EXHIBIT 4.4
TRUST AGREEMENT
This TRUST AGREEMENT, dated as of September 1, 1999 (this "Trust
Agreement"), among (i) Main Street Bancorp Inc., a Pennsylvania corporation (the
"Depositor"), (ii) The Bank of New York (Delaware), a Delaware banking
corporation, as trustee, (iii) The Bank of New York, a New York banking
corporation, as trustee, and (iv) Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx, Xx. and
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, each an individual, as trustees (each of such trustees in
(ii), (iii) and (iv) a "Trustee" and collectively, the "Trustees"). The
Depositor and the Trustees hereby agree as follows:
1. The trust created hereby (the "Trust") shall be known as
"MSB Capital Trust I" in which name the Trustees, or the Depositor to the extent
provided herein, may engage in the transactions contemplated hereby, make and
execute contracts, and xxx and be sued.
2. The Depositor hereby assigns, transfers conveys and sets
over to the Trustees the sum of $10. The Trustees hereby acknowledge receipt of
such amount in trust from the Depositor, which amount shall constitute the
initial trust estate. The Trustees hereby declare that they will hold the trust
estate in trust for the Depositor. It is the intention of the parties hereto
that the Trust created hereby constitute a business trust under Chapter 38 of
Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 DEL. C. ss. 3801, eT Seq. (the "Business Trust
Act"), and that this document constitutes the governing instrument of the Trust.
The Trustees are hereby authorized and directed to execute and file a
certificate of trust with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the
provisions of the Business Trust Act.
3. The Depositor and the Trustees will enter into an amended
and restated Trust Agreement, satisfactory to each such party and substantially
in the form included as an exhibit to the 1933 Act Registration Statement (as
defined below), to provide for the contemplated operation of the Trust created
hereby and the issuance of the Capital Securities and Common Securities referred
to therein. Prior to the execution and delivery of such amended and restated
Trust Agreement, the Trustees shall not have any duty or obligation hereunder or
with respect to the trust estate, except as otherwise required by applicable law
or as may be necessary to obtain prior to such execution and delivery of any
licenses, consents or approvals required by applicable law or otherwise.
4. The Depositor, as the sponsor of the Trust, is hereby
authorized (i) to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"Commission") and execute, in each case on behalf of the Trust, (a) the
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "1933 Act Registration Statement"),
including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments to the 1933 Act
Registration Statement, relating to the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, of the Capital Securities of the Trust and possibly certain
other securities and (b) a Registration Statement on Form 8-A (the "1934 Act
Registration Statement") (including all pre-effective and post-effective
amendments thereto) relating to the registration of the Capital Securities of
the Trust under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; (ii) to file
with the New York
Stock Exchange or any other national stock exchange or The Nasdaq National
Market (each, an "Exchange") and execute on behalf of the Trust one or more
listing applications and all other applications, statements, certificates,
agreements and other instruments as shall be necessary or desirable to cause the
Capital Securities to be listed on any of the Exchanges; (iii) to file and
execute on behalf of the Trust such applications, reports, surety bonds,
irrevocable consents, appointments of attorney for service of process and other
papers and documents as shall be necessary or desirable to register the Capital
Securities under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as the
Depositor, on behalf of the Trust, may deem necessary or desirable and (iv) to
execute on behalf of the Trust that certain Underwriting Agreement relating to
the Capital Securities, among the Trust, the Depositor and the several
Underwriters named therein, substantially in the form included as an exhibit to
the 1933 Act Registration Statement. In the event that any filing referred to in
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above is required by the rules and regulations of
the Commission, an Exchange or state securities or blue sky laws, to be executed
on behalf of the Trust by one or more of the Trustees, each of the individual
Trustees, in his capacity as a Trustee of the Trust, is hereby authorized and
directed to join in any such filing and to execute on behalf of the Trust any
and all of the foregoing. In connection with the filings referred to above, the
Depositor and Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx, Xx. and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, each
as a Trustee and not in his individual capacity, hereby constitutes and appoints
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx X. XxXxxx, Xx. and Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx, and each of them,
as their true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for the Depositor or such Trustee or in the
Depositor's or such Trustee's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities,
to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to the 1933
Act Registration Statement and the 1934 Act Registration Statement and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection
therewith, with the Commission, the Exchanges and administrators of state
securities or blue sky laws, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the Depositor or such Trustee might or could to in
person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or any of them, or their respective substitute or substitutes, shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
5. This Trust Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts.
6. The number of Trustees initially shall be five (5) and
thereafter the number of Trustees shall be such number as shall be fixed from
time to time by a written instrument signed by the Depositor which may increase
or decrease the number of Trustees; provided, however, that to the extent
required by the Business Trust Act, one Trustee shall either be a natural person
who is a resident of the State of Delaware or, if not a natural person, an
entity which has its principal place of business in the State of Delaware and
otherwise meets the requirements of applicable Delaware law. Subject to the
foregoing, the Depositor is entitled to appoint or remove without cause any
Trustee at any time. The Trustees may resign upon thirty (30) days' prior notice
to the Depositor.
7. This Trust Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware (without regard to conflict
of laws of principles).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust Agreement
to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
MAIN STREET BANCORP INC., as Depositor
By:
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Name:
Title:
The Bank of New York (Delaware), as Trustee
of the Trust
By:
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Name:
Title:
The Bank of New York, as Trustee of the Trust
By:
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Name:
Title:
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXX, as Trustee of the Trust
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XXXXXX X. XXXXXX, XX., as Trustee of the Trust
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XXXXX X. XXXXXXX, as Trustee of the Trust
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