within ten Business Days after it has delivered such notice, or such
reasonably shorter period of time set forth in such notice (which to the
extent practicable shall not be less than two Business Days), it may, but
shall be under no duty to, take or refrain from taking such action not
inconsistent with this Trust Agreement as it shall deem advisable and in the
best interests of the Holders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have
no liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
(k) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established before
undertaking, 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 Depositor or the Administrator;
(l) when the Property Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including the fees and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are intended
to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law or law
relating to creditors rights generally; and
(m) the Property Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an
Event of Default unless such Event of Default has occurred as a result of the
act or failure to act of the Property Trustee, a Responsible Officer of the
Property Trustee obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Property
Trustee receives written notice of such event from Securityholders at least
25% of the outstanding Trust Securities (based upon Liquidation Amount).
SECTION 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer Trust, and the Issuer Trustees
and the Administrators do not assume any responsibility for their
correctness. The Issuer Trustees and the Administrators shall not be
accountable for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of
the Junior Subordinated Debentures.
SECTION 8.5. May Hold Securities.
The Administrators, any Issuer Trustee or any other agent of any Issuer
Trustee or the Issuer Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may
become the owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.8
and 8.13, and except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding"
in Article I, may otherwise deal with the Issuer Trust with the same rights
it would have if it were not an Administrator, Issuer Trustee or such other
agent.
SECTION 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.
The Depositor, as borrower, agrees:
(a) to pay to the Issuer Trustees from time to time such reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder as the parties shall
agree from time to time (which compensation shall not be limited by any
provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust);
(b) to reimburse the Issuer Trustees upon request for all reasonable
expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Issuer Trustees
in accordance with any provision of this Trust Agreement (including the
reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and
counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be
attributable to their negligence or willful misconduct; and
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify and
hold harmless (i) each Issuer Trustee, (ii) each Administrator, (iii) any
Affiliate of any Issuer Trustee, (iv) any officer, director, shareholder,
employee, representative or agent of any Issuer Trustee, and (v) any employee
or agent of the Issuer Trust, (referred to herein as an "Indemnified Person")
from and against any loss, damage, liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim
of any kind or nature whatsoever incurred by such Indemnified Person arising
out of or in connection with the creation, operation or dissolution of the
Issuer Trust or any act or omission performed or omitted by such Indemnified
Person in good faith on behalf of the Issuer Trust and in a manner such
Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of authority
conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust Agreement, except that no
Indemnified Person (other than an Administrator) shall be entitled to be
indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such
Indemnified Person by reason of negligence or willful misconduct with respect
to such acts or omissions, and further provided that no Administrator shall
be entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim
incurred by such Administrator by reason of gross negligence or willful
misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of this
Trust Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of any Issuer Trustee.
No Issuer Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any Trust Property as
a result of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
The Depositor, any Administrator and any Issuer Trustee (subject to
Section 8.8) 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 Issuer Trust, and the Issuer Trust and the
Holders of Trust Securities 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 Issuer Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or
improper. Neither the Depositor, any Administrator, nor any Issuer Trustee
shall be obligated to present any particular investment or other opportunity
to the Issuer Trust even if such opportunity is of a character that, if
presented to the Issuer Trust, could be taken by the Issuer Trust, and the
Depositor, any Administrator or any Issuer 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
Issuer Trustee may engage or be interested in any financial or other
transaction with the Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, or may act
as depository for, trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of
holders of, securities or other obligations of the Depositor or its
Affiliates.
In the event that the Property Trustee is also acting as Paying Agent or
Securities Registrar hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the
Property Trustee pursuant to this Article VIII shall also be afforded to such
Paying Agent or Securities Registrar.
SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of
Trustees and Administrators.
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person that
is a national- or state-chartered bank and eligible pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at
least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at
least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or
examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined
capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities
shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section,
it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter
specified in this Article.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrators hereunder.
Each Administrator 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 persons
authorized to bind that entity. An employee, officer or Affiliate of the
Depositor may serve as an Administrator.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee. The Delaware
Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age
and a resident of the State of Delaware or (ii) a legal entity with its
principal place of business in the State of Delaware and that otherwise meets
the requirements of applicable Delaware law that shall act through one or
more persons authorized to bind such entity.
SECTION 8.8. Conflicting Interests.
(a) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest
within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property Trustee shall
either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and in the manner
provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and
this Trust Agreement.
(b) The Guarantee Agreement and the Indenture shall be deemed to be
sufficiently described in this Trust Agreement for the purposes of clause (i)
of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.
Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at
anytime 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 Property Trustee shall have power to
appoint, and upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the Depositor
and the Administrators shall for such purpose join with the Property Trustee
in the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements
necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the Property
Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property Trustee, of
all or any part of such Trust Property, or to the extent required by law 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 the capacity aforesaid, any property, title, right or
power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to the other provisions of this
Section. Any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed pursuant to this
Section shall either be (i) a natural person who is at least 21 years of age
and a resident of the United States or (ii) a legal entity with its principal
place of business in the United States that shall act through one or more
persons authorized to bind such entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any
co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to such
co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power, any and
all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged and
delivered by the Depositor.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted
bylaw, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms,
namely:
(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed by one or more
Administrators, and the Trust Securities shall be authenticated by the manual
signature of the Property Trustee and delivered and all rights, powers,
duties, and obligations hereunder in respect of the custody of securities,
cash and other personal property held by, or required to be deposited or
pledged with, the Property Trustees specified hereunder, shall be exercised,
solely by the Property Trustee and not by such co-trustee or separate
trustee.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by such
appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by
the Property Trustee and such co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as
shall be provided in the instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate
trustee, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which
any particular act is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be
incompetent or unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights,
powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such
co-trustee or separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing
executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept the
resignation of or remove any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under
this Section, and, in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation
of, or remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the
concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property
Trustee, the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the execution,
delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements necessary or
proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A successor to any
co-trustee or separate trustee so resigned or removed may be appointed in the
manner provided in this Section.
(d) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be personally
liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property Trustee or any other
trustee hereunder.
(e) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act of a
co-trustee or separate trustee or any employees or agents of a co-trustee and
separate trustee nor shall it be liable for the supervision of a co-trustee
or separate trustee or employees or agents of a co-trustee and separate
trustee.
(f) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be
deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate trustee.
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of any Issuer Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee")
and no appointment of a successor Issuer Trustee pursuant to this Article
shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor
Issuer Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section
8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, a Relevant Trustee may
resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Holders. The
Relevant Trustee shall appoint a successor by requesting from at least three
Persons meeting the eligibility requirements its expenses and charges to
serve as the Relevant Trustee on a form provided by the Administrators, and
selecting the Person who agrees to the lowest expenses and charges. If the
instrument of acceptance by the successor Issuer Trustee required by Section
8.11 shall not have been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 60 days
after the giving of such notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may
petition, at the expense of the Issuer Trust, any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee may be removed at any time
by Act of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual
capacity and on behalf of the Issuer Trust) (i) for cause, or (ii) if a
Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at any time.
If the instrument of such removal shall not have been delivered to the
Relevant Trustee within 60 days after such Act, the Relevant Trustee may
petition, at the expense of the Issuer Trust, any court of competent
jurisdiction for appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
If any Issuer Trustee shall resign, it shall appoint its successor. If
a resigning Issuer Trustee shall fail to appoint a successor, or if an Issuer
Trustee shall be removed or become incapable of acting as Issuer Trustee, or
if any vacancy shall occur in the office of any Issuer Trustee for any cause,
the Holders of the Capital Securities, by Act of the Holders of record of not
less than 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then
Outstanding delivered to such Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a
successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor Issuer Trustee
shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no
successor Relevant Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holders of the
Capital Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section
8.11, any Holder, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, or
any other Issuer Trustee, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction
for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each
removal of an Issuer Trustee and each appointment of a successor Issuer
Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 10.8 and shall give
notice to the Depositor and to the Administrators. Each notice shall include
the name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its Corporate
Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Delaware Trustee who is a natural person dies or
becomes, in the opinion of the Holders of the Common Securities, incompetent
or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or
incapacity may be filled by the Property Trustee following the procedures
regarding expenses and charges set forth above (with the successor in each
case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirements for
Administrators or Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in Section
8.7).
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee,
the retiring Relevant Trustee and each such successor Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities shall execute, acknowledge and deliver an
amendment hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (a) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary
or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor
Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring
Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities and the Issuer Trust,
and (b) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the
Issuer Trust by more than one Relevant Trustee and upon the execution and
delivery of such amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring
Relevant Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and
each such successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the Issuer Trust
or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall, upon
payment of its charges, duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money held by
such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities
and the Issuer Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Issuer Trust
shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in
and confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee all such rights, powers and
trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case
maybe.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall be qualified
and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
Any Person into which an Issuer Trustee may be merged or converted or
with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which such Issuer Trustee shall be a party, or
any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of such Issuer Trustee, shall be the successor of such Issuer
Trustee hereunder, provided that such Person shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or
Issuer Trust.
If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the
Depositor (or any other obligor upon the Trust Securities), the Property
Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act
regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor (or any such other
obligor) as is required by the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 8.14. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
In case of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other similar
judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer Trust or any other obligor upon
the Trust Securities or the property of the Issuer Trust or of such other
obligor, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any Distributions on
the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable and irrespective of
whether the Property Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer Trust
for the payment of any past due Distributions) shall be entitled and
empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by intervention in such
proceeding or otherwise:
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any Distributions
owing and unpaid in respect of the Trust Securities and to file such other
papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the
claims of the Property Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee,
its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian,
receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar
official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder
to make such payments to the Property Trustee and, in the event the Property
Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders,
to pay to the Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable
compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee,
its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Property
Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or compensation affecting
the Trust Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the
Property Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such
proceeding.
SECTION 8.15. Reports by Property Trustee.
(a) Not later than May 15 of each year commencing with May 15, 1998,
the Property Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Trust Securities
such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act, if
any, in the form, in the manner and at the times 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.
(b) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission
to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with the Depositor.
SECTION 8.16. Reports to the Property Trustee.
Each of the Depositor and the Administrators on behalf of the Issuer
Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee, the Commission and the Holders
of the Trust Securities, as applicable, such documents, reports and
information as required by Section 314(a)(1) - (3) (if any) of the Trust
Indenture Act and the compliance certificates required by Section 314(a)(4)
and (c) of the Trust Indenture Act (provided that any certificate to be
provided pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be
provided within 120 days of the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer Trust).
SECTION 8.17. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Depositor and the Administrators on behalf of the Issuer
Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with
any conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement which
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 pursuant to
Section 314(c) shall comply with Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 8.18. Number of Issuer Trustees.
(a) The number of Issuer Trustees shall be two. The Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person, in which case the number of
Issuer Trustees may be one.
(b) If an Issuer Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason, a
vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with an Issuer Trustee
appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
dissolution, termination, incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of
an Issuer Trustee shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the
Issuer Trust or terminate this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 8.19. Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrator 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
Section 2.7(a) or making any governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrators shall have power to delegate from time to time
to such of their number the doing of such things and the execution of such
instruments either in the name of the Issuer Trust or the names of the
Administrators or otherwise as the Administrators may deem expedient, to the
extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the
provisions of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 8.20. Appointment of Administrators.
(a) The Administrators shall be appointed by the Holders of a Majority
in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities and may be removed by the
Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities or may
resign at anytime. Upon any resignation or removal, the Depositor shall
appoint a successor Administrator. Each Administrator shall execute this
Trust Agreement thereby agreeing to comply with, and be legally bound by, all
of the terms, conditions and provisions of this Trust Agreement. If at any
time there is no Administrator, the Property Trustee or any Holder who has
been a Holder of Trust Securities for at least six months may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of one or more
Administrators.
(b) Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrators shall occur,
until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrator in
accordance with this Section 8.20, the Administrators in office, regardless
of their number (and notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust
Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the Administrators and shall
discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrators by this Trust
Agreement.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement, in the event any Administrator or a Delaware Trustee who is a
natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Holders of a Majority
in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities, incompetent, or
incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence or incapacity
may be filled by the remaining Administrators, if there were at least two of
them prior to such vacancy, and by the Depositor, if there were not two such
Administrators immediately prior to such vacancy (with the successor in each
case being a Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for
Administrators or Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, set forth in Section
8.7).
ARTICLE IX
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.
Unless earlier dissolved, the Issuer Trust shall automatically dissolve
on __________, ____ (the "Expiration Date"), and thereafter the Trust
Property shall be distributed in accordance with Section 9.4.
SECTION 9.2. Early Termination.
The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early
Termination Event" and the occurrence of which shall cause the dissolution of
the Issuer Trust:
(a) the occurrence of the appointment of a receiver or other similar
official in any liquidation, insolvency or similar proceeding with respect to
the Depositor or all or substantially all of its property, or a court or
other governmental agency shall enter a decree or order and such decree or
order shall remain unstayed and undischarged for a period of 60 days, unless
the Depositor shall transfer the Common Securities as provided by Section
5.11, in which case this provision shall refer instead to any such successor
Holder of the Common Securities;
(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from the Holder of
the Common Securities at any time to dissolve the Issuer Trust and to
distribute the Junior Subordinated Debentures to Holders in exchange for the
Capital Securities (which direction, subject to Section 9.4(a), is optional
and wholly within the discretion of the Holders of the Common Securities);
(c) the redemption of all of the Capital Securities in connection with
the redemption of all the Junior Subordinated Debentures; and
(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Issuer Trust by a
court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.3. Termination.
As soon as is practicable after the occurrence of an event referred to
in Section 9.1 or 9.2, and upon the completion of the winding up and
liquidation of the Issuer Trust, the Administrators and the Issuer Trustees
(each of whom is hereby authorized to take such action) shall file a
certificate of cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware terminating the Trust and, upon such filing, the respective
obligations and responsibilities of the Issuer Trustees, the Administrators
and the Issuer Trust shall terminate.
SECTION 9.4. Liquidation.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d)
of Section 9.2 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Issuer Trust shall be
wound up and liquidated by the Property Trustee as expeditiously as the
Property Trustee determines to be possible by distributing, after paying or
making reasonable provision to pay all claims and obligations of the Issuer
Trust in accordance with Section 3808(e) of the Delaware Business Trust Act,
to each Holder a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures, subject to
Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given by the Property Trustee
by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later than 15 nor more than
45 days prior to the Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at
such Holder's address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of
liquidation shall:
(i) state the Liquidation Date;
(ii) state that, from and after the Liquidation Date, the Trust
Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and any Trust
Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Junior Subordinated Debentures; and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by
which Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Junior
Subordinated Debentures, or if Section 9.4(d) applies receive a
Liquidation Distribution, as the Administrators or the Property Trustee
shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to effect
the liquidation of the Issuer Trust and distribution of the Junior
Subordinated Debentures to Holders, the Property Trustee shall establish a
record date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 30 days prior
to the Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or
through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish such
procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution of Junior
Subordinated Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities
Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the
Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be
Outstanding, (ii) the Clearing Agency for the Capital Securities or its
nominee, as the registered holder of the Global Capital Securities
Certificate, shall receive a registered global certificate or certificates
representing the Junior Subordinated Debentures to be delivered upon such
distribution with respect to Capital Securities held by the Clearing Agency
or its nominee, and, (iii) any Trust Securities Certificates not held by the
Clearing Agency for the Capital Securities or its nominee as specified in
clause (ii) above will be deemed to represent Junior Subordinated Debentures
having a principal amount equal to the stated Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities represented thereby and bearing accrued and unpaid interest in an
amount equal to the accumulated and unpaid Distributions on such Trust
Securities until such certificates are presented to the Securities Registrar
for transfer or reissuance.
(d) If, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 9.4,
whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of competent
jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Junior Subordinated Debentures
is not practical, or if any Early Termination Event specified in clause (c)
of Section 9.2 occurs, the Issuer Trust shall be dissolved and wound up and
the Trust Property shall be liquidated by the Property Trustee in such manner
as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the
dissolution of the Issuer Trust, unless the Trust Securities have been
redeemed or are to be redeemed on such date pursuant to Article IV, Holders
will been titled to receive out of the assets of the Issuer Trust available
for distribution to Holders, after paying or making reasonable provision to
pay all claims and obligations of the Issuer Trust in accordance with Section
3808(e) of the Delaware Business Trust Act, an amount equal to the aggregate
of Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the
"Liquidation Distribution"). If, upon any such dissolution, the Liquidation
Distribution can be paid only in part because the Issuer Trust has
insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation
Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the amounts
payable by the Issuer Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro
rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holders of the Common
Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any
such dissolution pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Capital
Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing as a result of any failure by the Company to pay any amounts in
respect of Junior Subordinated Debentures when due, the Capital Securities
shall have a priority over the Common Securities as provided in Section 4.3.
SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of
the Issuer Trust.
The Issuer Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or
be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to, any entity, except pursuant to this Section
9.5 or Section 9.4. At the request of the Holders of the Common Securities,
and with the consent of the Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities, the Issuer Trust may merge with or into,
consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to a trust organized as
such under the laws of any State; provided, however, that (i) such successor
entity either (a) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Issuer
Trust with respect to the Capital Securities or (b) substitutes for the
Capital Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as
the Capital Securities (the"Successor Securities") so long as the Successor
Securities have the same priority as the Capital Securities with respect to
distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and otherwise, (ii) a
trustee of such successor entity possessing the same powers and duties as the
Property Trustee is appointed to hold the Junior Subordinated Debentures,
(iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease does not cause the Capital Securities (including any
Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any nationally recognized
statistical rating organization, (iv) such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not adversely
affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of the Capital
Securities (including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, (v)
such successor entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the
Issuer Trust, (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Issuer Trustee has received
an Opinion of Counsel from independent counsel 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 of the Capital Securities
(including any Successor Securities) in any material respect, and (b)
following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance,
transfer or lease, neither the Issuer Trust nor such successor entity will be
required to register as an"investment company" under the Investment Company
Act and (vii) the Depositor or any permitted transferee to whom it has
transferred the Common Securities hereunder own all of the common securities
of such successor entity and guarantees the obligations of such successor
entity under the Successor Securities at least to the extent provided by the
Guarantee Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer Trust shall
not, except with the consent of holders of 100% in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be
replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets
substantially as an entirety to any other entity or permit any other entity
to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or replace it if such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger, replacement, conveyance, transfer or
lease would cause the Issuer Trust or the successor entity to be taxable as a
corporation for United States Federal income tax purposes.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders.
Except as set forth in Section 9.2, the death, incapacity, dissolution,
termination or bankruptcy of any Person having an interest, beneficial or
otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust
Agreement, nor dissolve or terminate the Trust, nor entitle the legal
representatives, successors or heirs of such Person or any Holder for such
Person, to claim an accounting, take any action or bring any proceeding in
any court for a partition or winding-up of the arrangements contemplated
hereby, nor otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the
parties hereto or any of them. Any merger or similar agreement authorized in
accordance with this Trust Agreement shall be executed by one or more of the
Administrators on behalf of the Issuer Trust.
SECTION 10.2. Amendment.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the
Property Trustee and the Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Common Securities, without the consent of any Holder of the Capital
Securities (i) to cure any ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision
herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make
any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this
Trust Agreement, provided, however, that such amendment shall not adversely
affect in any material respect the interests of any Holder or (ii) to modify,
eliminate or add to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as
shall be necessary to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be taxable as a
corporation for United States Federal income tax purposes at any time that
any Trust Securities are Outstanding or to ensure that the Issuer Trust will
not be required to register as an investment company under the Investment
Company Act.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c) hereof, any provision of this
Trust Agreement may be amended by the Property Trustee and the Holders of a
Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Common Securities with (i) the consent
of Holders of at least a Majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities and (ii) receipt by the Issuer Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel
to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the
Issuer Trustees in accordance with such amendment will not cause the Issuer
Trust to be taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes or affect the Issuer Trust's exemption from status of an "investment
company" under the Investment Company Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this
Trust Agreement, without the consent of each affected Holder, this Trust
Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution on the Trust Securities or otherwise adversely affect the amount
of any Distribution required to be made in respect of the Trust Securities as
of a specified date or (ii) restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit
for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no
Issuer Trustee shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust
Agreement which would cause the Issuer Trust to fail or cease to qualify for
the exemption from status as an "investment company" under the Investment
Company Act or be taxable as a corporation for United States Federal income
tax purposes.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary,
without the consent of the Depositor and the Administrators, this Trust
Agreement may not be amended in a manner which imposes any additional
obligation on the Depositor or the Administrators.
(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made,
the Administrators or the Property Trustee shall promptly provide to the
Depositor a copy of such amendment.
(g) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects
its own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement. The
Property Trustee shall be entitled to receive an Opinion of Counsel and an
Officers' Certificate stating that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is
in compliance with this Trust Agreement.
(h) Any amendments to this Trust Agreement, pursuant to this Section
10.2, shall become effective when notice of such amendment is given to the
Holders of the Trust Securities.
(i) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, no
amendment to this Trust Agreement may be made if, as a result of such
amendment, it would cause the Issuer Trust to be taxable as a corporation for
United States Federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 10.3. Separability.
In case any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust Securities
Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 10.4. Governing Law.
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE
HOLDERS, THE ISSUER TRUST, THE DEPOSITOR, THE ISSUER TRUSTEES AND THE
ADMINISTRATORS SHALL GOVERNED BY AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICT OF LAWS OF THE STATE
OF DELAWARE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION THAT WOULD CALL FOR THE APPLICATION OF
THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE; PROVIDED,
HOWEVER, THAT THERE SHALL NOT BE APPLICABLE TO THE HOLDERS, THE ISSUER TRUST,
THE DEPOSITOR, THE ISSUER TRUSTEES, THE ADMINISTRATORS OR THIS TRUST
AGREEMENT ANY PROVISION OF THE LAWS (STATUTORY OR COMMON) OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE PERTAINING TO TRUSTS THAT RELATE TO OR REGULATE, IN A MANNER
INCONSISTENT WITH THE TERMS HEREOF (A) THE FILING WITH ANY COURT OR
GOVERNMENTAL BODY OR AGENCY OF TRUSTEE ACCOUNTS OR SCHEDULES OF TRUSTEE FEES
AND CHARGES, (B) AFFIRMATIVE REQUIREMENTS TO POST BONDS FOR TRUSTEES,
OFFICERS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF A TRUST, (C) THE NECESSITY FOR OBTAINING
COURT OR OTHER GOVERNMENTAL APPROVAL CONCERNING THE ACQUISITION, HOLDING OR
DISPOSITION OF REAL OR PERSONAL PROPERTY, (D) FEES OR OTHER SUMS PAYABLE TO
TRUSTEES, OFFICERS, AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES OF A TRUST, (E) THE ALLOCATION OF
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES TO INCOME OR PRINCIPAL, (F) RESTRICTIONS OR
LIMITATIONS ON THE PERMISSIBLE NATURE, AMOUNT OR CONCENTRATION OF TRUST
INVESTMENTS OR REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO THE TITLING, STORAGE OR OTHER MANNER
OF HOLDING OR INVESTING TRUST ASSETS OR (G) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF FIDUCIARY OR
OTHER STANDARDS OF RESPONSIBILITY OR LIMITATIONS ON THE ACTS OR POWERS OF
TRUSTEES THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITH THE LIMITATIONS OR LIABILITIES OR
AUTHORITIES AND POWERS OF THE ISSUER TRUSTEES OR THE ADMINISTRATORS AS SET
FORTH OR REFERENCED IN THIS TRUST AGREEMENT. SECTION 3540 OF TITLE 12 OF THE
DELAWARE CODE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THE ISSUER TRUST.
SECTION 10.5. Payments Due on Non-Business Day.
If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall be a day
that is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made on such date
but may be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (except as
otherwise provided in Sections 4.2(d)), with the same force and effect as
though made on the date fixed for such payment, and no Distributions shall
accumulate on such unpaid amount for the period after such date.
SECTION 10.6. Successors.
This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the
benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Issuer Trust, the
Administrators and any Issuer Trustee, including any successor by operation
of law. Except in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving
the Depositor that is permitted under Article VIII of the Indenture and
pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the Depositor's
obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall not assign its obligations
hereunder.
SECTION 10.7. Headings.
The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and shall not
affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands.
Any report, notice, demand or other communication that by any provision
of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or
upon any Holder or the Depositor may be given or served in writing by deposit
thereof, first class postage prepaid, in the United States mail, hand
delivery or facsimile transmission, in each case, addressed, (a) in the case
of a Holder of Capital Securities, to such Holder as such Holder's name and
address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the
Holder of Common Securities or the Depositor, to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Discover & Co., 0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Office of the
Secretary, facsimile no.:(212) ________ or to such other address as may be
specified in a written notice by the Depositor to the Property Trustee. Such
notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Holder shall be deemed to
have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery,
mailing or transmission. Such notice, demand or other communication to or
upon the Depositor shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made
only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Depositor.
Any notice, demand or other communication which by any provision of this
Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given or served to or upon the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee, the Administrators, or the Issuer
Trust shall be given in writing addressed (until another address is published
by the Issuer Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee to
The Bank of New York, 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000,
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; (b) with respect to the Delaware
Trustee to The Bank of New York (Delaware), 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration; and (c)
with respect to the Administrators, to them at the address above for notices
to the Depositor, marked "Attention: Office of the Secretary". Such notice,
demand or other communication to or upon the Issuer Trust, the Property
Trustee or the Administrators shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given
or made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Issuer Trust, the
Property Trustee, or such Administrator.
SECTION 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition.
Each of the Issuer Trustees, the Administrators and the Depositor agree
for the benefit of the Holders that, until at least one year and one day
after the Issuer Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article IX,
they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the Issuer
Trust under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law
(including, without limitation, the United States Bankruptcy Code)
(collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in the commencement of
any proceeding against the Issuer Trust under any Bankruptcy Law. In the
event the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.9, the
Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Holders, that at the expense of
the Depositor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise
properly contest the filing of such petition by the Depositor against the
Issuer Trust or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that
the Depositor has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be
estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel
for the Issuer Trustee or the Issuer Trust may assert. If any Issuer Trustee
or Administrator takes action in violation of this Section 10.9, the
Depositor agrees, for the benefit of the Holders, that at the expense of the
Depositor, it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise
properly contest the filing of such petition by such Person against the
Depositor or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that such
Person has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped
and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the
Issuer Trustee or the Issuer Trust may assert. The provisions of this
Section 10.9 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
(a) Trust Indenture Act; Application. (i) This Trust Agreement is
subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be
a part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions; (ii) 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; (iii) for purposes of this Trust Agreement, the
Property Trustee, to the extent permitted by applicable law and/or the rules
and regulations of the Commission, shall be the only Issuer Trustee which is
a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act; and (iv) the
application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement shall not
affect the nature of the Capital Securities and the Common Securities as
equity securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets
of the Issuer Trust.
(b) Lists of Holders of Capital Securities. (i) Each of the Depositor
and the Administrators on behalf of the Trust shall provide the Property
Trustee with such information as is required under Section 312(a) of the
Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided in Section 312(a)
and (ii) the Property Trustee shall comply with its obligations under
Sections 310(b), 311 and 312(b)of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) Disclosure of Information. The disclosure of information as to the
names and addresses of the Holders of Trust Securities in accordance with
Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, regardless of the source from which
such information was derived, shall not be deemed to be a violation of any
existing law or any law hereafter enacted which does not specifically refer
to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act, nor shall the Property Trustee be
held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made
under Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and
Indenture.
THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN
BY OR ON BEHALF OF A HOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE OR
FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL
ACCEPTANCE BY THE HOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH
TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, THE
GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AND THE INDENTURE, AND THE AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION
PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AGREEMENT AND THE INDENTURE, AND
SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE ISSUER TRUST, SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH
OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT SHALL BE
BINDING,OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE ISSUER TRUST AND SUCH HOLDER
AND SUCH OTHERS.
SECTION 10.12. Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number or counterparts, each of
which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX,
DISCOVER & CO.
as Depositor
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Property Trustee, and
not in its individual capacity
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF NEW YORK (DELAWARE),
as Delaware Trustee, and not
in its individual capacity
By:_______________________________________
Name:
Title:
__________________________________________
Name:
Title: Administrator
__________________________________________
Name:
Title: Administrator
Exhibit A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
Exhibit B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE DEPOSITARY AGREEMENT
Exhibit C
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT TO THE
DEPOSITOR OR AN AFFILIATE OF THE DEPOSITOR IN COMPLIANCE
WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT
Certificate Number
Number of Common Securities
C-__
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
MSDW Capital Trust ( )
_____% Common Securities
(liquidation amount $25 per Common Security)
MSDW Capital Trust ( ), a statutory business trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Issuer Trust"), hereby certifies that
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co. (the "Holder") is the registered
owner of _________(_____) common securities of the Issuer Trust representing
undivided beneficial interests in assets of the Issuer Trust and designated
the _____% Common Securities (liquidation amount $25 per Common Security)
(the "Common Securities"). Except in accordance with Section 5.11 of the
Trust Agreement (as defined below) the Common Securities are not transferable
and any attempted transfer hereof other than in accordance therewith shall be
void. The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and
other terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set forth in, and
this certificate and the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and
shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement of the Issuer Trust, dated as of __________ __,
1998, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement")
among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., as Depositor, The Bank of
New York, as Property Trustee, The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware
Trustee, two individuals selected by the holders of the Common Securities to
act as administrators with respect to the Issuer Trust (the "Administrators")
and the holders of Trust Securities, including the designation of the terms
of the Common Securities as set forth therein. The Issuer Trust will furnish
a copy of the Trust Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written
request to the Issuer Trust at its principal place of business or registered
office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Trust Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrators of the Issuer Trust has
executed this certificate this ____ day of , 1998.
MSDW CAPITAL TRUST ( )
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Administrator
Exhibit D
(IF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE IS TO BE A GLOBAL CAPITAL
SECURITIES CERTIFICATE, INSERT -- THIS CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE IS A
GLOBAL CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE TRUST
AGREEMENT HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A
DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY. THIS CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE
IS EXCHANGEABLE FOR CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
A PERSON OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE ONLY IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED
EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE TRUST
AGREEMENT.
UNLESS THIS CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
("DTC"), TO MSDW CAPITAL TRUST ( ) OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF
TRANSFER,EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CAPITAL SECURITY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF SUCH NOMINEE AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO SUCH ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED
BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE
HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO A PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE
REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.)
NO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN OR INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT
SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS
AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED (THE "CODE") (EACH, A "PLAN"), NO ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS
INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON OF ANY PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A
"PLAN ASSET ENTITY"), AND NO PERSON INVESTING "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN, MAY
ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST HEREIN,
UNLESS SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING IS COVERED BY THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE
UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION
("PTCE") 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION
WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE AND HOLDING AND, IN THE CASE OF ANY PURCHASER
OR HOLDER RELYING ON ANY EXEMPTION OTHER THAN PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1
OR 84-14, HAS COMPLIED WITH ANY REQUEST BY THE DEPOSITOR OR THE ISSUER TRUST
FOR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL OR OTHER EVIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO THE APPLICABILITY
OF SUCH EXEMPTION. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER OF THE CAPITAL SECURITIES
CERTIFICATE OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED BY ITS
PURCHASE AND HOLDING HEREOF THAT EITHER (A) THE PURCHASER AND HOLDER ARE NOT
A PLAN OR A PLAN ASSET ENTITY AND IS NOT PURCHASING SUCH SECURITIES ON BEHALF
OF OR WITH "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN, OR (B) THE PURCHASE AND HOLDING OF THE
CAPITAL SECURITIES IS COVERED BY THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF PROVIDED BY PTCE 96-23,
95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 OR ANOTHER APPLICABLE EXEMPTION.
CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
CUSIP NO. ______________
$_____________ AGGREGATE LIQUIDATION AMOUNT
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING CAPITAL SECURITIES OF
MSDW CAPITAL TRUST ( )
_____% CAPITAL SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $25 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
MSDW Capital Trust ( ), a statutory business trust created under the
laws of the State of Delaware (the "Issuer Trust"), hereby certifies
that____________________ (the "Holder") is the registered owner of
$___________ in aggregate liquidation amount of capital securities of the
Issuer Trust representing a preferred undivided beneficial interest in the
assets of the Issuer Trust and designated the MSDW Capital Trust ( ) _____%
Capital Securities (liquidation amount $25 per Capital Security) (the
"Capital Securities"). The Capital Securities are transferable on the books
and records of the Issuer Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for
transfer as provided in Section 5.5 of the Trust Agreement (as defined
below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and
other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities are set forth in, and
this certificate and the Capital Securities represented hereby are issued and
shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement of the Issuer Trust, dated as of __________ __,
1998, as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"),
among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., as Depositor, The Bank of
New York, as Property Trustee, The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Delaware
Trustee, two individuals selected by the holders of the Common Securities to
act as administrators with respect to the Issuer Trust (the "Administrators")
and the Holders of Trust Securities, including the designation of the terms
of the Capital Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to
the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement entered into by Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., a Delaware corporation, and The Bank of New York, as
Guarantee Trustee, dated as of __________ __, 1998 (the "Guarantee
Agreement"), to the extent provided therein. The Issuer Trust will furnish a
copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee Agreement to the Holder without
charge upon written request to the Issuer Trust at its principal place of
business or registered office.
Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust
Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Trust Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrators of the Issuer Trust has
executed this certificate this ____ day of ___________, 1998.
MSDW CAPITAL TRUST ( )
By:_________________________________________
Name:
Administrator
AUTHENTICATED, COUNTERSIGNED AND REGISTERED:
The Bank of New York, as Property Trustee
By:_________________________________________
Name:
Title:
ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Capital
Security 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 Issuer 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:_____________________________
SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
Signatures must be guaranteed by an "eligible guarantor institution" meeting
the requirements of the Property Trustee, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent medallion Program
("STAMP") or such other "signature guarantee program" as may be determined by
the Property Trustee in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Exhibit E
(FORM OF EXPENSE AGREEMENT)
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES, dated as of , 1998,
between Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., a Delaware corporation,
as Depositor (the "Depositor"), and MSDW Capital Trust ( ), a Delaware
business trust (the "Issuer Trust").
WHEREAS, the Issuer Trust intends to issue its Common Securities (the
"Common Securities") to and acquire Debentures from the Depositor, and to
issue and sell ___% Capital Securities, (the "Capital Securities") with such
powers, preferences and special rights and restrictions as are set forth in
the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Issuer Trust, dated as of
__________ __, 1998, among Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx, Discover & Co., as
Depositor, The Bank of New York, as Property Trustee, The Bank of New York
(Delaware), as Delaware Trustee, two individuals selected by the holders of
the Common Securities to act as administrators with respect to the Issuer
Trust (the "Administrators") and the holders of Trust Securities, as the same
may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Depositor will own all of the Common Securities of the
Trust;
WHEREAS, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings
set forth in the Trust Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree
as follows:
ARTICLE I
SECTION 1.1. Guarantee by the Depositor. Subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Depositor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally
guarantees to each person or entity to whom the Issuer Trust is now or
hereafter becomes indebted or liable (the "Beneficiaries") the full payment,
when and as due, of any and all Obligations (as hereinafter defined) to such
Beneficiaries. As used herein, "Obligations" means any costs, expenses or
liabilities of the Issuer Trust, other than obligations of the Issuer Trust
to pay to holders of any Trust Securities the amounts due such holders
pursuant to the terms of the Trust Securities. This Agreement is intended to
be for the benefit of, and to be enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries,
whether or not such Beneficiaries have received notice hereof.
SECTION 1.2. Subordination of Guarantee. The guarantee and other
liabilities and obligations of the Depositor under this Agreement shall
constitute unsecured obligations of the Depositor and shall rank subordinate
and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the
Indenture) of the Depositor to the extent and in the manner set forth in the
Indenture with respect to the Debentures, and the provisions of Article XIII
of the Indenture will apply, mutatis mutandis, to the obligations of the
Depositor hereunder. The obligations of the Depositor hereunder do not
constitute Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) of the
Depositor.
SECTION 1.3. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate and be
of no further force and effect upon the dissolution of the Issuer Trust,
provided, however, that this Agreement shall continue to be effective or
shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any holder of Capital
Securities or any Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums paid under the
Capital Securities, under any Obligation, under the Guarantee Agreement dated
the date hereof by the Depositor and The Bank of New York, as guarantee
trustee, or under this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. This Agreement
is continuing, irrevocable, unconditional and absolute.
SECTION 1.4. Waiver of Notice. The Depositor hereby waives notice of
acceptance of this Agreement and of any Obligation to which it applies or may
apply, and the Depositor hereby waives presentment, demand for payment,
protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and
all other notices and demands.
SECTION 1.5. No Impairment. The obligations, covenants, agreements and
duties of the Depositor under this Agreement shall in no way be affected or
impaired by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the
following:
(a) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer Trust of all or
any portion of the Obligations or for the performance of any other obligation
under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Obligations;
(b) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of
the Beneficiaries to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power
or remedy conferred on the Beneficiaries with respect to the Obligations or
any action on the part of the Issuer Trust granting indulgence or extension
of any kind; or
(c) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of any
collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit
of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of
debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer Trust or any of
the assets of the Issuer Trust (other than the dissolution of the Issuer
Trust in accordance with the terms thereof).
There shall be no obligation of the Beneficiaries to give notice to, or
obtain the consent of, the Depositor with respect to the happening or any of
the foregoing.
SECTION 1.6. Enforcement. A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement
directly against the Depositor and the Depositor waives any right or remedy
to require that any action be brought against the Issuer Trust or any other
person or entity before proceeding against the Depositor.
SECTION 1.7. Subrogation. The Depositor shall be subrogated to all
rights (if any) of any Beneficiary against the Issuer Trust in respect of any
amounts paid to the Beneficiaries by the Depositor under this Agreement;
provided, however, that the Depositor shall not (except to the extent
required by mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise
any rights that it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity,
reimbursement or other agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under
this Agreement, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and
unpaid under this Agreement or any payments are due to the holders of Capital
Securities under the Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE II
SECTION 2.1. Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by either
party hereto without the consent of the other, and any purported assignment
without such consent shall be void; except that upon any transfer of the
Common Securities, this Agreement shall be assigned and delegated by the
Depositor to its successor with such transfer without any action by either
party hereto.
SECTION 2.2. Binding Effect. All guarantees and agreements contained
in this Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Depositor and shall inure to the benefit of the
Beneficiaries.
SECTION 2.3. Amendment. So long as there remains any Beneficiary or
any Capital Securities are outstanding, this Agreement shall not be modified
or amended in any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to the holders of the
Capital Securities without the consent of such Beneficiary or the holders of
the Capital Securities, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.4. Notices. Any notice, request or other communication
required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be given in writing by
delivering the same against receipt therefor by facsimile transmission
(confirmed by mail), telex or by registered or certified mail, addressed as
follows (and if so given, shall be deemed given when mailed or upon receipt
of an answer-back, if sent by telex):
MSDW Capital Trust ( )
x/x Xxx Xxxx xx Xxx Xxxx
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00 Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx,
Discover & Co.
0000 Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Secretary
SECTION 2.5 THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THIS AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXXX XXXXXXX, XXXX XXXXXX,
DISCOVER & CO.
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Title:
MSDW CAPITAL TRUST ( )
By: ___________________________________
Name:
Administrator
