EXHIBIT 3-9
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
AMONG
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
(AS DEPOSITOR)
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO
(AS PROPERTY TRUSTEE)
THE DELAWARE TRUSTEE NAMED HEREIN
AND
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES NAMED HEREIN
DATED AS OF
, 1995
PG & E CAPITAL I
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PG&E CAPITAL I
CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT RELATING TO
SECTIONS 310 THROUGH 318 OF THE
TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939:
TRUST AGREEMENT
TRUST INDENTURE SECTION
ACT SECTION ----------------
(S) 310(a)(1).................................................. 8.07
(a)(2)......................................................... 8.07
(a)(3)......................................................... 8.09
(a)(4)......................................................... 2.07(a)(ii)
(b)............................................................ 8.08
(S) 311(a)..................................................... 8.13
(b)............................................................ 8.13
(S) 312(a)..................................................... 5.07
(b)............................................................ 5.07
(c)............................................................ 5.07
(S) 313(a)..................................................... 8.14(a)
(a)(4)......................................................... 8.14(b)
(b)............................................................ 8.14(b)
(c)............................................................ 10.08
(d)............................................................ 8.14(c)
(S) 314(a)..................................................... 8.15
(b)............................................................ Not Applicable
(c)(1)......................................................... 8.16
(c)(2)......................................................... 8.16
(c)(3)......................................................... Not Applicable
(d)............................................................ Not Applicable
(e)............................................................ 1.01, 8.16
(S) 315(a)..................................................... 8.01(a), 8.03(a)
(b)............................................................ 8.02, 10.08
(c)............................................................ 8.01(a)
(d)............................................................ 8.01, 8.03
(e)............................................................ Not Applicable
(S) 316(a)..................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(1)(A)...................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(1)(B)...................................................... Not Applicable
(a)(2)......................................................... Not Applicable
(b)............................................................ Not Applicable
(c)............................................................ 6.07
(S) 317(a)(1).................................................. Not Applicable
(a)(2)......................................................... Not Applicable
(b)............................................................ 5.09
(S) 318(a)..................................................... 10.10
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Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be a part of the Trust Agreement.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.01. Definitions............................................... 1
ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01. Name...................................................... 8
Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of
Section 2.02. Business.................................................. 8
Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational
Section 2.03. Expenses.................................................. 8
Section 2.04. Issuance of the Preferred Securities...................... 9
Section 2.05. Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the
Common Securities......................................... 9
Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust...................................... 9
Section 2.07. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.......... 10
Section 2.08. Assets of Trust........................................... 12
Section 2.09. Title to Trust Property................................... 12
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.01. Payment Account........................................... 12
ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
Section 4.01. Distributions............................................. 13
Section 4.02. Redemption................................................ 13
Section 4.03. Subordination of Common Securities........................ 15
Section 4.04. Payment Procedures........................................ 15
Section 4.05. Tax Returns and Reports................................... 15
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. Initial Ownership......................................... 16
Section 5.02. The Trust Securities Certificates......................... 16
Section 5.03. Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates................. 16
Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred
Section 5.04. Securities Certificates................................... 17
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities
Section 5.05. Certificates.............................................. 17
Section 5.06. Persons Deemed Securityholders............................ 17
Section 5.07. Access to List Securityholders' Names and Addresses....... 17
Section 5.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency........................... 18
Section 5.09. Appointment of Paying Agent............................... 18
Section 5.10. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor............... 18
Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates; Common
Section 5.11. Securities Certificate.................................... 18
Section 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency................................ 19
Section 5.13. Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates.............. 19
Section 5.14. Rights of Securityholders................................. 19
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ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
Section 6.01. Limitations on Voting Rights.............................. 20
Section 6.02. Notice of Meetings........................................ 20
Section 6.03. Meetings of Preferred Securityholders..................... 21
Section 6.04. Voting Rights............................................. 21
Section 6.05. Proxies, etc. ............................................ 21
Section 6.06. Securityholder Action by Written Consent.................. 21
Section 6.07. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes................. 21
Section 6.08. Acts of Secruityholders................................... 22
Section 6.09. Inspection of Records..................................... 22
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 7.01. Representations and Warranties of the Bank, the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.......................... 22
ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEES
Section 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities....................... 24
Section 8.02. Notice of Defaults; Direct Action by Securityholders...... 24
Section 8.03. Certain Rights of Property Trustee........................ 24
Section 8.04. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.... 25
Section 8.05. May Hold Securities....................................... 25
Section 8.06. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees............................. 26
Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of
Section 8.07. Trustees.................................................. 26
Section 8.08. Conflicting Interests..................................... 26
Section 8.09. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.......................... 26
Section 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor......... 28
Section 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.................... 29
Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Section 8.12. Business.................................................. 29
Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or
Section 8.13. Trust..................................................... 29
Section 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee............................... 30
Section 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee........................... 30
Section 8.16. Evidence of Complaince with Conditions Precedent.......... 30
Section 8.17. Number of Trustees........................................ 30
Section 8.18. Delegation of Power....................................... 31
Section 8.19. Voting.................................................... 31
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 9.01. Termination Upon Expiration Date.......................... 31
Section 9.02. Early Termination......................................... 31
Section 9.03. Termination............................................... 31
Section 9.04. Liquidation............................................... 32
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Limitation of Rights of Securityholders 33
Section 10.02. Amendment................................................ 33
Section 10.03. Separability............................................. 34
Section 10.04. Governing Law............................................ 34
Section 10.05. Payments Due on Non-Business Day......................... 34
Section 10.06. Successors............................................... 34
Section 10.07. Headings................................................. 34
Section 10.08. Reports, Notices and Demands............................. 34
Section 10.09. Agreement Not to Petition................................ 35
Section 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act... 35
Section 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and
Indenture................................................ 35
Exhibit A Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B Form of Certificate Depository Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Common Securities Certificate
Exhibit D Form of Expense Agreement
Exhibit E Form of Preferred Securities Certificate
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of ________ __, 1995, among (i)
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a California corporation (the "Depositor"),
(ii) The First National Bank of Chicago, a national banking association duly
organized and existing under the laws of the United States, as trustee (the
"Property Trustee" and, in its separate corporate capacity and not in its
capacity as Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, an individual,
as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), (iv) Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, an
individual, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, an individual and Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, an
individual, each of whose address is c/o Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000 (each an
"Administrative Trustee" and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees
referred to collectively as the "Trustees") and (v) the several Holders, as
hereinafter defined.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Bank, the Delaware Trustee and the
Administrative Trustees have heretofore duly declared and established a
business trust pursuant to the Delaware Business Trust Act by the entering
into of that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of August 14, 1995 (the
"Original Trust Agreement"), and by the execution and filing by the Property
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Trust, filed
on August , 1995, attached as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor, the Bank, the Delaware Trustee and the
Administrative Trustees 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 Trust to the
Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Preferred Securities by the Trust
pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and (iii) the acquisition by the Trust
from the Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the Debentures;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the other party and for
the benefit of the Securityholders, hereby amends and restates the Original
Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
Section 1.01. 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) 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
(d) 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 6.08.
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"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 Indenture) paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of
Debentures for such period.
"Administrative Trustee" means each of the individuals identified as an
"Administrative Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement, solely in
his capacity as Administrative Trustee of the Trust formed and continued
hereunder and not in his individual capacity, or such Administrative Trustee's
successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as
herein provided.
"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.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.
"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 Federal bankruptcy law
or any other applicable Federal or State 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 of 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
Federal bankruptcy law or any other applicable Federal or State law, or the
consent by it to the filing of 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, or
the taking of action by such Person in furtherance of any such action.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.
"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 a duly authorized committee thereof and to
be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered
to the Trustee.
"Book Entry Preferred Securities Certificates" means a beneficial interest
in the Preferred Securities Certificates, ownership and transfers of which
shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in
Section 5.11.
"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 obligated
by law or executive order to remain closed, or (c) a day on which the Property
Trustee's Corporate Trust Office is closed for business.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the Trust, the
Depositor and The Depository Trust Company, as the initial Clearing Agency,
dated as of the Closing Date, relating to the Trust Certificates,
substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B, as the same may be amended
and supplemented from time to time.
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"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing agency"
pursuant to Section 17A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
The Depository Trust Company will 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" means the First Time of Delivery as defined in the
Underwriting Agreement, which date is also the date of execution and delivery
of this Trust 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 Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, 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 Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of
the 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.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership of
Common Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Property Trustee
located in Chicago, Illinois.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in the
Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means "Redemption Date" as defined in the
Indenture with respect to the Debentures.
"Debenture Trustee" means The First National Bank of Chicago, a banking
national association organized under the laws of the United States.
"Debentures" means the $______ aggregate principal amount (or up to $_____
aggregate principal amount if and to the extent the overallotment option
granted by the Trust to the purchasers of the Preferred Securities is
exercised) of the Parent's % Deferrable Interest Subordinated Debentures,
Series A, issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates" means either or both (as the
context requires) of (a) Preferred Securities Certificates issued in
certificated, fully registered form as provided in Section 5.11(a) and (b)
Preferred Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered
form as provided in Section 5.13.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware
Code, 12 Del. C. (S) 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the individual identified as the "Delaware Trustee"
in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in his capacity as Delaware
Trustee of the Trust formed and continued hereunder and not in his individual
capacity, or his 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.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a).
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"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust Securities as
provided in Section 4.01.
"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 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 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 Trustees in this Trust Agreement (other
than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or breach 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 defaulting Trustee or Trustees by the Holders of at
least 10% in Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred 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 a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the Property
Trustee and Pacific Gas and Electric Company fails to appoint a successor
Property Trustee within 60 days thereof.
"Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
between the Depositor and the Trust, substantially in the form attached as
Exhibit D, as amended from time to time.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the
Parent and The First National Bank of Chicago, a national banking association,
as trustee, contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement, for the benefit of the holders of the Preferred Securities, as
amended from time to time.
"Grantor Trust Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b).
"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of _______ __, 1995, as supplemented
by the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of ________ __, 1995, between the
Parent and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended or supplemented from
time to time.
"Investment Company Event" means the occurrence of a change in law or
regulation or a change in interpretation or application of law or regulation
by any legislative body, court, governmental agency or regulatory authority (a
"Change in 1940 Act Law") to the effect that the Trust is or will be
considered an "investment company" that is required to be registered under the
1940 Act, which Change in 1940 Act Law becomes effective on or after the date
of this Trust Agreement.
"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 the principal amount of
Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the Indenture
and the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of such
Trust Securities, and (b) with respect to a distribution to Holders of Trust
Securities of Debentures in connection with a termination or liquidation of
the Trust, Debentures having a principal amount equal to the Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures are
distributed.
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"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $25 per Trust Security.
"Liquidation Date" means each Date on which Debentures are to be distributed
to Holders of Trust Securities in connection with a termination and
liquidation of the Trust pursuant to Section 9.04(a).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.04(d).
"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman of the
Board, a Vice Chairman of the Board, the President, a Senior Vice President or
a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary
or an Assistant Secretary, of the Depositor, and delivered to the appropriate
Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant
to Section 8.16 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting
officer of the Depositor. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to
compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement
shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers' Certificate has
read the covenant or condition and the definitions relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering the Officers'
Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such examination or
investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is necessary to enable such
officer to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such officer, such
condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel
for the Trust, the Property Trustee or the Depositor, but not an employee of
any thereof, and who shall be acceptable to the Property Trustee.
"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to this
Trust Agreement.
"Outstanding", when used with respect to Preferred Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Preferred Securities theretofore executed and
delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Preferred Securities theretofore cancelled by the Administrative
Trustees or delivered to the Administrative Trustees for cancellation;
(b) Preferred 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 Preferred Securities; provided
that, if such Preferred Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such
redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(c) Preferred Securities which have been paid or in exchange for or in
lieu of which other Preferred Securities have been executed and delivered
pursuant to Section 5.05; provided, however that in determining whether the
holders of the requisite Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Preferred
Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Preferred Securities owned by the
Depositor, any Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor or any Trustee
shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in
determining whether any Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Preferred Securities
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which such Trustee knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded and (b) the
foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the outstanding Preferred
Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of the Trustees and/or
any such Affiliate. Preferred Securities so owned which have been pledged
in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to
the satisfaction of the Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to
act with respect to such Preferred 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 a Book Entry
Preferred Securities Certificate 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).
"Parent" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed pursuant
to Section 5.09 and shall initially be the Bank.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate trust
account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust
department for the benefit of the Securityholders in which all amounts paid in
respect of the Debentures will be held and from which the Property Trustee
shall make payments to the Securityholders in accordance with Section 4.01.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization
or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
"Preferred Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of
the Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $25 and having rights provided
therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions
and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Preferred Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing ownership
of Preferred Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E.
"Property Trustee" means the commercial bank or trust company identified as
the "Property Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its
capacity as Property Trustee of the Trust heretofore formed and continued
hereunder 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
Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, the
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the date of redemption, plus the amount of the premium, if
any, paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption of a Like Amount of
Debentures.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.04.
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"Securityholder" or "Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security
or Securities is registered in the Securities Register; any such Person shall
be deemed to be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business
Trust Act.
"Special Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b).
"Tax Event" means that the Depositor shall have received an Opinion of
Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the
laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or as a
result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change
is effective or such pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the
date of this Trust Agreement, there is more than an insubstantial risk that
(i) the Trust is, or will be, subject to United States Federal income tax with
respect to interest received on the Debentures, (ii) interest payable by the
Depositor on the Debentures is not, or will not be, deductible for United
States Federal income tax purposes or (iii) the Trust is, or will be, subject
to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties, assessments or other
governmental charges.
"Trust" means the Delaware business trust created and continued hereby and
identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.
"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 all exhibits hereto, including, for
all purposes of this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment
or supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on deposit in, or
owing to, the Payment Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of
the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being held or
deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust
Agreement.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred
Securities.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
_________, 1995, among the Trust, the Depositor and the Underwriters named
therein.
"Special Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.02(b).
"Tax Event" means that the Depositor shall have received an Opinion of
Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that, as a result of any
amendment to, or change (including any announced prospective change) in, the
laws (or any regulations thereunder) of the United States or any political
subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein affecting taxation, or as a
result of any official administrative pronouncement or judicial decision
interpreting or applying such laws or regulations, which amendment or change
is effective or such pronouncement or decision is announced on or after the
date of this Trust Agreement, there is more than an insubstantial risk that
(i) the Trust is, or will be, subject to United States Federal income tax with
respect to interest received on the Debentures, (ii) interest payable by the
Depositor on the Debentures is not, or will not be, deductible for United
States Federal income tax purposes or (iii) the Trust is, or will be, subject
to more than a de minimis amount of other taxes, duties, assessments or other
governmental charges.
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"Trust" means the Delaware business trust created and continued hereby and
identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.
"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 all exhibits hereto, including, for
all purposes of this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment or
supplement, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a
part of and govern this Trust Agreement and any such modification, amendment
or supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at
the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in
the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust
Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) any cash on deposit in, or
owing to, the Payment Account and (c) all proceeds and rights in respect of
the foregoing and any other property and assets for the time being held or
deemed to be held by the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust
Agreement.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Preferred
Securities.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Preferred Securities Certificates.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
________, 1995, among the Trust, the Depositor and the Underwriters named
therein.
ARTICLE II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TRUST
Section 2.01. Name. The Trust created and continued hereby shall be known as
"PG&E Capital I," as such name may be modified from time to time by the
Administrative Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust
Securities and the other Trustees, in which name the Trustees may conduct the
business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on
behalf of the Trust and xxx and be sued.
Section 2.02. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is c/o FCC
National Bank, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 or such other
address in the State of Delaware as the Delaware Trustee may designate by
written notice to the Securityholders and the Depositor. The principal place
of business of the Trust is c/o Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 00 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000000, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000.
Section 2.03. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational
Expenses. The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the
Depositor in connection with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $10,
which constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay
organizational expenses of the Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of
any Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by
such Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property for
the payment of such expenses.
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Section 2.04. Issuance of the Preferred Securities. On ________, 1995 the
Depositor, on behalf of the Trust and pursuant to the Original Trust
Agreement, executed and delivered the Underwriting Agreement.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust Agreement, an
Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance
with Section 5.02 and deliver to the Underwriters named therein Preferred
Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the nominee of the initial
Clearing Agency, in an aggregate amount of ________ Preferred Securities having
an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $________, against receipt of the aggregate
purchase price of such Preferred Securities of $_______, which amount the
Administrative Trustees shall promptly deliver to the Property Trustee. In the
event and to the extent the overallotment option granted by the Trust pursuant
to the Underwriting Agreement is exercised by such Underwriters, an
Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall execute in accordance
with Section 5.02 and deliver to such Underwriters Preferred Securities
Certificates, registered in the name of the nominee of the initial Clearing
Agency, in an aggregate amount of up to _______ Preferred Securities having an
aggregate Liquidation Amount of up to $______, against receipt of the aggregate
purchase price of such Preferred Securities of up to $______, which amount the
Administrative Trustees shall promptly deliver to the Property Trustee, on the
date specified pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement.
Section 2.05. Subscription and Purchase of Debentures; Issuance of the
Common Securities. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Trust Agreement, the Administrative Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, shall
subscribe to and purchase from the Depositor Debentures, registered in the
name of the Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $_____,
and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Property
Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of
$_______. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 5.02 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 payment by the Depositor of
the sum of $________. In the event the overallotment option granted by the
Trust with respect to the Preferred Securities pursuant to the Underwriting
Agreement is exercised by the Underwriters named therein, the Administrative
Trustees, on behalf of the Trust, in an aggregate principal amount (determined
on a pro rata basis to the extent the overallotment option is exercised) and
contemporaneously with the delivery to the Underwriters of such Preferred
Securities, shall subscribe to and purchase from the Depositor Debentures,
registered in the name of the Trust and having an aggregate principal amount
up to $______, and, in satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures,
the Property Trustee, on behalf of the Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor
an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Debentures being
purchased. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf
of the Trust, shall execute in accordance with Section 5.02 and deliver to the
Depositor Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name of the
Depositor, in an aggregate amount (determined on a pro rata basis to the
extent the overallotment option is exercised) of up to ________ Common
Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of up to $_______ against
payment by the Depositor of an amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of the Common Securities Certificates so delivered.
Section 2.06. Declaration of Trust. The exclusive purposes and functions of
the Trust are (a) to issue and sell Trust Securities and use the proceeds from
such sale to acquire the Debentures, and (b) to engage in those activities
necessary, convenient or incidental thereto. The Depositor hereby appoints the
Trustees as trustees of the Trust, to have all the rights, powers and duties
to the extent set forth herein, and the 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 Securityholders. The Administrative Trustees shall have all
rights, powers and duties set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall not be
entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall
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the Delaware Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities, of the
Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware
Trustee shall be one of the Trustees of the Trust for the sole and limited
purpose of fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware
Business Trust Act.
Section 2.07. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
(a) The Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the 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) and (ii), the Trustees shall have the authority to enter into all
transactions and agreements determined by the Trustees to be appropriate in
exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise granted to the
Trustees under this Trust Agreement, and to perform all acts in furtherance
thereof, including without limitation, the following:
(i) As among the Trustees, each Administrative Trustee shall have the
power and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the
following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;
(B) to cause the Trust to enter into, and to execute, deliver and
perform on behalf of the Trust, the Expense Agreement and the
Certificate Depository Agreement and such other agreements as may be
necessary or desirable in connection with the purposes and function of
the Trust;
(C) assisting in the registration of the Preferred Securities under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and under state securities or
blue sky laws, and the qualification of this Trust Agreement as a trust
indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;
(D) assisting in the listing of the Preferred Securities upon such
securities exchange or exchanges as shall be determined by the
Depositor and the registration of the Preferred Securities under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the preparation and
filing of all periodic and other reports and other documents pursuant
to the foregoing;
(E) the appointment of a Paying Agent, authenticating agent and
Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(F) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement, the winding up of
the affairs of and liquidation of the Trust and the preparation,
execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(G) unless otherwise determined by the Depositor, the Property
Trustee or the Administrative Trustees, or as otherwise required by the
Delaware Business Trust Act or the Trust Indenture Act, to execute on
behalf of the Trust (either acting alone or together with any or all of
the Administrative Trustees) any documents that the Administrative
Trustees have the power to execute pursuant to this Trust Agreement;
and
(H) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing as the
Trustees may from time to time determine is necessary or advisable to
give effect to the terms of this Trust Agreement for the benefit of the
Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such action
on any particular Securityholder).
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(ii) As among the Trustees, the Property Trustee shall have the power,
duty and authority to act on behalf of the Trust with respect to the
following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Debentures;
(C) the collection of interest, principal and any other payments made
in respect of the Debentures in the Payment Account;
(D) the distribution of amounts owed to the Securityholders in
respect of the Trust Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and privileges of a
holder of the Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices and other information regarding the Trust
Securities and the Debentures to the Securityholders 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 Trust and the preparation,
execution and filing of the certificate of cancellation with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware;
(I) after an Event of Default the taking of any action incidental to
the foregoing as the Property Trustee may from time to time determine
is necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this Trust
Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust Property for the benefit
of the Securityholders (without consideration of the effect of any such
action on any particular Securityholder); and
(J) registering transfers of the Trust Securities in accordance with
this Trust Agreement.
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Trust (or the
Trustees acting on behalf of the Trust) shall not undertake any business,
activities or transaction except as expressly provided herein or contemplated
hereby. In particular, the Trustees shall not (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 Securityholders,
except as expressly provided herein, (iii) take any action that would cause
the Trust to fail or cease to qualify as a "grantor trust" for 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 Administrative Trustees
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 Trust or the
Securityholders in their capacity as Securityholders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Preferred Securities, the
Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Trust with
respect to, or effect on behalf of the 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) to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission and to execute
on behalf of the Trust a registration statement on Form S-3 or S-4 in
relation to the Preferred Securities, including any amendments thereto;
(ii) to determine the States in which to take appropriate action to
qualify or register for sale all or part of the Preferred Securities and to
do any and all such acts, other than actions which must be taken by or on
behalf of the Trust, and advise the Trustees of actions they must take on
behalf of the Trust, and prepare for execution and filing any documents to
be executed and filed by the Trust or on behalf of the Trust, as the
Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with the
applicable laws of any such States;
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(iii) to prepare for filing by the Trust and to execute on behalf of the
Trust an application to the New York Stock Exchange or any other national
stock exchange or the Nasdaq National Market for listing upon notice of
issuance of any Preferred Securities;
(iv) to prepare for filing by the Trust with the Commission and to
execute on behalf of the Trust a registration statement on Form 8-A
relating to the registration of the Preferred Securities under Section
12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, including any amendments thereto;
(v) to negotiate the terms of, and execute and deliver, the Underwriting
Agreement providing for the sale of the Preferred Securities; and
(vi) any other actions necessary or desirable to carry out any of the
foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative
Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Trust and
to operate the Trust so that the Trust will not be deemed to be an "investment
company" required to be registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940,
as amended, or taxed as a corporation for United States federal income tax
purposes and so that the Debentures will be treated as indebtedness of the
Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes. In this connection,
the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any
action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this
Trust Agreement, that each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees
determines 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 Preferred Securities.
Section 2.08. Assets of Trust. The assets of the Trust shall consist of the
Trust Property.
Section 2.09. 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 Securityholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
Section 3.01. Payment Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish
the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the Property
Trustee 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 Securityholders 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 or interest on, and any other payments or
proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in the Payment Account
shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending distribution thereof.
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ARTICLE IV
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
Section 4.01. Distributions.
(a) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative, and will
accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Trust available for the
payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accrue from _______, 1995, and,
except in the event that the Parent exercises its right to extend the
interest payment period for the Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, shall
be payable quarterly in arrears on March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of each year, commencing on _______, 1995. If any date on which
Distributions are 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 which is a Business Day (and without any interest or
other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such Business
Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, payment of such Distribution
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in each case with
the same force and effect as if made on such date (each date on which
distributions are payable in accordance with this Section 4.01(a) a
"Distribution Date").
(b) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the
Trust Property, and as a practical matter the Distributions on the Trust
Securities shall be payable at a rate of ___ % per annum of the Liquidation
Amount of the Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any
full quarterly period shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of
twelve 30-day months. If the interest payment period for the Debentures is
extended pursuant to the Indenture, then the rate per annum at which
Distributions on the Trust Securities accumulate shall be increased by an
amount such that the aggregate amount of Distributions that accumulate on
all Trust Securities during any such extended interest payment period is
equal to the aggregate amount of interest (including interest payable on
unpaid interest at the percentage rate per annum set forth above,
compounded quarterly) that accrues during any such extended interest
payment period on the Debentures. The amount of Distributions payable for
any period shall include the Additional Amounts, if any.
(c) 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 Trust has funds then on hand and available
in the Payment Account for the payment of such Distributions.
(d) 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 on the relevant record date,
which shall be one Business Day prior to such Distribution Date; provided,
however, that in the event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in
book-entry-only form, the relevant record date shall be the date 15 days
prior to the relevant Distribution Date.
Section 4.02. Redemption.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and the stated maturity of the
Debentures, the 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;
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(iii) the CUSIP number;
(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; and
(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 accrue on and after said date.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption of 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 Trust has funds then on hand and 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 Preferred Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York time, on the
Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.02(c), the Property Trustee will, so
long as the Preferred Securities are in book-entry-only form, irrevocably
deposit with the Clearing Agency for the Preferred Securities 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 thereof. If the Preferred Securities are no
longer in book-entry-only form, the Property Trustee, subject to Section
4.02(c), will irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent 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
holders thereof upon surrender of their Preferred 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
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 Securityholders holding Trust Securities so called for redemption
will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to receive the
Redemption Price, but without interest, and such Securities will cease to
be outstanding. In the event that any date on which any Redemption Price is
payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the Redemption Price payable
on such date will be made on the next succeeding day which 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 Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee,
Distributions on such Trust Securities will continue to accrue, at the then
applicable rate, from the Redemption Date originally established by the
Trust for such Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price is
actually paid, in which case the actual payment date will be the date fixed
for redemption for purposes of calculating the Redemption Price.
(e) Payment of the Redemption Price on the Trust Securities shall be made
to the recordholders thereof as they appear on the Securities Register for
the Trust Securities on the relevant record date, which shall be one
Business Day prior to the relevant Redemption Date; provided, however, that
in the event that the Preferred Securities do not remain in book-entry-only
form, the relevant record date shall be the fifteenth day prior to the
Redemption Date.
(f) If less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to be redeemed
on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Trust
Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated 3% to the Common Securities
and 97% to the Preferred Securities. The particular Preferred
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Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to
the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the Outstanding Preferred
Securities not previously called for redemption, by such method as the
Property Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for
the selection for redemption of portions (equal to $25 or an integral
multiple thereof) of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred Securities of a
denomination larger than $25. The Property Trustee shall promptly notify
the Security Registrar in writing of the Preferred Securities selected for
redemption and, in the case of any Preferred 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 Preferred Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Preferred Securities redeemed or to be redeemed
only in part, to the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Preferred
Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.
Section 4.03. Subordination of Common Securities.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if
applicable) on, and the Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities, as
applicable, shall be made pro rata based on the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities; provided, however, that if on any Distribution Date or
Redemption Date a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, no payment of any Distribution (including Additional Amounts,
if applicable) on, or Redemption Price 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 Additional
Amounts, if applicable) on all Outstanding Preferred 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 Preferred 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
Additional Amounts, if applicable) on, or Redemption Price of, Preferred
Securities then due and payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Debenture Event of Default, the
Holder of Common Securities will be deemed to have waived any right to act
with respect to any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement until
the effect of all such Events of Default with respect to the Preferred
Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until any such
Event of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Preferred
Securities have been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property
Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Preferred
Securities and not the Holder of the Common Securities, and only the
Holders of the Preferred Securities will have the right to direct the
Property Trustee to act on their behalf.
Section 4.04. Payment Procedures. Payments in respect of the Preferred
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
Preferred Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such Distributions shall
be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available funds, which shall
credit the relevant Persons' accounts at such Clearing Agency on the
applicable distribution dates. Payments in respect of the Common Securities
shall be made in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property
Trustee and the Common Securityholder.
Section 4.05. Tax Returns and Reports. The Administrative Trustees shall
prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the Depositor's expense, and file all
Federal, state and local tax and information returns and reports required to
be filed by or in respect of the Trust. In this regard, the Administrative
Trustees shall (a) prepare and file (or cause to be prepared or filed) the
appropriate Internal Revenue Service Form required to be filed in respect of
the Trust in each taxable year of the Trust and
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(b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared and furnished) to each
Securityholder the related Internal Revenue Service Form 1099 OID, or any
successor form or the information required to be provided on such form. The
Administrative Trustees shall provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee
with a copy of all such returns, reports and schedules promptly after such
filing or furnishing. The Trustees shall comply with United States federal
withholding and backup withholding tax laws and information reporting
requirements with respect to any payments to Securityholders under the Trust
Securities.
ARTICLE V
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
Section 5.01. Initial Ownership. Upon the formation of the Trust and the
contribution by the Depositor pursuant to Section 2.03 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 Trust.
Section 5.02. The Trust Securities Certificates. The Preferred Securities
Certificates shall be issued in minimum denominations of $25 Liquidation
Amount and integral multiples thereof, and the Common Securities Certificates
shall be issued in denominations of $25 Liquidation Amount and integral
multiples thereof. The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed on
behalf of the Trust by manual signature of at least one Administrative
Trustee. 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 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 Securityholder,
and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a
Securityholder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities
Certificate in such transferee's name pursuant to Section 5.04.
Section 5.03. Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates. On the Closing Date
and on any date on which Preferred Securities are required to be delivered
pursuant to the exercise of the overallotment option provided for in the
Underwriting Agreement, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust
Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in
Sections 2.04 and 2.05, to be executed on behalf of the Trust and delivered to
or upon the written order of the Depositor, signed by its chairman of the
board, its president, any senior vice president or any vice president, without
further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.
Section 5.04. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Preferred Securities
Certificates. The Securities Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept, at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, a Securities Register in
which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the
Securities Registrar shall provide for the registration of Preferred
Securities Certificates and Common Securities Certificates (subject to Section
5.10 in the case of the Common Securities Certificates) and registration of
transfers and exchanges of Preferred Securities Certificates as herein
provided. The Property Trustee shall be the initial Securities Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Preferred Securities
Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08, the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute and deliver, in the
name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Preferred
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate
Liquidation Amount dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee
or Trustees. The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the
transfer of any Preferred Securities that have been called for
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redemption. At the option of a Holder, Preferred Securities Certificates may
be exchanged for other Preferred Securities Certificates in authorized
denominations of the same class and of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount
upon surrender of the Preferred Securities Certificates to be exchanged at the
office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.08.
Every Preferred Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Administrative Trustees and
the Securities Registrar duly executed by the Holder or his attorney duly
authorized in writing. Each Preferred Securities Certificate surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be cancelled and subsequently
disposed of by the Administrative Trustees in accordance with their customary
practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange
of Preferred Securities Certificates, but the Securities Registrar may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may
be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Preferred Securities
Certificates.
Section 5.05. 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 Administrative Trustees 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 Administrative Trustees, or any one of
them, on behalf of the Trust shall execute and make available for delivery, 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 Administrative Trustees 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 Trust, as if originally issued, whether or not the lost,
stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall be found at any time.
Section 5.06. Persons Deemed Securityholders. The Administrative Trustees or
the Securities Registrar shall treat the Person in whose name any Trust
Securities Certificate shall be registered in the Securities Register as the
owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the purpose of receiving
distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and neither the Trustees
nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the contrary.
Section 5.07. Access to List of Securityholders' Names and Addresses. The
Administrative Trustees or the Depositor shall furnish or cause to be
furnished (a) to the Property Trustee, semi-annually on or before January 15
and July 15 in each year, a list, in such form as the Property Trustee may
reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Securityholders as of
the most recent Record Date and (b) to the Property Trustee, promptly after
receipt by any Administrative Trustee or the Depositor of a request therefor
from the Property Trustee in order to enable the Property Trustee to discharge
its obligations under this Trust Agreement, in each case to the extent such
information is in the possession or control of the Administrative Trustees or
the Depositor and is not identical to a previously supplied list or has not
otherwise been received by the Property Trustee in its capacity as Securities
Registrar. The rights of Securityholders to communicate with other
Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Trust Agreement or
under the Trust Securities, and the corresponding rights of the Trustee shall
be as provided in the Trust Indenture Act. Each Holder, by receiving and
holding a Trust Securities Certificate, and each Owner shall be deemed to have
agreed not to hold the Depositor, the Property Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
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Section 5.08. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Property Trustee shall
maintain in Chicago, Illinois, an office or offices or agency or agencies
where Preferred Securities Certificates may be surrendered for registration of
transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Trustees in
respect of the Trust Securities Certificates may be served. The Property
Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to the
Securityholders of any change in the location of the Securities Register or
any such office or agency.
Section 5.09. Appointment of Paying Agent. The Paying Agent shall make
distributions to Securityholders from the Payment Account and shall report the
amounts of such distributions to the Property Trustee and the Administrative
Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have the revocable power to withdraw funds
from the Payment Account for the purpose of making the distributions referred
to above. The Administrative Trustees may revoke such power and remove the
Paying Agent if such Trustees determine in their sole discretion that the
Paying Agent shall have failed to perform its obligations under this Trust
Agreement in any material respect. The Paying Agent shall initially be the
Property Trustee, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Bank, and acceptable
to the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor. Any Person acting as Paying
Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written
notice to the Administrative Trustees, the Property Trustee and the Depositor.
In the event that the Bank shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor
Paying Agent shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the
Administrative Trustees shall appoint a successor that is acceptable to the
Property Trustee and the Depositor to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a
bank or trust company). The Administrative Trustees shall cause such successor
Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent appointed by the Administrative
Trustees to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such
successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent shall agree with the
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
Securityholders in trust for the benefit of the Securityholders entitled
thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Securityholders. 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 8.01, 8.03 and
8.06 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 Agreement to the
Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the context requires
otherwise.
Section 5.10. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor. On the Closing
Date and on each other date provided for in Section 2.05, the Depositor shall
acquire and retain beneficial and record ownership of the Common Securities.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted transfer of the Common
Securities shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common
Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating
"THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE".
Section 5.11. Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates; Common
Securities Certificate.
(a) The Preferred Securities Certificates, upon original issuance, will be
issued in the form of a typewritten Preferred Securities Certificate or
Certificates representing Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates, to be
delivered to The Depository Trust Company, the initial Clearing Agency, by, or
on behalf of, the Trust. Such Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates
shall initially be registered on the Securities Register in the name of Cede &
Co., the nominee of the initial Clearing Agency, and no beneficial owner will
receive a Definitive Preferred Securities Certificate representing such
beneficial owner's interest in such Preferred Securities, except as provided
in Section 5.13. Unless and until Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates
have been issued to beneficial owners pursuant to Section 5.13:
(i) the provisions of this Section 5.11(a) shall be in full force and
effect;
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(ii) the Securities Registrar and the Trustees shall be entitled to deal
with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Trust Agreement relating
to the Book-Entry Preferred Securities Certificates (including the payment
of principal of and interest on the Book-Entry Preferred Securities and the
giving of instructions or directions to Owners of Book-Entry Preferred
Securities) as the sole Holder of Book-Entry Preferred Securities and shall
have no obligations to the Owners thereof;
(iii) to the extent that the provisions of this Section 5.11 conflict
with any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, the provisions of this
Section 5.11 shall control; and
(iv) the rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Preferred Securities
Certificates 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 and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant
to the Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.13, the
initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing
Agency Participants and receive and transmit payments on the Preferred
Securities to such Clearing Agency Participants.
(b) 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 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency. To the extent that a notice or
other communication to the Owners is required under this Trust Agreement,
unless and until Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates shall have been
issued to Owners pursuant to Section 5.13, the Trustees shall give all such
notices and communications specified herein to be given to Owners to the
Clearing Agency, and shall have no obligations to the Owners.
Section 5.13. Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates. If (a) the
Depositor advises the Trustees in writing that the Clearing Agency is no
longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect
to the Preferred Securities Certificates, and the Depositor is unable to
locate a qualified successor, (b) the Depositor at its option advises the
Trustees in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through
the Clearing Agency or (c) after the occurrence of a Debenture Event of
Default, Owners of Preferred Securities Certificates representing beneficial
interests aggregating at least a majority of the Liquidation Amount advise the
Clearing Agency in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interest of the Owners of
Preferred Securities Certificates, then the Clearing Agency shall notify all
Owners of Preferred Securities Certificates and the Trustees of the occurrence
of any such event and of the availability of the Definitive Preferred
Securities Certificates to Owners of such class or classes, as applicable,
requesting the same. Upon surrender to the Administrative Trustees of the
typewritten Preferred Securities Certificate or Certificates representing the
Book Entry Preferred Securities Certificates by the Clearing Agency,
accompanied by registration instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any
one of them, shall execute the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates in
accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency. Neither the
Securities Registrar nor the Trustees shall be liable for any delay in
delivery of such instructions and may conclusively rely on, and shall be
protected in relying on, such instructions. Upon the issuance of Definitive
Preferred Securities Certificates, the Trustees shall recognize the Holders of
the Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates as Securityholders. The
Definitive Preferred Securities Certificates shall be printed, lithographed or
engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is reasonably acceptable to
the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the execution thereof by the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them.
Section 5.14. Rights of Securityholders. The legal title to the Trust
Property is vested exclusively in the Property Trustee (in its capacity as
such) in accordance with Section 2.09, and the Securityholders shall not have
any right or title therein other than the undivided beneficial interest in
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the assets of the 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 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 Securityholders against payment of the
purchase price therefor will be fully paid and nonassessable by the Trust. 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.
ARTICLE VI
ACTS OF SECURITYHOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
Section 6.01. Limitations on Voting Rights.
(a) Except as provided in this Section, in Section 10.02 and in the
Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Preferred Securities
shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the
administration, operation and management of the 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 Securityholders from time to time as partners or members of an
association.
(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Property Trustee, the Trustees
shall not (i) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any trust or
power conferred on the Debenture Trustee with respect to such Debentures, (ii)
waive any past default which is waivable under Section 513 of the Indenture,
(iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that the principal
of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to any
amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures,
where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the
prior approval of the Holders of at least a majority in Liquidation Amount of
all outstanding Preferred Securities; provided, however, that where a consent
under the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures
affected thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee
without the prior written consent of each holder of Preferred Securities. The
Trustees shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a
vote of the Preferred Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Preferred
Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Preferred
Securities of any notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with
respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of
the Holders of the Preferred Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing
actions, the Trustees shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that the Trust
will not be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or
partnership for United States federal income tax purposes on account of such
action.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the
Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely
affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of
the Preferred Securities, whether by way of amendment to the Trust Agreement
or otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Trust,
other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the Holders of
Outstanding Preferred 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 Outstanding Preferred Securities.
Section 6.02. Notice of Meetings. Notice of all meetings of the Preferred
Securityholders, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting, shall be
given by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section 10.08 to each Preferred
Securityholder of record, at his registered address, at least 15 days and not
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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 6.03. Meetings of Preferred Securityholders. No annual meeting of
Securityholders is required to be held. The Administrative Trustees, however,
shall call a meeting of Securityholders to vote on any matter upon the written
request of the Preferred Securityholders of record of 25% of the Preferred
Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) and the Administrative
Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their discretion, call a
meeting of Preferred Securityholders to vote on any matters as to the which
Preferred Securityholders are entitled to vote.
Preferred Securityholders of record of 50% of the Preferred Securities
(based upon their Liquidation Amount), present in person or by proxy, shall
constitute a quorum at any meeting of Securityholders.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Preferred
Securityholders of record present, in person or by proxy, holding more than a
majority of the Preferred Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount)
held by the Preferred Securityholders of record present, either in person or
by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute the action of the Securityholders,
unless this Trust Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
Section 6.04. Voting Rights. Securityholders shall be entitled to one vote
for each $25 of Liquidation Amount represented by their Trust Securities in
respect of any matter as to which such Securityholders are entitled to vote.
Section 6.05. Proxies, etc. At any meeting of Securityholders, any
Securityholder 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 Administrative Trustees, or with such other officer or agent of the
Trust as the Administrative Trustees 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 Securityholders 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 Securityholder 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 6.06. Securityholder Action by Written Consent. Any action which may
be taken by Securityholders at a meeting may be taken without a meeting if
Securityholders holding more than a majority of all Outstanding Trust
Securities (based upon their Liquidation Amount) entitled to vote in respect
of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be required by any
express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the action in
writing.
Section 6.07. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes. For the purposes of
determining the Securityholders 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 Administrative Trustees may from time to time fix a date, not more than 90
days prior to the date of any meeting of Securityholders or the payment of
distribution or other action, as the case may be, as a record date for the
determination of the identity of the Securityholders of record for such
purposes.
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Section 6.08. Acts of Securityholders. 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 Securityholders or Owners
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially
similar tenor signed by such Securityholders or Owners 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 an Administrative Trustee. Such instrument or instruments
(and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes
referred to as the "Act" of the Securityholders or Owners 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 8.01) conclusive in favor of the
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
acknowledgements 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 Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Preferred Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other Act of the Securityholder of any Trust Security shall bind every future
Securityholder of the same Trust Security and the Securityholder 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 Trustees or the Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not
notation of such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Securityholder 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 between the Securityholders and the
Administrative Trustees or among such Securityholders or Trustees with respect
to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request, demand,
authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Securityholder
or Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of such matter by the
Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.
Section 6.09. Inspection of Records. Upon reasonable notice to the
Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee, the records of the Trust
shall be open to inspection by Securityholders during normal business hours
for any purpose reasonably related to such Securityholder's interest as a
Securityholder.
ARTICLE VII
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 7.01. Representations and Warranties of the Bank, the Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee. The Bank, 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
Securityholders that:
(a) the Bank is a national banking association duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States;
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(b) the Bank has full corporate power, authority and legal right to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement and
has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(c) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by the Bank and constitutes the valid and legally binding agreement of the
Bank enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to
bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and
similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors'
rights and to general equity principles;
(d) the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing Date on
behalf of the Trust have been, and any Trust Securities Certificates to be
issued at the time of exercise, if any, of the overallotment option under
the Underwriting Agreement will be, duly authorized and will have been, as
of each such date, duly and validly executed, issued and delivered by the
Trustees pursuant to the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with
the requirements of, this Trust Agreement and the Securityholders will be,
as of each such date, entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement;
(e) the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank of this Trust
Agreement and the issuance of the Trust Securities pursuant to this Trust
Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other
action on the part of the Bank, the Property Trustee, and the Delaware
Trustee and do not require any approval of stockholders of the Bank and
such execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Bank's
Charter or By-laws, (ii) violate any provision of, or constitute, with or
without notice or lapse of time, a default under, or result in the creation
or imposition of, any Lien on any properties included in the Trust Property
pursuant to the provisions of, any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement,
license or other agreement or instrument to which the Property Trustee, the
Bank or the Delaware Trustee is a party or by which it is bound, or (iii)
violate any law, governmental rule or regulation of the United States or
the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking or trust
powers of the Bank and the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as
appropriate in context) or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the
Property Trustee, the Bank or the Delaware Trustee;
(f) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Bank of this
Trust Agreement nor the consummation of any of the transactions by the
Bank, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate in
context) contemplated herein or therein nor the issuance of the Trust
Securities Certificates pursuant to this Trust Agreement require the
consent or approval of, the giving of notice to, the registration with or
the taking of any other action with respect to any governmental authority
or agency under any existing federal law governing the banking or trust
powers of the Bank or under the laws of the United States or the State of
Delaware;
(g) there are no taxes, fees or other governmental charges payable by the
Trust (or the Trustees on behalf of the Trust) under the laws of the United
States or the State of Delaware or any political subdivision thereof in
connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Bank, the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, of this Trust
Agreement; and
(h) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the Bank's and
the Delaware Trustee's knowledge, threatened against or affecting the Bank,
the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in any court or before any
governmental authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal which,
individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect the
Trust or would question the right, power and authority of the Bank to enter
into or perform its obligations as one of the Trustees under this Trust
Agreement.
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ARTICLE VIII
THE TRUSTEES
Section 8.01. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Trustees shall be as provided by
this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, by the Trust
Indenture Act. The Property Trustee, other than during the occurrence and
continuance of an Event of Default, undertakes to perform only such duties as
are specifically set forth in this Trust Agreement and, after an Event of
Default, must exercise the same degree of care and skill as a prudent person
would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. The Trustees
shall have all the privileges, rights, and immunities provided by the Delaware
Business Trust Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Trust
Agreement shall require the Trustees 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 Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of
this Section. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to release
the Property Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct. To the extent that, at law or
in equity, an Administrative Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties)
and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust or to the Securityholders, such
Administrative Trustee shall not be liable to the Trust or to any
Securityholder for such Trustee'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 Administrative Trustees
otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the
Securityholders to replace such other duties and liabilities of the
Administrative Trustees.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in respect
of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the income and proceeds from
the Trust Property. Each Securityholder, by its acceptance of a Trust
Security, agrees that it will look solely to the income and proceeds from the
Trust Property to the extent legally available for distribution to it as
herein provided and that the Trustees are not 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 8.01(b) does not
limit the liability of the Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this
Trust Agreement or, in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust
Indenture Act.
Section 8.02. Notice of Defaults; Direct Action by Securityholders. Within
five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default actually known
to the Property Trustee, the Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner
and to the extent provided in Section 10.08, notice of such Event of Default
to the Securityholders, the Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, unless
such Event of Default shall have been cured or waived. If the Property Trustee
fails to enforce its rights under this Trust Agreement, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any Securityholder may, after such Securityholder's written
request to the Property Trustee to enforce such rights, institute a legal
proceeding directly against any Person to enforce the Property Trustee's
rights under this Trust Agreement without first instituting a legal proceeding
against the Property Trustee or any other Person.
Section 8.03. Certain Rights of Property Trustee. Subject to the provisions
of Section 8.01:
(a) the Property Trustee may rely and shall be 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;
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(b) if, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an Event of
Default, (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 in 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 Preferred Securityholders 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. 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
Securityholders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no
liability except for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
(c) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel or other experts and
the written advice or opinion of such counsel and experts with respect to
legal matters or advice within the scope of such experts' area of expertise
shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any
action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in
reliance thereon;
(d) 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 Securityholders pursuant to this Trust Agreement,
unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Property Trustee
reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request
or direction;
(e) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order,
approval, bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document, but the Property Trustee, in its discretion, may make
such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may
see fit; and
(f) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
its agents or attorneys and the Property Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney
appointed with due care by it hereunder.
Section 8.04. 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 Trust, and the Trustees do not assume any
responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees shall not be accountable
for the use or application by the Depositor of the proceeds of the Debentures.
Section 8.05. May Hold Securities. Except as provided in the definition of
the term "Outstanding" in Article I, any Trustee or any other agent of any
Trustee or the Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the
owner or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.08 and 8.13,
may otherwise deal with the Trust with the same rights it would have if it
were not a Trustee or such other agent.
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Section 8.06. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.
The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Trustees from time to time reasonable compensation for
all services rendered by them hereunder (which compensation shall not be
limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee
of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the 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 its negligence
or bad faith; and
(c) to indemnify each of the Trustees or any predecessor Trustee for, and
to hold the Trustees harmless against, any loss, damage, claims, liability,
penalty or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of
this Trust Agreement, including the costs and expenses of defending itself
against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
No Trustee may claim any lien or charge on any Trust Property as a result of
any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.06.
Section 8.07. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Trustees.
(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 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 Administrative Trustees
hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee
shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal
entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind that
entity.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities. 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 8.08. Conflicting Interests. 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.
Section 8.09. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee. Unless an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time or times, for the purpose
of meeting the legal requirements of the Trust Indenture Act or of any
jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust Property may at the time be
located,
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the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees, by agreed action of the
majority of such Trustees, shall have power to appoint, and upon the written
request of the Administrative Trustees, the Depositor shall for such purpose
join with the Administrative Trustees 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. If the Depositor
does not join in such appointment within 15 days after the receipt by it of a
request so to do, or in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Property Trustee alone shall have power to make such
appointment. 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 bond 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 by law,
but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms, namely:
(a) he Trust Securities shall be executed 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 Trustees specified hereunder, shall be
exercised, solely by such Trustees 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 or 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 an Event of Default under the Indenture
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.
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(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 Trustee (the "Relevant Trustee") and no
appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become
effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in
accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
Any Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Trust Securities by
giving written notice thereof to the Securityholders. If the instrument of
acceptance by the successor Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have
been delivered to the Relevant Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such
notice of resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of
the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a
successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities.
Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
any Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Common Securityholder. If
a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at
such time by Act of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Preferred Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual
capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be removed
by the Common Securityholder at any time.
If any Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as
Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of any Trustee for any
cause, at a time when no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Common Securityholder, by Act of the Common Securityholder
delivered to the retiring Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee
or Trustees with respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, and the
retiring Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section
8.11. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall resign, be removed
or become incapable of continuing to act as the Property Trustee or the
Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a time when a Debenture Event of
Default is continuing, the Preferred Securityholders, by Act of the
Securityholders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Preferred
Securities then Outstanding delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall
promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee or Trustees with respect to the
Trust Securities and the Trust, and such successor Trustee shall comply with
the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee
shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as Adminstrative
Trustee, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occured and be
continuing, the Common Securityholder shall appoint a successor or
Administrative Trustees. If no successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities shall have been so appointed by the Common Securityholder or
the Preferred Securityholders and accepted appointment in the manner required
by Section 8.11, any Securityholder who has been a Securityholder of Trust
Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others
similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and each removal
of a Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all
Securityholders in the manner provided in Section 10.08 and shall give notice
to the Depositor. 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 Administrative Trustee or a Delaware Trustee who
is a natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Depositor,
incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such death, incompetence
or incapacity may be filled by (a) the unanimous act of remaining
Administrative Trustees if there are at least two of them or (b) otherwise by
the Depositor (with the successor in each case being a Person who satisfies
the eligibility requirement for Administrative Trustees set forth in Section
8.07).
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Section 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor. In case of the
appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee such successor Trustee so
appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Trust and to the
retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such
successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become
vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee;
but, on the request of the Depositor or the successor Trustee, such retiring
Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument
transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of
the retiring Trustee and if the Property Trustee is the resigning Trustee
shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to the successor Trustee all property
and money held by such retiring Property Trustee hereunder.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust, the retiring Relevant Trustee
and each successor Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust Securities shall
execute 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 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 trusts hereunder by more than one Relevant Trustee, it
being understood that nothing herein or in such amendment shall constitute
such Relevant Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such
Relevant Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and
apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such
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 with
respect to the Trust Securities and the Trust; but, on request of the Trust or
any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant Trustee shall 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 Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the 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 may be.
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 corporation into which the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or any
Administrative Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which such Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any
corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of such Relevant
Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and
eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or
any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
Section 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or Trust.
If and when the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall be or become a
creditor of the Depositor or the Trust (or any other obligor upon the
Debentures or the Trust Securities), the Property Trustee or the
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Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, shall be subject to and shall take all
actions necessary in order to comply with the provisions of the Trust
Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Depositor or
Trust (or any such other obligor).
Section 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee.
(a) Within 60 days after December 31 of each year commencing with December
31, 1995 the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Securityholders in
accordance with Section 10.08, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as
of such December 31 with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.07 or, in lieu thereof, if to the
best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible under said Section, a
written statement to such effect;
(ii) a statement that the Property Trustee has complied with all of its
obligations under this Trust Agreement during the twelve-month period (or,
in the case of the initial report, the period since the Closing Date)
ending with such December 31 or, if the Property Trustee has not complied
in any material respect with such obligations, a description of such non-
compliance; and
(iii) any change in the property and funds in its possession as Property
Trustee since the date of its last report and any action taken by the
Property Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder which it has
not previously reported and which in its opinion materially affects the
Trust Securities.
(b) In addition the Property Trustee shall transmit to Securityholders such
reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under this Trust
Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times
and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to
Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each stock exchange upon which
the Trust Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Depositor.
Section 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee. The Depositor and the
Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide to the Property
Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 of
the Trust Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by
Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at
the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
Section 8.16. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent. Each of the
Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the Trust shall provide
to the Property Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Trust Agreement that relate to any of
the matters set forth in Section 314(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any
certificate or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section
314(c)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given in the form of an
Officers' Certificate.
Section 8.17. Number of Trustees.
(a) The number of Trustees shall be five, provided that the Holder of all of
the Common Securities by written instrument may increase or decrease the
number of Administrative Trustees.
(b) If a Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason and the number of
Administrative Trustees is not reduced pursuant to Section 8.17(a), or if the
number of Trustees is increased pursuant to Section 8.17(a), a vacancy shall
occur. The vacancy shall be filled with a Trustee appointed in accordance with
Section 8.10.
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(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy, incompetence or
incapacity to perform the duties of a Trustee shall not operate to annul the
Trust. Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees shall
occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an Administrative
Trustee in accordance with Section 8.10, the Administrative Trustees in
office, regardless of their number (and notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement), shall have all the powers granted to the Administrative
Trustees and shall discharge all the duties imposed upon the Administrative
Trustees by this Trust Agreement.
Section 8.18. Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney consistent with
applicable law, delegate to any other natural person over the age of 21 his or
her power for the purpose of executing any documents contemplated in Section
2.07(a), including any registration statement or amendment thereto filed with
the Commission, or making any other governmental filing; and
(b) the Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from time to
time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of such things and
the execution of such instruments either in the name of the Trust or the names
of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative Trustees may
deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not prohibited by applicable
law or contrary to the provisions of the Trust, as set forth herein.
Section 8.19. Voting.
Except as otherwise provided in this Trust Agreement, the consent or vote of
the Trustees shall be approved by not less than a majority of the
Administrative Trustees.
ARTICLE IX
TERMINATION AND LIQUIDATION
Section 9.01. Termination Upon Expiration Date. Unless earlier terminated,
the Trust shall automatically terminate on December 31, 2031 (the "Expiration
Date"), following the distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with
Section 9.04.
Section 9.02. Early Termination. The first to occur of any of the following
events is an "Early Termination Event":
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the
dissolution or liquidation of, the Depositor;
(b) the occurrence of a Tax Event or an Investment Company Event (each, a
"Special Event"), or the Trust is or will not be taxed as a grantor trust
but a Tax Event has not occurred (a "Grantor Trust Event"), and written
direction to the Property Trustee from the Depositor within 45 days of such
Special Event or Grantor Trust Event (which direction is optional and
wholly within the discretion of the Depositor) to terminate the Trust and
distribute Debentures to Securityholders in accordance with Section 9.04;
(c) the redemption of all of the Preferred Securities; and
(d) an order for dissolution of the Trust shall have been entered by a
court of competent jurisdiction.
Section 9.03. Termination. The respective obligations and responsibilities
of the Trustees and the Trust created and continued hereby shall terminate
upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the distribution by the
Property Trustee to Securityholders upon the liquidation of the Trust pursuant
to Section 9.04, or upon the redemption of all of the Trust Securities
pursuant to Section 4.02, of all amounts required to be distributed hereunder
upon the final payment of the Trust Securities; (b) the payment of any
expenses owed by the Trust; and (c) the discharge of all administrative duties
of the Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax reporting
obligations with respect to the Trust or the Securityholders.
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Section 9.04. Liquidation.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or (d) of
Section 9.02 occurs or upon the Expiration Date, the Trust shall be liquidated
by the Trustees as expeditiously as the Trustees determine to be possible by
distributing, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Trust as
provided by applicable law, to each Securityholder a Like Amount of
Debentures, subject to Section 9.04(d). Notice of liquidation shall be given
by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not later
than 30 nor more than 60 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 Debentures; and
(iii) provide such information with respect to the mechanics by which
Holders may exchange Trust Securities Certificates for Debentures, or if
Section 9.04(d) applies receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the
Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall deem appropriate.
(b) Except where Section 9.02(c) or 9.04(d) applies, in order to effect the
liquidation of the Trust and distribution of the Debentures to
Securityholders, the Property Trustee shall establish a record date for such
distribution (which shall be not more than 45 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 Debentures in exchange for the
Outstanding Trust Securities Certificates.
(c) Except where Section 9.02(c) or 9.04(d) applies, after the Liquidation
Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding,
(ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of Debentures will be issued to
Holders of Trust Securities Certificates, upon surrender of such certificates
to the Administrative Trustees or their agent for exchange, (iii) any Trust
Securities Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Debentures, accruing interest at the rate provided
for in the Debentures from the last Distribution Date on which a Distribution
was made on such Trust Certificates until such certificates are so surrendered
(and until such certificates are so surrendered, no payments or interest or
principal will be made to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates with
respect to such Debentures) and (iv) all rights of Securityholders holding
Trust Securities will cease, except the right of such Securityholders to
receive Debentures upon surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section
9.04, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of
competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in the
manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to be
practical, the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the Trust shall be
dissolved, wound-up or terminated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as
the Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the
dissolution, winding-up or other termination of the Trust, Securityholders
will be entitled to receive out of the assets of the Trust available for
distribution to Securityholders, after satisfaction of liabilities to
creditors of the Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount per Trust Security plus accrued and unpaid Distributions
thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation
Distribution"). If, upon any such dissolution, winding up or termination, the
Liquidation Distribution can be paid only in part because the 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 Trust on the Trust Securities shall be paid on a pro rata basis
(based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holder of the Common Securities will be
entitled to receive Liquidation Distributions upon any such dissolution,
winding-up or termination pro rata (determined as aforesaid)
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with Holders of Preferred Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, the Preferred Securities shall have a
priority over the Common Securities.
ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 10.01. Limitation of Rights of Securityholders. The death or
incapacity of any person having an interest, beneficial or otherwise, in Trust
Securities shall not operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, nor entitle
the legal representatives or heirs of such person or any Securityholder 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.
Section 10.02. Amendment.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time by the Trustees
and the Depositor, without the consent of any Securityholders, (i) to cure any
ambiguity, correct or supplement any provision herein or therein which may be
inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein, or to make any other
provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust
Agreement, which shall not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this
Trust Agreement, 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 Trust
will be classified for Federal income tax purposes as a grantor trust at all
times that any Trust Securities are outstanding; provided, however, that such
action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any
Securityholder and, in the case of clause (i), any amendments of this Trust
Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof is given to the
Securityholders.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.02(c) hereof, any provision of this
Trust Agreement may be amended by the Trustees and the Depositor with (i) the
consent of Trust Securityholders representing not less than a majority (based
upon Liquidation Amounts) of the Trust Securities then Outstanding and (ii)
receipt by the Trustees of an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such
amendment or the exercise of any power granted to the Trustees in accordance
with such amendment will not affect the Trust's status as a grantor trust for
federal income tax purposes or the Trust's exemption from regulation as an
"investment company" under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust
Agreement, without the consent of each affected Securityholder (such consent
being obtained in accordance with Section 6.03 or 6.06 hereof), 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 Securityholder to
institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such date;
notwithstanding any other provision herein without the unanimous consent of
the Securityholders (such consent being obtained in accordance with Section
6.03 or 6.06 hereof), paragraph (b) of this Section 10.02 may not be amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust Agreement, no Trustee
shall enter into or consent to any amendment to this Trust Agreement which
would cause the Trust to fail or cease to qualify for the exemption from
regulation as an "investment company" under the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary,
without the consent of the Depositor, this Trust Agreement may not be amended
in a manner which imposes any additional obligation on the Depositor.
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(f) In the event that any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the
Administrative Trustees shall promptly provide to the Depositor a copy of such
amendment.
Section 10.03. 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 10.04. GOVERNING LAW. THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF THE SECURITYHOLDERS, THE TRUST AND THE TRUSTEES WITH
RESPECT TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
Section 10.05. Payments Due on Non-Business Day. If the date fixed for any
payment on any Trust Security shall be a day which is not a Business Day, then
such payment need not be made on such date but may be made on the next
succeeding day which is a Business Day (except as otherwise provided in
Section 4.01(a)), with the same force and effect as though made on the date
fixed for such payment, and no interest shall accrue thereon for the period
after such date.
Section 10.06. Successors. This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and
shall inure to the benefit of any successor to the Trust or the Relevant
Trustee or both, including any successor by operation of law.
Section 10.07. Headings. The Article and Section headings are for
convenience only and shall not affect the construction of this Trust
Agreement.
Section 10.08. Reports, Notices and Demands. Any report, 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 any Securityholder 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 Preferred
Securityholder, to such Preferred Securityholder as such Securityholder's name
and address may appear on the Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the
Common Securityholder or the Depositor, to Pacific Gas and Electric Company,
X.X. Xxx 000000, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000, Attention:
Treasurer, facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000. Any notice to Preferred
Securityholders shall also be given to such owners as have, within two years
preceding the giving of such notice, filed their names and addresses with the
Property Trustee for that purpose. Such notice, demand or other communication
to or upon a Securityholder shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or
made, for all purposes, upon hand delivery, mailing or transmission.
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
Trust, the Property Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in
writing addressed (until another address is published by the Trust) as
follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee to The First National Bank
of Chicago, Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-
0126, Attention: Corporate Trust Services Division; (b) with respect to the
Delaware Trustee, to Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, c/o FCC National Bank, 000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000; and (c) with respect to the Administrative
Trustees, to them at the address above for notices to the Depositor, marked
"Attention: Administrative Trustees of PG&E Capital I c/o Treasury
Department." Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon the Trust
or the Property Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or
made only upon actual receipt of the writing by the Trust or the Property
Trustee.
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Section 10.09. Agreement Not to Petition. Each of the Trustees and the
Depositor agree for the benefit of the Securityholders that, until at least
one year and one day after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with
Article IX, they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against
the Trust under any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency,
liquidation 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 Trust under any Bankruptcy Law.
In the event the Depositor takes action in violation of this Section 10.09,
the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of Securityholders, 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 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
stopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel
for the Trustee or the Trust may assert. The provisions of this Section 10.09
shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.
Section 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture
Act that are required to be part of this Trust Agreement and shall, to the
extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Trustee which is a trustee for
the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with another
provision hereof which is required to be included in this Trust Agreement by
any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act, such required provision
shall control. If any provision of this Trust Agreement modifies or excludes
any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded,
the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Trust Agreement as so
modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust Agreement shall
not affect the nature of the Securities as equity securities representing
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Trust.
Section 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 SECURITYHOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT ANY SIGNATURE
OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE UNCONDITIONAL
ACCEPTANCE BY THE SECURITYHOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A BENEFICIAL INTEREST
IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT
AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE
AND THE INDENTURE, AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE TRUST, SUCH
SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST
AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE TRUST AND
SUCH SECURITYHOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
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THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO as Property Trustee
By:
---------------------------------
Name:
Title:
XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXXXX,
as Delaware Trustee
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XXXXXXX X. XXXXXXX,
as Administrative Trustee
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX,
as Administrative Trustee
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XXXXXXXX XXXXXX,
as Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
PG&E CAPITAL I
THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of PG&E Capital I (the "Trust"), dated August 14,
1995, is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as trustees, to
form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. (S)
3801 et seq.).
(i) Name. The name of the business trust being formed hereby is PG&E Capital
I.
(ii) Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the
Trust with a principal place of business in the State of Delaware are Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxxxx, c/o FCC National Bank, 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000.
(iii) Counterparts. This Certificate of Trust may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same
instrument.
(iv) Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective as of its
filing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the trustees of the Trust, have
executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO, as Trustee
------------------------------------- By:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, as Trustee ---------------------------------
Name:Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxxx
Title:Vice President
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Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, as Trustee -------------------------------------
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, as Trustee
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Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx, as Trustee
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EXHIBIT B
___________ __, 1995
The Depository Trust Company,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000.
Attention:_____________________
General Counsel's Office
Re: PG&E Capital I Preferred Securities
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this letter is to set forth certain matters relating to the
issuance and deposit with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") of the PG&E
Capital I __% Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities, Series A (the
"Preferred Securities"), of PG&E Capital Trust I, a Delaware business trust
(the "Issuer"), formed pursuant to a Trust Agreement between Pacific Gas and
Electric Company ("PG&E"), The First National Bank of Chicago, as Property
Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees named therein.
The payment of distributions on the Preferred Securities to the extent the
Issuer has funds available for the payment thereof, and payments due upon
liquidation of Issuer or redemption of the Preferred Securities are guaranteed
by PG&E to the extent set forth in a Guarantee Agreement dated ____ __, 1995
by PG&E with respect to the Preferred Securities. PG&E and the Issuer propose
to sell the Preferred Securities to certain Underwriters (the "Underwriters")
pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated ______ __,1995 by and among the
Underwriters, the Issuer and PG&E dated _______ __,1995, and the Underwriters
wish to take delivery of the Preferred Securities through DTC. First National
Bank of Chicago is acting as transfer agent and registrar with respect to the
Preferred Securities (the "Transfer Agent and Registrar").
To induce DTC to accept the Preferred Securities as eligible for deposit at
DTC, and to act in accordance with DTC's rules with respect to the Preferred
Securities, the Issuer, the Transfer Agent and Registrar and DTC agree among
each other as follows:
1. Prior to the closing of the sale of the Preferred Securities to the
Underwriters, which is expected to occur on or about _______ __, 1995, there
shall be deposited with DTC one or more global certificates (individually
and collectively, the "Global Certificate") registered in the name of DTC's
nominee, Cede & Co., representing an aggregate of _____ Preferred
Securities and bearing the following legend:
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer
or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and
any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in
such other name as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC
(and any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as is
requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON
IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an
interest herein.
2. The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Issuer provides for
the voting by holders of the Preferred Securities under certain limited
circumstances. The Issuer shall establish a record date for such purposes
and shall, to the extent possible, give DTC notice of such record date not
less than 15 calendar days in advance of such record date.
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3. In the event of a stock split, conversion, recapitalization,
reorganization or any other similar transaction resulting in the
cancellation of all or any part of the Preferred Securities outstanding,
the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall send DTC a notice of
such event at least 5 business days prior to the effective date of such
event.
4. In the event of distribution on, or an offering or issuance of rights
with respect to, the Preferred Securities outstanding, the Issuer or the
Transfer Agent and Registrar shall send DTC a notice specifying: (a) the
amount of and conditions, if any, applicable to the payment of any such
distribution or any such offering or issuance of rights; (b) any applicable
expiration or deadline date, or any date by which any action on the part of
the holders of Preferred Securities is required; and (c) the date any
required notice is to be mailed by or on behalf of the Issuer to holders of
Preferred Securities or published by or on behalf of the Issuer (whether by
mail or publication, the "Publication Date"). Such notice shall be sent to
DTC by a secure means (e.g., legible telecopy, registered or certified
mail, overnight delivery) in a timely manner designed to assure that such
notice is in DTC's possession no later than the close of business on the
business day before the Publication Date. The Issuer or the Transfer Agent
and Registrar will forward such notice either in a separate secure
transmission for each CUSIP number or in a secure transmission of multiple
CUSIP numbers (if applicable) that includes a manifest or list of each
CUSIP number submitted in that transmission. (The party sending such notice
shall have a method to verify subsequently the use of such means and the
timeliness of such notice.) The Publication Date shall be not less than 30
calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the payment of any
such distribution or any such offering or issuance of rights with respect
to the Preferred Securities. After establishing the amount of payment to be
made on the Preferred Securities, the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and
Registrar will notify DTC's Dividend Department of such payment 5 business
days prior to payment date. Notices to DTC's Dividend Department by
telecopy shall be sent to (000) 000-0000. Such notices by mail or by any
other means shall be sent to:
Manager, Announcements
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
The Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall confirm DTC's
receipt of such telecopy by telephoning the Dividend Department at (212)
709-1270.
5. In the event of a redemption by the Issuer of the Preferred
Securities, notice specifying the terms of the redemption and the
Publication Date of such notice shall be sent by the Issuer or the Transfer
Agent and Registrar to DTC not less than 30 calendar days prior to such
event by a secure means in the manner set forth in paragraph 4. Such
redemption notice shall be sent to DTC's Call Notification Department at
(000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000, and receipt of such notice shall be
confirmed by telephoning (000) 000-0000. Notice by mail or by any other
means shall be sent to:
Call Notification Department
The Depository Trust Company
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
6. In the event of any invitation to tender the Preferred Securities,
notice specifying the terms of the tender and the Publication Date of such
notice shall be sent by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar to
DTC by a secure means and in a timely manner as described in paragraph 4.
Notices to DTC pursuant to this paragraph and notices of other corporate
actions (including mandatory tenders, exchanges and capital changes), shall
be sent, unless notification to another
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department is expressly provided for herein, by telecopy to DTC's
Reorganization Department at (000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000 and receipt
of such notice shall be confirmed by telephoning (000) 000-0000, or by mail
or any other means to:
Manager, Reorganization Department
Reorganization Window
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
7. All notices and payment advices sent to DTC shall contain the CUSIP
number or numbers of the Preferred Securities and the accompanying
designation of the Preferred Securities, which, as of the date of this
letter, is "PG&E Capital I __% Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred
Securities, Series A".
8. Distribution payments or other cash payments with respect to the
Preferred Securities evidenced by the Global Certificate shall be received
by Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, or its registered assigns in next day
funds on each payment date (or in accordance with existing arrangements
between the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar and DTC). Such
payments shall be made payable to the order of Cede & Co., and shall be
addressed as follows:
NDFS Redemption Department
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
9. DTC may by prior written notice direct the Issuer and the Transfer
Agent and Registrar to use any other telecopy number or address of DTC as
the number or address to which notices or payments may be sent.
10. In the event of a conversion, redemption, or any other similar
transaction (e.g., tender made and accepted in response to the Issuer's or
the Transfer Agent and Registrar's invitation) necessitating a reduction in
the aggregate number of Preferred Securities outstanding evidenced by the
Global Certificate, DTC, in its discretion: (a) may request the Issuer or
the Transfer Agent and Registrar to issue and countersign a new Global
certificate; or (b) may make an appropriate notation on the Global
Certificate indicating the date and amount of such reduction.
11. DTC may discontinue its services as a securities depositary with
respect to the Preferred Securities at any time by giving at least 90 days'
prior written notice to the Issuer and the Transfer Agent and Registrar (at
which time DTC will confirm with the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and
Registrar the aggregate number of Preferred Securities deposited with it)
and discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable
law. Under such circumstances, the Issuer may determine to make alternative
arrangements for book-entry settlement for the Preferred Securities, make
available one or more separate global certificates evidencing Preferred
Securities to any Participant having Preferred Securities credited to its
DTC account, or issue definitive Preferred Securities to the beneficial
holders thereof, and in any such case, DTC agrees to cooperate fully with
the Issuer and the Transfer Agent and Registrar and to return the Global
certificate, duly endorsed for transfer as directed by the Issuer or the
Transfer Agent and Registrar, together with any other documents of transfer
reasonably requested by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Xxxxxxxxx.
00. In the event that the Issuer determines that beneficial owners of
Preferred Securities shall be able to obtain definitive Preferred
Securities, the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall notify DTC
of the availability of certificates. In such event, the Issuer or the
Transfer Agent
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and Registrar shall issue, transfer and exchange certificates in
appropriate amounts, as required by DTC and others, and DTC agrees to
cooperate fully with the Issuer and the Transfer Agent and Registrar and to
return the Global Certificate, duly endorsed for transfer as directed by
the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar, together with any other
documents of transfer reasonably requested by the Issuer or the Transfer
Agent and Xxxxxxxxx.
00. This letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of
which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Transfer Agent and Registrar
to advance funds on behalf of PG&E Capital I.
Very truly yours,
PG&E CAPITAL I
(As Issuer) By: [Name of Trustee]
Administrative Trustee
By
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Name:
Title:
THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
CHICAGO,
(As Transfer Agent and Registrar)
By
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Name:
Title:
RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED:
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
By
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Authorized Officer
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EXHIBIT C
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE
Certificate Number Number of Common Securities
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CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING COMMON SECURITIES
OF
PG&E CAPITAL I
___% COMMON SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $25 PER COMMON SECURITY)
PG&E Capital I, a statutory business trust formed under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that Pacific Gas and Electric
Company (the "Holder") is the registered owner of ____ (____) common securities
of the Trust representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the
Trust and designated the __% Common Securities (liquidation amount $25 per
Common Security) (the "Common Securities"). In accordance with Section 5.10 of
the Trust Agreement (as defined below) the Common Securities are not
transferable and any attempted transfer hereof 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
Trust dated as of _______, 1995, as the same may be amended from time to time
(the "Trust Agreement") including the designation of the terms of the Common
Securities as set forth therein. The Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust
Agreement to the Holder without charge upon written request to the 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this ____ day of ____, 1995.
PG&E CAPITAL I
By:_____________________________
Name:
Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT D
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
AGREEMENT dated as of __________, 1995, between Pacific Gas and Electric
Company, a California corporation ("PG&E"), and PG&E Capital I, a Delaware
business trust (the "Trust").
WHEREAS, the Trust intends to issue its Common Securities (the "Common
Securities") to and receive Debentures from PG&E and to issue and sell %
Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred Securities, Series A (the "Preferred
Securities") with such powers, preferences and special rights and restrictions
as are set forth in the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Trust
dated as of __________, 1995 as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Trust Agreement");
WHEREAS, PG&E will directly or indirectly own all of the Common Securities
of Trust and will issue the Debentures;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each holder of the
Preferred Securities, which purchase PG&E hereby agrees shall benefit PG&E and
which purchase PG&E acknowledges will be made in reliance upon the execution
and delivery of this Agreement, PG&E and Trust hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Section 1.01. Guarantee by PG&E. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof,
PG&E hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each person or
entity to whom the 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 Trust, other than obligations
of the Trust to pay to holders of any Preferred Securities or other similar
interests in the Trust the amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of
the Preferred Securities or such other similar interests, as the case may be.
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 1.02. Term of Agreement. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no
further force and effect upon the later of (a) the date on which full payment
has been made of all amounts payable to all holders of all the Preferred
Securities (whether upon redemption, liquidation, exchange or otherwise) and
(b) the date on which there are no Beneficiaries remaining; 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 Preferred Securities or any
Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums paid under the Preferred
Securities, under any Obligation, under the Guarantee Agreement dated the date
hereof by PG&E and The First National Bank of Chicago as guarantee trustee or
under this Agreement for any reason whatsoever. This Agreement is continuing,
irrevocable, unconditional and absolute.
Section 1.03. Waiver of Notice. PG&E hereby waives notice of acceptance of
this Agreement and of any Obligation to which it applies or may apply, and
PG&E hereby waives presentment, demand for payment, protest, notice of
nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all other notices and
demands.
Section 1.04. No Impairment. The obligations, covenants, agreements and
duties of PG&E 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:
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(a) the extension of time for the payment by the 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 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 or, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Trust
or any of the assets of the Trust.
There shall be no obligation of the Beneficiaries to give notice to, or
obtain the consent of, PG&E with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
Section 1.05. Enforcement. A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement directly
against PG&E and PG&E waives any right or remedy to require that any action be
brought against the Trust or any other person or entity before proceeding
against PG&E.
ARTICLE II
Section 2.01. Binding Effect. All guarantees and agreements contained in
this Agreement shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of PG&E and shall inure to the benefit of the Beneficiaries.
Section 2.02. Amendment. So long as there remains any Beneficiary or any
Preferred Securities of any series are outstanding, this Agreement shall not
be modified or amended in any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to the
holders of the Preferred Securities.
Section 2.03. 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):
PG&E Capital I
c/o The First National Bank of Chicago
Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Secvices Division
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx
X.X. Xxx 000000
Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: Treasurer
Section 2.04 THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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THIS AGREEMENT is executed as of the day and year first above written.
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
By:
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Name:
Title:
PG&E CAPITAL I
By:
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Name:
Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT E
IF THE PREFERRED SECURITY IS TO BE A GLOBAL CERTIFICATE INSERT--This
Preferred Security is a Global Certificate within the meaning of the Trust
Agreement hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of The
Depository Trust Company (the "Depository") or a nominee of the Depository.
This Preferred Security is exchangeable for Preferred Securities registered in
the name of a person other than the Depository or its nominee only in the
limited circumstances described in the Trust Agreement and no transfer of this
Preferred Security (other than a transfer of this Preferred Security as a
whole by the Depository to a nominee of the Depository or by a nominee of the
Depository to the Depository or another nominee of the Depository) may be
registered except in limited circumstances.
Unless this Preferred Security is presented by an authorized representative
of The Depository Trust Company (55 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx) to Pacific Gas and
Electric Financing Trust I or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange
or payment, and any Preferred Security issued is registered in the name of
Cede & Co. or such other name as requested by an authorized representative of
The Depository Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS
WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.
Certificate Number Number of Preferred Securities
P- CUSIP NO.
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING PREFERRED SECURITIES
OF
PG&E CAPITAL I
___% CUMULATIVE QUARTERLY INCOME PREFERRED SECURITIES,
SERIES A
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $25 PER PREFERRED SECURITY)
PG&E Capital I, a statutory business trust formed under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Trust"), hereby certifies that ______ (the "Holder")
is the registered owner of ____ (____) preferred securities of the Trust
representing an undivided beneficial interest in the assets of the Trust and
designated the PG&E Capital I __% Cumulative Quarterly Income Preferred
Securities, Series A (liquidation amount $25 per Preferred Security) (the
"Preferred Securities"). The Preferred Securities are transferable on the
books and records of the Trust, in person or by a duly authorized attorney,
upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper form for
transfer as provided in Section 5.04 of the Trust Agreement (as defined
below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and
other terms and provisions of the Preferred Securities are set forth in, and
this certificate and the Preferred 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 Trust dated as of ______ __, 1995,
as the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement") including
the designation of the terms of Preferred Securities as set forth therein. The
Holder is entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee Agreement entered into by
Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a California corporation, and The First
National Bank of Chicago as guarantee trustee, dated as of ______ __, 1995
(the "Guarantee") to the extent provided therein. The Trust will furnish a
copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the Holder without charge
upon written request to the Trust at its principal place of business or
registered office.
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Upon receipt of this certificate, the Holder is bound by the Trust Agreement
and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, one of the Administrative Trustees of the Trust has
executed this certificate this _____ day of ___________, 1995.
PG&E CAPITAL I
By:
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Name:
Administrative Trustee
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ASSIGNMENT
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Preferred
Security to:
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(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
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(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
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agent to transfer this Preferred Security Certificate on the books of the
Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:_________________________
Signature:_________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Preferred
Security Certificate)
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