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EXHIBIT 4.9
SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE
K N ENERGY, INC.
Dated as of April 24, 1997
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
SECTION 1.01 Definitions and Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
ARTICLE II TRUST INDENTURE ACT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 2.01 Trust Indenture Act; Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
SECTION 2.02 Lists of Holders of Securities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.03 Reports by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.04 Periodic Reports to Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
SECTION 2.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.06 Events of Default; Waiver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.07 Event of Default; Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
SECTION 2.08 Conflicting Interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
ARTICLE III POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 3.01 Powers and Duties of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SECTION 3.02 Certain Rights of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SECTION 3.03 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Series A Capital Securities Guarantee . . . . . 12
ARTICLE IV CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 4.01 Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SECTION 4.02 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee . . . . . . . 13
ARTICLE V GUARANTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.01 Guarantee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.02 Waiver of Notice and Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.03 Obligations Not Affected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
SECTION 5.04 Rights of Holders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
SECTION 5.05 Guarantee of Payment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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SECTION 5.06 Subrogation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 5.07 Independent Obligations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
ARTICLE VI LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 6.01 Limitation of Transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
SECTION 6.02 Ranking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
ARTICLE VII TERMINATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
SECTION 7.01 Termination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ARTICLE VII COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
ARTICLE IX INDEMNIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 9.01 Exculpation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 9.02 Indemnification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
ARTICLE X MISCELLANEOUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 10.01 Successors and Assigns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
SECTION 10.02 Amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 10.03 Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SECTION 10.04 Exchange Offer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 10.05 Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
SECTION 10.06 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE
This GUARANTEE (the "Series A Capital Securities Guarantee"), dated as
of April 24, 1997, is executed and delivered by K N ENERGY, INC., a Kansas
corporation (the "Guarantor"), and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking
corporation, as trustee (the "Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee"), for the
benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) from time to time of the Series A
Capital Securities (as defined herein) of K N Capital Trust I, a Delaware
statutory business trust (the "Issuer").
WHEREAS, pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust (the
"Declaration"), dated as of April 24, 1997, among the trustees of the Issuer,
the Guarantor, as sponsor, and the holders from time to time of undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer, the Issuer is issuing on the
date hereof 100,000 capital securities, having an aggregate liquidation amount
of $100,000,000, such capital securities being designated the 8.56% Series A
Capital Trust Pass-through Securities(SM))(1) (collectively the "Series A
Capital Securities") and, in connection with an Exchange Offer (as defined in
the Declaration) has agreed to execute and deliver the Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee (as defined in the Declaration) for the benefit of holders
of the Series B Capital Securities (as defined in the Declaration).
WHEREAS, as incentive for the Holders to purchase the Series A Capital
Securities, the Guarantor desires irrevocably and unconditionally to agree, to
the extent set forth in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, to pay to
the Holders the Guarantee Payments (as defined below). The Guarantor agrees to
make certain other payments on the terms and conditions set forth herein.
WHEREAS, the Guarantor is executing and delivering a guarantee (the
"Common Securities Guarantee"), with substantially identical terms to this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, for the benefit of the holders of the
Common Securities (as defined herein), except that if an Event of Default (as
defined in the Declaration) has occurred and is continuing, the rights of
holders of the Common Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under the Common
Securities Guarantee are subordinated, to the extent and in the manner set
forth in the Common Securities Guarantee, to the rights of holders of Series A
Capital Securities and the Series B Capital Securities to receive Guarantee
Payments under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee and the Series B
Capital Securities Guarantee, as the case may be.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder, which
purchase the Guarantor hereby acknowledges shall benefit the Guarantor, the
Guarantor executes and delivers this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee for
the benefit of the Holders.
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(1) Salomon Brothers Inc has filed an application with the United States
Patent and Trademark Office for the registration of the "Capital Trust
Pass-through Securities" service mark.
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.01 Definitions and Interpretation
In this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee but not defined in the preamble above have the respective meanings
assigned to them in this Section 1.01;
(b) terms defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution
of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used
in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee;
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee has the same meaning throughout;
(d) all references to "the Series A Capital Securities Guarantee"
or "this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee" are to this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee as modified, supplemented or amended from time to time;
(e) all references in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
to Articles and Sections are to Articles and Sections of this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise specified;
(f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning
when used in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise
defined in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or unless the context
otherwise requires; and
(g) a reference to the singular includes the plural and vice
versa.
"Affiliate" has the same meaning as given to that term in Rule 405
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or a
day on which banking institutions in Wilmington, Delaware or New York, New York
are authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
"Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee" means Wilmington Trust Company,
a Delaware banking corporation, until a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the
terms of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each
such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
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"Common Securities" means the securities representing common undivided
beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the office of the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, at any particular time, be principally
administered, which office at the date of execution of this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee is located at 0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Covered Person" means any Holder or beneficial owner of Series A
Capital Securities.
"Debentures" means the series of subordinated debt securities of the
Guarantor designated the 8.56 % Series A Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures due April 15, 2027 held by the Institutional Trustee (as
defined in the Declaration) of the Issuer.
"Event of Default" means a default by the Guarantor on any of its
payment or other obligations under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
"Guarantee Payments" means the following payments or distributions,
without duplication, with respect to the Series A Capital Securities, to the
extent not paid or made by the Issuer: (i) any accumulated and unpaid
Distributions (as defined in the Declaration) that are required to be paid on
such Series A Capital Securities to the extent the Issuer has funds on hand
legally available therefor at such time, (ii) the redemption price, including
all accumulated and unpaid Distributions to the date of redemption (the
"Redemption Price") to the extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally
available therefor at such time, with respect to any Series A Capital
Securities called for redemption by the Issuer, and (iii) upon a voluntary or
involuntary dissolution and liquidation of the Issuer (other than in connection
with the distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for Series A
Capital Securities as provided in the Declaration), the lesser of (a) the
aggregate of the liquidation amount and all accumulated and unpaid
Distributions on the Series A Capital Securities to the date of payment, to the
extent the Issuer has funds on hand legally available therefor, and (b) the
amount of assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders
in liquidation of the Issuer.
"Holder" shall mean any holder, as registered on the books and records
of the Issuer, of any Series A Capital Securities; provided, however, that, in
determining whether the holders of the requisite percentage of Series A Capital
Securities have given any request, notice, consent or waiver hereunder,
"Holder" shall not include the Guarantor or any Affiliate of the Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" means the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee,
any Affiliate of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, or any officers,
directors, shareholders, members, partners, employees, representatives,
nominees, custodians or agents of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
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"Indenture" means the Indenture dated as of April 24, 1997, between
the Guarantor (the "Debenture Issuer") and Wilmington Trust Company, as
trustee, pursuant to which the Debentures are to be issued to the Property
Trustee of the Issuer.
"Majority in liquidation amount of the Series A Capital Securities"
means, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by Xxxxxx(s) of
more than 50% of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the stated amount
that would be paid on redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated
and unpaid Distributions to the date upon which the voting percentages are
determined) of all Series A Capital Securities outstanding at the time of such
vote.
"Officers' Certificate" means, with respect to any Person, a
certificate signed by the Chairman, a Vice Chairman, the Chief Executive
Officer, the President, a Vice President, the Comptroller, the Secretary or an
Assistant Secretary of such Person. Any Officers' Certificate delivered with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Series
A Capital Securities Guarantee (other than pursuant to Section 314(a)(4) of the
Trust Indenture Act) 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 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
(c) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Other Common Securities Guarantees" shall have the same meaning as
"Other Guarantees" in the Common Securities Guarantee.
"Other Debentures" means all subordinated debentures issued by the
Guarantor from time to time and sold to trusts to be established by the
Guarantor (if any), in each case similar to the Issuer.
"Other Guarantees" means all guarantees to be issued by the Guarantor
with respect to capital securities (if any) similar to the Series A Capital
Securities issued by other trusts to be established by the Guarantor (if any),
in each case similar to the Issuer.
"Person" means a legal person, including any individual, corporation,
estate, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, limited
liability company, trust, unincorporated association, or government or any
agency or political subdivision thereof, or any other entity of whatever
nature.
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"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of April 24, 1997, by and among the Guarantor, the Issuer
and the Initial Purchasers named therein as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Responsible Officer" means, with respect to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee, any officer within the Corporate Trust Office of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee, including any vice president, any assistant vice
president, any secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant
treasurer, any trust officer, any senior trust officer or other officer in the
Corporate Trust Office of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter,
any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of that officer's
knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
"Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee" means a successor
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.01.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
"Trust Securities" means the Common Securities and the Series A
Capital Securities and Series B Capital Securities, collectively.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.01 Trust Indenture Act; Application
(a) This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee is subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be
governed by such provisions; and
(b) if and to the extent that any provision of this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties
imposed by Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such
imposed duties shall control.
SECTION 2.02 Lists of Holders of Securities
(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee (unless the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee is otherwise the
registrar of the Capital Securities) with a list, in such form as the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses
of the Holders ("List of Holders") as of such date, (i) within one Business Day
after each Record Date (as defined in the Indenture), and (ii) at any other
time within 30
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days of receipt by the Guarantor of a written request for a List of Holders as
of a date no more than 14 days before such List of Holders is given to the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; provided that the Guarantor shall not be
obligated to provide such List of Holders at any time the List of Holders does
not differ from the most recent List of Holders given to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee by the Guarantor. The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
may destroy any List of Holders previously given to it on receipt of a new List
of Holders.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall comply with its
obligations under Sections 311(a), 311(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.03 Reports by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
Within 90 days after December 31 of each year, commencing December 31,
1997, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders
such reports as are required by Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, if
any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act. The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall also comply with
the other requirements of Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.04 Periodic Reports to Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
The Guarantor shall provide to the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee such documents, reports and information as required by Section 314 (if
any) and the compliance certificate required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act in the form, in the manner and at the times required by Section
314 of the Trust Indenture Act, provided that such compliance certificate shall
be delivered on or before 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the
Guarantor. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's receipt of such reports, information and
documents shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained
therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Guarantor's compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officers' Certificates).
SECTION 2.05 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
The Guarantor shall provide to the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee such evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any,
provided for in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee 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) may be given in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
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SECTION 2.06 Events of Default; Waiver
The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of Series A Capital
Securities may, on behalf of all the Holders, waive by vote any past Event of
Default and its consequences. Upon such waiver, any such Event of Default shall
cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to
have been cured, for every purpose of this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default
or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 2.07 Event of Default; Notice
(a) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, within 30
Business Days after the occurrence of an Event of Default becomes actually
known to a Responsible Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee,
mail by first class postage prepaid to all Holders notices of all defaults
actually known to such Responsible Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee, unless such defaults have been cured before the giving of such notice;
provided, however, that, except in the case of default in the payment of any
Guarantee Payment, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be protected
in withholding notice of such Event of Default if and so long as the board of
directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors and/or
Responsible Officers of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, acting in
good faith, determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests
of the holders of the Series A Capital Securities.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be deemed
to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless (i) the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall have received written notice from the Guarantor or a
Holder of such Event of Default or (ii) a Responsible Officer of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of the Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee shall have obtained actual knowledge of such Event
of Default.
SECTION 2.08 Conflicting Interests
The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the
first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
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ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.01 Powers and Duties of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
(a) This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall be held by
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders, and
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not transfer this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee to any Person except a Holder exercising its
rights pursuant to Section 5.04(b) or to a Successor Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee on acceptance by such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee of its appointment to act as Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee. The right, title and interest of the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall automatically vest in any Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee, and such vesting and succession of title shall be effective whether or
not conveyancing documents have been executed and delivered pursuant to the
appointment of such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(b) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer
of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall enforce this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders.
(c) Before the occurrence of any Event of Default and after the
curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred, the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall undertake to perform only such duties as are
specifically set forth in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, and no
implied covenants shall be read into this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
against the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee. If an Event of Default has
occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.06) and is
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall exercise such of the
rights and powers vested in it by this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee,
and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise thereof, as a prudent
person would exercise or use under the same or similar circumstances in the
conduct of his or her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
shall be construed to relieve the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or
its own willful misconduct, except that:
(i) prior to the occurrence of any Event of Default and
after the curing or waiving of all such Events of Default that may
have occurred:
(A) the duties and obligations of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be determined solely by the
express provisions of this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee, and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
not be liable except for the performance of such duties and
obligations as are specifically set forth in this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or
obligations shall be read into this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee against the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee; and
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(B) in the absence of bad faith on the part of
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the
truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions
expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished
to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and conforming to
the requirements of this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee; provided that, in the case of any such certificates
or opinions that are specifically required to be furnished to
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee by any provision
hereof, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be
under a duty to examine such certificates or opinions to
determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be
liable for any error in judgment made in good faith by a Responsible
Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, unless it shall
be proved that the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee was negligent
in ascertaining the pertinent facts upon which such judgment was made;
(iii) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be
liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it
in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a
Majority in liquidation amount of the Series A Capital Securities
relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for any remedy available to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee,
or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee;
and
(iv) no provision of this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee shall require the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee to
expend or risk or its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial
liability in the performance of its duties or in the exercise of its
rights or powers, if the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that the repaying of such funds
or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or indemnity, reasonably
satisfactory to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, against such
risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.
SECTION 3.02 Certain Rights of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.01:
(i) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may
conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in acting or
refraining from acting, upon any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other
paper or document believe by it to be genuine and to have been signed,
sent or presented by the proper party or parties.
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(ii) Any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee may be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate.
(iii) Whenever, in the administration of this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established before
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, and in the absence
of bad faith on its part, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may
request, shall be entitled to receive and may conclusively rely upon
an Officers' Certificate (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) which shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor upon
receipt of such request.
(iv) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have
no duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any
instrument (or any rerecording, refiling or registration thereof).
(v) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may consult
with counsel of its own selection, and the advice or opinion of such
counsel with respect to legal matters shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered
or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such
advice or opinion. Such counsel may be counsel to the Guarantor or
any of its Affiliates and may include any of its employees. The
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have the right at any time
to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee from any court of competent jurisdiction.
(vi) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be
under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in
it by this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee at the request or
direction of any Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee security and indemnity reasonably
satisfactory to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee against the
costs, expenses (including attorneys' fees and expenses and the
expenses of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's agents,
nominees or custodians) and liabilities that might be incurred by it
in complying with such request or direction, including such reasonable
advances as may be requested by the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee; provided that nothing contained in this Section 3.02(a)(vi)
shall be taken to relieve the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee of
its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default.
(vii) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be
bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in
any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report,
notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, in its own discretion, may make
such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it
sees fit.
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(viii) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may execute
any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder
either directly or by or through agents, nominees, custodians or
attorneys, and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be
responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent
or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.
(ix) Any action taken by the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee or its agents hereunder shall bind the Holders, and the
signature of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee or its agents
alone shall be sufficient and effective to perform any such action. No
third party shall be required to inquire as to the authority of the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee to so act or as to its compliance
with any of the terms and provisions of this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee, both of which shall be conclusively evidenced by
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's or its agent's taking such
action.
(x) Whenever in the administration of this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with respect to
enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action hereunder,
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee (i) may request instructions
from the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Series A
Capital Securities, (ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or
right or taking such other action until such instructions are received
and (iii) shall be protected in conclusively relying on or acting in
accordance with such instructions.
(xi) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be
liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in
good faith, without negligence, and reasonably believed by it to be
authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
(xii) Except as otherwise expressly provided by this Series
A Capital Securities Guarantee, the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action that is
discretionary hereunder.
(b) No provision of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
shall be deemed to impose any duty or obligation on the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee to perform any act or acts or exercise any right, power, duty
or obligation conferred or imposed on it in any jurisdiction in which it shall
be illegal, or in which the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be
unqualified or incompetent in accordance with applicable law to perform any
such act or acts or to exercise any such right, power, duty or obligation, or
which would expose the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee to liability,
financial or otherwise. No permissive power or authority available to the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
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SECTION 3.03 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee
The recitals contained in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
shall be taken as the statements of the Guarantor, and the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee does not assume any responsibility for their correctness.
The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee makes no representation as to the
validity or sufficiency of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.01 Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
(a) There shall at all times be a Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee which shall:
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation organized and doing business under the
laws of the United States of America or any State or Territory thereof
or of the District of Columbia, or a corporation or other Person
permitted by the Securities and Exchange Commission to act as an
institutional trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined
capital and surplus of at least fifty million U.S. dollars
($50,000,000), and subject to supervision or examination by Federal,
State, Territorial or District of Columbia authority. If, pursuant to
law or to the requirements of the supervising or examining authority
referred to above, such Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, then, for the purposes of this Section 4.01(a)(ii), 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.
(b) If at any time the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
cease to be eligible to act under Section 4.01(a), the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee shall immediately resign, with the effect set forth in
Section 4.02(c).
(c) If the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has or shall
acquire any "conflicting interest" within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the
Trust Indenture Act, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and Guarantor
shall comply in all respects with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act, subject to the penultimate paragraph thereof.
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SECTION 4.02 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee
(a) Subject to Section 4.02(b), the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor
except during the continuance of an Event of Default.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed
in accordance with Section 4.02(a) until a Successor Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such appointment by
written instrument executed by such Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee and delivered to the Guarantor.
(c) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall hold office
until a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have been
appointed or until such Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's removal or
resignation. The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may resign from office
(without any prior or subsequent accounting) by an instrument in writing
executed by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and delivered to the
Guarantor, which resignation shall not take effect until a Successor Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee has been appointed and has accepted such
appointment by written instrument delivered to the Guarantor and the resigning
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
(d) If no Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
have been appointed and accepted appointment as provided in this Section 4.02
within 60 days after delivery of an instrument of removal or resignation, the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee resigning or being removed may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a Successor Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after prescribing such
notice, if any, as it may deem proper, appoint a Successor Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee.
(e) No Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be liable for
the acts or omissions to act of any Successor Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee.
(f) Upon termination of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
or removal or resignation of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee pursuant
to this Section 4.02, the Guarantor shall pay to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee all accrued and unpaid amounts due to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee through the date of such termination, removal or resignation.
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ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.01 Guarantee
The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to
the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts, if any,
theretofore paid by the Issuer) as and when due, regardless of any defense,
right of set-off or counterclaim that the Issuer may have or assert. The
Guarantor's obligation to make a Guarantee Payment may be satisfied by direct
payment of such required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing
the Issuer to pay such amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.02 Waiver of Notice and Demand
The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this Series A
Capital Securities Guarantee and of any liability to which it applies or may
apply, presentment, demand for payment, any right to require a proceeding first
against the Issuer or any other Person before proceeding against the Guarantor,
protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and all
other required notices and demands.
SECTION 5.03 Obligations Not Affected
Except as otherwise provided herein, the obligations, covenants,
agreements and duties of the Guarantor under this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee shall not be affected or impaired by reason of the occurrence from
time to time of any of the following:
(a) the release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of
the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied
agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to the Series A Capital
Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;
(b) the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or
any portion of the Distributions, Redemption Price, Liquidation Distribution or
any other sums payable under the terms of the Series A Capital Securities or
the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under,
arising out of, or in connection with, the Series A Capital Securities (other
than an extension of time for payment of Distributions, Redemption Price,
Liquidation Distribution or other sum payable that results from the extension
of any interest payment period on the Debentures permitted by the Indenture);
(c) any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part
of the Holders to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or
remedy conferred on the Holders pursuant to the terms of the Series A Capital
Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or
extension of any kind;
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(d) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale of
any collateral, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment
of debt of, or other similar proceedings affecting, the Issuer or any of the
assets of the Issuer;
(e) any invalidity of, or defect or deficiency in, the Series A
Capital Securities;
(f) the settlement or compromise of any obligation guaranteed
hereby or hereby incurred;
(g) the consummation of the Exchange Offer; or
(h) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise
constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor, it being
the intent of this Section 5.03 that the obligations of the Guarantor with
respect to the Guarantee Payments shall be absolute and unconditional under any
and all circumstances.
There shall be no obligation of the Holders to give notice to, or
obtain consent of, the Guarantor with respect to the happening of any of the
foregoing.
SECTION 5.04 Rights of Holders
(a) The Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the Series
A Capital Securities have the right to direct the time, method and place of
conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee in respect of this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or
exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee; provided, however,
that, subject to Section 3.01, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
have the right to decline to follow any such direction if it shall determine
that the action or proceeding so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to
Holders not taking part in such direction or if it were advised by counsel that
such action or proceeding may not lawfully be taken or if a Responsible Officer
of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall determine in good faith that
such action or proceeding would involve the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee in personal liability.
(b) If the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee fails to enforce
such Series A Capital Securities Guarantee after the Holders of a Majority in
liquidation amount of the Series A Capital Securities have so directed the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, any Holder may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee's rights and the obligations of the Guarantor under this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, without first instituting a legal
proceeding against the Issuer, the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee or any
other Person. The Guarantor hereby waives any right or remedy to require that
any action be brought first against the Issuer or any other Person before
proceeding directly against the Guarantor.
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SECTION 5.05 Guarantee of Payment
This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of
payment and not of collection.
SECTION 5.06 Subrogation
The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights (if any) of the
Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid to such Holders by
the Guarantor under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee; provided,
however, that the Guarantor shall not (except to the extent required by
mandatory provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any right that
it may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other
agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due
and unpaid under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee. If any amount
shall be paid to the Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence, the
Guarantor agrees to hold such amount in trust for the Holders and to pay over
such amount to the Holders.
SECTION 5.07 Independent Obligations
The Guarantor acknowledges that its obligations hereunder are
independent of the obligations of the Issuer with respect to the Series A
Capital Securities, and that the Guarantor shall be liable as principal and as
debtor hereunder to make Guarantee Payments pursuant to the terms of this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any
event referred to in subsections (a) through (h), inclusive, of Section 5.03
hereof.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.01 Limitation of Transactions
So long as any Capital Securities remain outstanding, the Guarantor
shall not (i) declare or pay any dividends or distributions on, or redeem,
purchase, acquire, or make a liquidation payment with respect to, any of the
Guarantor's capital stock (which includes common and preferred stock), (ii)
make any payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, on or repay,
repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the Guarantor (including any Other
Debentures) that rank pari passu with or junior in right of payment to the
Debentures or (iii) make any guarantee payments with respect to any guarantee
by the Guarantor of any securities of any subsidiary of the Guarantor
(including Other Guarantees) if such guarantee ranks pari passu with or junior
in right of payment to the Debentures (other than (a) dividends or
distributions in shares of, or options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or
purchase shares of, capital stock of the Guarantor, (b) any declaration of a
dividend in connection with the implementation of a stockholders' rights
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plan, or the issuance of stock under any such plan in the future, or the
redemption or repurchase of any such rights pursuant thereto, (c) payments
under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or the Series B Capital
Series Guarantee, (d) as a direct result of a reclassification of the
Guarantor's capital stock or the exchange or conversion of one class or series
of the Guarantor's capital stock for another class or series of the Guarantor's
capital stock, (e) the purchase of fractional interests in shares of the
Guarantor's capital stock pursuant to the conversion or exchange provisions of
such capital stock or the security being converted or exchanged or pursuant to
an acquisition in which fractional shares of the Guarantor's capital stock
would otherwise be issued and (f) purchases of common stock related to the
issuance of common stock or rights under any benefit plan for directors,
officers, agents or employees of the Guarantor or its subsidiaries or any of
the Guarantor's dividend reinvestment or director, officer, agent or employee
stock purchase plans) if at such time (A) an Event of Default (as defined in
the Indenture) shall have occurred and be continuing, or would occur upon the
taking of any action specified in clauses (i) through (iii) above, (B) there
shall have occurred any event of which the Guarantor has actual knowledge that
(x) is, or with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would be an
Event of Default (as defined in the Indenture) and (y) in respect of which the
Guarantor shall not have taken reasonable steps to cure, (C) if such Debentures
are held by the Property Trustee, the Guarantor shall be in default with
respect to its payment of any obligations under this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee or (D) the Guarantor shall have given notice of its
election of the exercise of its right to extend the interest payment period
pursuant to Section 16.01 of the Indenture or with respect to Other Debentures
and any such extension shall be continuing.
SECTION 6.02 Ranking
This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee will constitute an
unsecured obligation of the Guarantor and will rank (i) subordinate and junior
in right of payment to Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) to the
same extent and in the same manner that the Debentures are subordinated to
Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the Indenture, it being understood that the
terms of Article XV of the Indenture shall apply to the obligations of the
Guarantor under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee as if (x) such
Article XV were set forth herein in full and (y) such obligations were
substituted for the term "Securities" appearing in such Article XV, (ii) pari
passu with the Debentures, the Other Debentures, the most senior preferred or
preference stock now outstanding or hereafter issued by the Guarantor, any
Other Guarantee, the Common Securities Guarantee, any Other Common Securities
Guarantee and any guarantee now or hereafter entered into by the Guarantor in
respect of any preferred or preference stock of any Affiliate of the Guarantor;
provided that if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no
Guarantee Payments under the Common Securities Guarantee with respect to the
Common Securities or any guarantee payment under any Other Common Securities
Guarantees shall be made until the Holders shall be paid in full the Guarantee
Payments to which they are entitled under this Series A Capital Securities
Guarantee, and (iii) senior to the Guarantor's common stock.
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.01 Termination
This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee shall terminate (i) upon
full payment of the Redemption Price (as defined in the Declaration) of all
Series A Capital Securities, (ii) upon liquidation of the Issuer, the full
payment of the amounts payable in accordance with the Declaration or the
distribution of the Debentures to the Holders of all of the Series A Capital
Securities or (iii) upon exchange of all the Series A Capital Securities for
the Series B Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer and the execution and
delivery of the Series B Capital Securities Guarantee. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee will continue to be
effective or will be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any Holder
must restore payment of any sums paid under the Series A Capital Securities or
under this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VII
COMPENSATION AND EXPENSES OF
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
The Guarantor covenants and agrees to pay to the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee from time to time, and the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall be entitled to, such compensation as shall be agreed to in
writing between the Guarantor and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
(which agreement shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust), and the Guarantor will pay or
reimburse the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee upon its request for all
reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this
Capital Securities Guarantee (including the reasonable compensation and the
expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all persons not regularly in
its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from
its negligence or bad faith. The Guarantor also covenants to indemnify the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee (and its officers, agents, directors and
employees) for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, damage,
claim, liability or expense including taxes (other than taxes based on the
income of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee) incurred without negligence
or bad faith on the part of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this
guarantee, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any
claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Guarantor under
this Article VIII to compensate and indemnify the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee for
expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a lien prior to that
of the Series A Capital Securities upon all property and funds held or
collected by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, except funds held in
trust for the benefit of the holders of particular Series A Capital Securities.
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The provisions of this Article shall survive the termination of this
Capital Securities Guarantee or the earlier resignation or removal of the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 9.01 Exculpation
(a) No Indemnified Person shall be liable, responsible or
accountable in damages or otherwise to the Guarantor or any Covered Person for
any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed
or omitted by such Indemnified Person in good faith in accordance with this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee and in a manner that such Indemnified
Person reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on
such Indemnified Person by this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee or by
law, except that an Indemnified Person shall be liable for any such loss,
damage or claim incurred by reason of such Indemnified Person's negligence or
willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions.
(b) An Indemnified Person shall be fully protected in relying in
good faith upon the records of the Guarantor and upon such information,
opinions, reports or statements presented to the Guarantor by any Person as to
matters the Indemnified Person reasonably believes are within such other
Person's professional or expert competence, including information, opinions,
reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets, liabilities,
profits, losses, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of
assets from which Distributions to Holders might properly be paid.
SECTION 9.02 Indemnification
The Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person for, and to
hold each Indemnified Person harmless against, any and all loss, liability,
damage, claim or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part,
arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the
trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees and expenses) of defending itself against, or
investigating, any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or
performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The obligation to
indemnify as set forth in this Section 9.02 shall survive the termination of
this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee.
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 10.01 Successors and Assigns
All guarantees and agreements contained in this Series A Capital
Securities Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees
and representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the
Holders then outstanding.
SECTION 10.02 Amendments
Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely
affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of Holders will be
required), this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee may only be amended with
the prior approval of the Holders of a Majority in liquidation amount of the
Series A Capital Securities. The provisions of the Declaration with respect to
consents to amendments thereof (whether at a meeting or otherwise) shall apply
to the giving of such approval.
SECTION 10.03 Notices
All notices provided for in this Series A Capital Securities Guarantee
shall be in writing, duly signed by the party giving such notice, and shall be
delivered, telecopied or mailed by first class mail, as follows:
(a) if given to the Issuer, in care of the Administrative Trustees
at the Issuer's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the
Issuer may give notice of to the Holders and the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee):
K N Capital Trust I
c/o K N Energy, Inc.
000 Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
P.O. Box 281304
Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8304
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(b) if given to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, at the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's mailing address set forth below (or such
other address as the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may give notice of to
the Holders and the Issuer):
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Wilmington Trust Company
0000 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0001
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(c) if given to the Guarantor, at the Guarantor's mailing address
set forth below (or such other address as the Guarantor may give notice of to
the Holders of the Series A Capital Securities and the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee):
K N Energy, Inc.
000 Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
P.O. Box 281304
Lakewood, Colorado 80228-8304
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
(d) if given to any Holder of Series A Capital Securities, at the
address set forth on the books and records of the Issuer.
All such notices shall be deemed to have been given when received in
person, telecopied with receipt confirmed, or mailed by first class mail,
postage prepaid except that if a notice or other document is refused delivery
or cannot be delivered because of a changed address of which no notice was
given, such notice or other document shall be deemed to have been delivered on
the date of such refusal or inability to deliver.
SECTION 10.04 Exchange Offer
In the event an Exchange Offer Registration Statement (as defined in
the Registration Rights Agreement) becomes effective and the Issuer issues any
Series B Capital Securities in the Exchange Offer, the Guarantor will enter
into a new capital securities guarantee, in substantially the same form as this
Series A Capital Securities Guarantee, with respect to the Series B Capital
Securities.
SECTION 10.05 Benefit
This Series A Capital Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit
of the Holders and, subject to Section 3.01(a), is not separately transferable
from the Series A Capital Securities.
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SECTION 10.06 Governing Law
THIS SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
THIS SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE is executed as of the day
and year first above written.
K N ENERGY, INC., as Guarantor
By: /s/ X. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: X. Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Vice President and Treasurer
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
By: /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Vice President
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