SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
PEOPLES BANCORP INC.
Dated as of April 20, 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation................................2
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ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application..............................5
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SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities................................6
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SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee...........6
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SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee......6
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SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent..............6
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SECTION 2.6 Waiver of Events of Default...................................7
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SECTION 2.7 Notice of Events of Default...................................7
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SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests.........................................7
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ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee..7
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SECTION 3.2 Certain Rights of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.........9
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SECTION 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Capital
Securities Guarantee........................................11
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ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility.............11
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SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Capital Securities
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Guarantee Trustee.............................................12
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1 Guarantee....................................................13
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SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand..................................13
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SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected.....................................13
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SECTION 5.4 Rights of Holders............................................14
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SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment.........................................15
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SECTION 5.6 Subrogation..................................................15
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SECTION 5.7 Independent Obligations......................................15
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ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1 Limitation of Transactions..................................15
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SECTION 6.2 Ranking.....................................................16
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ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1 Termination.................................................16
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ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 8.1 Exculpation.................................................17
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SECTION 8.2 Compensation and Indemnification............................17
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ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1 Successors and Assigns......................................18
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SECTION 9.2 Amendments..................................................18
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SECTION 9.3 Notices.....................................................18
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SECTION 9.4 Exchange Offer..............................................19
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SECTION 9.5 Benefit.....................................................19
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SECTION 9.6 Governing Law...............................................19
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CROSS REFERENCE TABLE
Section of Trust
Indenture Act of Section of Guarantee
1939, as amended Agreement
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310(a) 4.1(a)
310(b) 4.1(c), 2.8
310(c) Inapplicable
311(a) 2.2(b)
311(b) 2.2(b)
311 (c) Inapplicable
312(a) 2.2(a)
312(b) 2.2(b)
313 2.3
314(a) 2.4
314(b) Inapplicable
314(c) 2.5
314(d) Inapplicable
314(e) 1.1, 2.5, 3.2
314(f) 2.1, 3.2
315(a) 3.1(d)
315(b) 2.7
315(c) 3.1(c)
315(d) 3.1(d)
316(a) 1.1, 2.6, 5.4
316(b) 5.3
316(c) 9.2
317(a) Inapplicable
317(b) Inapplicable
318(a) 2.1(a)
318(c) 2.1(b)
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This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of this Guarantee
Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation of any of its terms or
provisions.
SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
THIS SERIES A CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE AGREEMENT (the "Capital
Securities Guarantee"), dated as of April 20, 1999, is executed and delivered by
PEOPLES BANCORP INC., an Ohio corporation (the "Guarantor"), and WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, as trustee (the "Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee" or
"Trustee"), for the benefit of the Holders (as defined herein), from time to
time, of the Series A Capital Securities (as defined herein) of PEBO 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 20, 1999 by and among the trustees of the
Issuer named therein, 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 30,000 capital securities, having an aggregate
liquidation amount of $30,000,000, such capital securities being designated the
Series A 8.62% Capital Securities (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 the holders of the
Series B Capital Securities (as defined in the Declaration); and
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 Capital Securities Guarantee, to pay the Guarantee
Payments (as defined below) to the Holders of the Series A Capital Securities,
and the Guarantor agrees to make certain other payments on the terms and
conditions set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, the Guarantor is also executing and delivering a guarantee
agreement (the "Common Securities Guarantee") with substantially identical terms
to this 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 Series B Capital Securities to receive Guarantee Payments under
this Capital Securities Guarantee and the Series B Capital Securities Guarantee,
as the case may be; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the purchase by each Holder of
Series A Capital Securities, which purchase the Guarantor hereby acknowledges
shall benefit the Guarantor, the Guarantor executes and delivers this Capital
Securities Guarantee for the benefit of such Holders.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1 Definitions and Interpretation
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In this Capital Securities Guarantee, unless the context otherwise
requires:
(a) capitalized terms used in this Capital Securities Guarantee but not defined
in the preamble above have the respective meanings assigned to them in this
Section 1.1;
(b) terms defined in the Declaration as at the date of execution of this Capital
Securities Guarantee have the same meaning when used in this Capital Securities
Guarantee unless otherwise defined in this Capital Securities Guarantee,
(c) a term defined anywhere in this Capital Securities Guarantee has the same
meaning throughout;
(d) all references to "the Capital Securities Guarantee" or "this Capital
Securities Guarantee" are to this Capital Securities Guarantee as modified,
supplemented or amended from time to time;
(e) all references in this Capital Securities Guarantee to Articles and Sections
are to Articles and Sections of this Capital Securities Guarantee, unless
otherwise specified;
(f) a term defined in the Trust Indenture Act has the same meaning when used in
this Capital Securities Guarantee, unless otherwise defined in this 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
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under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor rule thereunder.
"Business Day" shall mean any day other than a Saturday or a Sunday, or
a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or Marietta, Ohio are
authorized or required by law or executive order to close.
"Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee" shall mean Wilmington Trust
Company, until a Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee has been
appointed and has accepted such appointment pursuant to the provisions of this
Capital Securities Guarantee and thereafter means each such Successor Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee.
"Common Securities" shall mean the securities representing common
undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer.
"Corporate Trust Office" shall mean 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
Agreement is located at Xxxxxx Square North, 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.
"Covered Person" shall mean any Holder or beneficial owner of Series A
Capital Securities.
"Debentures" shall mean the series of subordinated debt securities of
the Guarantor designated the Series A 8.62% Junior Subordinated Deferrable
Interest Debentures due May 1, 2029, held by the Property Trustee (as defined in
the Declaration) of the Issuer.
"Event of Default" shall mean a default by the Guarantor on any of its
payment or other obligations under this Capital Securities Guarantee; provided,
however, that, except with respect to default in respect of any Guarantee
Payment, no default by the Guarantor hereunder shall constitute an Event of
Default unless the Guarantor shall have received written notice of the default
and shall not have cured such default within 60 days after receipt thereof.
"Guarantee Payments" shall mean the following payments or
distributions, without duplication, with respect to the Series A Capital
Securities, to the extent not paid or made by or on behalf of 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 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 legally
available therefor at such time, with respect to any Series A Capital Securities
called for redemption, and (iii) upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution,
winding up or liquidation of the Issuer (other than in connection with the
distribution of Debentures to the Holders in exchange for Series A Capital
Securities or in connection with the redemption of the Series A Capital
Securities, in each case 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 legally available therefor at such time, and (b) the amount of
assets of the Issuer remaining available for distribution to Holders after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer as required by applicable
law (in either case, the "Liquidation Distribution"). 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
the Common Securities Guarantee or any Other Common Securities Guarantee shall
be made until the Holders of Series A Capital Securities shall be paid in full
the Guarantee Payments to which they are entitled under this Capital Securities
Guarantee.
"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 Person actually known to a Responsible
Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee to be an Affiliate of the
Guarantor.
"Indemnified Person" shall mean the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee (including in its individual capacity), 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.
"Indenture" shall mean the Indenture, dated as of April 20, 1999,
between Peoples Bancorp Inc., as issuer of the Debentures (the "Debenture
Issuer"), and Wilmington Trust Company, as debenture trustee (the "Debenture
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"
shall mean, except as provided by the Trust Indenture Act, a vote by Holder(s)
of Series A Capital Securities, voting separately as a class, of more than 50%
of the aggregate liquidation amount (including the amount that would be paid on
redemption, liquidation or otherwise, plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions
to the date upon which the voting percentages are determined) of all outstanding
Series A Capital Securities.
"Officer's Certificate" shall mean, with respect to any person, a
certificate signed by the chairman, a vice chairman, the chief executive
officer, the president, an executive or senior vice president, a vice president,
the treasurer or an assistant treasurer of the Guarantor. Any Officer's
Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant
provided for in this Capital Securities Guarantee shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officer's 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" shall mean all junior subordinated debentures, other
than the Debentures, issued by the Guarantor from time to time and sold to
trusts other than the Issuer to be established by the Guarantor (if any), in
each case similar to the Issuer.
"Other Guarantees" shall mean all guarantees, other than this Capital
Securities Guarantee, to be issued by the Guarantor with respect to capital
securities (if any) similar to the Series A Capital Securities issued by trusts
other than the Issuer to be established by the Guarantor (if any), in each case
similar to the Issuer.
"Person" shall mean 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.
"Registration Rights Agreement" means the Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of April 20, 1999, by and among the Guarantor, the Issuer
and the Initial Purchaser named therein as such agreement may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
"Responsible Officer" shall mean, with respect to the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust
Office, including any managing director, principal, vice president, assistant
vice president, assistant treasurer, assistant secretary or any other officer of
the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee customarily performing functions
similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and having
direct responsibility for the administration of this Capital Securities
Guarantee, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer to
whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject.
"Successor Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee" shall mean a successor
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee possessing the qualifications to act as
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee under Section 4.1.
"Trust Indenture Act" shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended.
"Trust Securities" shall mean the Common Securities and the Series A
Capital Securities and the Series B Capital Securities, collectively.
ARTICLE II
TRUST INDENTURE ACT
SECTION 2.1 Trust Indenture Act; Application
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(a) This Capital Securities Guarantee is subject to the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Capital Securities
Guarantee and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such provisions.
(b) If and to the extent that any provision of this Capital Securities
Guarantee limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by Section 310
to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act, such imposed duties shall
control.
SECTION 2.2 Lists of Holders of Securities
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(a) The Guarantor shall provide the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee (unless the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee is otherwise the
registrar of the Series A 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 of the Series A Capital Securities ("List of Holders")
as of such date, (i) within fourteen (14) days after each record date for
payment of Distributions, and (ii) at any other time within 30 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, however, 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 31l(a), 31l(b) and Section 312(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.3 Reports by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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Within 60 days after May 31 of each year, commencing May 31, 2000, the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall provide to the Holders of the Series
A Capital Securities such reports as are required by Section 313 of the Trust
Indenture Act, if any, in the form and in the manner provided by Section 313 of
the Trust Indenture Act. The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall also
comply with the requirements of Section 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 2.4 Periodic Reports to Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
such documents, reports and information as are 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. 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 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 Officer's Certificates).
SECTION 2.5 Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent
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The Guarantor shall provide to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
such evidence of compliance with the conditions precedent, if any, provided for
in this 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 Officer's Certificate.
SECTION 2.6 Waiver of Events of Default
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The Holders of a Majority in Liquidation Amount of Series A Capital
Securities may, by vote, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Series A Capital
Securities, waive 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
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 2.7 Notice of Events of Default
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(a) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall, within 10 Business
Days after the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to this Capital
Securities Guarantee actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee, transmit by mail, first class postage prepaid, to
all Holders of the Series A Capital Securities, notices of all such Events of
Default, unless such Events of Default have been cured before the giving of such
notice; provided, that, except in the case of an Event of Default arising from
the non-payment of any Guarantee Payment, the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a
Responsible Officer of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee 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 the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall have received written notice, or a Responsible Officer of the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee charged with the administration of the
Declaration shall have obtained actual knowledge, of such Event of Default.
SECTION 2.8 Conflicting Interests
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The Declaration shall be deemed to be specifically described in this
Capital Securities Guarantee for the purposes of clause (i) of the first proviso
contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act.
ARTICLE III
POWERS, DUTIES AND RIGHTS OF
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1 Powers and Duties of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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(a) This Capital Securities Guarantee shall be held by the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Series A
Capital Securities, and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not
transfer this Capital Securities Guarantee to any Person except a Holder of
Series A Capital Securities exercising his, her or its rights pursuant to
Section 5.4(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 Capital Securities
Guarantee for the benefit of the Holders of the Series A Capital Securities.
(c) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, before the occurrence of
any Event of Default (of which, other than in the case of Events of Default
under Sections 5.01(a) and 5.01(b) of the Indenture, a Responsible Officer of
the Property Trustee has actual knowledge) and after the curing of all such
Events of Default that may have occurred, shall undertake to perform only such
duties as are specifically set forth in this Capital Securities Guarantee, and
no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Capital Securities
Guarantee against the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee. In case an Event of
Default has occurred (that has not been cured or waived pursuant to Section 2.6)
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 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 circumstances in the conduct of his or
her own affairs.
(d) No provision of this 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 (of which,
other than in the case of Events of Default under Sections 5.01(a) and
5.01(b) of the Indenture, a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee
has actual knowledge) 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 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
Capital Securities Guarantee, and no implied covenants or obligations
shall be read into this Capital Securities Guarantee against the
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; and
(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 Capital Securities Guarantee;
provided, however, that in the case of any such certificates or
opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically required to be
furnished to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee, the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same
to determine whether or not on their face they conform to the
requirements of this Capital Securities Guarantee;
(ii) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be
liable for any error of 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 or such
Responsible Officer 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 Capital Securities Guarantee; and
(iv) no provision of this Capital Securities Guarantee shall
require the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee to expend or risk its
own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its
rights or powers, if the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall
have reasonable grounds for believing that the repayment of such funds
or liability is not reasonably assured to it under the terms of this
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 3.2 Certain Rights of Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
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(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 3.1:
(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
believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or presented
by the proper party or parties;
(ii) any direction or act of the Guarantor contemplated by
this Capital Securities Guarantee may be sufficiently evidenced by an
Officer's Certificate;
(iii) whenever, in the administration of this 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, the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically
prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and
conclusively rely upon an Officer's Certificate, which, upon receipt of
such request, shall be promptly delivered by the Guarantor;
(iv) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have no
duty to see to any recording, filing or registration of any instrument
or other document (or any rerecording, refiling or registration
thereof);
(v) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may consult with
counsel of its 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; and 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 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 Capital Securities Guarantee at the request or direction of any
Holder, unless such Holder shall have provided to the Capital
Securities Guarantee Trustee such 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, however, that nothing contained in this Section
3.2(a)(vi) shall be taken to relieve the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, of its obligation
to exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Capital
Securities Guarantee;
(vii) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall have no
obligation 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 discretion, may make such
further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may
see fit;
(viii) the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may, at the
expense of the Guarantor, 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 such person 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 of the Series A
Capital Securities, and the signature of the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee or its agents alone shall be sufficient and effective
to perform any such action; and no third party shall be required to
inquire as to the authority of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
to so act or as to its compliance with any of the terms and provisions
of this 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 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; and
(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 or rights or powers conferred upon
it by this Capital Securities Guarantee.
(b) No provision of this 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. No permissive power or
authority available to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall be
construed to be a duty.
SECTION 3.3 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Capital
Securities Guarantee
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The recitals contained in this 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 Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE IV
CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE TRUSTEE
SECTION 4.1 Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee; Eligibility
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(a) There shall at all times be a Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
that shall
(i) not be an Affiliate of the Guarantor; and
(ii) be a corporation or other Person 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 indenture trustee under the Trust Indenture Act, authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trust powers, having a combined capital
and surplus of at least 10 million U.S. dollars ($10,000,000), and
subject to supervision or examination by federal, state, territorial or
District of Columbia authority; it being understood that if such
corporation or other Person publishes reports of condition at least
annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of the supervising or
examining authority referred to above, then, for the purposes of this
Section 4.1(a)(ii), the combined capital and surplus of such
corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as
set forth in its most recent report of condition so published.
(b) If at any time the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall cease
to be eligible to so act under Section 4.1(a), the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee shall immediately resign in the manner and with the effect set out in
Section 4.2(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 in
all respects comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
SECTION 4.2 Appointment, Removal and Resignation of Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee
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(a) Subject to Section 4.2(b), the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
may be appointed or removed without cause at any time by the Guarantor except
during an Event of Default.
(b) The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee shall not be removed in
accordance with Section 4.2(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 its removal or resignation. The Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee may
resign from office (without need for 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 instrument in writing executed by such Successor
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and 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 4.2 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 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 Capital Securities Guarantee or removal or
resignation of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee pursuant to this Section
4.2, the Guarantor shall pay to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee all
amounts due to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee accrued to the date of
such termination, removal or resignation.
ARTICLE V
GUARANTEE
SECTION 5.1 Guarantee
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The Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to pay in full to
the Holders the Guarantee Payments (without duplication of amounts 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 the
required amounts by the Guarantor to the Holders or by causing the Issuer to pay
such amounts to the Holders.
SECTION 5.2 Waiver of Notice and Demand
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The Guarantor hereby waives notice of acceptance of this 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
notices and demands.
SECTION 5.3 Obligations Not Affected
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The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Guarantor
under this Capital Securities Guarantee shall in no way be affected or impaired
by reason of the happening 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;
(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 5.3 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 5.4 Rights of Holders
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(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 Capital Securities Guarantee or exercising
any trust or power conferred upon the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee under
this Capital Securities Guarantee.
(b) Any Holder of Series A Capital Securities may institute a legal
proceeding directly against the Guarantor to enforce the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee's rights under this Capital Securities Guarantee, without
first instituting a legal proceeding against the Issuer, the Capital Securities
Guarantee Trustee or any other person or entity. The Guarantor waives any right
or remedy to require that any action be brought first against the Issuer or any
other person or entity before proceeding directly against the Guarantor.
SECTION 5.5 Guarantee of Payment
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This Capital Securities Guarantee creates a guarantee of payment and
not of collection.
SECTION 5.6 Subrogation
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The Guarantor shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights of the Holders
of Series A Capital Securities against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid
to such Holders by the Guarantor under this 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 Capital
Securities Guarantee, if, at the time of any such payment, any amounts are due
and unpaid under this 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 5.7 Independent Obligations
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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
Capital Securities Guarantee notwithstanding the occurrence of any event
referred to in subsections (a) through (h), inclusive, of Section 5.3 hereof.
ARTICLE VI
LIMITATION OF TRANSACTIONS; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 6.1 Limitation of Transactions
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So long as any Series A 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, (ii) make any payment of principal of or interest
or premium, if any, on or repay, repurchase or redeem any debt securities of the
Guarantor (including 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 the debt securities of any direct
or indirect 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,
rights to subscribe for or purchase common shares of the Guarantor, (b) any
declaration of a dividend in connection with the implementation of a
shareholders' rights 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 Capital Securities Guarantee and the Series B Capital
Securities Guarantee; (d) as a result of a reclassification of the Guarantor's
capital stock or the exchange or the 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 a merger,
consolidation or other business combination, and (f) purchases of common shares
related to the issuance of common shares or rights under any of the Guarantor's
benefit or compensation plans for directors, officers or employees of Guarantor
and its subsidiaries or the Guarantor's dividend reinvestment plan) if at the
time of the action described in (i), (ii) or (iii) above (l) there shall have
occurred any default of which the Guarantor has actual knowledge that (A) is, or
with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, would be, an Event of
Default and (B) in respect of which the Guarantor shall not have taken
reasonable steps to cure, (2) 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 Capital Securities Guarantee or (3) the Guarantor shall
have given notice of its election of the exercise of its right to commence an
Extended Interest Payment Period as provided in the Indenture and shall not have
rescinded such notice, and such Extended Interest Payment Period, or an
extension thereof, shall have commenced and be continuing.
SECTION 6.2 Ranking
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This 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 Capital Securities Guarantee as if such Article XV were set forth
herein in full, (ii) pari passu with the Debentures, Other Debentures, the
Series B Capital Securities Guarantee, the Common Securities Guarantee, any
Other Common Securities Guarantee and any Other Guarantee, and (iii) senior to
the Guarantor's capital stock.
ARTICLE VII
TERMINATION
SECTION 7.1 Termination
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This 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 and the holders of Common Securities or (iii) upon exchange of
all of 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 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 Capital Securities Guarantee.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
SECTION 8.1 Exculpation
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(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 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 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 and who has been selected with reasonable care
by or on behalf of the Guarantor, 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 8.2 Compensation and Indemnification
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The Guarantor agrees to pay to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
such compensation for its services as shall be mutually agreed upon by the
Guarantor and the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee. The Guarantor shall
reimburse the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee upon request for all
reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it, including the reasonable
compensation and expenses of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's agents
and counsel, except any expense as may be attributable to the negligence or bad
faith of the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee.
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 provisions of this
Section 8.2 shall survive the termination of this Capital Securities Guarantee
and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Capital Securities Guarantee
Trustee.
ARTICLE IX
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 9.1 Successors and Assigns
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All guarantees and agreements contained in this Capital Securities
Guarantee shall bind the successors, assigns, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Guarantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Holders
of the Series A Capital Securities then outstanding.
SECTION 9.2 Amendments
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Except with respect to any changes that do not materially adversely
affect the rights of Holders (in which case no consent of such Holders will be
required), this 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 Section 12.2 of the Declaration with
respect to meetings of Holders of the Trust Securities apply to the giving of
such approval. This Capital Securities Guarantee may not be amended, and no
amendment hereof that affects the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee's rights,
duties or immunities hereunder or otherwise, shall be effective, unless such
amendment is executed by the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee (which shall
have no obligation to execute any such amendment, but may do so in its sole
discretion).
SECTION 9.3 Notices
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All notices provided for in this 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 Trustee at
the Issuer's mailing address set forth below (or such other address as the
Issuer may give notice of to the Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and the
Holders):
PEBO Capital Trust I
c/o Peoples Bancorp Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (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 Guarantor and the Holders):
Wilmington Trust Company
0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (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
Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee and the Holders):
Peoples Bancorp Inc.
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000
Telephone: (000) 000-0000
(d) If given to any Holder, 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 9.4 Exchange Offer
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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 agreement, in substantially the same form as
this Capital Securities Guarantee, with respect to the Series B Capital
Securities.
SECTION 9.5 Benefit
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This Capital Securities Guarantee is solely for the benefit of the
Holders of the Series A Capital Securities and, subject to Section 3.1(a), is
not separately transferable from the Series A Capital Securities.
SECTION 9.6 Governing Law
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THIS CAPITAL SECURITIES GUARANTEE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED
AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
This Capital Securities Guarantee is executed as of the day and year
first above written.
PEOPLES BANCORP INC.,
as Guarantor
By: /s/XXXXXX X. XXXXX
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, President and
Chief Executive Officer
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Capital Securities Guarantee Trustee
By: /s/XXXXX X. XXXXX
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Title: Vice President
