Common use of Ownership of Common Securities Clause in Contracts

Ownership of Common Securities. So long as the Trust Securities of each Trust remain outstanding, the Company hereby covenants (a) to maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of the common securities issued by such Trust (it being understood that any permitted successor of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company's ownership of such common securities), (b) to use its best efforts to cause each Trust (i) to remain a business trust, except in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the holders of related Trust Securities in liquidation of such Trust, the conversion, exchange or redemption of all of such Trust Securities, or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the applicable Trust Agreement, and (ii) to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, (c) to use its reasonable best efforts to cause each holder of each Trust's Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the related Debentures and (d) not to cause, as sponsor of each Trust, or to permit, as holder of the common securities, the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of any Trust, except as provided in the applicable Trust Agreement.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Indenture (Metlife Capital Trust I), Indenture (Cox Trust Ii), Indenture (Cox Trust Ii)

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Ownership of Common Securities. So long as the Trust Securities of each Trust remain outstanding, the Company hereby covenants (a) to maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of the common securities issued by such Trust (it being understood that any permitted successor of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company's ownership of such common securities), (b) to use its best reasonable efforts to cause each Trust (i) to remain a business statutory trust, except in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the holders of related Trust Securities in liquidation of such Trust, the conversion, exchange or redemption of all of such Trust Securities, or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the applicable Trust AgreementDeclaration of Trust, and (ii) to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, and (c) to use its reasonable best efforts to cause each holder of each Trust's Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the related Debentures and (d) not to cause, as sponsor of each Trust, or to permit, as holder of the common securities, the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of any Trust, except as provided in the applicable Trust AgreementDebentures.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Indenture (New York Community Capital Trust I), Indenture (New York Community Bancorp Inc), Indenture (New York Community Bancorp Inc)

Ownership of Common Securities. So long as the Trust Securities of each Trust remain outstanding, the Company hereby covenants (a) to maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of the common securities issued by such Trust (it being understood that any permitted successor of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company's ownership of such common securities), (b) to use its best commercially reasonable efforts to cause each Trust (i) to remain a business trust, except in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the holders of related Trust Securities in liquidation of such Trust, the conversion, exchange or redemption of all of such Trust Securities, or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the applicable Trust Agreement, and (ii) to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, (c) to use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause each holder of each Trust's Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the related Debentures and (d) to use its commercially reasonable efforts not to cause, as sponsor of each Trust, or to permit, as holder of the common securities, the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of any Trust, except as provided in the applicable Trust Agreement.

Appears in 3 contracts

Samples: Indenture (Prudential Financial Inc), Indenture (Prudential Financial Inc), Indenture (Prudential Financial Inc)

Ownership of Common Securities. So long as the Trust Securities of each Trust remain outstanding, the Company hereby covenants (a) to maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of the common securities issued by such Trust (it being understood that any permitted successor of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company's ownership of such common securities), (b) to use its best efforts to cause each Trust (i) to remain a business trust, except in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the holders of related Trust Securities in liquidation of such Trust, the conversion, exchange or redemption of all of such Trust Securities, or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the applicable Trust Agreement, and (ii) to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, (c) to use its reasonable best efforts to cause each holder of each Trust's Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the related Debentures and (d) not to cause, as sponsor of each Trust, or to permit, as holder of the common securities, the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of any Trust, except as provided in the applicable Trust Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Indenture (Hercules Inc), Indenture (Hercules Inc)

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Ownership of Common Securities. So long as the Trust Securities of each Trust remain outstanding, the Company hereby covenants (a) to maintain 100% direct or indirect ownership of the common securities issued by such Trust (it being understood that any permitted successor of the Company under this Indenture may succeed to the Company's ownership of such common securities), (b) to use its best efforts to cause each Trust (i) to remain a business trust, except in connection with the distribution of Debentures to the holders of related Trust Securities in liquidation of such Trust, the conversion, exchange or redemption of all of such Trust Securities, or certain mergers, consolidations or amalgamations, each as permitted by the applicable Trust Agreement, and (ii) to otherwise continue to be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, (c) to use its reasonable best efforts to cause each holder of each Trust's Trust Securities to be treated as owning an undivided beneficial interest in the related Debentures and (d) to use its best efforts not to cause, as sponsor of each Trust, or to permit, as holder of the common securities, the dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of any Trust, except as provided in the applicable Trust Agreement.

Appears in 2 contracts

Samples: Indenture (Metlife Capital Trust I), Indenture (Metlife Inc)

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