Exhibit (4) (i)
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
among
KEYCORP,
as Depositor,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as Property Trustee,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY DELAWARE,
as Delaware Trustee,
and
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES
NAMED HEREIN
Dated as of .
KEYCORP CAPITAL VI
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KeyCorp Capital VI
Reconciliation and tie between the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (including
cross-references to provisions of Sections 310 to and including 318(a) which,
pursuant to Section 318(c) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended by the
Trust Reform Act of 1990, are a part of and govern the Indenture whether or not
physically contained therein) and the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement,
dated as of ..
Trust Indenture Trust Agreement
Act Section Section
310 (a)(1)............................................ 8.7
(a)(2)............................................ 8.7
(a)(3)............................................ 8.9
(a)(4)............................................ 2.7(a)(ii)(E)
(b)............................................... 8.8, 10.10
(c)............................................... Not Applicable
311 (a)............................................... 8.13
(b)............................................... 8.13
(c)............................................... Not Applicable
312 (a)............................................... 5.7, 10.10
(b)............................................... 5.7, 10.10
(c)............................................... 5.7, 10.10
313 (a)............................................... 8.14(a)
(a)(4)............................................ 8.14(b)
(b)............................................... 8.14(b)
(c)............................................... 10.8
(d)............................................... 8.14(c)
314 (a)............................................... 8.15
(b)............................................... Not Applicable
(c)(1)............................................ 8.16
(c)(2)............................................ 8.16
(c)(3)............................................ Not Applicable
(d)............................................... Not Applicable
(e)............................................... 1.1, 8.16
315 (a)............................................... 8.1(a), 8.3(a)
(b)............................................... 8.2, 10.8
(c)............................................... 8.1(a), 8.1(d)(iii)
(d)............................................... 8.1, 8.3
(e)............................................... Not Applicable
316 (a)(1)(A)......................................... Not Applicable
(a)(1)(B)......................................... 5.13(b)
(a)(2)............................................ Not Applicable
(b)............................................... 5.13(c)
(c)............................................... 6.7
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Trust Indenture Trust Agreement
Act Section Section
317 (a)(1) .......................................... Not Applicable
(a)(2) .......................................... Not Applicable
(b) ............................................. 5.10
318 (a) ............................................. 10.10
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Note: This reconciliation and tie sheet shall not, for any purpose, be deemed
to be a part of the Trust Agreement.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
ARTICLE I
Defined Terms
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.................................................................... 2
ARTICLE II
Continuation of the Issuer Trust
SECTION 2.1. Name........................................................................... 11
SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business.................... 11
SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational Expenses................ 12
SECTION 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities............................................. 12
SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and Purchase of Debentures..... 12
SECTION 2.6. Continuation of Trust.......................................................... 12
SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions............................... 13
SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust................................................................ 17
SECTION 2.9. Title to Trust Property........................................................ 17
ARTICLE III
Payment Account
SECTION 3.1. Payment Account................................................................ 17
ARTICLE IV
Distributions; Redemption
SECTION 4.1. Distributions.................................................................. 18
SECTION 4.2. Redemption..................................................................... 19
SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities............................................. 21
SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures............................................................. 21
SECTION 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports........................................................ 22
SECTION 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Issuer Trust............................. 22
SECTION 4.7. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions......................... 22
SECTION 4.8. Liability of the Holder of Common Securities................................... 22
SECTION 4.9. Exchanges...................................................................... 23
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ARTICLE V
Trust Securities Certificates
SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership..................................................................... 23
SECTION 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates..................................................... 24
SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates............................... 24
SECTION 5.4. Book-Entry Capital Securities......................................................... 24
SECTION 5.5. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities Certificates.............. 26
SECTION 5.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities Certificates.................... 29
SECTION 5.7. Persons Deemed Holders................................................................ 29
SECTION 5.8. Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses........................................ 30
SECTION 5.9. Maintenance of Office or Agency....................................................... 30
SECTION 5.10. Appointment of Paying Agent.......................................................... 30
SECTION 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.......................................... 31
SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency........................................................... 31
SECTION 5.13. Rights of Holders.................................................................... 31
ARTICLE VI
Acts of Holders; Meetings; Voting
SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Voting Rights.......................................................... 33
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings.................................................................... 34
SECTION 6.3. Meetings of Holders of Capital Securities............................................. 35
SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights......................................................................... 35
SECTION 6.5. Proxies, Etc.......................................................................... 35
SECTION 6.6. Holder Action by Written Consent...................................................... 36
SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes............................................. 36
SECTION 6.8. Acts of Holders....................................................................... 36
SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records................................................................. 37
ARTICLE VII
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee....... 37
SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor. ......................................... 39
ARTICLE VIII
The Issuer Trustees
SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities................................................... 39
SECTION 8.2. Certain Notices....................................................................... 41
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SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee........................................... 41
SECTION 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities....................... 43
SECTION 8.5. May Hold Securities.......................................................... 43
SECTION 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees................................................ 44
SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of Issuer Trustees.......... 45
SECTION 8.8. Conflicting Interests........................................................ 45
SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee............................................. 46
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor........................... 47
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor...................................... 48
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business................. 49
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or the Issuer Trust..... 49
SECTION 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee................................................. 50
SECTION 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee............................................. 51
SECTION 8.16. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent............................ 51
SECTION 8.17. Number of Issuer Trustees................................................... 51
SECTION 8.18. Delegation of Power......................................................... 51
SECTION 8.19. Appointment of Administrative Trustees...................................... 52
ARTICLE IX
Termination, Liquidation and Merger
SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date............................................. 52
SECTION 9.2. Early Termination............................................................ 52
SECTION 9.3. Termination.................................................................. 53
SECTION 9.4. Liquidation.................................................................. 53
SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or Replacements of the Issuer Trust... 55
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders............................................. 56
SECTION 10.2. Amendment................................................................... 56
SECTION 10.3. Separability................................................................ 57
SECTION 10.4. Governing Law............................................................... 57
SECTION 10.5. Payments Due on Non-Business Day............................................ 58
SECTION 10.6. Successors.................................................................. 58
SECTION 10.7. Headings.................................................................... 58
SECTION 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands................................................ 58
SECTION 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition................................................... 59
SECTION 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act..................... 59
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SECTION 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement, Guarantee and Indenture........ 60
SECTION 10.12. Counterparts........................................................... 60
Exhibit A Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B DTC Letter of Representation
Exhibit C Form of Common Securities Certificate
Exhibit D Expense Agreement
Exhibit E Form of Capital Securities Certificate
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AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of . , among (i) KEYCORP, an
Ohio corporation (including any successors or assigns, the "Depositor"), (ii)
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS (formerly known as BANKERS TRUST COMPANY) a
New York banking corporation, as property trustee (in such capacity, the
"Property Trustee" and, in its separate corporate capacity and not in its
capacity as Property Trustee, the "Bank"), (iii) DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
DELAWARE (formerly known as BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE)), a Delaware banking
corporation, as Delaware trustee (the "Delaware Trustee"), (iv) Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx,
an individual, and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, an individual, each of whose address is
c/o KeyCorp, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000 (each an "Administrative
Trustee" and collectively the "Administrative Trustees") (the Property Trustee,
the Delaware Trustee and the Administrative Trustees being referred to
collectively as the "Issuer Trustees") and (v) the several HOLDERS, as
hereinafter defined.
W i t n e s s e t h
Whereas, the Depositor and certain of the Issuer Trustees have heretofore
duly declared and established a business trust pursuant to the Delaware Business
Trust Act by entering into that certain Trust Agreement, dated as of May 21,
2002 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), and by the execution and filing by
certain of the Issuer Trustees with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware of the Certificate of Trust (the "Certificate of Trust"), filed on May
21, 2002, attached as Exhibit A; and
Whereas, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Original Trust
Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein to provide for, among other
things, (i) the issuance of the Common Securities by the Issuer Trust to the
Depositor, (ii) the issuance and sale of the Capital Securities by the Issuer
Trust pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, (iii) the acquisition by the
Issuer Trust from the Depositor of all of the right, title and interest in the
Debentures and (iv) the appointment of the Administrative Trustees;
Now Therefore, in consideration of the agreements and obligations set forth
herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each party, for the benefit of the
other parties and for the benefit of the Holders, hereby amends and restates the
Original Trust Agreement in its entirety and agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
Defined Terms
SECTION 1.1. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to
them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
(b) all other terms used herein that are defined in the Trust
Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings
assigned to them therein;
(c) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an
"Article" or a "Section" refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may
be, of this Trust Agreement;
(d) the words "herein", "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of
similar import refer to this Trust Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
(e) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a statute,
rule or regulation refers to the same (including any successor statute,
rule or regulation thereto) as it may be amended from time to time.
"Act" has the meaning specified in Section 6.8.
"Additional Amount" means, with respect to Trust Securities of a given
Liquidation Amount and/or a given period, the amount of Additional Interest (as
defined in the Indenture) paid by the Depositor on a Like Amount of Debentures
for such period.
"Additional Sums" has the meaning specified in Section 10.6 of the
Indenture.
"Administrative Trustees" means each Person appointed in accordance
with Section 8.19 solely in such Person's capacity as Administrative Trustee of
the Issuer Trust and not in such Person's individual capacity, or any successor
Administrative Trustee appointed as herein provided. The initial Administrative
Trustees are Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx.
"Affiliate" of any specified Person means any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common
control with such specified Person; provided, however, that the Issuer Trust
shall not be deemed an
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Affiliate of the Depositor. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when
used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the
management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through
the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms
"controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
"Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or
transaction involving Book-Entry Capital Securities, the rules and procedures of
the Clearing Agency for such Book-Entry Capital Securities, in each case to the
extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
"Bank" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, with respect to any Person:
(a) the entry of a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction
in the premises judging such Person as bankrupt or insolvent, or
approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjudication or composition of or in respect of such
Person under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar law, or appointing a receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar
official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property or
ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and the
continuance of any such decree or order unstayed and in effect for a
period of 60 consecutive days; or
(b) the institution by such Person of proceedings to be
adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the
filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization
or relief under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar law, or the consent by it
to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a
receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or similar
official) of such Person or of any substantial part of its property,
or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts
generally as they become due and its willingness to be adjudicated a
bankrupt, or the taking of corporate action by such Person in
furtherance of any such action.
"Bankruptcy Laws" has the meaning specified in Section 10.9.
"Board Resolution" means a copy of a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Depositor to have been duly adopted
by the Depositor's Board of Directors, or such committee of the Board of
Directors or officers of the Depositor to which authority to act on behalf of
the Board of Directors has been delegated, and to be in full force and effect on
the date of such certification, and delivered to the Issuer Trustees.
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"Book-Entry Capital Securities" means a beneficial interest in a
Global Capital Securities Certificate, the ownership and transfers of which
shall be made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section
5.4.
"Business Day" means a day other than (a) a Saturday or Sunday, (b) a
day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or
required by law or executive order to remain closed, or (c) a day on which the
Property Trustee's Corporate Trust Office or the Corporate Trust Office of the
Debenture Trustee is closed for business.
"Capital Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing
Capital Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit E.
"Capital Security" means a preferred undivided beneficial interest in
the assets of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $. and having the
rights provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Certificate Depository Agreement" means the agreement among the
Issuer Trust, the Depositor and DTC, as the initial Clearing Agency, dated as of
the Closing Date, relating to the Trust Securities Certificates, substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit B, as the same may be amended and supplemented
from time to time.
"Clearing Agency" means an organization registered as a "clearing
agency" pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act.
"Clearing Agency Participant" means a broker, dealer, bank, other
financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing
Agency effects book-entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the
Clearing Agency.
"Closing Date" has the meaning given to such term in the Underwriting
Agreement, which date is also the date of execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement.
"Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
"Commission" means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from
time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time
after the execution of this Trust Agreement such Commission is not existing and
performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the
body performing such duties at such time.
"Common Securities Certificate" means a certificate evidencing Common
Securities, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.
"Common Security" means an undivided beneficial interest in the assets
of the Issuer Trust, having a Liquidation Amount of $. and having the rights
provided therefor
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in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive Distributions and a
Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
"Corporate Trust Office" means (i) when used with respect to the
Property Trustee, the principal office of the Property Trustee located in New
York, New York which on the date of this Trust Agreement is 60 Wall Street, MS
JCY03-0603, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 - Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency
Services, and (ii) when used with respect to the Debenture Trustee, its
Corporate Trust Office as defined in the Indenture.
"Debenture Event of Default" means an "Event of Default" as defined in
the Indenture.
"Debenture Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Debentures to
be redeemed under the Indenture, the date fixed for redemption under the
Indenture.
"Debenture Trustee" means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New
York banking corporation and any successor thereto.
"Debentures" means the aggregate principal amount of the Depositor's
..% Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures, issued pursuant to the
Indenture.
"Definitive Capital Securities Certificates" means either or both (as
the context requires) of (a) Capital Securities Certificates issued as
Book-Entry Capital Securities as provided in Section 5.2 or 5.4 and (b) Capital
Securities Certificates issued in certificated, fully registered form as
provided in Section 5.2, 5.4 or 5.5.
"Delaware Business Trust Act" means Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the
Delaware Code, 12 Del. C.(S). 3801, et seq., as it may be amended from time to
time.
"Delaware Trustee" means the Person identified as the "Delaware
Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as
Delaware Trustee of the Issuer Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its
successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor trustee appointed as
herein provided.
"Depositor" has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Trust
Agreement.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
"Distribution Rate" means, with respect to any Distribution Period, a
rate per annum equal to the Interest Rate (as defined in the Debentures) with
respect to the Interest Period under (and as defined in) the Debentures that
begins on the same date as such Distribution Period begins and ends on the same
date as such Distribution Period ends.
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"Distributions" means amounts payable in respect of the Trust
Securities as provided in Section 4.1.
"DTC" means The Depository Trust Company.
"Early Termination Event" has the meaning specified in Section 9.2.
"Event of Default" means any one of the following events (whatever the
reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or
involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment,
decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any
administrative or governmental body):
(a) the occurrence of a Debenture Event of Default; or
(b) default by the Issuer Trust in the payment of any
Distribution when it becomes due and payable, and continuation of such
default for a period of 30 days; or
(c) default by the Issuer Trust in the payment of any
Redemption Price of any Trust Security when it becomes due and payable;
or
(d) default in the performance, or breach, in any material
respect, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer Trustees in this
Trust Agreement (other than a covenant or warranty a default in the
performance or breach of which is described in clause (b) or (c) above)
and continuation of such default or breach for a period of 60 days
after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the
Issuer Trustees and the Depositor by the Holders of at least 25% in
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities a
written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be
remedied and stating that such notice is a "Notice of Default"
hereunder; or
(e) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event with respect to the
Property Trustee and a successor Property Trustee not being appointed
within 90 days thereof.
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
from time to time.
"Expense Agreement" means the Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities
between KeyCorp, as Holder of the Common Securities, and the Issuer Trust, to be
dated the date hereof, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D, as
amended from time to time.
"Expiration Date" has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
"Federal Reserve" means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
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"Global Capital Securities Certificate" means a Capital Securities
Certificate that is registered in the Security Register in the name of a
Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof.
"Guarantee" means the Guarantee Agreement executed and delivered by the
Depositor and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, for the benefit
of the holders of the Capital Securities, as amended from time to time.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name a Trust Security or Trust
Securities is or are registered in the Securities Register; any such Person
shall be a beneficial owner within the meaning of the Delaware Business Trust
Act; provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
amount of Capital Securities have voted on any matter provided for in this Trust
Agreement, then for the purpose of any such determination, so long as Definitive
Capital Securities Certificates have not been issued, the term Holders as used
herein shall refer to the Owners, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 5.7
of this Trust Agreement.
"Indenture" means the Indenture, dated as of December 4, 1996, between
the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee, as trustee, as amended or supplemented
from time to time.
"Issuer Trust" means the business trust created under the laws of the
State of Delaware and identified on the cover page to this Trust Agreement.
"Issuer Trustees" means the parties identified as the "Issuer Trustees"
in the preamble to this Trust Agreement.
"Lien" means any lien, pledge, charge, encumbrance, mortgage, deed of
trust, adverse ownership interest, hypothecation, assignment, security interest
or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement
of any kind or nature whatsoever.
"Like Amount" means (a) with respect to a redemption of Trust
Securities, Trust Securities having a Liquidation Amount equal to the principal
amount of Debentures to be contemporaneously redeemed in accordance with the
Indenture, the proceeds of which will be used to pay the Redemption Price of
such Trust Securities, (b) with respect to a distribution of Debentures to
Holders in connection with a dissolution or liquidation of the Issuer Trust,
Debentures having a principal amount equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount
of the Trust Securities of the Holder to whom such Debentures are distributed,
and (c) with respect to a distribution of Debentures to the Depositor or any of
its Affiliates pursuant to Section 4.9, Debentures having a principal amount
equal to the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of the
Depositor or its Affiliate(s) to whom such Debentures are distributed.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $. per Trust Security.
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"Liquidation Date" means the date on which the Debentures are
distributed to the Holders pursuant to Section 9.4(a).
"Liquidation Distribution" has the meaning specified in Section 9.4(d).
"1940 Act" means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from
time to time.
"Officers' Certificate" means a certificate signed by the Chairman and
Chief Executive Officer, President or a Vice President, and by the Treasurer, an
Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, of
the Depositor, and delivered to the appropriate Issuer Trustee. One of the
officers signing an Officers' Certificate given pursuant to Section 8.16 shall
be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Depositor.
Any Officers' Certificate delivered with respect to compliance with a condition
or covenant provided for in this Trust Agreement shall include:
(a) a statement that each officer signing the Officers'
Certificate has read the covenant or condition and the definitions
relating thereto;
(b) a brief statement of the nature and scope of the
examination or investigation undertaken by each officer in rendering
the Officers' Certificate;
(c) a statement that each such officer has made such
examination or investigation as, in such officer's opinion, is
necessary to enable such officer to express an informed opinion as to
whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such
officer, such condition or covenant has been complied with.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee or the Depositor and who
shall be reasonably acceptable to the Property Trustee.
"Original Trust Agreement" has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Trust Agreement.
"Outstanding," when used with respect to Trust Securities, means, as of
the date of determination, all Trust Securities theretofore executed and
delivered under this Trust Agreement, except:
(a) Trust Securities theretofore cancelled by the Securities
Registrar or delivered to the Securities Registrar for cancellation;
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(b) Trust Securities for whose payment or redemption money in
the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Property
Trustee or any Paying Agent for the Holders of such Trust Securities;
provided that, if such Trust Securities are to be redeemed, notice of
such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Trust Agreement;
and
(c) Trust Securities which have been paid or in exchange for
or in lieu of which other Trust Securities have been executed and
delivered pursuant to Sections 5.4, 5.5, and 5.6;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities have given
any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver
hereunder, Capital Securities owned by the Depositor, any Issuer Trustee or any
Affiliate of the Depositor or any Issuer Trustee shall be disregarded and deemed
not to be Outstanding, except that (a) in determining whether any Issuer Trustee
or any Administrative Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such
request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only
Capital Securities that a Responsible Officer of such Issuer Trustee or such
Administrative Trustee, as the case may be, knows to be so owned shall be so
disregarded, and (b) the foregoing shall not apply at any time when all of the
outstanding Capital Securities are owned by the Depositor, one or more of the
Issuer Trustees, one or more of the Administrative Trustees and/or any such
Affiliate. Capital Securities so owned that have been pledged in good faith may
be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the
Administrative Trustees the pledgee's right so to act with respect to such
Capital Securities and that the pledgee is not the Depositor or any Affiliate of
the Depositor.
"Owner" means each Person who is the beneficial owner of Book-Entry
Capital Securities as reflected in the records of the Clearing Agency or, if a
Clearing Agency Participant is not the Owner, then as reflected in the records
of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or
indirectly, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).
"Paying Agent" means any paying agent or co-paying agent appointed
pursuant to Section 5.10 and shall initially be the Bank.
"Payment Account" means a segregated non-interest-bearing corporate
trust account maintained by the Property Trustee with the Bank in its trust
department for the benefit of the Holders in which all amounts paid in respect
of the Debentures will be held and from which the Property Trustee, through the
Paying Agent, shall make payments to the Holders in accordance with Sections 4.1
and 4.2.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture,
trust, limited liability company or corporation, unincorporated organization or
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
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"Property Trustee" means the Person identified as the "Property
Trustee" in the preamble to this Trust Agreement solely in its capacity as
Property Trustee of the Issuer Trust and not in its individual capacity, or its
successor in interest in such capacity, or any successor property trustee
appointed as herein provided.
"Redemption Date" means, with respect to any Trust Security to be
redeemed, the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Trust
Agreement; provided that each Debenture Redemption Date and the stated maturity
of the Debentures shall be a Redemption Date for a Like Amount of Trust
Securities.
"Redemption Price" means, with respect to any Trust Security, the
Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security, plus accumulated and unpaid
Distributions to the Redemption Date, plus the related amount of the premium, if
any, paid by the Depositor upon the concurrent redemption of a Like Amount of
Debentures, allocated on a pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among
the Trust Securities.
"Relevant Trustee" shall have the meaning specified in Section 8.10.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Property
Trustee, any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Office, including any
managing director, director, principal vice president, assistant vice president,
assistant treasurer, assistant secretary, associate, or any other officer of the
Property Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by
any of the above designated officers, 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 and with
respect to the Delaware Trustee, any officer of the Delaware Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers, 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.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time
to time.
"Securities Register" and "Securities Registrar" have the respective
meanings specified in Section 5.5(a).
"Successor Capital Security" of any particular Capital Security means
every Capital Security issued after, and evidencing all or a portion of the same
beneficial interest in the Issuer Trust as that evidenced by, such particular
Capital Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Capital Security
executed and delivered under Section 5.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Capital Security shall be deemed to
evidence the same beneficial interest as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Capital Securities Certificate.
"Trust Agreement" means this Amended and Restated Trust Agreement, as
the same may be modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the
applicable provisions hereof, including (i) all exhibits hereto and (ii) for all
purposes of this Trust
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Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, the provisions of
the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this Trust
Agreement and any such modification, amendment or supplement, respectively.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force
at the date as of which this Trust Agreement is executed; provided, however,
that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date,
"Trust Indenture Act" means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.
"Trust Property" means (a) the Debentures, (b) the rights of the Issuer
Trust under the Expense Agreement, (c) any cash on deposit in, or owing to, the
Payment Account and (d) all proceeds and rights in respect of the foregoing and
any other property and assets for the time being held or deemed to be held by
the Property Trustee pursuant to the trusts of this Trust Agreement.
"Trust Securities Certificate" means any one of the Common Securities
Certificates or the Capital Securities Certificates.
"Trust Security" means any one of the Common Securities or the Capital
Securities.
"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
.., among the Issuer Trust, the Depositor and the Underwriters named therein, as
the same may be amended from time to time.
ARTICLE II
Continuation of the Issuer Trust
SECTION 2.1. Name.
The Issuer Trust continued hereby shall be known as "KeyCorp Capital
VI," as such name may be modified from time to time by the Administrative
Trustees following written notice to the Holders of Trust Securities and the
Issuer Trustees, in which name the Issuer Trustees may conduct the business of
the Issuer Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of
the Issuer Trust and xxx and be sued.
SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of
Business.
The address of the Delaware Trustee in the State of Delaware is E.A.
Delle Donne Corporate Center, Xxxxxxxxxx Bldg., 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000, or such other address in the State of Delaware
as the Delaware Trustee may designate by written notice to the Holders and the
Depositor. The principal
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executive office of the Issuer Trust is in care of KeyCorp, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000-0000, Attn: Corporate Treasury.
SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational
Expenses.
The Property Trustee acknowledges receipt in trust from the Depositor
in connection with the Original Trust Agreement of the sum of $10, which
constituted the initial Trust Property. The Depositor shall pay organizational
expenses of the Issuer Trust as they arise or shall, upon request of any Issuer
Trustee, promptly reimburse such Issuer Trustee for any such expenses paid by
such Issuer Trustee. The Depositor shall make no claim upon the Trust Property
for the payment of such expenses.
SECTION 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities.
On ., the Depositor, both on its own behalf and on behalf of the Issuer
Trust and pursuant to the Original Trust Agreement, executed and delivered the
Underwriting Agreement. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of
this Trust Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust,
shall execute in accordance with Sections 5.2, 5.3 and 8.9(a) and deliver to the
Underwriters, Capital Securities Certificates, registered in the names requested
by the Underwriters or a representative thereof, evidencing . Capital Securities
having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of $., against receipt of the aggregate
purchase price for such Capital Securities of $. by the Property Trustee.
SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription and
Purchase of Debentures.
Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this Trust
Agreement, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall
execute in accordance with Sections 5.2 and 5.3 and the Property Trustee shall
deliver to the Depositor Common Securities Certificates, registered in the name
of the Depositor, evidencing . Common Securities having an aggregate Liquidation
Amount of $. against payment by the Depositor of such amount to the Property
Trustee. Contemporaneously therewith, an Administrative Trustee, on behalf of
the Issuer Trust, shall subscribe for and purchase from the Depositor the
Debentures, registered in the name of the Property Trustee on behalf of the
Issuer Trust and having an aggregate principal amount equal to $., and, in
satisfaction of the purchase price for such Debentures, the Property Trustee, on
behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall deliver to the Depositor the sum of $. (being
the sum of the amounts delivered to the Property Trustee pursuant to (i) Section
2.4 and (ii) this Section 2.5).
SECTION 2.6. Continuation of Trust.
The exclusive purposes and functions of the Issuer Trust are (a) to
issue and sell Trust Securities and to use the proceeds from such sale to
acquire the Debentures, and (b) to engage in only those activities necessary or
incidental thereto. The Depositor
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hereby appoints the Issuer Trustees as trustees of the Issuer Trust, to have all
the rights, powers and duties to the extent set forth herein, and the Issuer
Trustees hereby accept such appointment. The Property Trustee hereby declares
that it will hold the Trust Property in trust upon and subject to the conditions
set forth herein for the benefit of the Issuer Trust and the Holders. The
Administrative Trustees shall have only those ministerial duties set forth
herein with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Issuer Trust and, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be fiduciaries with respect to
the Issuer Trust or the Holders. The Property Trustee shall have the power to
perform those duties assigned to the Administrative Trustees. The Delaware
Trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any powers, nor shall the Delaware
Trustee have any of the duties and responsibilities, of the Property Trustee or
the Administrative Trustees set forth herein. The Delaware Trustee shall be one
of the Issuer Trustees of the Issuer Trust for the sole and limited purpose of
fulfilling the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Business Trust Act
and for taking such actions as are required to be taken by a Delaware Trustee
under the Delaware Business Trust Act.
SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions.
(a) The Issuer Trustees shall conduct the affairs of the Issuer Trust
in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement. Subject to the limitations
set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 2.7, and in accordance with the
following provisions (i) and (ii), the Issuer Trustees shall have the authority
to enter into all transactions and agreements determined by the Issuer Trustees
to be appropriate in exercising the authority, express or implied, otherwise
granted to the Issuer Trustees, as the case may be, under this Trust Agreement,
and to perform all acts in furtherance thereof, including without limitation,
the following:
(i) Each Administrative Trustee shall have the power and
authority to act on behalf of the Issuer Trust with respect to the
following matters:
(A) the issuance and sale of the Trust Securities;
(B) to cause the Issuer Trust to enter into, and to
execute and deliver on behalf of the Issuer Trust, the Expense
Agreement and such other agreements as may be necessary in
connection with or incidental to the purposes and function of
the Issuer Trust;
(C) assisting in the registration of the Capital
Securities under the Securities Act and under applicable state
securities or blue sky laws, and the qualification of this
Trust Agreement as a trust indenture under the Trust Indenture
Act;
(D) assisting in the listing of the Capital
Securities upon such securities exchange or exchanges as shall
be determined by the Depositor, with the registration of the
Capital Securities under the Exchange Act, and
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the preparation and filing of all periodic and other reports
and other documents pursuant to the foregoing;
(E) the sending of notices (other than notices of
default) and other information regarding the Trust Securities
and the Debentures to the Holders in accordance with this
Trust Agreement;
(F) the consent to the appointment of a Paying Agent
and Securities Registrar in accordance with this Trust
Agreement (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld);
(G) the execution of the Trust Securities in
accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(H) the execution and delivery of closing
certificates pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the
application for a taxpayer identification number for the
Issuer Trust;
(I) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement,
the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Issuer
Trust and the preparation and filing of the certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware;
(J) unless otherwise required by applicable law, to
execute on behalf of the Issuer Trust (either acting alone or
together with any or all of the Administrative Trustees) any
documents that the Administrative Trustees have the power to
execute pursuant to this Trust Agreement; and
(K) the taking of any action incidental to the
foregoing as the Administrative Trustees may from time to time
determine is necessary to give effect to the terms of this
Trust Agreement for the benefit of the Holders (without
consideration of the effect of any such action on any
particular Holder).
(ii) The Property Trustee shall have the power, duty and
authority to act on behalf of the Issuer Trust with respect to the
following matters:
(A) the establishment of the Payment Account;
(B) the receipt of the Debentures;
(C) the collection of interest, principal and any
other payments made in respect of the Debentures and the
holding of such amounts in the Payment Account;
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(D) the distribution through the Paying Agent of
amounts distributable to the Holders in respect of the Trust
Securities;
(E) the exercise of all of the rights, powers and
privileges of a holder of the Debentures;
(F) the sending of notices of default and other
information regarding the Trust Securities and the Debentures
to the Holders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(G) the distribution of the Trust Property in
accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement;
(H) to the extent provided in this Trust Agreement,
the winding up of the affairs of and liquidation of the Issuer
Trust and the execution and filing of the certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware;
(I) after an Event of Default (other than under
paragraph (b), (c), (d) or (e) of the definition of such term
if such Event of Default is by or with respect to the Property
Trustee) the taking of any action incidental to the foregoing
as the Property Trustee may from time to time determine is
necessary or advisable to give effect to the terms of this
Trust Agreement and protect and conserve the Trust Property
for the benefit of the Holders (without consideration of the
effect of any such action on any particular Holder); and
(J) any of the duties, liabilities, powers or the
authority of the Administrative Trustees set forth herein; and
in the event of a conflict between the action of the
Administrative Trustees and the action of the Property
Trustee, the action of the Property Trustee shall prevail.
(b) So long as this Trust Agreement remains in effect, the Issuer Trust
(or the Issuer Trustees or Administrative Trustees acting on behalf of the
Issuer Trust) shall not undertake any business, activities or transaction except
as expressly provided herein or contemplated hereby. In particular, the Issuer
Trustees shall not (i) acquire any investments or engage in any activities not
authorized by this Trust Agreement, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange,
mortgage, pledge, set-off or otherwise dispose of any of the Trust Property or
interests therein, including to Holders, except as expressly provided herein,
(iii) take any action that would reasonably be expected to cause the Issuer
Trust to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other
than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes, (iv) incur
any indebtedness for borrowed money or issue any other debt or (v) take or
consent to any action that would result in the placement of a Lien on any of the
Trust Property. The Property Trustee shall, at the sole cost and expense of the
Issuer Trust, defend all claims and demands of all Persons at any
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time claiming any Lien on any of the Trust Property adverse to the interest of
the Issuer Trust or the Holders in their capacity as Holders.
(c) In connection with the issue and sale of the Capital Securities, the
Depositor shall have the right and responsibility to assist the Issuer Trust
with respect to, or effect on behalf of the Issuer Trust, the following (and any
actions taken by the Depositor in furtherance of the following prior to the date
of this Trust Agreement are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects):
(i) the preparation and filing by the Issuer Trust with the
Commission and the execution on behalf of the Issuer Trust of a
registration statement on the appropriate form in relation to the Capital
Securities, including any amendments thereto, and the taking of any
action necessary or desirable to sell the Capital Securities in a
transaction or a series of transactions pursuant thereto;
(ii) the determination of the States in which to take
appropriate action to qualify or register for sale all or part of the
Capital Securities and the determination of any and all such acts, other
than actions which must be taken by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust, and
the advice to the Issuer Trust of actions they must take on behalf of the
Issuer Trust, and the preparation for execution and filing of any
documents to be executed and filed by the Issuer Trust or on behalf of
the Issuer Trust, as the Depositor deems necessary or advisable in order
to comply with the applicable laws of any such States in connection with
the sale of the Capital Securities;
(iii) if the Depositor shall desire, the preparation for filing
by the Issuer Trust and execution on behalf of the Issuer Trust of an
application to the New York Stock Exchange or any other national stock
exchange or the Nasdaq National Market for listing, upon notice of
issuance, of any Capital Securities;
(iv) the preparation for filing by the Issuer Trust with the
Commission and the execution on behalf of the Issuer Trust of a
registration statement on Form 8-A relating to the registration of the
Capital Securities under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act,
including any amendments thereto;
(v) the preparation and execution of a Letter of
Representations to the Depository Trust Company on behalf of the Issuer
Trust; and
(vi) the negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and
delivery of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the
Capital Securities; and
(vii) the taking of any other actions necessary or incidental to
carry out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrative
Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Issuer Trust
and to operate the
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Issuer Trust so that the Issuer Trust will not be deemed to be an "investment
company" required to be registered under the 1940 Act, or to be classified as an
association taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United
States federal income tax purposes and so that the Debentures will be treated as
indebtedness of the Depositor for United States federal income tax purposes. In
this connection, the Administrative Trustees are authorized to take any action,
not inconsistent with applicable law, the Certificate of Trust or this Trust
Agreement, that each Administrative Trustee determines in its discretion to be
necessary or desirable for such purposes, as long as such action does not
adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of the
Capital Securities. In no event shall the Administrative Trustees be liable to
the Issuer Trust or the Holders for any failure to comply with this section that
results from a change in law or regulation or interpretation thereof.
SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust.
The assets of the Issuer Trust shall consist of the Trust Property.
SECTION 2.9. Title to Trust Property.
Legal title to all Trust Property shall be vested at all times in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) and shall be held and administered by
the Property Trustee for the benefit of the Issuer Trust and the Holders in
accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE III
Payment Account
SECTION 3.1. Payment Account.
(a) On or prior to the Closing Date, the Property Trustee shall establish
the Payment Account. The Property Trustee and any agent of the Property Trustee
shall have exclusive control and sole right of withdrawal with respect to the
Payment Account for the purpose of making deposits in and withdrawals from the
Payment Account in accordance with this Trust Agreement. All monies and other
property deposited or held from time to time in the Payment Account shall be
held by the Property Trustee in the Payment Account for the exclusive benefit of
the Holders and for distribution as herein provided, including (and subject to)
any priority of payments provided for herein.
(b) The Property Trustee shall deposit in the Payment Account, promptly
upon receipt, all payments of principal of or interest on, and any other
payments or proceeds with respect to, the Debentures. Amounts held in the
Payment Account shall not be invested by the Property Trustee pending
distribution thereof.
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ARTICLE IV
Distributions; Redemption
SECTION 4.1. Distributions.
(a) The Trust Securities represent undivided beneficial interests in the
Trust Property, and Distributions (including Additional Amounts) will be made on
the Trust Securities at the rate and on the dates that payments of interest
(including of Additional Interest, as defined in the Indenture) are made on the
Debentures. Accordingly:
(i) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be cumulative,
and will accumulate whether or not there are funds of the Issuer Trust
available for the payment of Distributions. Distributions shall accrue
from ., and, except in the event (and to the extent) that the Depositor
exercises its right to defer the payment of interest on the Debentures
pursuant to the Indenture, shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on
January 15 and July 15 of each year, commencing on .. If any date on
which a Distribution is otherwise payable on the Trust Securities is not
a Business Day, then the payment of such Distribution shall be made on
the next succeeding day that is a Business Day (and without any interest
or other payment in respect of any such delay) except that, if such
Business Day is in the next succeeding calendar year, payment of such
Distribution shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case with the same force and effect as if made on the date such
payment was originally payable (each date on which Distributions are
payable in accordance with this Section 4.1(a), a "Distribution Date").
(ii) Distributions shall accumulate in respect of the Capital
Securities at a rate of .% per annum of the Liquidation Amount of the
Trust Securities. The amount of Distributions payable for any period less
than a full Distribution period shall be computed on the basis of a
360-day year of twelve 30-day months and the actual number of days
elapsed in a partial month in a period. Distributions payable for each
full Distribution period will be computed by dividing the rate per annum
by two. The amount of Distributions payable for any period shall include
any Additional Amounts in respect of such period.
(iii) Distributions on the Trust Securities shall be made by the
Property Trustee from the Payment Account and shall be payable on each
Distribution Date only to the extent that the Issuer Trust has funds then
on hand and available in the Payment Account for the payment of such
Distributions.
(b) Distributions on the Trust Securities with respect to a Distribution
Date shall be payable to the Holders thereof as they appear on the Securities
Register for the Trust Securities at the close of business on the relevant
record date, which shall be January 1 or July 1 next preceding the relevant
Distribution Date.
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SECTION 4.2. Redemption.
(a) On each Debenture Redemption Date and on the stated maturity of the
Debentures, the Issuer Trust will be required to redeem a Like Amount of Trust
Securities at the Redemption Price.
(b) Notice of redemption shall be given by the Property Trustee by
first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days
prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Trust Securities to be redeemed,
at such Holder's address appearing in the Security Register. All notices of
redemption shall state:
(i) the Redemption Date;
(ii) the Redemption Price or, if the Redemption Price cannot be
calculated prior to the time the notice is required to be sent, the
estimate of the Redemption Price provided pursuant to the Indenture
together with a statement that it is an estimate and that the actual
Redemption Price will be calculated on the third Business Day prior to
the Redemption Date (and if an estimate is provided, a further notice
shall be sent of the actual Redemption Price on the date that notice of
such actual Redemption Price is received pursuant to the Indenture);
(iii) the CUSIP number or CUSIP numbers of the Capital
Securities affected;
(iv) if less than all the Outstanding Trust Securities are to
be redeemed, the identification and the total Liquidation Amount of the
particular Trust Securities to be redeemed;
(v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will
become due and payable upon each such Trust Security to be redeemed and
that Distributions thereon will cease to accumulate on or after said
date, except as provided in Section 4.2(d) below; and
(vi) the place or places where the Trust Securities are to be
surrendered for the payment of the Redemption Price.
The Issuer Trust in issuing the Trust Securities may use "CUSIP" numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Property Trustee shall indicate the
"CUSIP" numbers of the Trust Securities in notices of redemption and related
materials as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state
that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as
printed on the Trust Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption and
related materials.
(c) The Trust Securities redeemed on each Redemption Date shall be
redeemed at the Redemption Price with the proceeds from the contemporaneous
redemption of Debentures. Redemptions of the Trust Securities shall be made and
the Redemption Price
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shall be payable on each Redemption Date only to the extent that the Issuer
Trust has funds then on hand and available in the Payment Account for the
payment of such Redemption Price.
(d) If the Property Trustee gives a notice of redemption in respect of
any Capital Securities, then, by 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the
Redemption Date, subject to Section 4.2(c), the Property Trustee will, with
respect to Book-Entry Capital Securities, irrevocably deposit with the Clearing
Agency for such Book-Entry Capital Securities, to the extent available therefor,
funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give such
Clearing Agency irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption
Price to the Owners thereof. With respect to Capital Securities that are not
Book-Entry Capital Securities, the Property Trustee, subject to Section 4.2(c),
will irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent, to the extent available
therefor, funds sufficient to pay the applicable Redemption Price and will give
the Paying Agent irrevocable instructions and authority to pay the Redemption
Price to the Holders thereof upon surrender of their Capital Securities
Certificates. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Distributions payable on or prior
to the Redemption Date for any Trust Securities called for redemption shall be
payable to the Holders of such Trust Securities as they appear on the Securities
Register for the Trust Securities on the relevant record dates for the related
Distribution Dates. If notice of redemption shall have been given and funds
deposited as required, then upon the date of such deposit, all rights of Holders
of Trust Securities so called for redemption will cease, except the right of
such Holders to receive the Redemption Price including any unpaid Distribution
payable on or prior to the Redemption Date, but without interest, and such Trust
Securities will cease to be Outstanding. In the event that any date on which any
Redemption Price is payable is not a Business Day, then payment of the
Redemption Price payable on such date will be made on the next succeeding day
that is a Business Day (and without any interest or other payment in respect of
any such delay), except that, if such Business Day falls in the next calendar
year, such payment will be made on the immediately preceding Business Day, in
each case, with the same force and effect as if made on such date. In the event
that payment of the Redemption Price in respect of any Trust Securities called
for redemption is improperly withheld or refused and not paid either by the
Issuer Trust or by the Depositor pursuant to the Guarantee, Distributions on
such Trust Securities will continue to accumulate as set forth in Section 4.1,
from the Redemption Date originally established by the Issuer Trust for such
Trust Securities to the date such Redemption Price is actually paid, in which
case the actual payment date will be the date fixed for redemption for purposes
of calculating the Redemption Price.
(e) Subject to Section 4.3(a), if less than all the Outstanding Trust
Securities are to be redeemed on a Redemption Date, then the aggregate
Liquidation Amount of Trust Securities to be redeemed shall be allocated on a
pro rata basis (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common Securities and
the Capital Securities. The particular Capital Securities to be redeemed shall
be selected on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts) not more than
60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Property Trustee from the
Outstanding Capital Securities not previously called for
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redemption, provided that, so long as the Capital Securities are in
book-entry-only form, such selection shall be made in accordance with the
customary procedures for the Clearing Agency for the Capital Securities. The
Property Trustee shall promptly notify the Securities Registrar in writing of
the Capital Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Capital
Securities selected for partial redemption, the Liquidation Amount thereof to be
redeemed. For all purposes of this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise
requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Capital Securities shall
relate, in the case of any Capital Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in
part, to the portion of the Liquidation Amount of Capital Securities that has
been or is to be redeemed.
SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities.
(a) Payment of Distributions (including any Additional Amounts) on, and the
Redemption Price of, the Trust Securities, as applicable, shall be made, subject
to Section 4.2(e), pro rata (based on Liquidation Amounts) among the Common
Securities and the Capital Securities; provided, however, that if on any
Distribution Date or Redemption Date any Event of Default resulting from a
Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, no payment of
any Distribution (including any Additional Amounts) on, or Redemption Price of,
any Common Security, and no other payment on account of the redemption,
liquidation or other acquisition of Common Securities, shall be made unless
payment in full in cash of all accumulated and unpaid Distributions (including
any Additional Amounts) on all Outstanding Capital Securities for all
Distribution periods terminating on or prior thereto, or in the case of payment
of the Redemption Price the full amount of such Redemption Price on all
Outstanding Capital Securities, shall have been made or provided for, and all
funds immediately available to the Property Trustee shall first be applied to
the payment in full in cash of all Distributions (including any Additional
Amounts) on, or the Redemption Price of, Capital Securities then due and
payable.
(b) In the case of the occurrence of any Event of Default resulting from
any Debenture Event of Default, the Holder of Common Securities will be deemed
to have waived any right to act with respect to any such Event of Default under
this Trust Agreement until the effect of all such Events of Default with respect
to the Capital Securities have been cured, waived or otherwise eliminated. Until
any such Event of Default under this Trust Agreement with respect to the Capital
Securities has been so cured, waived or otherwise eliminated, the Property
Trustee shall act solely on behalf of the Holders of the Capital Securities and
not on behalf of the Holder of the Common Securities, and only the Holders of
the Capital Securities will have the right to direct the Property Trustee to act
on their behalf.
SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures.
Payments of Distributions (including Additional Amounts, if applicable) in
respect of the Capital Securities shall be made by check mailed to the address
of the
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Holder entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Securities Register
or, if the Capital Securities are held by a Clearing Agency, such Distributions
shall be made to the Clearing Agency in immediately available funds, which shall
credit the relevant Holders' accounts at such Clearing Agency on the applicable
Distribution Dates. Payments in respect of the Common Securities shall be made
in such manner as shall be mutually agreed between the Property Trustee and the
Holder of the Common Securities.
SECTION 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports.
The Administrative Trustees shall prepare (or cause to be prepared), at the
Depositor's expense, and file all United States federal, state and local tax and
information returns and reports required to be filed by or in respect of the
Issuer Trust. In this regard, the Administrative Trustees shall (a) prepare and
file (or cause to be prepared and filed) the appropriate Internal Revenue
Service Form required to be filed in respect of the Issuer Trust in each taxable
year of the Issuer Trust and (b) prepare and furnish (or cause to be prepared
and furnished) to each Holder the appropriate Internal Revenue Service form
required to be provided by the Issuer Trust. The Administrative Trustees shall
provide the Depositor and the Property Trustee with a copy of all such returns
and reports promptly after such filing or furnishing. The Property Trustee shall
comply with United States federal withholding and backup withholding tax laws
and information reporting requirements with respect to any payments to Holders
under the Trust Securities.
SECTION 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Issuer Trust.
Upon receipt under the Debentures of Additional Sums, the Property Trustee
shall promptly pay any taxes, duties or governmental charges of whatsoever
nature (other than withholding taxes) imposed on the Issuer Trust by the United
States or any other taxing authority.
SECTION 4.7. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions.
Any amount payable hereunder to any Holder of Capital Securities shall be
reduced by the amount of any corresponding payment such Holder (or an Owner with
respect to the Holder's Capital Securities) has directly received pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Indenture or Section 5.13 of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 4.8. Liability of the Holder of Common Securities.
Any Holder of the Common Securities shall be liable for the debts and
obligations of the Issuer Trust in the manner and to the extent set forth in the
Expense Agreement and agrees that it shall be subject to all liabilities to
which the Holder of the Common Securities may be subject, and shall make all
payments that the Holder of the Common Securities is required to make, under the
terms of the Expense Agreement.
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SECTION 4.9. Exchanges.
(a) If at any time the Depositor or any of its Affiliates (in either case,
a "Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder") is the Owner or Holder of any Capital
Securities, such Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder shall have the right to
deliver to the Property Trustee all or such portion of its Capital Securities as
it elects and receive, in exchange therefor, a Like Amount of Debentures. Such
election (i) shall be exercisable effective on any Distribution Date by such
Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder delivering to the Property Trustee a written
notice of such election specifying the Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities with respect to which such election is being made and the
Distribution Date on which such exchange shall occur, which Distribution Date
shall be not less than ten Business Days after the date of receipt by the
Property Trustee of such election notice and (ii) shall be conditioned upon such
Depositor Affiliated Owner/Holder having delivered or caused to be delivered to
the Property Trustee or its designee the Capital Securities which are the
subject of such election by 10:00 A.M. New York time, on the Distribution Date
on which such exchange is to occur. After the exchange, such Capital Securities
will be cancelled and will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and all rights
of the Depositor or its Affiliate(s) with respect to such Capital Securities
will cease.
(b) In the case of an exchange described in Section 4.9(a), the Issuer
Trust will, on the date of such exchange, exchange Debentures having a principal
amount equal to a proportional amount of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Outstanding Common Securities, based on the ratio of the aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Capital Securities exchanged pursuant to Section 4.9(a) divided by
the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities Outstanding
immediately prior to such exchange, for such proportional amount of Common
Securities held by the Depositor (which contemporaneously shall be cancelled and
no longer be deemed to be Outstanding); provided, that the Depositor delivers or
causes to be delivered to the Property Trustee or its designee the required
amount of Common Securities to be exchanged by 10:00 A.M. New York time, on the
Distribution Date on which such exchange is to occur.
ARTICLE V
Trust Securities Certificates
SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership.
Upon the creation of the Issuer Trust and the contribution by the Depositor
pursuant to Section 2.3 and until the issuance of the Trust Securities, and at
any time during which no Trust Securities are outstanding, the Depositor shall
be the sole beneficial owner of the Issuer Trust.
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SECTION 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates.
(a) The Capital Securities Certificates and the Common Securities
Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $. Liquidation Amount and
integral multiples thereof. The Trust Securities Certificates shall be executed
on behalf of the Issuer Trust by manual or facsimile signature of at least one
Administrative Trustee. Trust Securities Certificates bearing the manual or
facsimile signatures of individuals who were, at the time when such signatures
shall have been affixed, authorized to sign on behalf of the Issuer Trust, shall
be validly issued and entitled to the benefits of this Trust Agreement,
notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them shall have ceased to be so
authorized prior to the delivery of such Trust Securities Certificates or did
not hold such offices at the date of delivery of such Trust Securities
Certificates. A transferee of a Trust Securities Certificate shall become a
Holder, and shall be entitled to the rights and subject to the obligations of a
Holder hereunder, upon due registration of such Trust Securities Certificate in
such transferee's name pursuant to Section 5.5.
(b) Upon their original issuance, Capital Securities Certificates shall be
issued in the form of one or more Global Capital Securities Certificates
registered in the name of DTC, as Clearing Agency, or its nominee and deposited
with DTC or a custodian for DTC for credit by DTC to the respective accounts of
the Owners thereof (or such other accounts as they may direct).
(c) A single Common Securities Certificate representing the Common
Securities shall be issued to the Depositor in the form of a definitive Common
Securities Certificate.
SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.
At the Closing Date, the Administrative Trustees shall cause Trust
Securities Certificates, in an aggregate Liquidation Amount as provided in
Sections 2.4 and 2.5, to be executed on behalf of the Issuer Trust by manual or
facsimile signature and delivered to or upon the written order of the Depositor,
signed by its chairman of the board, its president, any executive vice president
or any vice president, treasurer or assistant treasurer or controller without
further corporate action by the Depositor, in authorized denominations.
SECTION 5.4. Book-Entry Capital Securities.
As provided in Section 5.2(b), Capital Securities, upon original issuance,
will be issued in the form of Global Capital Securities Certificates
representing Book-Entry Capital Securities, to be delivered to DTC or its
nominee by, or on behalf of, the Issuer Trust. Such Global Capital Securities
Certificates shall initially be registered on the Securities Register in the
name of Cede & Co., the nominee of DTC, and no Owner will receive a Definitive
Capital Securities Certificate representing such Owner's interest in such
Capital Securities, except as provided in this Section 5.4.
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(a) Each Global Capital Securities Certificate issued under this Trust
Agreement shall be registered in the name of the Clearing Agency or a nominee
thereof designated by the Depositor for the related Book-Entry Capital
Securities and delivered to such Clearing Agency or a nominee thereof or
custodian therefor and each such Global Capital Securities Certificate shall
constitute a single Capital Securities Certificate for all purposes of this
Trust Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Trust Agreement, no Global
Capital Securities Certificate may be exchanged in whole or in part for Capital
Securities Certificates registered, and no transfer of a Global Capital
Securities Certificate in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any
Person other than the Clearing Agency for such Global Capital Securities
Certificate or a nominee thereof unless (i) the Clearing Agency advises the
Depositor and the Property Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no
longer willing or able to properly discharge its responsibilities with respect
to the Global Capital Securities Certificates, and the Depositor is unable to
locate a qualified successor, (ii) the Depositor at its option advises the
Clearing Agency in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system
through the Clearing Agency, or (iii) a Debenture Event of Default has occurred
and is continuing and the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities determine to discontinue the book-entry system through the
Clearing Agency. Upon the occurrence of any event specified in clause (i), (ii)
or (iii) above, the Administrative Trustees shall notify the Clearing Agency and
the Clearing Agency shall notify all Owners of Book-Entry Capital Securities,
the Property Trustee and the Administrative Trustees of the occurrence of such
event and of the availability of the Definitive Capital Securities Certificates
to Owners of such class or classes, as applicable, requesting the same.
(c) If any Global Capital Securities Certificate is to be exchanged for
other Capital Securities Certificates or cancelled in part, or if another
Capital Securities Certificate is to be exchanged in whole or in part for a
beneficial interest in any Global Capital Securities Certificate, then either
(i) such Global Capital Securities Certificate shall be so surrendered for
exchange or cancellation as provided in this Article Five or (ii) the aggregate
Liquidation Amount represented by such Global Capital Securities Certificate
shall be reduced, subject to Section 5.2, or increased by an amount equal to the
Liquidation Amount represented by that portion of the Global Capital Securities
Certificate to be so exchanged or cancelled, or equal to the Liquidation Amount
represented by such other Capital Securities Certificates to be so exchanged for
Global Capital Securities represented thereby, as the case may be, by means of
an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Securities Registrar,
whereupon the Property Trustee, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures,
shall instruct the Clearing Agency or its authorized representative to make a
corresponding adjustment to its records. Upon surrender to the Administrative
Trustees or the Securities Registrar of the Global Capital Securities
Certificate or Certificates by the Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration
instructions, the Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, shall execute the
Definitive Capital Securities Certificates in accordance with the instructions
of the Clearing Agency. None of the Securities Registrar or the Issuer
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Trustees shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may
conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.
Upon the issuance of Definitive Capital Securities Certificates, the Issuer
Trustees shall recognize the Holders of the Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates as Holders. The Definitive Capital Securities Certificates shall be
printed, lithographed or engraved or may be produced in any other manner as is
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees, as evidenced by the
execution thereof by the Administrative Trustees or any one of them.
(d) Every Capital Securities Certificate executed and delivered upon
registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Capital
Securities Certificate or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Article
Five or Article Four or otherwise, shall be executed and delivered in the form
of, and shall be, a Global Capital Securities Certificate, unless such Capital
Securities Certificate is registered in the name of a Person other than the
Clearing Agency for such Global Capital Securities Certificate or a nominee
thereof.
(e) The Clearing Agency or its nominee, as registered owner of a Global
Capital Securities Certificate, shall be the Holder of such Global Capital
Securities Certificate for all purposes under this Trust Agreement and the
Global Capital Securities Certificate, and Owners with respect to a Global
Capital Securities Certificate shall hold such interests pursuant to the
Applicable Procedures. The Securities Registrar and the Issuer Trustees shall be
entitled to deal with the Clearing Agency for all purposes of this Trust
Agreement relating to the Book-Entry Capital Securities (including the payment
of the Liquidation Amount of and Distributions on the Capital Securities
evidenced by Book-Entry Capital Securities and the giving of instructions or
directions to Owners of Capital Securities evidenced by Book-Entry Capital
Securities) as the sole Holder of Capital Securities evidenced by the Book-Entry
Capital Securities and shall have no obligations to the Owners thereof. Neither
the Property Trustee nor the Securities Registrar shall have any liability in
respect of any transfers effected by the Clearing Agency.
The rights of the Owners of the Book-Entry Capital Securities shall be
exercised only through the Clearing Agency and shall be limited to those
established by law, the Applicable Procedures and agreements between such Owners
and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants. Pursuant to the
Certificate Depository Agreement, unless and until Definitive Capital Securities
Certificates are issued pursuant to Section 5.4(b), the initial Clearing Agency
will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and
receive and transmit payments on the Capital Securities to such Clearing Agency
Participants, and none of the Depositor or the Issuer Trustees shall have any
responsibility or obligation with respect thereto.
Section 5.5. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities
Certificates.
(a) The Property Trustee shall keep or cause to be kept, at the office or
agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.9, a register or registers for the
purpose of registering
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Trust Securities Certificates and transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities
Certificates (the "Securities Register") in which the registrar designated by
the Property Trustee (the "Securities Registrar") with the reasonable consent of
the Administrative Trustees, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, shall provide for the registration of Capital Securities Certificates
and Common Securities Certificates (subject to Section 5.11 in the case of the
Common Securities Certificates) and registration of transfers and exchanges of
Capital Securities Certificates as herein provided. The Bank shall be the
initial Securities Registrar.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Capital Securities
Certificate at the office or agency maintained pursuant to Section 5.9, the
Administrative Trustees or any one of them shall execute by manual or facsimile
signature and deliver to the Property Trustee for further delivery, in the name
of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Capital Securities
Certificates in authorized denominations of a like aggregate Liquidation Amount
dated the date of execution by such Administrative Trustee.
The Securities Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of
any Capital Securities that have been called for redemption. At the option of a
Holder, Capital Securities Certificates may be exchanged for other Capital
Securities Certificates in authorized denominations of the same class and of a
like aggregate Liquidation Amount upon surrender of the Capital Securities
Certificates to be exchanged at the office or agency maintained pursuant to
Section 5.9.
Every Capital Securities Certificate presented or surrendered for
registration of transfer or exchange shall be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Securities Registrar duly
executed by the Holder or his attorney duly authorized in writing. Each Capital
Securities Certificate surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange
shall be cancelled and subsequently disposed of by the Property Trustee or
Securities Registrar in accordance with such Person's customary practice.
No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or
exchange of Capital Securities Certificates, but the Securities Registrar may
require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that
may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Capital Securities
Certificates.
The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall apply to the Bank
also in its role as Securities Registrar, for so long as the Bank shall act as
Securities Registrar.
Whenever this Trust Agreement makes reference to the execution of Trust
Securities Certificates, such reference to execution shall mean manual execution
by an Administrative Trustee or, in the alternative, execution by facsimile
signature by an Administrative Trustee and authentication by the Property
Trustee.
Capital Securities Certificates bearing the manual or facsimile signatures
of individuals who were at any time the proper Administrative Trustees of the
Issuer Trust
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shall bind the Issuer Trust, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of
them have ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of
such Capital Securities Certificates or did not hold such offices at the date of
such Capital Securities Certificates.
Each Capital Securities Certificate that is executed by facsimile and
authenticated by the Property Trustee shall be dated the date of its
authentication.
(b) Certain Transfers and Exchanges. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Trust Agreement, transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities Certificates
and beneficial interests in Book-Entry Capital Securities of the kinds specified
in this Section 5.5(b) shall be made only in accordance with this Section
5.5(b).
(i) Non-Global Capital Securities Certificate to Global Capital
Securities Certificate. If the Holder of a Capital Securities Certificate
(other than a Global Capital Securities Certificate) wishes at any time to
transfer all or any portion of the Capital Securities represented thereby
to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of Book-Entry
Capital Securities represented by a Global Capital Securities Certificate,
such transfer may be effected only in accordance with the provisions of
this Clause (b)(i) and subject to the Applicable Procedures. Upon receipt
by the Securities Registrar of such Capital Securities Certificate as
provided in Section 5.5(a) and instructions satisfactory to the Securities
Registrar directing that a specified number of Capital Securities to be
represented by the Global Capital Securities Certificate not greater than
the number of Capital Securities represented by such Capital Securities
Certificate be credited to a specified Clearing Agency Participant's
account and then the Securities Registrar shall cancel such Capital
Securities Certificate (and issue a new Capital Securities Certificate in
respect of any untransferred portion thereof) as provided in Section 5.5(a)
and increase the aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Global Capital
Securities Certificate by the Liquidation Amount represented by such
Capital Securities so transferred as provided in Section 5.4(c).
(ii) Non-Global Capital Securities Certificate to Non-Global Capital
Securities Certificate. Capital Securities other than Book-Entry Capital
Securities may be transferred, in whole or in part, to a Person who takes
delivery in the form of a Capital Securities Certificate that is not a
Global Capital Securities Certificate as provided in Section 5.5(a).
(iii) Global Capital Securities Certificate to Non-Global Capital
Securities Certificate. Capital Securities represented by a Global Capital
Securities Certificate may be exchanged for a Capital Securities
Certificate that is not a Global Capital Securities Certificate as provided
in Section 5.4.
Before registering for transfer or exchange any Capital Securities
Certificates issued in certificated fully registered form as provided in
Sections 5.2, 5.4 or 5.5 of the Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee as
Securities Registrar may require an Opinion of
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Counsel or other evidence satisfactory to it (which may include a certificate
from such purchaser or Holder) that such purchaser or Holder is eligible for the
exemptive relief available under U.S. Department of Labor Prohibited Transaction
Class Exemption ("PTCE") 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14 or another
applicable exemption with respect to such purchase or holding and, in the case
of any purchaser or Holder relying on any exemption other than PTCE 96-23,
95-60, 91-38, 90-1 or 84-14, an Opinion of Counsel or other evidence
satisfactory to the Property Trustee with respect to the availability of such
exemption. Any purchaser or Holder of any Capital Securities or any interest
therein will be deemed to have represented by its purchase and holding thereof
that it either (i) is not a Plan or a Plan Asset Entity and is not purchasing
such Capital Securities on behalf of or with "plan assets" of any Plan, or (ii)
is eligible for the exemptive relief available under PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38,
90-1 or 84-14 or another applicable exemption with respect to such purchase or
holding.
(c) The Property Trustee shall not be required to insure or verify
compliance with securities laws, including the Securities Act, Exchange Act and
1940 Act, in connection with transfers and exchanges of Capital Securities
Certificates.
Section 5.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities
Certificates.
If (a) any mutilated Trust Securities Certificate shall be surrendered to
the Securities Registrar, or if the Securities Registrar shall receive evidence
to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Trust Securities
Certificate and (b) there shall be delivered to the Securities Registrar and the
Administrative Trustees such security or indemnity as may be required by them to
save each of them harmless, then in the absence of notice that such Trust
Securities Certificate shall have been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the
Administrative Trustees, or any one of them, on behalf of the Issuer Trust shall
execute and make available for delivery, in exchange for or in lieu of any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Trust Securities Certificate, a new Trust
Securities Certificate of like class, tenor and denomination. In connection with
the issuance of any new Trust Securities Certificate under this Section, the
Administrative Trustees or the Securities Registrar may require the payment of a
sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed
in connection therewith. Any duplicate Trust Securities Certificate issued
pursuant to this Section shall constitute conclusive evidence of an undivided
beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust, as if originally issued,
whether or not the lost, stolen or destroyed Trust Securities Certificate shall
be found at any time.
Section 5.7. Persons Deemed Holders.
The Issuer Trustees or the Securities Registrar shall treat the Person in
whose name any Trust Securities Certificate shall be registered in the
Securities Register as the owner of such Trust Securities Certificate for the
purpose of receiving Distributions and for all other purposes whatsoever, and
neither the Issuer Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any
notice to the contrary.
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Section 5.8. Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses.
Each Holder and each Owner shall be deemed to have agreed not to hold the
Depositor, the Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee or the Administrative
Trustees accountable by reason of the disclosure of its name and address,
regardless of the source from which such information was derived.
Section 5.9. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Property Trustee shall designate, with the consent of the
Administrative Trustees, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, an
office or offices or agency or agencies where Capital Securities Certificates
may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices
and demands to or upon the Issuer Trustees in respect of the Trust Securities
Certificates may be served. The Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee
is initially designated the office for such purpose. The Administrative Trustees
or the Property Trustee shall give prompt written notice to the Depositor and to
the Holders of any change in the location of the Securities Register or any such
office or agency.
Section 5.10. Appointment of Paying Agent.
The Paying Agent shall make Distributions to Holders from the Payment
Account and shall report the amounts of such Distributions to the Property
Trustee and the Administrative Trustees. Any Paying Agent shall have the
revocable power to withdraw funds from the Payment Account for the purpose of
making the Distributions referred to above. The Property Trustee may revoke such
power and remove the Paying Agent in its sole discretion. The Paying Agents
shall initially be the Bank, and any co-paying agent chosen by the Bank, and
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees. Any Person acting as
Paying Agent shall be permitted to resign as Paying Agent upon 30 days' written
notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property Trustee. In the event
that the Bank shall no longer be the Paying Agent or a successor Paying Agent
shall resign or its authority to act be revoked, the Property Trustee shall
appoint a successor that is reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Trustees
to act as Paying Agent (which shall be a bank or trust company). Such successor
Paying Agent or any additional Paying Agent shall execute and deliver to the
Issuer Trustees an instrument in which such successor Paying Agent or additional
Paying Agent shall agree with the Issuer Trustees that as Paying Agent, such
successor Paying Agent or additional Paying Agent will hold all sums, if any,
held by it for payment to the Holders in trust for the benefit of the Holders
entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Holders. The Paying Agent
shall return all unclaimed funds to the Property Trustee and upon removal of a
Paying Agent such Paying Agent shall also return all funds in its possession to
the Property Trustee. The provisions of Sections 8.1, 8.3 and 8.6 herein shall
apply to the Bank also in its role as Paying Agent, for so long as the Bank
shall act as Paying Agent and, to the extent applicable, to any other paying
agent appointed hereunder. Any reference in this
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Trust Agreement to the Paying Agent shall include any co-paying agent unless the
context requires otherwise.
SECTION 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor.
At the Closing Date, the Depositor shall acquire and retain beneficial and
record ownership of the Common Securities. Neither the Depositor nor any
successor Holder of the Common Securities may transfer less than all the Common
Securities, and the Depositor and any successor Holder may transfer the Common
Securities only (i) in connection with a consolidation or merger of the
Depositor into another Person, or any conveyance, transfer or lease by the
Depositor of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any
Person, pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Indenture, or (ii) to the Depositor or an
Affiliate of the Depositor in compliance with applicable law (including the
Securities Act and applicable State securities and blue sky laws), and in either
case only upon an effective assignment and delegation by the Holder of all the
Common Securities to its transferee of all of its rights and obligations under
the Expense Agreement. To the fullest extent permitted by law, any attempted
transfer of the Common Securities other than as set forth in the next preceding
sentence shall be void. The Administrative Trustees shall cause each Common
Securities Certificate issued to the Depositor to contain a legend stating
substantially "THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE WITH
SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND ONLY IN CONNECTION WITH A SIMULTANEOUS
DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT OF THE EXPENSE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO THEREIN." .
SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency.
To the extent that a notice or other communication to the Owners is
required under this Trust Agreement, unless and until Definitive Capital
Securities Certificates shall have been issued to all Owners pursuant to Section
5.4(b), the Issuer Trustees shall give all such notices and communications
specified herein to be given to Owners to the Clearing Agency, and shall have no
obligations to the Owners.
SECTION 5.13. Rights of Holders.
(a) The legal title to the Trust Property is vested exclusively in the
Property Trustee (in its capacity as such) in accordance with Section 2.9, and
the Holders shall not have any right or title therein other than the undivided
beneficial interest in the assets of the Issuer Trust conferred by their Trust
Securities and they shall have no right to call for any partition or division of
property, profits or rights of the Issuer Trust except as described below. The
Trust Securities shall be personal property giving only the rights specifically
set forth therein and in this Trust Agreement. The Trust Securities shall have
no preemptive or similar rights and, except to the extent set forth in Section
4.8, when issued and delivered to Holders against payment of the purchase price
therefor will be fully paid and nonassessable undivided beneficial interests in
Trust Property. Except as set forth in Section 4.8, the Holders, in their
capacities as such, shall be entitled to the
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same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private
corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State
of Delaware.
(b) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, if, upon a
Debenture Event of Default, the Debenture Trustee fails or the holders of not
less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Debentures fail
to declare the principal of all of the Debentures to be immediately due and
payable, the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities then Outstanding shall have such right by a notice in writing
to the Depositor and the Debenture Trustee with a copy to the Property Trustee;
and upon any such declaration such principal amount of and the accrued interest
on all of the Debentures shall become immediately due and payable, provided that
the payment of principal and interest on such Debentures shall remain
subordinated to the extent provided in the Indenture.
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to the
Debentures has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the
money due has been obtained by the Debenture Trustee as in the Indenture
provided, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of
the Capital Securities, by written notice to the Property Trustee, the Depositor
and the Debenture Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its
consequences if:
(i) the Depositor has paid or deposited with the Debenture Trustee a
sum sufficient to pay
(A) all overdue installments of interest (including any
Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture)) on all of the
Debentures,
(B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Debentures
which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of
acceleration and interest and Additional Interest thereon at the rate
borne by the Debentures, and
(C) all sums paid or advanced by the Debenture Trustee under the
Indenture and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and
advances of the Debenture Trustee and the Property Trustee, their
agents and counsel; and
(ii) all Events of Default with respect to the Debentures, other than
the non-payment of the principal of the Debentures which has become due
solely by such acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in
Section 5.13 of the Indenture.
The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the
Capital Securities may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Capital Securities,
waive any past default under the Indenture, except a default in the payment of
principal or interest (unless such default has been cured and a sum sufficient
to pay all matured installments
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of interest and principal due otherwise than by acceleration has been deposited
with the Debenture Trustee) or a default in respect of a covenant or provision
which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of
the holder of each outstanding Debenture. No such rescission shall affect any
subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Upon receipt by the Property Trustee of written notice declaring such an
acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, by Holders of the Capital
Securities all or part of which is represented by Book-Entry Capital Securities,
a record date shall be established for determining Holders of Outstanding
Capital Securities entitled to join in such notice, which record date shall be
at the close of business on the day the Property Trustee receives such notice.
The Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such
Persons, shall be entitled to join in such notice, whether or not such Holders
remain Holders after such record date; provided, that, unless such declaration
of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be, shall have
become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having joined in such
notice prior to the day which is 90 days after such record date, such notice of
declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment, as the case may be,
shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be canceled and of
no further effect. Nothing in this paragraph shall prevent a Holder, or a proxy
of a Holder, from giving, after expiration of such 90-day period, a new written
notice of declaration of acceleration, or rescission and annulment thereof, as
the case may be, that is identical to a written notice which has been canceled
pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, in which event a new record
date shall be established pursuant to the provisions of this Section 5.13(b).
(c) For so long as any Capital Securities remain Outstanding, to the
fullest extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of this Trust Agreement
and the Indenture, upon a Debenture Event of Default specified in Section 5.1(1)
or 5.1(2) of the Indenture, any Holder of Capital Securities shall have the
right to institute a proceeding directly against the Depositor, pursuant to
Section 5.8 of the Indenture, for enforcement of payment to such Holder of the
principal amount of or interest on Debentures having a principal amount equal to
the Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities of such Holder (a "Direct
Action"). Except as set forth in this Section 5.13, the Holders of Capital
Securities shall have no right to exercise directly any right or remedy
available to the holders of, or in respect of, the Debentures.
ARTICLE VI
Acts of Holders; Meetings; Voting
SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Voting Rights.
(a) Except as expressly provided in this Trust Agreement and in the
Indenture and as otherwise required by law, no Holder of Capital Securities
shall have any right to vote or in any manner otherwise control the
administration, operation and management of
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the Issuer Trust or the obligations of the parties hereto, nor shall anything
herein set forth, or contained in the terms of the Trust Securities
Certificates, be construed so as to constitute the Holders from time to time as
partners or members of an association.
(b) So long as any Debentures are held by the Issuer Trust, the Property
Trustee shall not (i) direct the time, method or place of conducting any
proceeding for any remedy available to the Debenture Trustee, or executing any
trust or power conferred on the Property Trustee with respect to such
Debentures, (ii) waive any past default which is waivable under Section 5.13 of
the Indenture, (iii) exercise any right to rescind or annul a declaration that
the principal of all the Debentures shall be due and payable or (iv) consent to
any amendment, modification or termination of the Indenture or the Debentures,
where such consent shall be required, without, in each case, obtaining the prior
approval of the Holders of at least a majority in Liquidation Amount of all
Outstanding Capital Securities, provided, however, that where a consent under
the Indenture would require the consent of each holder of Debentures affected
thereby, no such consent shall be given by the Property Trustee without the
prior written consent of each Holder of Capital Securities. The Issuer Trustees
shall not revoke any action previously authorized or approved by a vote of the
Holders of Capital Securities, except by a subsequent vote of the Holders of
Capital Securities. The Property Trustee shall notify all Holders of the Capital
Securities of any notice of default received from the Debenture Trustee with
respect to the Debentures. In addition to obtaining the foregoing approvals of
the Holders of the Capital Securities, prior to taking any of the foregoing
actions, the Property Trustee shall, at the expense of the Depositor, obtain an
Opinion of Counsel experienced in such matters to the effect that such action
shall not cause the Issuer Trust to be classified as an association taxable as a
corporation or as other than a grantor trust for United States Federal income
tax purposes.
(c) If any proposed amendment to the Trust Agreement provides for, or the
Issuer Trustees otherwise propose to effect, (i) any action that would adversely
affect in any material respect the powers, preferences or special rights of the
Capital Securities, whether by way of amendment to this Trust Agreement or
otherwise, or (ii) the dissolution, winding-up or termination of the Issuer
Trust, other than pursuant to the terms of this Trust Agreement, then the
Holders of Outstanding Capital Securities as a class will be entitled to vote on
such amendment or proposal and such amendment or proposal shall not be effective
except with the approval of the Holders of at least a majority in Liquidation
Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities. Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Trust Agreement, no amendment to this Trust Agreement may be
made if, as a result of such amendment, it would cause the Issuer Trust to be
classified as an association taxable as a corporation or as other than a grantor
trust for United States federal income tax purposes.
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings.
Notice of all meetings of Holders of Capital Securities, stating the time,
place and purpose of the meeting, shall be given by the Property Trustee
pursuant to Section 10.8 to
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each such Holder at such Holder's address as it appears in the Securities
Register as of the record date for such meeting. Such notice shall be sent,
first-class mail, at least 15 days and not more than 90 days before the meeting.
At any such meeting, any business properly before the meeting may be so
considered whether or not stated in the notice of the meeting. Any adjourned
meeting may be held as adjourned without further notice.
SECTION 6.3. Meetings of Holders of Capital Securities.
No annual meeting of Holders is required to be held. The Property Trustee,
however, shall call a meeting of Holders of Capital Securities to vote on any
matter upon the written request of the Holders of record of at least 25% of the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of Outstanding Capital Securities) and the
Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee may, at any time in their
discretion, call a meeting of Holders of Capital Securities to vote on any
matters as to which Holders of Capital Securities are entitled to vote.
Holders of at least 50% of the aggregate Liquidation Amount of Outstanding
Capital Securities, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at
any meeting of Holders of Capital Securities.
If a quorum is present at a meeting, an affirmative vote by the Holders of
record present, in person or by proxy, holding at least a majority of the
Liquidation Amount of Outstanding Capital Securities held by the Holders of
record present, either in person or by proxy, at such meeting shall constitute
the action of the Holders of Capital Securities, unless this Issuer Trust
Agreement requires a greater number of affirmative votes.
SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights.
In respect of any matter as to which a Holder is entitled to vote, such
Holder shall be entitled to one vote for each $. in Liquidation Amount of Trust
Securities held of record by such Holder.
SECTION 6.5. Proxies, Etc.
At any meeting of Holders, any Holder entitled to vote thereat may vote by
proxy, provided that no proxy shall be voted at any meeting unless it shall have
been placed on file with the Property Trustee, or with such other officer or
agent of the Issuer Trust as the Property Trustee may direct, for verification
prior to the time at which such vote shall be taken. Pursuant to a resolution of
the Property Trustee, proxies may be solicited in the name of the Property
Trustee or one or more officers of the Property Trustee. Only Holders of record
shall be entitled to vote. When Trust Securities are held jointly by several
Persons, any one of them may vote at any meeting in person or by proxy in
respect of such Trust Securities, but if more than one of them shall be present
at such meeting in person or by proxy, and such joint owners or their proxies so
present disagree as to any vote to be cast, such vote shall not be received in
respect of such Trust Securities. A proxy purporting to be executed by or on
behalf of a Holder shall be
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deemed valid unless challenged at or prior to its exercise, and the burden of
proving invalidity shall rest on the challenger. No proxy shall be valid more
than three years after its date of execution.
SECTION 6.6. Holder Action by Written Consent.
Any action which may be taken by Holders at a meeting may be taken without
a meeting and without prior notice, if Holders holding a majority of the
aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Trust Securities entitled to
vote in respect of such action (or such larger proportion thereof as shall be
required by any express provision of this Trust Agreement) shall consent to the
action in writing.
SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes.
For the purpose of determining the Holders who are entitled to notice of
and to vote at any meeting or to act by written consent, or to participate in
any Distribution on the Trust Securities in respect of which a record date is
not otherwise provided for in this Trust Agreement, or for the purpose of any
other action, the Administrative Trustees or Property Trustee may from time to
time fix a date, not more than 90 days prior to the date of any meeting of
Holders or the payment of a Distribution or other action, as the case may be, as
a record date for the determination of the identity of the Holders of record for
such purposes.
SECTION 6.8. Acts of Holders.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or
other action provided or permitted by this Trust Agreement to be given, made or
taken by Holders or Owners may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders or Owners in
person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as otherwise
expressly provided herein, such action shall become effective when such
instrument or instruments are delivered to the Property Trustee. Such instrument
or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are
herein sometimes referred to as the "Act" of the Holders or Owners signing such
instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a
writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this
Trust Agreement and (subject to Section 8.1) conclusive in favor of the Issuer
Trustees, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or
writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness to such execution or by a
certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take
acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument
or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by
a signer acting in a capacity other than his individual capacity, such
certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his
authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing,
or the
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authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other
manner which any Issuer Trustee receiving the same deems sufficient.
The ownership of Capital Securities shall be proved by the Securities
Register.
Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver
or other Act of the Holder of any Trust Security shall bind every future Holder
of the same Trust Security and the Holder of every Trust Security issued upon
the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof
in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Issuer
Trustees or the Issuer Trust in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of
such action is made upon such Trust Security.
Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any
action hereunder with regard to any particular Trust Security may do so with
regard to all or any part of the Liquidation Amount of such Trust Security or by
one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such
appointment with regard to all or any part of such Liquidation Amount.
If any dispute shall arise between the Holders and the Issuer Trustees
with respect to the authenticity, validity or binding nature of any request,
demand, authorization, direction, consent, waiver or other Act of such Holder or
Issuer Trustee under this Article VI, then the determination of such matter by
the Property Trustee shall be conclusive with respect to such matter.
SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records.
Upon reasonable notice to the Administrative Trustees and the Property
Trustee, the records of the Issuer Trust shall be open to inspection by Holders
during normal business hours for any purpose reasonably related to such Holder's
interest as a Holder.
ARTICLE VII
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the Property Trustee
and the Delaware Trustee.
The Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee, each severally on behalf
of and as to itself, hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Depositor and the Holders that:
(a) the Property Trustee is a New York banking corporation;
(b) the Property Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal
right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement
and has taken all
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necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of
this Trust Agreement;
(c) the Delaware Trustee is a banking corporation duly organized,
validly existing;
(d) the Delaware Trustee has full corporate power, authority and legal
right to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Trust Agreement
and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Trust Agreement;
(e) this Trust Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and constitutes the
valid and legally binding agreement of each of the Property Trustee and the
Delaware Trustee enforceable against each of them in accordance with its terms,
subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization,
moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting
creditors' rights and to general equity principles;
(f) the execution, delivery and performance of this Trust Agreement
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action on the part
of the Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee and does not require any
approval of stockholders of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee and
such execution, delivery and performance will not (i) violate the Charter or
By-laws of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, (ii) violate any
provision of any indenture, mortgage, credit agreement, license or other
agreement or instrument to which the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee is
a party or by which it is bound, which violation would materially and adversely
affect the Issuer Trust, the Holders or the ability of the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee to enter into or perform their obligations under the Trust
Agreement, or result in the creation, or imposition of any Lien on any
properties included in the Trust Property, or (iii) violate any law,
governmental rule or regulation of the United States, the State of New York or
the State of Delaware, as the case may be, governing the banking, trust or
general powers of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as appropriate
in context) or any order, judgment or decree applicable to the Property Trustee
or the Delaware Trustee;
(g) neither the authorization, execution or delivery by the Property
Trustee or the Delaware Trustee of this Trust Agreement nor the consummation of
any of the transactions by the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee (as
appropriate in context) contemplated herein requires the consent or approval of,
the giving of notice to, the registration with or the taking of any other action
with respect to any governmental authority or agency under any existing federal
law governing the banking, trust or general powers of the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, under the laws of the United States,
the State of New York or the State of Delaware;
(h) there are no proceedings pending or, to the best of each of the
Property Trustee's and the Delaware Trustee's knowledge, threatened against or
affecting the
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Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee in any court or before any governmental
authority, agency or arbitration board or tribunal which, in the good faith
judgment of the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, as
amended individually or in the aggregate, would materially and adversely affect
the Issuer Trust or the right, power and authority of the Property Trustee or
the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, to enter into or perform its
obligations as one of the Issuer Trustees under this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor.
The Depositor hereby represents and warrants for the benefit of the
Holders that the Trust Securities Certificates issued on the Closing Date on
behalf of the Issuer Trust have been duly authorized and will have been, duly
and validly executed, issued and delivered by the Issuer Trustees pursuant to
the terms and provisions of, and in accordance with the requirements of, this
Trust Agreement and the Holders will be, as of each such date, entitled to the
benefits of this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
The Issuer Trustees
SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
(a) The duties and responsibilities of the Issuer Trustees shall be as
provided by this Trust Agreement and, in the case of the Property Trustee, by
the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this
Trust Agreement shall require any of the Issuer Trustees to expend or risk their
own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any
of their duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers,
if they shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds
or adequate indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against such risk or
liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so
provided, every provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or
affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Issuer Trustees shall
be subject to the provisions of this Article. Nothing in this Trust Agreement
shall be construed to release an Administrative Trustee from liability for its
own negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct with respect to acts or
omissions. To the extent that, at law or in equity, an Issuer Trustee has duties
and liabilities relating thereto to the Issuer Trust or to the Holders, such
Issuer Trustee shall not be liable to the Issuer Trust or to any Holder for such
Issuer Trustee's good faith reliance on the provisions of this Trust Agreement.
The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the
duties and liabilities of the Issuer Trustees otherwise existing at law or in
equity, are agreed by the Depositor and the Holders to replace such other duties
and liabilities of the Issuer Trustees.
(b) All payments made by the Property Trustee or a Paying Agent in
respect of the Trust Securities shall be made only from the revenue and proceeds
from the Trust
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Property and only to the extent that there shall be sufficient revenue or
proceeds from the Trust Property to enable the Property Trustee or a Paying
Agent to make payments in accordance with the terms hereof. Each Holder, by
its acceptance of a Trust Security, agrees that it will look solely to the
revenue and proceeds from the Trust Property to the extent legally
available for distribution to it as herein provided and that the Issuer
Trustees are not personally liable to it for any amount distributable in
respect of any Trust Security or for any other liability in respect of any
Trust Security. This Section 8.1(b) does not limit the liability of the
Issuer Trustees expressly set forth elsewhere in this Trust Agreement or,
in the case of the Property Trustee, in the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the
Property Trustee shall enforce this Trust Agreement for the benefit of the
Holders.
(d) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be construed to relieve
the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee from liability for its own
negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by an authorized officer of the Property
Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Property Trustee was
negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(ii) the Property 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 not less than a majority in
Liquidation Amount of the Trust Securities relating to the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available
to the Property Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred
upon the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement;
(iii) the Property Trustee's sole duty with respect to the
custody, safe keeping and physical preservation of the Debentures and
the Payment Account shall be to deal with such property in a similar
manner as the Property Trustee deals with similar property for its own
account, subject to the protections and limitations on liability
afforded to the Property Trustee under this Trust Agreement and the
Trust Indenture Act;
(iv) the Property Trustee shall not be liable for any interest on
any money received by it except as it may otherwise agree with the
Depositor; and money held by the Property Trustee need not be
segregated from other funds held by it except in relation to the
Payment Account maintained by the Property Trustee pursuant to Section
3.1 and except to the extent otherwise required by law; and
(v) the Property Trustee shall not be responsible for monitoring
the compliance by the Administrative Trustees or the Depositor with
their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall the
Property Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of the
Administrative Trustees or the Depositor.
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(e) The Administrative Trustees shall not be responsible for
monitoring the compliance by the other Issuer Trustees or the Depositor
with their respective duties under this Trust Agreement, nor shall either
Administrative Trustee be liable for the default or misconduct of any other
Administrative Trustee, the other Issuer Trustees or the Depositor.
SECTION 8.2. Certain Notices.
Within five Business Days after the occurrence of any Event of Default
actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee, the
Property Trustee shall transmit, in the manner and to the extent provided
in Section 10.8, notice of such Event of Default to the Holders, the
Administrative Trustees and the Depositor, unless such Event of Default
shall have been cured or waived.
Within five Business Days after the receipt of notice of the
Depositor's exercise of its right to defer the payment of interest on the
Debentures pursuant to the Indenture, the Property Trustee shall transmit,
in the manner and to the extent provided in Section 10.8, notice of such
exercise to the Holders, unless such exercise shall have been revoked.
SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1:
(a) the Property Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be protected
in acting or refraining from acting in good faith upon any resolution,
Opinion of Counsel, certificate, written representation of a Holder or
transferee, certificate of auditors or any other certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, appraisal,
bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented
by the proper party or parties;
(b) if (i) in performing its duties under this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee is required to decide between alternative courses of
action or (ii) in construing any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement
the Property Trustee finds the same ambiguous or inconsistent with any
other provisions contained herein or (iii) the Property Trustee is unsure
of the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement, then, except
as to any matter as to which the Holder of Capital Securities is entitled
to vote under the terms of this Trust Agreement, the Property Trustee shall
deliver a notice to the Depositor requesting the Depositor's direction as
to the course of action to be taken and, if not so directed, the Property
Trustee shall take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the
Property Trustee shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the
Holders, in which event the Property Trustee shall have no liability except
for its own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct;
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(c) any direction or act of the Depositor or the Administrative
Trustees contemplated by this Trust Agreement shall be sufficiently
evidenced by an Officers' Certificate;
(d) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement, the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be established
before undertaking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the
Property Trustee (unless other evidence is herein specifically prescribed)
may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, request and rely upon an
Officers' Certificate as to factual matters (other than the interpretation
of this Agreement) which, upon receipt of such request, shall be promptly
delivered by the Depositor or the Administrative Trustees;
(e) the Property Trustee shall have no duty to see to any recording,
filing or registration of any instrument (including any financing or
continuation statement or any filing under tax or securities laws) or any
rerecording, refiling or reregistration thereof;
(f) the Property Trustee may consult with counsel (which counsel may
be counsel to the Depositor or any of its Affiliates, and may include any
of its employees) and the advice of such counsel shall be full and complete
authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or
omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon and in
accordance with such advice; the Property Trustee shall have the right at
any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Trust
Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction;
(g) the Property Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request
or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Trust Agreement, unless
such Holders shall have offered to the Property Trustee security or
indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and
liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request
or direction; provided that, nothing contained in this Section 8.3(g) shall
be taken to relieve the Property Trustee, upon the occurrence of an Event
of Default, of its obligation to exercise the rights and powers vested in
it by this Trust Agreement;
(h) the Property Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval,
bond, debenture, note or other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or
document, unless requested in writing to do so by one or more Holders, but
the Property Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into
such facts or matters as it may see fit;
(i) the Property Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers
hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through
its agents or attorneys and the Property Trustee shall not be responsible
for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of,
any such agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
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(j) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement the
Property Trustee shall deem it desirable to receive instructions with
respect to enforcing any remedy or right or taking any other action
hereunder the Property Trustee (i) may request instructions from the
Holders of the Trust Securities which instructions may only be given by the
Holders of the same proportion in Liquidation Amount of the Trust
Securities as would be entitled to direct the Property Trustee under the
terms of the Trust Securities in respect of such remedy, right or action,
(ii) may refrain from enforcing such remedy or right or taking such other
action until such instructions are received, and (iii) shall be fully
protected in acting in accordance with such instructions;
(k) except as otherwise expressly provided by this Trust Agreement,
the Property Trustee shall not be under any obligation to take any action
that is discretionary under the provisions of this Trust Agreement;
(l) when the Property Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in
connection with a Bankruptcy Event, such expenses (including the fees and
expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for such services are
intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy law
or law relating to creditors rights generally; and
(m) the Property Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of an
Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Property Trustee
obtains actual knowledge of such event or the Property Trustee receives
written notice of such event from Holders holding more than a majority of
Capital Securities (based upon Liquidation Amount).
No provision of this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to impose any
duty or obligation on any Issuer 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 any Issuer
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 any
Issuer Trustee shall be construed to be a duty.
SECTION 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
The recitals contained herein and in the Trust Securities Certificates
shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer Trust, and the Issuer
Trustees do not assume any responsibility for their correctness. The Issuer
Trustees shall not be accountable for the use or application by the
Depositor of the proceeds of the Debentures.
SECTION 8.5. May Hold Securities.
Any Issuer Trustee or any other agent of any Issuer Trustee or the
Issuer Trust, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner
or pledgee of Trust Securities and, subject to Sections 8.8 and 8.13 and
except as provided in the definition of the term "Outstanding" in Article
I, may otherwise deal with the Issuer Trust with the same rights it would
have if it were not an Issuer Trustee or such other agent.
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SECTION 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.
The Depositor agrees:
(a) to pay to the Issuer Trustees from time to time reasonable
compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
(b) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the
Issuer Trustees upon request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and
advances incurred or made by the Issuer Trustees in accordance with any
provision of this Trust Agreement (including the reasonable compensation
and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any
such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct; and
(c) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to indemnify
and hold harmless (i) each Issuer Trustee, (ii) each Paying Agent, (iii)
any Affiliate of any Issuer Trustee, (iv) any officer, director,
shareholder, employee, representative or agent of any Issuer Trustee, and
(v) any employee or agent of the Issuer Trust or its Affiliates (referred
to herein as an "Indemnified Person") from and against any loss, damage,
liability, tax, penalty, expense or claim of any kind or nature whatsoever
incurred by such Indemnified Person by reason of the creation, operation or
termination of the Issuer Trust or any act or omission performed or omitted
by such Indemnified Person in good faith on behalf of the Issuer Trust and
in a manner such Indemnified Person reasonably believed to be within the
scope of authority conferred on such Indemnified Person by this Trust
Agreement, except that no Indemnified Person shall be entitled to be
indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such
Indemnified Person by reason of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct
with respect to such acts or omissions.
The provisions of this Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of
this Trust Agreement or the earlier resignation or removal of any Issuer
Trustee.
No Issuer Trustee may claim any Lien on any Trust Property as a result
of any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.6.
The Depositor and any Issuer Trustee (in the case of the Property
Trustee, subject to Section 8.8 hereof) may engage in or possess an
interest in other business ventures of any nature or description,
independently or with others, similar or dissimilar to the business of the
Issuer Trust, and the Issuer Trust and the Holders of Trust Securities
shall have no rights by virtue of this Trust Agreement in and to such
independent ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom, and the
pursuit of any such venture, even if competitive with the business of the
Issuer Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. None of the
Depositor or any Issuer Trustee, shall be obligated to present any
particular investment or other opportunity to the Issuer Trust even if such
opportunity is of a character that, if presented to the Issuer Trust, could
be taken by the Issuer Trust, and the Depositor or any Issuer Trustee shall
have the right to take for its own account
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(individually or as a partner or fiduciary) or to recommend to others any
such particular investment or other opportunity. Any Issuer Trustee may
engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the
Depositor or any Affiliate of the Depositor, or may act as depository for,
trustee or agent for, or act on any committee or body of holders of,
securities or other obligations of the Depositor or its Affiliates.
SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility of
Issuer Trustees.
(a) There shall at all times be a Property Trustee hereunder with
respect to the Trust Securities. The Property Trustee shall be a Person
that is a national or state chartered bank and eligible pursuant to the
Trust Indenture Act to act as such, and has a combined capital and surplus
of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition
at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of its
supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section,
the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its
combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of
condition so published. If at any time the Property Trustee with respect to
the Trust Securities shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the
provisions of this Section and the Trust Indenture Act, it shall resign
immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this
Article. At the time of appointment, the Property Trustee must have
securities rated in one of the three highest rating categories by a
nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
(b) There shall at all times be one or more Administrative Trustees
hereunder with respect to the Trust Securities. Each Administrative Trustee
shall be either a natural person who is at least 21 years of age or a legal
entity that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind that
entity.
(c) There shall at all times be a Delaware Trustee with respect to the
Trust Securities. The Delaware Trustee shall either be (i) a natural person
who is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the State of Delaware or
(ii) a legal entity with its principal place of business in the State of
Delaware and that otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware
law that shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such
entity.
SECTION 8.8. Conflicting Interests.
(a) If the Property Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting
interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Property
Trustee shall either eliminate such interest or resign, to the extent and
in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust
Indenture Act and this Trust Agreement.
(b) The Guarantee Agreement and the Indenture shall be deemed to be
specifically described in this Trust Agreement for the purposes of clause
(i) of the first proviso contained in Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture
Act.
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SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee.
Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at
any time or times, for the purpose of meeting the legal requirements of the
Trust Indenture Act or of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Trust
Property may at the time be located, the Property Trustee shall have power
to appoint, and upon the written request of the Property Trustee, the
Depositor and the Administrative Trustees shall for such purpose join in
the execution, delivery, and performance of all instruments and agreements
necessary or proper to appoint, one or more Persons approved by the
Property Trustee either to act as co-trustee, jointly with the Property
Trustee, of all or any part of such Trust Property, or to the extent
required by law to act as separate trustee of any such property, in either
case with such powers as may be provided in the instrument of appointment,
and to vest in such Person or Persons in the capacity aforesaid, any
property, title, right or power deemed necessary or desirable, subject to
the other provisions of this Section. Any co-trustee or separate trustee
appointed pursuant to this Section shall either be (i) a natural person who
is at least 21 years of age and a resident of the United States or (ii) a
legal entity with its principal place of business in the United States that
shall act through one or more persons authorized to bind such entity.
Should any written instrument from the Depositor be required by any
co-trustee or separate trustee so appointed for more fully confirming to
such co-trustee or separate trustee such property, title, right, or power,
any and all such instruments shall, on request, be executed, acknowledged
and delivered by the Depositor.
Every co-trustee or separate trustee shall, to the extent permitted by
law, but to such extent only, be appointed subject to the following terms,
namely:
(a) The Trust Securities shall be executed by at least one
Administrative Trustee and the Trust Securities shall be delivered by the
Property Trustee and all rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereunder
in respect of the custody of securities, cash and other personal property
held by, or required to be deposited or pledged with, the Issuer Trustees
specified hereunder shall be exercised solely by such Issuer Trustees and
not by such co-trustee or separate trustee.
(b) The rights, powers, duties, and obligations hereby conferred or
imposed upon the Property Trustee in respect of any property covered by
such appointment shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or
performed by the Property Trustee or by the Property Trustee and such
co-trustee or separate trustee jointly, as shall be provided in the
instrument appointing such co-trustee or separate trustee, except to the
extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act
is to be performed, the Property Trustee shall be incompetent or
unqualified to perform such act, in which event such rights, powers, duties
and obligations shall be exercised and performed by such co-trustee or
separate trustee.
(c) The Property Trustee at any time, by an instrument in writing
executed by it, with the written concurrence of the Depositor, may accept
the resignation of or remove
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any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this Section, and,
in case a Debenture Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
the Property Trustee shall have power to accept the resignation of, or
remove, any such co-trustee or separate trustee without the
concurrence of the Depositor. Upon the written request of the Property
Trustee, the Depositor shall join with the Property Trustee in the
execution, delivery and performance of all instruments and agreements
necessary or proper to effectuate such resignation or removal. A
successor to any co-trustee or separate trustee so resigning or
removed may be appointed in the manner provided in this Section.
(d) No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be
personally liable by reason of any act or omission of the Property
Trustee or any other trustee hereunder.
(e) The Property Trustee shall not be liable by reason of any act
of a co-trustee or separate trustee.
(f) Any Act of Holders delivered to the Property Trustee shall be
deemed to have been delivered to each such co-trustee and separate
trustee.
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
No resignation or removal of any Issuer Trustee (the "Relevant
Trustee") and no appointment of a successor Issuer Trustee pursuant to
this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of
appointment by the successor Issuer Trustee in accordance with the
applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
Subject to the immediately preceding paragraph, a Relevant
Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the
Holders. If the instrument of acceptance by the successor Issuer
Trustee required by Section 8.11 shall not have been delivered to the
Relevant Trustee within 60 days after the giving of such notice of
resignation, the Relevant Trustee may petition, at the expense of the
Issuer Trust, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment
of a successor Relevant Trustee.
Unless a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, any Issuer Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of
the Holder of the Common Securities. If a Debenture Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Property Trustee or
Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be removed at such time by Act
of the Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital
Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee (in its individual
capacity and on behalf of the Trust). An Administrative Trustee may be
removed by the Holder of the Common Securities at any time. In no
event will the Holders of the Capital Securities have a right to vote
to appoint, remove or replace the Administrative Trustees.
If any Issuer Trustee shall resign, be removed or become
incapable of acting as Issuer Trustee, or if a vacancy shall occur in
the office of any Issuer Trustee for any reason, at a time when no
Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Holder of the Common Securities, by Act, shall promptly appoint a
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successor Issuer Trustee or Issuer Trustees, and the retiring Issuer
Trustee shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11,
except that a successor Administrative Trustee need not comply with
Section 8.11. If the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee shall
resign, be removed or become incapable of continuing to act as the
Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, as the case may be, at a
time when a Debenture Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Holders of the Capital Securities, by Act of the
Holders of a majority in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities
then Outstanding shall promptly appoint a successor Relevant Trustee
or Trustees, and such successor Trustee shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If an Administrative Trustee
shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting as
Administrative Trustee, at a time when a Debenture Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing, the Holder of the Common
Securities, by Act, shall promptly appoint a successor Administrative
Trustee or Trustees. If no successor Relevant Trustee shall have been
so appointed by the Holder of the Common Securities or the Holders of
the Capital Securities and accepted appointment in the manner required
by Section 8.11 if applicable, any Holder who has been a Holder of
Trust Securities for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and
all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Relevant Trustee.
The Property Trustee shall give notice of each resignation and
each removal of an Issuer Trustee and each appointment of a successor
Issuer Trustee to all Holders in the manner provided in Section 10.8
and shall give notice to the Depositor. Each notice shall include the
name of the successor Relevant Trustee and the address of its
Corporate Trust Office if it is the Property Trustee.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this
Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee who is a
natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Holder of Common
Securities, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such
death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by appointment by the
remaining Administrative Trustees.
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Relevant
Trustee, other than the appointment of a successor Administrative
Trustee pursuant to Section 8.19(a), the retiring Relevant Trustee (if
requested by the Depositor) and each successor Relevant Trustee with
respect to the Trust Securities shall execute and deliver an amendment
hereto wherein each successor Relevant Trustee shall accept such
appointment and which (a) shall contain such provisions as shall be
necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in,
each successor Relevant Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and
duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee with respect to the Trust
Securities and the Issuer Trust and (b) shall add to or change any of
the provisions of this Trust Agreement as shall be necessary to
provide for or facilitate the administration of the Issuer Trust by
more than one Relevant Trustee, it being understood that nothing
herein or in such amendment shall constitute such Relevant Trustees
co-trustees and upon the execution and delivery of such
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amendment the resignation or removal of the retiring Relevant Trustee
shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such
successor Relevant Trustee, without any further act, deed or
conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts
and duties of the retiring Relevant Trustee; but, on request of the
Issuer Trust or any successor Relevant Trustee such retiring Relevant
Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor
Relevant Trustee all Trust Property, all proceeds thereof and money
held by such retiring Relevant Trustee hereunder with respect to the
Trust Securities and the Issuer Trust.
Upon request of any such successor Relevant Trustee, the Issuer
Trust shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and
certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Relevant Trustee
all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second
preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
No successor Relevant Trustee shall accept its appointment unless
at the time of such acceptance such successor Relevant Trustee shall
be qualified and eligible under this Article.
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business.
Any Person into which the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be
consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or
consolidation to which such Relevant Trustee shall be a party, or any
Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust
business of such Relevant Trustee, shall be the successor of such
Relevant Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise
eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any
paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto.
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor
or the Issuer Trust.
If and when the Property Trustee shall be or become a creditor of
the Depositor or the Issuer Trust (or any other obligor upon the
Capital Securities), the Property Trustee shall be subject to the
provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of
claims against the Depositor or the Issuer Trust (or any such other
obligor).
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency,
liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
composition or other similar judicial proceeding relative to the
Issuer Trust or any other obligor upon the Trust Securities or the
property of the Issuer Trust or of such other obligor or their
creditors, the Property Trustee (irrespective of whether any
Distributions on the Trust Securities shall then be due and payable as
therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of
whether the Property Trustee shall have made any demand on the Issuer
Trust for the payment of any past due Distributions) shall be entitled
and empowered, to the fullest extent permitted by law, by intervention
in such proceeding or otherwise:
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(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of any
Distributions owing and unpaid in respect of the Trust Securities
and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or
advisable in order to have the claims of the Property Trustee
(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses,
disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its agents
and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial
proceeding, and
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property
payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the
same;
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator,
sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding
is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the
Property Trustee and, in the event the Property Trustee shall consent
to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the
Property Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation,
expenses, disbursements and advances of the Property Trustee, its
agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Property Trustee.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the
Property Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on
behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement
adjustment or compensation affecting the Trust Securities or the
rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Property Trustee to
vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
SECTION 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee.
(a) Not later than May 31 of each year commencing with May 31,
2003, the Property Trustee shall transmit to all Holders in accordance
with Section 10.8, and to the Depositor, a brief report dated as of
the immediately preceding March 31, with respect to:
(i) its eligibility under Section 8.7 or, in lieu thereof,
if to the best of its knowledge it has continued to be eligible
under said Section, a written statement to such effect;
(ii) its knowledge of such Property Trustee's compliance
with all conditions and covenants under this Agreement; and
(iii) any change in the property and funds in its possession
as Property Trustee since the date of its last report and any
action taken by the Property Trustee in the performance of its
duties hereunder which it has not previously reported and which
in its opinion materially affects the Trust Securities.
(b) In addition the Property Trustee shall transmit to Holders
such reports concerning the Property Trustee and its actions under
this Trust Agreement as may be required pursuant to the Trust
Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant
thereto.
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(c) A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such
transmission to Holders, be filed by the Property Trustee with each
national stock exchange, the Nasdaq National Market or such other
interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization upon
which the Trust Securities are listed or traded, with the Commission
and with the Depositor.
SECTION 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee.
The Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf of the
Issuer Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such documents,
reports and information as required by Section 314 of the Trust
Indenture Act (if any) and the compliance certificate required by
Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act in the form, in the manner
and at the times required by Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act.
SECTION 8.16. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent.
Each of the Depositor and the Administrative Trustees on behalf
of the Issuer Trust shall provide to the Property Trustee such
evidence of compliance with any conditions precedent, if any, provided
for in this Trust Agreement that relate to any of the matters set
forth in Section 314 (c) of the Trust Indenture Act. Any certificate
or opinion required to be given by an officer pursuant to Section
314(c)(1) or Section 314(e) of the Trust Indenture Act shall be given
in the form of an Officers' Certificate.
SECTION 8.17. Number of Issuer Trustees.
(a) The number of Issuer Trustees shall be four. The Property
Trustee and the Delaware Trustee may be the same Person.
(b) If an Issuer Trustee ceases to hold office for any reason, a
vacancy shall occur. The vacancy shall be filled with an Issuer
Trustee appointed in accordance with Section 8.10.
(c) The death, resignation, retirement, removal, bankruptcy,
incompetence or incapacity to perform the duties of an Issuer Trustee
shall not operate to dissolve, terminate or annul the Issuer Trust.
SECTION 8.18. Delegation of Power.
(a) Any Administrative Trustee may, by power of attorney
consistent with applicable law, delegate to any other natural person
over the age of 21 his or her power for the purpose of executing any
documents contemplated in Section 2.7(a), including any registration
statement or amendment thereto filed with the Commission, or making
any other governmental filing; and
(b) The Administrative Trustees shall have power to delegate from
time to time to such of their number or to the Depositor the doing of
such things and the execution of
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such instruments either in the name of the Issuer Trust or the names
of the Administrative Trustees or otherwise as the Administrative
Trustees may deem expedient, to the extent such delegation is not
prohibited by applicable law or contrary to the provisions of this
Trust Agreement, as set forth herein.
SECTION 8.19. Appointment of Administrative Trustees.
(a) The Administrative Trustees shall initially be Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx, an individual, and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, an individual, and their
successors shall be appointed by the Holder of the Common Securities
and may be removed by the Holder of the Common Securities at any time.
Each Administrative Trustee shall sign an agreement agreeing to comply
with the terms of this Trust Agreement. If at any time there is no
Administrative Trustee, the Property Trustee or any Holder who has
been a Holder of Trust Securities for at least six months may petition
any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of one or more
Administrative Trustee.
(b) Whenever a vacancy in the number of Administrative Trustees
shall occur, until such vacancy is filled by the appointment of an
Administrative Trustee in accordance with this Section 8.19, the
Administrative Trustees in office, regardless of their number (and
notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement), shall have all
the powers granted to the Administrative Trustees and shall discharge
all the duties imposed upon the Administrative Trustees by this Trust
Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision of this
Trust Agreement, in the event any Administrative Trustee who is a
natural person dies or becomes, in the opinion of the Holder of Common
Securities, incompetent or incapacitated, the vacancy created by such
death, incompetence or incapacity may be filled by the unanimous act
of the remaining Administrative Trustees if there were at least two of
them prior to such vacancy (with the successor in each case being a
Person who satisfies the eligibility requirement for Administrative
Trustees set forth in Section 8.7).
ARTICLE IX
Termination, Liquidation and Merger
SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date.
Unless earlier dissolved, the Issuer Trust shall automatically
dissolve on ., 2033 (the "Expiration Date").
SECTION 9.2. Early Termination.
The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early
Termination Event," upon the occurrence of which the Issuer Trust
shall dissolve:
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(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or
the dissolution or liquidation of, the Holder of the Common
Securities;
(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from the
Holder of the Common Securities at any time to dissolve the
Issuer Trust and, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors
of the Issuer Trust as provided by applicable law, distribute
Debentures to Holders in exchange for the Capital Securities;
(c) the redemption of all of the Capital Securities in
connection with the redemption of all the Debentures; and
(d) the entry of an order for dissolution of the Issuer
Trust by a court of competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 9.3. Termination.
The respective obligations and responsibilities of the Issuer
Trustees and the Issuer Trust created and continued hereby shall
terminate upon the latest to occur of the following: (a) the
distribution by the Property Trustee to Holders upon the liquidation
of the Issuer Trust pursuant to Section 9.4, or upon the redemption of
all of the Trust Securities pursuant to Section 4.2, of all amounts
required to be distributed hereunder upon the final payment of the
Trust Securities; (b) the payment of any expenses owed by the Issuer
Trust; and (c) the discharge of all administrative duties of the
Administrative Trustees, including the performance of any tax
reporting obligations with respect to the Issuer Trust or the Holders.
SECTION 9.4. Liquidation.
(a) If an Early Termination Event specified in clause (a), (b) or
(d) of Section 9.2 occurs, or upon the Expiration Date, the Issuer
Trust shall be liquidated by the Property Trustee as expeditiously as
the Property Trustee determines to be possible by distributing, after
satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer Trust as
provided by applicable law, to each Holder a Like Amount of
Debentures, subject to Section 9.4(d). Notice of liquidation shall be
given by the Property Trustee by first-class mail, postage prepaid
mailed not later than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the
Liquidation Date to each Holder of Trust Securities at such Holder's
address appearing in the Securities Register. All notices of
liquidation shall:
(i) state the Liquidation Date;
(ii) state that from and after the Liquidation Date, the
Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to be Outstanding and
any Trust Securities Certificates not surrendered for exchange
will be deemed to represent a Like Amount of Debentures; and
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(iii) provide such information with respect to the
mechanics by which Holders may exchange Trust Securities
Certificates for Debentures, or if Section 9.4(d) applies
receive a Liquidation Distribution, as the Property Trustee
(after consultation with the Administrative Trustees) shall
deem appropriate.
(b) Unless Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, in order to
effect the liquidation of the Issuer Trust and the distribution of
Debentures to Holders, the Property Trustee shall establish a record
date for such distribution (which shall be not more than 45 days prior
to the Liquidation Date) and, either itself acting as exchange agent or
through the appointment of a separate exchange agent, shall establish
such procedures as it shall deem appropriate to effect the distribution
of Debentures in exchange for the Outstanding Trust Securities
Certificates.
(c) Unless Section 9.2(c) or 9.4(d) applies, after the
Liquidation Date, (i) the Trust Securities will no longer be deemed to
be Outstanding, (ii) certificates representing a Like Amount of
Debentures will be issued to Holders of Trust Securities Certificates,
upon surrender of such certificates to the exchange agent for exchange,
(iii) the Depositor shall use its best efforts to have the Debentures
listed on the New York Stock Exchange or on such other exchange,
interdealer quotation system or self-regulatory organization as the
Capital Securities are then listed, (iv) any Trust Securities
Certificates not so surrendered for exchange will be deemed to
represent a Like Amount of Debentures, accruing interest at the rate
provided for in the Debentures from the last Distribution Date on which
a Distribution was made on such Trust Securities Certificates until
such certificates are so surrendered (and until such certificates are
so surrendered, no payments of interest or principal will be made to
Holders of Trust Securities Certificates with respect to such
Debentures) and (v) all rights of Holders holding Trust Securities will
cease, except the right of such Holders to receive Debentures upon
surrender of Trust Securities Certificates.
(d) If, notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section
9.4, whether because of an order for dissolution entered by a court of
competent jurisdiction or otherwise, distribution of the Debentures in
the manner provided herein is determined by the Property Trustee not to
be practical, then the Trust Property shall be liquidated, and the
Issuer Trust shall be wound-up by the Property Trustee in such manner
as the Property Trustee determines. In such event, on the date of the
dissolution of the Issuer Trust, Holders will be entitled to receive
out of the assets of the Issuer Trust available for distribution to
Holders, after satisfaction of liabilities to creditors of the Issuer
Trust as provided by applicable law, an amount equal to the Liquidation
Amount per Trust Security plus accumulated and unpaid Distributions
thereon to the date of payment (such amount being the "Liquidation
Distribution"). If, upon any such winding up, the Liquidation
Distribution can be paid only in part because the Issuer Trust has
insufficient assets available to pay in full the aggregate Liquidation
Distribution, then, subject to the next succeeding sentence, the
amounts payable by the Issuer Trust on the Trust Securities shall be
paid on a pro rata basis (based upon Liquidation Amounts). The Holders
of the Common Securities will be entitled to receive Liquidation
Distributions upon any such
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winding-up pro rata (determined as aforesaid) with Holders of Capital
Securities, except that, if a Debenture Event of Default specified in
Section 5.1(1) or 5.1(2) of the Indenture has occurred and is
continuing, the Capital Securities shall have a priority over the
Common Securities as provided in Section 4.3.
SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or
Replacements of the Issuer Trust.
The Issuer Trust may not merge with or into, consolidate,
amalgamate, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any entity,
except pursuant to this Article Nine. At the request of the Holder of
the Common Securities and with the consent of the Holders of a majority
(based on Liquidation Amounts) of the Capital Securities, the Issuer
Trust may merge with or into, consolidate, amalgamate, or be replaced
by or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially
as an entirety to a trust organized as such under the laws of any
State; provided, that (i) such successor entity either (a) expressly
assumes all of the obligations of the Issuer Trust with respect to the
Capital Securities or (b) substitutes for the Capital Securities other
securities having substantially the same terms as the Capital
Securities ("Successor Securities") so long as the Successor Securities
rank the same as the Capital Securities rank in priority with respect
to distributions and payments upon liquidation, redemption and
otherwise, (ii) a trustee of such successor entity possessing the same
powers and duties as the Property Trustee is appointed as the holder of
the Debentures, (iii) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease does not cause the Capital
Securities (including any Successor Securities) to be downgraded by any
nationally recognized statistical rating organization, (iv) such
merger, consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer
or lease does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and
privileges of the Holder of the Capital Securities (including any
Successor Securities) in any material respect, (v) such successor
entity has a purpose substantially identical to that of the Issuer
Trust, (vi) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Issuer Trust has
received an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (a) such merger,
consolidation, amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease
does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges of the
Holders of the Capital Securities (including any Successor Securities)
in any material respect, and (b) following such merger, consolidation,
amalgamation, replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease, neither the
Issuer Trust nor such successor entity will be required to register as
an investment company under the 1940 Act and (vii) the Depositor owns
all of the common securities of such successor entity and guarantees
the obligations of such successor entity under the Successor Securities
at least to the extent provided by the Guarantee. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Issuer Trust shall not, except with the consent of
Holders of all Outstanding Capital Securities, consolidate, amalgamate,
merge with or into, or be replaced by or convey, transfer or lease its
properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any other Person
or permit any other Person to consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or
into, or replace it if such consolidation, amalgamation, merger,
replacement, conveyance, transfer or lease would cause the Issuer Trust
or the successor
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Person to be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or
as other than a grantor trust for United States federal income tax
purposes.
ARTICLE X
Miscellaneous Provisions
SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders.
The death or incapacity, or the dissolution, liquidation,
termination, or the bankruptcy of any Person having an interest,
beneficial or otherwise, in Trust Securities shall not operate to
terminate this Trust Agreement, nor dissolve, terminate or annul the
Trust, nor entitle the legal representatives, successors or heirs of
such Person or any Holder for such Person, to claim an accounting, take
any action or bring any proceeding in any court for a partition or
winding up of the arrangements contemplated hereby, nor otherwise
affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto or
any of them.
SECTION 10.2. Amendment.
(a) This Trust Agreement may be amended from time to time
without the consent of any Holder of the Capital Securities, (i) by the
Holder of the Common Securities to cure any ambiguity, correct or
supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any
other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to
matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement, which shall
not be inconsistent with the other provisions of this Trust Agreement,
(ii) by the Holder of the Common Securities to modify, eliminate or add
to any provisions of this Trust Agreement to such extent as shall be
necessary to ensure that the Issuer Trust will not be classified for
United States federal income tax purposes as an association taxable as
a corporation or as other than a grantor trust at any times that any
Trust Securities are outstanding or to ensure that the Issuer Trust
will not be required to register as an investment company under the
1940 Act, or (iii) by a Relevant Trustee pursuant to Section 8.11;
provided, however, that such action shall not adversely affect in any
material respect the interests of any Holder, and any such amendments
of this Trust Agreement shall become effective when notice thereof is
given to the Holders.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.2(c) hereof, any
provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended by the Holder of the
Common Securities with (i) the consent of Holders of at least a
majority in aggregate Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Trust
Securities and (ii) receipt by the Issuer Trustees of an Opinion of
Counsel to the effect that such amendment or the exercise of any power
granted to the Issuer Trustees in accordance with such amendment will
not affect the Issuer Trust's status as a grantor trust or cause the
Issuer Trust to be an association taxable as a corporation for United
States federal income tax purposes or the Issuer Trust's exemption from
status of an investment company under the 1940 Act.
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(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in
this Trust Agreement, without the consent of each Holder, this Trust
Agreement may not be amended to (i) change the amount or timing of any
Distribution or otherwise adversely affect the amount of any
Distribution required to be made as of a specified date or (ii)
restrict the right of a Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such date; notwithstanding any other
provision herein, without the unanimous consent of the Holders, this
paragraph (c) of this Section 10.2 may not be amended.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Trust
Agreement, no Issuer Trustee shall enter into or consent to any
amendment to this Trust Agreement which would cause the Issuer Trust to
be classified as an association taxable as a corporation or not to be a
grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes or to fail
or cease to qualify for the exemption from status of an investment
company under the 1940 Act.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the
contrary, without the consent of the Depositor, this Trust Agreement
may not be amended in a manner which imposes any additional obligation
or liability on the Depositor.
(f) If any amendment to this Trust Agreement is made, the
Administrative Trustees or the Property Trustee shall promptly provide
to the Depositor a copy of such amendment.
(g) No amendment to this Trust Agreement that affects the
Property Trustee's or the Delaware Trustee's rights, duties or
immunities under this Trust Agreement or would otherwise expose the
Property Trustee to any liability or be contrary to applicable law
shall be adopted unless the prior written consent to such amendment be
received by the Depositor from the Property Trustee or the Delaware
Trustee, as the case may be. The Property Trustee shall be entitled to
receive an Opinion of Counsel and an Officers' Certificate stating that
any amendment to this Trust Agreement is in compliance with this Trust
Agreement.
SECTION 10.3. Separability.
If any provision in this Trust Agreement or in the Trust
Securities Certificates shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the
validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall
not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 10.4. Governing Law.
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF EACH OF
THE HOLDERS, THE ISSUER TRUST AND THE ISSUER TRUSTEES WITH RESPECT TO
THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE TRUST SECURITIES SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE.
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THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 3540 AND SECTION 3561 OF TITLE 12 OF
THE DELAWARE CODE SHALL NOT APPLY TO THIS ISSUER TRUST.
SECTION 10.5. Payments Due on Non-Business Day.
If the date fixed for any payment on any Trust Security shall
be a day that is not a Business Day, then such payment need not be made
on such date but may be made on the next succeeding day that is a
Business Day (except as otherwise provided in Sections 4.1(a) and
4.2(d)), with the same force and effect as though made on the date
fixed for such payment, and no interest shall accrue thereon for the
period after such date.
SECTION 10.6. Successors.
This Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to
the benefit of any successor to the Depositor, the Issuer Trust or the
Relevant Trustee, including any successor by operation of law. Except
in connection with a consolidation, merger or sale involving the
Depositor that is permitted under Article Eight of the Indenture and
pursuant to which the assignee agrees in writing to perform the
Depositor's obligations hereunder, the Depositor shall not assign its
obligations hereunder.
SECTION 10.7. Headings.
The Article and Section headings are for convenience only and
shall not affect the construction of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands.
Any report, notice, demand or other communication which by any
provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given
or served to or upon any Holder or the Depositor may be given or served
in writing by deposit thereof, first-class postage prepaid, in the
United States mail, hand delivery or facsimile transmission, in each
case, addressed, (a) in the case of a Holder of Capital Securities, to
such Holder as such Holder's name and address may appear on the
Securities Register; and (b) in the case of the Holder of the Common
Securities or the Depositor, to KeyCorp, 000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx,
Xxxx 00000, Attention: General Counsel, facsimile no.: (000) 000-0000.
Such notice, demand or other communication to or upon a Holder shall be
deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, upon
hand delivery, mailing or transmission.
Any notice, demand or other communication which by any
provision of this Trust Agreement is required or permitted to be given
or served to or upon the Issuer Trust, the Property Trustee, the
Delaware Trustee or the Administrative Trustees shall be given in
writing addressed (until another address is published by the Issuer
Trust) as follows: (a) with respect to the Property Trustee to Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, 100 Plaza One, Mailstop JCY03-0603, Xxxxxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxxxx 00000, with a copy to 60 Wall Street, MS JCY03-0603,
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency
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Services; (b) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Delaware, E.A. Delle Donne Corporate Center, Xxxxxxxxxx
Bldg., 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000,
and (c) with respect to the Administrative Trustees, to them at the
address above for notices to the Depositor, marked "Attention
Administrative Trustees of KeyCorp Capital VI." Such notice, demand or
other communication to or upon the Issuer Trust or the Property Trustee
shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made only upon
actual receipt of the writing by the Issuer Trust or the Property
Trustee.
SECTION 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition.
Each of the Issuer Trustees and the Depositor agree for the
benefit of the Holders that, until at least one year and one day after
the Issuer Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article Nine,
they shall not file, or join in the filing of, a petition against the
Issuer Trust under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other
similar law (including, without limitation, the United States
Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or otherwise join in
the commencement of any proceeding against the Issuer Trust under any
Bankruptcy Law. In the event the Depositor takes action in violation of
this Section 10.9, the Property Trustee agrees, for the benefit of
Holders, that at the expense of the Depositor, it shall file an answer
with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of
such petition by the Depositor against the Issuer Trust or the
commencement of such action and raise the defense that the Depositor
has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be stopped and
precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as counsel for the
Issuer Trustees or the Issuer Trust may assert. The provisions of this
Section 10.9 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust
Indenture Act.
(a) This Trust Agreement is subject to the provisions of the
Trust Indenture Act that are required to be part of this Trust
Agreement and shall, to the extent applicable, be governed by such
provisions.
(b) The Property Trustee shall be the only Issuer Trustee
which is deemed a trustee for the purposes of the Trust Indenture Act.
(c) If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts
with another provision hereof which is required to be included in this
Trust Agreement by any of the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act,
such required provision shall control. If any provision of this Trust
Agreement modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act
which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be
deemed to apply to this Trust Agreement as so modified or excluded, as
the case may be.
(d) The application of the Trust Indenture Act to this Trust
Agreement shall not affect the nature of the Trust Securities as equity
securities representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of
the Issuer Trust.
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SECTION 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement,
Guarantee and Indenture.
THE RECEIPT AND ACCEPTANCE OF A TRUST SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST
THEREIN BY OR ON BEHALF OF A HOLDER OR ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER, WITHOUT
ANY SIGNATURE OR FURTHER MANIFESTATION OF ASSENT, SHALL CONSTITUTE THE
UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE BY THE HOLDER AND ALL OTHERS HAVING A
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN SUCH TRUST SECURITY OF ALL THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND AGREEMENT TO THE SUBORDINATION
PROVISIONS AND OTHER TERMS OF THE GUARANTEE AND THE INDENTURE AND TO
THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, AND
SHALL CONSTITUTE THE AGREEMENT OF THE ISSUER TRUST, SUCH HOLDER AND
SUCH OTHERS THAT THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND
THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT SHALL BE BINDING, OPERATIVE AND
EFFECTIVE AS BETWEEN THE ISSUER TRUST AND SUCH HOLDER AND SUCH OTHERS.
SECTION 10.12. Counterparts.
This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all
such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same
instrument.
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In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have executed this Amended
and Restated Trust Agreement as of the date first above written.
KeyCorp
By ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas,
By ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Delaware,
as Delaware Trustee
By ________________________________________________
Name:
Title:
By ________________________________________________
Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
as Administrative Trustee
By ________________________________________________
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
as Administrative Trustee
EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
KEYCORP CAPITAL VI
This Certificate of Trust of KeyCorp Capital VI (the "Trust"),
dated as of May 21, 2002, is being duly executed and filed by the
undersigned, as trustees, to form a business trust under the Delaware
Business Trust Act (12 Del. C. (S) 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust being formed hereby is
KeyCorp Capital VI.
2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the
trustee of the Trust, with a principal place of business in the State
of Delaware, are Bankers Trust (Delaware), E.A. Delle Donne Corporate
Center, Xxxxxxxxxx Bldg., 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000.
3. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be
effective as of its filing with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have duly executed this
Certificate of Trust in accordance with Section 3811(a)(1) of the Act
as of the date first above written.
Bankers Trust (Delaware), not in its individual
capacity, but solely as Trustee
By /s/ M. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: M. Xxxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Assistant Vice President
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx, not in his individual capacity,
but solely as Trustee
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
EXHIBIT B
Standard Form
DTC LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS
EXHIBIT C
[Form of Common Securities Certificate]
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT IN COMPLIANCE
WITH SECTION 5.11 OF THE TRUST AGREEMENT AND ONLY IN
CONNECTION WITH A SIMULTANEOUS DELEGATION AND ASSIGNMENT
OF THE EXPENSE AGREEMENT REFERRED TO THEREIN
Certificate Number Number of Common Securities
C- __________
Certificate Evidencing Common Securities
of
KeyCorp Capital VI
.% Common Securities
(Liquidation Amount $. per Common Security)
KeyCorp Capital VI, a business trust created under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Issuer Trust"), hereby certifies that KeyCorp, an
Ohio corporation (the "Holder"), is the registered holder of
__________________________ (______) common securities of the Issuer Trust,
representing undivided beneficial interests in the assets of the Issuer
Trust and designated the .% Common Securities (Liquidation Amount $. per
Common Security) (the "Common Securities"). Except as provided in Section
5.11 of the Trust Agreement (as defined below) the Common Securities are
not transferable and any attempted transfer hereof shall be null and void.
The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions, preferences and other
terms and provisions of the Common Securities are set forth in, and this
certificate and the Common Securities represented hereby are issued and
shall in all respects be subject to the terms and provisions of, the
Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Issuer Trust, dated as of ., as
the same may be amended from time to time (the "Trust Agreement"),
including the designation of the terms of the Common Securities as set
forth therein. The Issuer Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement
to the Holder without charge upon written request to the Issuer Trust at
its principal place of business.
By receipt and acceptance of this certificate, the Holder agrees to be
bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Trust Agreement.
In Witness Whereof, the undersigned Administrative Trustee of the
Issuer Trust has executed this certificate as of the ____ day of
__________, ______.
KeyCorp Capital VI
By ____________________________________
Name:
Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF EXPENSE AGREEMENT]
AGREEMENT AS TO EXPENSES AND LIABILITIES
Agreement as to Expenses and Liabilities, dated as of ., between
KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, in its capacity as Holder (as defined in the
Trust Agreement referred to below) of the Common Securities referred to
below (in such capacity, and together with its successors in such capacity,
the "Common Securityholder"), and KeyCorp Capital VI, a Delaware business
trust (the "Issuer Trust").
W i t n e s s e t h :
Whereas, the Issuer Trust intends to issue its Common Securities (the
"Common Securities") to and receive junior subordinated debentures from
KeyCorp and to issue and sell .% Capital Securities (the "Capital
Securities") with such powers, preferences and special rights and
restrictions as are set forth in the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
of the Issuer Trust, dated as of ., as the same may be amended from time to
time (the "Trust Agreement"); and
Whereas, the Common Securityholder will own all of the Common
Securities of the Issuer Trust;
Whereas, terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth
in the Trust Agreement;
Now, Therefore, for good and valid consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged:
ARTICLE I.
SECTION 1.1 Guarantee by the Common Securityholder.
Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Common Securityholder
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each person or entity
to whom the Issuer Trust is now or hereafter becomes indebted or liable
(the "Beneficiaries") the full payment, when and as due, of any and all
Obligations (as hereinafter defined) to such Beneficiaries. As used herein,
"Obligations" means any costs, expenses or liabilities of the Issuer Trust,
other than obligations of the Issuer Trust to pay to holders of any Trust
Securities the amounts due such holders pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Securities. This Agreement is intended to be for the benefit of, and to be
enforceable by, all such Beneficiaries, whether or not such Beneficiaries
have received notice hereof.
SECTION 1.2 Subordination of Guarantee. The guarantee and other
liabilities and obligations of the Common Securityholder under this
Agreement shall constitute unsecured obligations of the Common
Securityholder and shall rank subordinate and junior in right of payment to
all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the Indenture) of the Common
Securityholder to the extent and in the manner set forth in the Indenture
with respect to the Debentures, and the provisions of Article XIII of the
Indenture will apply, mutatis mutandis, to the obligations of the Common
Securityholder hereunder. The obligations of the Common Securityholder
hereunder do not constitute Senior Indebtedness (as defined in the
Indenture) of the Common Securityholder.
SECTION 1.3 Term of Agreement.
This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force or effect
upon the later of (a) the date on which full payment has been made of all
amounts payable to all holders of all the Capital Securities (whether upon
redemption, liquidation, exchange or otherwise) and (b) the date on which
there are no Beneficiaries remaining; provided, however, that this
Agreement shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time any holder of Capital Securities or any
Beneficiary must restore payment of any sums paid in respect of the Capital
Securities, under any Obligation, under the Guarantee Agreement dated the
date hereof by the Common Securityholder and Bankers Trust Company, as
guarantee trustee, or under this Agreement for any reason whatsoever.
This Agreement shall be continuing, irrevocable, unconditional and
absolute.
SECTION 1.4 Waiver of Notice.
The Common Securityholder hereby waives notice of acceptance of this
Agreement and of any Obligation to which it applies or may apply, and the
Common Securityholder hereby waives presentment, demand for payment,
protest, notice of nonpayment, notice of dishonor, notice of redemption and
all other notices and demands.
SECTION 1.5 No Impairment.
The obligations, covenants, agreements and duties of the Common
Securityholder under this Agreement shall in no way be affected or impaired
by reason of the happening from time to time of any of the following:
1. the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer Trust of
all or any portion of the Obligations or for the performance of any other
obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with, the Obligations;
2. any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part
of the Beneficiaries to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege,
power or remedy conferred on the Beneficiaries with respect to the
Obligations or any action on the part of the Issuer Trust granting
indulgence or extension of any kind; or
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3. 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
Trust or any of the assets of the Issuer Trust.
There shall be no obligation of the Beneficiaries to give notice to, or
obtain the consent of, the Common Securityholder with respect to the
happening of any of the foregoing.
SECTION 1.6 Enforcement.
A Beneficiary may enforce this Agreement directly against the Common
Securityholder and the Common Securityholder waives any right or remedy to
require that any action be brought against the Issuer Trust or any other
person or entity before proceeding against the Common Securityholder.
SECTION 1.7 Subrogation.
The Common Securityholder shall be subrogated to all (if any) rights
of the Issuer Trust in respect of any amounts paid to the Beneficiaries by
the Common Securityholder under this Agreement; provided, however, that the
Common Securityholder shall not (except to the extent required by mandatory
provisions of law) be entitled to enforce or exercise any rights which it
may acquire by way of subrogation or any indemnity, reimbursement or other
agreement, in all cases as a result of payment under this Agreement, if, at
the time of any such payment, any amounts are due and unpaid under this
Agreement.
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ARTICLE II.
SECTION 2.1 Binding Effect.
This Agreement shall bind the successors, receivers, trustees and
representatives of the Common Securityholder and shall inure to the benefit
of the Beneficiaries.
SECTION 2.2 Amendment.
So long as there shall remain any Beneficiary or any Capital
Securities of any series shall be outstanding, this Agreement may not be
modified or amended in any manner adverse to such Beneficiary or to the
holders of the Capital Securities, as the case may be.
SECTION 2.3 Notices.
Any notice, request or other communication required or permitted to be
given hereunder shall be given in writing by delivering the same against
receipt therefor by facsimile transmission (confirmed by mail), telex or by
registered or certified mail, addressed as follows (and if so given, shall
be deemed given when mailed or upon receipt of an answer-back, if sent by
telex):
KeyCorp Capital VI
c/o KeyCorp
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
KeyCorp
000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxx 00000
Facsimile No.: (000) 000-0000
Attention: General Counsel
SECTION 2.4 Governing Law.
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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In Witness Whereof, the undersigned have executed this Agreement as of
the date first above written.
KeyCorp
By _______________________________
Name:
Title:
KeyCorp Capital VI
By _______________________________
Name:
Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT E
[FORM OF CAPITAL SECURITIES CERTIFICATE]
[NO EMPLOYEE BENEFIT OR OTHER PLAN SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE EMPLOYEE
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED ("ERISA"), OR SECTION
4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE "CODE") (EACH, A
"PLAN"), NO ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS INCLUDE "PLAN ASSETS" BY REASON
OF ANY PLAN'S INVESTMENT IN THE ENTITY (A "PLAN ASSET ENTITY"), AND NO
PERSON INVESTING "PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN, MAY ACQUIRE OR HOLD THIS
SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN, UNLESS SUCH PURCHASER OR HOLDER IS
ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
PROHIBITED TRANSACTION CLASS EXEMPTION ("PTCE") 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1
OR 84-14 WITH RESPECT TO SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING. ANY PURCHASER OR HOLDER
OF THIS SECURITY OR ANY INTEREST THEREIN WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED
BY ITS PURCHASE AND HOLDING THEREOF THAT IT EITHER (A) IS NOT A PLAN OR A
PLAN ASSET ENTITY AND IS NOT PURCHASING THIS SECURITY ON BEHALF OF OR WITH
"PLAN ASSETS" OF ANY PLAN OR (B) IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE EXEMPTIVE RELIEF
AVAILABLE UNDER PTCE 96-23, 95-60, 91-38, 90-1 OR 84-14 WITH RESPECT TO
SUCH PURCHASE OR HOLDING.]
[If this Capital Security is a Global Capital Securities Certificate,
then insert--This Capital Security is a Global Capital Securities
Certificate within the meaning of the Trust Agreement hereinafter referred
to and is registered in the name of a clearing agency or a nominee thereof.
This Capital Security may not be exchanged in whole or in part for a
Capital Security registered, and no transfer of this Capital Security in
whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any person other than
such clearing agency or a nominee thereof, except in the limited
circumstances described in the Trust Agreement.]
[If the Security is a Global Capital Security and The Depository Trust
Company is to be the Clearing Agency therefor, then insert--Unless this
Capital Security is presented by an authorized representative of The
Depository Trust Company (55 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx) to KeyCorp Capital VI
or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange or payment, and any
Capital Security issued is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or such
other name as requested by an authorized representative of The Depository
Trust Company and any payment hereon is made to Cede & Co., ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY A PERSON IS WRONGFUL
inasmuch as the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.]
Certificate Number Number of Capital Securities
P- [___________]
CUSIP NO. ____________
Certificate Evidencing Capital Securities
of
KeyCorp Capital VI
.% Capital Securities
(Liquidation Amount $. per Capital Security)
KeyCorp Capital VI, a business trust created under the laws of the
State of Delaware (the "Issuer Trust"), hereby certifies that Cede & Co.
(the "Holder") is the registered owner of ( ) capital securities
of the Issuer Trust representing an undivided preferred beneficial interest
in the assets of the Issuer Trust and designated the KeyCorp Capital VI .%
Capital Securities (Liquidation Amount $. per Capital Security) (the
"Capital Securities"). The Capital Securities are transferable on the books
and records of the Issuer Trust, in person or by a duly authorized
attorney, upon surrender of this certificate duly endorsed and in proper
form for transfer as provided in Section 5.5 of the Trust Agreement (as
defined below). The designations, rights, privileges, restrictions,
preferences and other terms and provisions of the Capital Securities are
set forth in, and this certificate and the Capital Securities represented
hereby are issued and shall in all respects be subject to the terms and
provisions of, the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Issuer
Trust, dated as of ., as the same may be amended from time to time (the
"Trust Agreement"), including the designation of the terms of Capital
Securities as set forth therein. The Holder is entitled to the benefits of
the Guarantee Agreement entered into by KeyCorp, an Ohio corporation, and
Bankers Trust Company, as guarantee trustee, dated as of ., as amended from
time to time (the "Guarantee"), to the extent provided therein. The Issuer
Trust will furnish a copy of the Trust Agreement and the Guarantee to the
Holder without charge upon written request to the Issuer Trust at its
principal place of business or registered office.
By receipt and acceptance of this certificate, the Holder agrees to be
bound by the Trust Agreement and is entitled to the benefits thereunder.
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In Witness Whereof, the undersigned Administrative Trustee of the
Issuer Trust has executed this certificate as of the ____ day of _________,
__________.
KeyCorp Capital VI
By ________________________________
Name:
Administrative Trustee
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ASSIGNMENT
For Value Received, the undersigned assigns and transfers this Capital
Security to:
(Insert assignee's social security or tax identification number)
(Insert address and zip code of assignee)
and irrevocably appoints
agent to transfer this Capital Securities Certificate on the books of the
Issuer Trust. The agent may substitute another to act for him or her.
Date:__________________
Signature:
___________________________________________________________________________
(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of
this Capital Security Certificate)
___________________________________________________________________________
The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution
(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with
membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant
to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
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