Contract
Exhibit 4(n)
INSTRUMENT OF RESIGNATION OF TRUSTEE, APPOINTMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE (this
“Instrument”), dated as of June 2, 2009, by and among XXXXXX CORPORATION, a corporation duly
organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON (formerly known as The Bank of New York), a banking corporation duly organized and
existing under the laws of the State of New York (“Resigning Trustee”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK
MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association duly organized and existing under the
laws of the United States of America (“Successor Trustee”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS, the Company and Resigning Trustee entered into a Subordinated Indenture dated as of
September 3, 2003 (the “Indenture”; certain capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein
having the respective meanings attributed thereto in the Indenture), providing for the issuance of
debt securities from time to time;
WHEREAS, Section 8.10 of the Indenture provides that the Trustee may at any time resign by
giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and by mailing notice of such resignation
to the Holders of the then Outstanding Securities at their addresses as they appear on the Security
Register;
WHEREAS, Resigning Trustee desires to resign as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar
in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture;
WHEREAS, Section 8.10 of the Indenture provides that, if the Trustee shall resign, the
Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee;
WHEREAS, Section 8.11 of the Indenture provides that any successor Trustee appointed in
accordance with the Indenture shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its
predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment under the Indenture, and thereupon the
resignation of the predecessor Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without
any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and
obligations of the predecessor trustee;
WHEREAS, the Company desires to appoint Successor Trustee as Trustee, Paying Agent and
Security Registrar to succeed Resigning Trustee in such capacities under the Indenture;
WHEREAS, Successor Trustee having its principal corporate trust office at 00000 Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, has declared that it is qualified and eligible to
serve as successor Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the provisions of Sections
8.08 and 8.09 of the Indenture and is willing to accept
such appointment as successor Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the
Indenture; and
WHEREAS, the Company has been authorized, by order of the Board of Directors to appoint The
Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as successor Trustee, Paying Agent and Security
Registrar under the Indenture and to execute and deliver this Instrument and to perform the acts to
be performed by it as contemplated hereby.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Company, Resigning Trustee and Successor Trustee, for and in consideration
of the premises and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged, hereby consent and agree as follows:
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RESIGNING TRUSTEE
1.1 Pursuant to Section 8.10 of the Indenture, Resigning Trustee hereby notifies the Company
that Resigning Trustee is hereby resigning as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under
the Indenture. The resignation of Resigning Trustee as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security
Registrar under the Indenture shall become effective pursuant to Section 8.10 of the Indenture on
the Effective Date (as defined in Section 5.2 hereof) following the execution, acknowledgement and
delivery of a counterpart of this Instrument to the Company and to Resigning Trustee by Successor
Trustee.
1.2 Resigning Trustee hereby represents and warrants to Successor Trustee that:
(a) To Resigning Trustee’s knowledge, there is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to
the best knowledge of responsible officers of Resigning Trustee’s corporate trust department,
threatened against Resigning Trustee before any court or any governmental authority arising out of
any act or omission of Resigning Trustee as Trustee, Paying Agent or Security Registrar under the
Indenture;
(b) This Instrument has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of Resigning
Trustee and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation; and
(c) To the best knowledge of responsible officers of Resigning Trustee’s corporate trust
department, no event has occurred and is continuing which is, or after notice or lapse of time
would constitute, an Event of Default under Section 7.01 of the Indenture.
1.3 Resigning Trustee hereby assigns, transfers, delivers and confirms to Successor Trustee
all right, title and interest of Resigning Trustee in and to the trust under the Indenture and all
the rights, powers, duties, obligations, immunities and trusts of the Trustee under the Indenture.
Resigning Trustee shall execute and deliver such further
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instruments and shall do such other things
as Successor Trustee may reasonably require so as to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in
Successor Trustee all the rights, powers, duties, obligations, immunities and trusts hereby
assigned, transferred, delivered and confirmed to Successor Trustee as Trustee, Paying Agent and
Security Registrar.
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THE COMPANY
2.1 The Company hereby accepts the resignation of Resigning Trustee as Trustee, Paying Agent
and Security Registrar under the Indenture.
2.2 The Company, pursuant to Section 8.10 of the Indenture, hereby appoints Successor Trustee
as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the Indenture to succeed to, and hereby vests
Successor Trustee with, all the rights, powers, duties, obligations, immunities and trusts of
Resigning Trustee under the Indenture, and as an office or agency where notices and demands to or
upon the Company in respect of the Securities or the Indenture may be served, and for any and all
other functions or duties as Trustee or such office or agency under the Indenture, all with like
effect as if originally named as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar and such office under
the Indenture, such appointment to take effect pursuant to Section 8.11 of the Indenture on the
Effective Date following the execution, acknowledgement and delivery of a counterpart of this
Instrument to the Company and to Resigning Trustee by the Successor Trustee.
2.3 The Company hereby represents and warrants to Resigning Trustee and Successor Trustee
that:
(a) The Company is a corporation validly incorporated and existing pursuant to the laws of the
State of Delaware;
(b) The Indenture was validly and lawfully executed and delivered by the Company and the
Securities were validly issued by the Company;
(c) The Company has performed or fulfilled prior to the date hereof, and will continue to
perform and fulfill after the date hereof, each covenant, agreement, condition, obligation and
responsibility under the Indenture;
(d) To the best of the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred and is continuing which is,
or after notice or lapse of time would constitute, an Event of Default under Section 7.01 of the
Indenture;
(e) There is no action, suit or proceeding pending or, to the best of the Company’s knowledge,
threatened against the Company before any court or any
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governmental authority arising out of any
act or omission of the Company under the Indenture;
(f) This Instrument has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Company
and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation; and
(g) All conditions precedent relating to the appointment of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A. as successor Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the Indenture have
been complied with by the Company.
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SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
3.1 Successor Trustee hereby represents and warrants to Resigning Trustee and to the Company
that:
(a) Successor Trustee is qualified under the provisions of Section 8.08 and is eligible under
the provisions of Section 8.09 of the Indenture to act as Trustee under the Indenture.
(b) This Instrument has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of Successor
Trustee and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation.
3.2 Successor Trustee hereby accepts its appointment as successor Trustee, Paying Agent and
Security Registrar under the Indenture and accepts the rights, powers, duties, obligations,
immunities and trusts of Resigning Trustee as Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under
the Indenture, and as an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Company in
respect of the Securities or the Indenture may be served, and for any and all other functions or
duties as Trustee or such office or agency under the Indenture, upon the terms and conditions set
forth therein, and agrees to perform and exercise said rights, powers, duties, obligations,
immunities and trusts upon such terms and conditions, with like effect as if originally named as
Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar under the Indenture.
3.3 References in the Indenture to “Corporate Trust Office” or other similar terms shall be
deemed to refer to the principal corporate trust office of Successor Trustee, which is presently
located at 00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000. For purposes of Section 5.02 of the Indenture, the Successor
Trustee maintains an affiliate agency in the Borough of Manhattan,
the City and State of New York, located at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0X, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000.
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NOTIFICATION TO DTC
Successor Trustee and Resigning Trustee, at their
expense, will provide the Depository Trust Company with any notices as and when required by Rule 17Ad-16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
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MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 Except as otherwise expressly provided herein or unless the context otherwise requires,
all terms used herein which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them
in the Indenture.
5.2 This Instrument and the resignation, appointment and acceptance effected hereby shall be
effective as of the opening of business on June 3, 2009 (the “Effective Date”).
5.3 Resigning Trustee hereby acknowledges payment or provision for payment in full by the
Company of compensation for all services rendered by Resigning Trustee under Section 8.06 of the
Indenture and reimbursement in full by the Company of the expenses, disbursements and advances
incurred or made by Resigning Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
Resigning Trustee acknowledges that it relinquishes any lien it may have upon all property or funds
held or collected by it to secure any amounts due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.06 of
the Indenture. The Company acknowledges its obligation as set forth in Section 8.06 of the
Indenture to indemnify Resigning Trustee for, and to hold Resigning Trustee harmless against, any
loss, liability and expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Resigning
Trustee and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust
evidenced by the Indenture (which obligation shall survive the execution hereof to the extent set
forth in Section 8.06 of the Indenture).
5.4 This Instrument shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the
State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in said State.
5.5 This Instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts each of which shall be an
original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.
5.6 Any notice, demand, request, or agreement in writing authorized by the Indenture or herein
to be given to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Successor Trustee, Paying Agent
and Security Registrar under the Indenture shall be
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sufficiently given for all purposes, if delivered or mailed to 00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000.
5.7 The Company, Resigning Trustee and Successor Trustee hereby acknowledge receipt of an
executed and acknowledged counterpart of this Instrument and the effectiveness thereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Instrument of Resignation of Trustee,
Appointment and Acceptance of Successor Trustee to be duly executed and acknowledged and duly attested all as of the day and year first above
written.
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx | |||
Title: | Executive Assistant | |||
XXXXXX CORPORATION |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President, Tax and Treasurer | |||
Attest: |
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Resigning Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Vice President | |||
Attest: |
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||||
Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Vice President | |||
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Successor Trustee, Paying Agent and Security Registrar |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Assistant Treasurer | |||
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STATE OF FLORIDA
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COUNTY OF BREVARD
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On the 2nd day of June, 2009, before me personally came Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx to me
known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he
resides in Melbourne, Florida; that he is Vice President, Tax and
Treasurer of XXXXXX CORPORATION, one of the
corporations described in and which executed the above instrument;
and that he signed his name by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation.
/s/ Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
Notary Public | ||||
Notary Public–State of Florida Xxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx Commission #00758605 Expires: Feb. 13, 2012 |
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STATE OF NEW YORK
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COUNTY OF QUEENS
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On the 2nd day of June, 2009, before me personally came Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx to me
known, who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that he resides in New York, New York; that he is Vice President of THE BANK OF NEW
YORK MELLON, one of the corporations described in and which executed the above instrument;
and that he signed his name by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
Notary Public | ||||
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
Notary Public, State of New York No. 00-0000000 Qualified in Queens County Commission Expires April 30, 2010 |
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STATE OF FLORIDA
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COUNTY OF XXXXX
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On the 2nd day of June, 2009, before me personally came Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx to me known,
who, being by me duly sworn, did depose and say that she resides in Jacksonville, Florida;
that she is Assistant Treasurer of THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., one of the
corporations described in and which executed the above instrument; and that she signed her name by the authority of the Board of Directors of said corporation.
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
Notary Public | ||||
Notary Public State of Florida Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx My Commission 00805384 Expires 09/29/2012 |
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