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Exhibit 4(d)
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
TRUST AGREEMENT
among
KEYCORP,
as Depositor,
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee,
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
as Delaware Trustee,
and
THE ADMINISTRATIVE TRUSTEES
NAMED HEREIN
Dated as of June __, 1998
KEYCORP CAPITAL I
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KeyCorp Capital I
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 June __, 1998.
Trust Indenture Trust Agreement
Act Section Section
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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
(c).................................................................... Not Applicable
(b).................................................................... 8.13
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
317 (a)(1)................................................................. Not Applicable
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(a)(2)................................................................. Not Applicable
(b).................................................................... 5.10
318 (a).................................................................... 10.10
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
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ARTICLE I
DEFINED TERMS
SECTION 1.1. Definitions...................................................................... 1
ARTICLE II.
CONTINUATION OF THE ISSUER TRUST
SECTION 2.1. Name............................................................................. 12
SECTION 2.2. Office of the Delaware Trustee; Principal Place of Business...................... 12
SECTION 2.3. Initial Contribution of Trust Property; Organizational
Expenses............................................................................. 12
SECTION 2.4. Issuance of the Capital Securities; Authentication............................... 12
SECTION 2.5. Issuance of the Common Securities; Subscription
and Purchase of Debentures................................................. 13
SECTION 2.6. Continuation of Trust............................................................ 13
SECTION 2.7. Authorization to Enter into Certain Transactions................................. 13
SECTION 2.8. Assets of Trust.................................................................. 18
SECTION 2.9. Title to Trust Property.......................................................... 18
ARTICLE III.
PAYMENT ACCOUNT
SECTION 3.1. Payment Account.................................................................. 18
ARTICLE IV.
DISTRIBUTIONS; REDEMPTION
SECTION 4.1 Distributions.................................................................... 18
SECTION 4.2. Redemption....................................................................... 20
SECTION 4.3. Subordination of Common Securities............................................... 22
SECTION 4.4. Payment Procedures............................................................... 23
SECTION 4.5. Tax Returns and Reports.......................................................... 23
SECTION 4.6. Payment of Taxes, Duties, Etc. of the Issuer Trust............................... 23
SECTION 4.7. Payments under Indenture or Pursuant to Direct Actions........................... 24
SECTION 4.8. Liability of the Holder of Common Securities..................................... 24
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ARTICLE V.
TRUST SECURITIES CERTIFICATES
SECTION 5.1. Initial Ownership................................................................ 24
SECTION 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates................................................ 24
SECTION 5.3. Execution and Delivery of Trust Securities Certificates.......................... 25
SECTION 5.4. Book-Entry Capital Securities.................................................... 25
SECTION 5.5. Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Capital Securities
Certificates;.......................................................... 27
SECTION 5.6. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Trust Securities
Certificates........................................................... 30
SECTION 5.7. Persons Deemed Holders........................................................... 30
SECTION 5.8. Access to List of Holders' Names and Addresses................................... 30
SECTION 5.9. Maintenance of Office or Agency.................................................. 31
SECTION 5.10. Appointment of Paying Agent..................................................... 31
SECTION 5.11. Ownership of Common Securities by Depositor..................................... 31
SECTION 5.12. Notices to Clearing Agency...................................................... 32
SECTION 5.13. Rights of Holders............................................................... 32
ARTICLE VI.
ACTS OF HOLDERS; MEETINGS; VOTING
SECTION 6.1. Limitations on Voting Rights..................................................... 34
SECTION 6.2. Notice of Meetings............................................................... 36
SECTION 6.3. Meetings of Holders of Capital Securities........................................ 36
SECTION 6.4. Voting Rights.................................................................... 36
SECTION 6.5. Proxies, etc..................................................................... 36
SECTION 6.6. Holder Action by Written Consent................................................. 37
SECTION 6.7. Record Date for Voting and Other Purposes........................................ 37
SECTION 6.8. Acts of Holders.................................................................. 37
SECTION 6.9. Inspection of Records............................................................ 38
ARTICLE VII.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
SECTION 7.1. Representations and Warranties of the
Property Trustee and the Delaware Trustee.............................. 39
SECTION 7.2. Representations and Warranties of Depositor...................................... 40
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ARTICLE VIII.
THE ISSUER TRUSTEES
SECTION 8.1. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.............................................. 40
SECTION 8.2. Certain Notices.................................................................. 42
SECTION 8.3. Certain Rights of Property Trustee............................................... 43
SECTION 8.4. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities........................... 45
SECTION 8.5. May Hold Securities.............................................................. 45
SECTION 8.6. Compensation; Indemnity; Fees.................................................... 45
SECTION 8.7. Corporate Property Trustee Required; Eligibility
of Issuer Trustees .................................................... 47
SECTION 8.8. Conflicting Interests............................................................ 47
SECTION 8.9. Co-Trustees and Separate Trustee................................................. 47
SECTION 8.10. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor............................... 49
SECTION 8.11. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.......................................... 50
SECTION 8.12. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to
Business............................................................... 51
SECTION 8.13. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Depositor or
Issuer Trust........................................................... 51
SECTION 8.14. Reports by Property Trustee..................................................... 52
SECTION 8.15. Reports to the Property Trustee................................................. 53
SECTION 8.16. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent................................ 53
SECTION 8.17. Number of Issuer Trustees....................................................... 53
SECTION 8.18. Delegation of Power............................................................. 53
SECTION 8.19. Appointment of Administrative Trustees.......................................... 54
ARTICLE IX.
TERMINATION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER
SECTION 9.1. Termination Upon Expiration Date................................................. 55
SECTION 9.2. Early Termination................................................................ 55
SECTION 9.3. Termination...................................................................... 55
SECTION 9.4. Liquidation...................................................................... 56
SECTION 9.5. Mergers, Consolidations, Amalgamations or
Replacements of the Issuer Trust....................................... 57
ARTICLE X.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 10.1. Limitation of Rights of Holders................................................. 58
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SECTION 10.2. Amendment....................................................................... 59
SECTION 10.3. Separability.................................................................... 60
SECTION 10.4. Governing Law................................................................... 60
SECTION 10.5. Payments Due on Non-Business Day................................................ 60
SECTION 10.6. Successors...................................................................... 61
SECTION 10.7. Headings........................................................................ 61
SECTION 10.8. Reports, Notices and Demands.................................................... 61
SECTION 10.9. Agreement Not to Petition....................................................... 62
SECTION 10.10. Trust Indenture Act; Conflict with Trust Indenture Act......................... 62
SECTION 10.11. Acceptance of Terms of Trust Agreement,
Guarantee and Indenture........................................... 63
SECTION 10.7. Counterparts.................................................................... 63
Exhibit A Certificate of Trust
Exhibit B Certificate Depository Agreement
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 June __, 1998, among
(i) KEYCORP, an Ohio corporation (including any successors or assigns, the
"Depositor"), (ii) 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) 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.
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Delaware Trustee 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 June 2,
1998 (the "Original Trust Agreement"), and by the execution and filing by the
Delaware Trustee with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the
Certificate of Trust, filed on June 2, 1998, attached as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, the Depositor and the Issuer Trustees 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:
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(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 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
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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.
"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 any day on which (a) commercial banks and foreign
exchange markets are open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange
and foreign currency deposits) in the City of New York and London and, for
purposes of Section 10.5 only, in the relevant place of payment, and (b) the
Corporate Trust Office of the Property Trustee, the
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Corporate Trust Office (as defined in the Indenture) of the Debenture Trustee
and the Corporate Trust Office (as defined in the Guarantee Agreement) of the
Guarantee Trustee are open 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 $1,000 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 $1,000 and having the rights
provided therefor in this Trust Agreement, including the right to receive
Distributions and a Liquidation Distribution as provided herein.
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"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 Four Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 - Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency Group -
Corporate Market 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 Bankers Trust Company, a New York banking
corporation and any successor thereto.
"Debentures" means the aggregate principal amount of the Depositor's
Floating Rate 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. Section 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.
"Determination Date" means, in respect of each Distribution Period, the
second day on which commercial banks are open for business (including dealings
in foreign exchange and foreign currency deposits) in London prior to the
commencement of such Distribution Period.
"Distribution Amount" means, with respect to any Capital Security and
any Distribution Period, the amount of Distributions payable in respect of such
Distribution Period, which amount shall be calculated by (1) applying the
Distribution Rate to the Liquidation Amount of each Trust Security outstanding
at the commencement of the Distribution Period, by multiplying each such amount
by the actual number of days in such
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Distribution Period (which actual number of days shall include the first day but
exclude the last day of such Distribution Period) divided by 360 and (2)
rounding such quotient upwards to the nearest cent (half a cent being rounded
upwards). The determination of the Distribution Rate and the Distribution Amount
by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust shall (absent manifest error) be final and
binding on all parties.
"Distribution Date" has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a).
"Distribution Period" means each period beginning on, and including,
____________, 1998, and ending on, but excluding, the first Distribution Date,
and each successive period beginning on, and including, a Distribution Date and
ending on, but excluding, the next succeeding Distribution Date.
"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.
"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
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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.
"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 Bankers Trust Company, 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.
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"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, and (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.
"Liquidation Amount" means the stated amount of $1,000 per Trust
Security.
"Liquidation Date" means the date of the dissolution, winding up or
termination of the Issuer Trust 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.
"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 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
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(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;
(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, any
Administrative Trustee or any Affiliate of the Depositor, any Issuer Trustee or
any Administrative 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.
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"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.
"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, vice president, assistant vice president, assistant
treasurer, assistant secretary 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
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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 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.
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"Underwriting Agreement" means the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of
June [18] , 1998, 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
I," 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 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
Trustee, promptly reimburse such Trustee for any such expenses paid by such
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; Authentication.
On June ___, 1998 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
250,000 Capital Securities having an aggregate Liquidation Amount of
$250,000,000, against
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receipt of the aggregate purchase price for such Capital Securities of
$250,000,000 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 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
trustees or 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
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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 the Certificate Depository Agreement and
such other agreements as may be necessary or desirable in
connection with 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 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;
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(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 of the certificate of
cancellation with the Secretary of State of the State of
Delaware;
(J) unless otherwise determined by the
Property Trustee or the holders of a majority of the
Outstanding Capital Securities or Common Securities or as
otherwise required by the Delaware Business Trust Act or the
Trust Indenture Act, 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 Issuer Trustees may from time to time
determine is necessary or advisable 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;
(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;
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(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, neither the
Issuer Trustees nor the Administrative Trustees shall (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 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
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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 negotiation of the terms of, and the execution and
delivery of, the Underwriting Agreement providing for the sale of the
Capital Securities; and
(vi) the taking of any other actions necessary or desirable to
carry out any of the foregoing activities.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issuer
Trustees are authorized and directed to conduct the affairs of the Issuer Trust
and to operate the 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,
the Property Trustee and the Holder of a majority of the Common Securities are
authorized to take any action, not inconsistent with applicable law, the
Certificate of Trust or this Trust Agreement, that each of any Administrative
Trustee, Property Trustee and the holders of a majority of Common Securities
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 Issuer
Trustees be liable to the
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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.
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
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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 June __, 1998, 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 [ ] and [ ] 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) The Trust Securities shall be entitled to Distributions
payable at the Distribution Rate as in effect from time to time. The
amount of Distributions payable for any period shall include the
Additional Amounts, if any, 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 ___________ or ___________ next preceding
the relevant Distribution Date.
(c) (i) The Issuer Trust shall cause the Distribution Rate, the
Distribution Amount in respect of each Trust Security and the Distribution Date
for each Distribution Period to be notified to the Property Trustee and each
Paying Agent appointed by the Issuer Trust and also to be notified to the
Holders of the Trust Securities in accordance with the provisions of Section
10.8, in each case as soon as possible after the determination thereof but in no
event later than the second Business Day after the Determination Date in respect
of such Distribution Period.
(ii) All calculations of the Distribution Rate and the Distribution
Amount by or on behalf of the Issuer Trust shall (absent manifest error) be
final and binding on all parties, and
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all certificates, communications, opinions, determinations, calculations,
quotations and decisions given, expressed, made or obtained for the purposes of
the provisions of this Section 4.1(c) or the provisions of the Indenture
relating to the calculation of the Interest Rate, whether by the reference banks
(or any of them) or the agent bank, shall (absent manifest error) be binding on
the Issuer Trust, the Depositor, such agent bank and all of the Holders of the
Trust Securities, and no liability shall (absent manifest error) attach to any
such agent bank in connection with the exercise or non-exercise by it of its
powers, duties and discretions.
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.
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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 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 Holders 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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.
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.
SECTION 5.2. The Trust Securities Certificates.
(a) The Capital Securities Certificates shall be issued in minimum
denominations of $1,000 Liquidation Amount (and in blocks of at least 100
Capital Securities) and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, and the
Common Securities Certificates shall be issued in denominations of $1,000
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,
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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.
(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 Issuer Trust 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
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is continuing. 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, the Issuer Trustees or
the Administrative 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 and Administrative 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
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Owners with respect to a Global Capital Securities Certificate shall hold such
interests pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. The Securities Registrar, the
Administrative Trustees 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, the Administrative Trustees 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 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.
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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 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
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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 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.
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(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, the Administrative 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, the Administrative
Trustees nor the Securities Registrar shall be bound by any notice to the
contrary.
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.
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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 ________________ (London), 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
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
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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 TO THE DEPOSITOR OR AN AFFILIATE OF THE
DEPOSITOR IN COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND 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 and Administrative 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 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
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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 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
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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 the Issuer
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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.
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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 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 $1,000 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
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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 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 if Holders holding more than 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 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
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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 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 Administrative
Trustees or among such Holders or 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.
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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, duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
New York;
(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 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 and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware;
(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 has
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
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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 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
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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 gross negligent action, its own gross negligent
failure to act, or its own willful misconduct. 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 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
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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.
(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.
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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;
(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
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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;
(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
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(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.
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
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(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 (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
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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.
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
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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 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.
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(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 and by
appointing a successor Relevant Trustee. The Property Trustee shall appoint a
successor by requesting from at least three Persons meeting the eligibility
requirements, its expenses and charges to serve as the Property Trustee on a
form provided by the Administrative Trustees, and selecting the Person who
agrees to the lowest expenses and charges. 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 in the State of Delaware for the appointment of a successor
Relevant Trustee. Subject to the provisions of Section 8.1(d)(i), the Property
Trustee shall not be liable for its selection of any successor pursuant to this
Section 8.10.
The Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, or both of them, may be
removed by Act of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate Liquidation
Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities, delivered to the Relevant Trustee
(in its individual capacity and on behalf of the Issuer Trust) (i) upon the
occurrence of an Event of Default described in subparagraph (d) of the
definition thereof with respect to the Relevant Trustee, (ii) if a Debenture
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at any time, with or
without cause or (iii) for cause.
If an Issuer Trustee shall resign, such Issuer Trustee shall appoint
its successor Relevant Trustee, and such successor Issuer Trustee shall comply
with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If the retiring Issuer Trustee
fails to appoint a successor Relevant Trustee, the Holders of at least 25% in
Liquidation Amount of the Outstanding Capital Securities may appoint a successor
Relevant Trustee, and such successor Issuer Trustee shall comply with the
applicable requirements of Section 8.11.
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If any Issuer Trustee shall 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 cause, the Holders of the Capital Securities, by Act of the Holders of
at least 25% in Liquidation Amount of the Capital Securities then Outstanding
delivered to the retiring Relevant Trustee, shall promptly appoint a successor
Relevant Trustee or Trustees, and such successor Issuer Trustee shall comply
with the applicable requirements of Section 8.11. If no successor Relevant
Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Holders of the Capital Securities
and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 8.11, any Holder may,
on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, or the remaining Issuer
Trustee(s), may petition a court in the State of Delaware 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,
the retiring Relevant Trustee 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 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.
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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:
(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
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(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, 1999,
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.
(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.
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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 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.
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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. Termination Upon Expiration Date.
Unless earlier terminated, the Issuer Trust shall automatically
terminate on _____________, 202_ (the "Expiration Date"), following the
distribution of the Trust Property in accordance with Section 9.4.
SECTION 9.2. Early Termination.
The first to occur of any of the following events is an "Early
Termination Event":
(a) the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of, or the
dissolution or liquidation of, the Holder of the Common Securities;
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(b) the written direction to the Property Trustee from the
Holder of the Common Securities at any time to terminate 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
(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)
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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 dissolved, wound-up
or terminated, by the Property Trustee in such manner as the Property Trustee
determines. In such event, on the date of the dissolution, winding-up or other
termination 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 dissolution,
winding up or termination, 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 dissolution, winding-up or termination pro rata (determined as
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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,
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transfer or lease would cause the Issuer Trust or the successor 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
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 by the
Property Trustee, the Delaware Trustee and the Holder of the Common Securities
without the consent of any Holder of the Capital Securities, (i) 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, or (ii) 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; provided,
however, that such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the
interests of any Holder, and any 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 Issuer Trustees and the Holder of the
Common Securities and 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
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States federal income tax purposes or the Issuer Trust's exemption from status
of an investment company under the 1940 Act.
(c) In addition to and notwithstanding any other provision in this
Trust Agreement, without the consent of each Holder (such consent being obtained
in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), 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 (such consent
being obtained in accordance with Section 6.3 or 6.6 hereof), 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) Neither the Property Trustee nor the Delaware Trustee shall be
required to enter into any amendment to this Trust Agreement which affects its
own rights, duties or immunities under this Trust Agreement or would otherwise
expose the Property Trustee to any liability or be contrary to applicable law.
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.
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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.
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
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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 Bankers Trust Company, Four Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx Xxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration, Corporate Market
Services; (b) with respect to the Delaware Trustee, to Bankers Trust (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 I." 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.
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(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.
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:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title: Vice President
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY,
as Property Trustee
By:
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Assistant Treasurer
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
as Delaware Trustee
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Stallcamp
Title: President
By:
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Name: Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
as Administrative Trustee
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
as Administrative Trustee
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EXHIBIT A
CERTIFICATE OF TRUST
OF
KEYCORP CAPITAL I
THIS CERTIFICATE OF TRUST of KeyCorp Capital I (the "Trust"),
dated June 2, 1998, is being duly executed and filed by the undersigned, as
trustee, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del.
C. Section 3801 et seq.).
1. Name. The name of the business trust being formed hereby is
KeyCorp Capital I.
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the trustee of the
Trust, have executed this Certificate of Trust 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 Secretary
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EXHIBIT B
LETTER OF REPRESENTATIONS
June 30, 1998
The Depository Trust Company,
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx,
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 10041-0099
Attention: General Counsel's Office
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Re: KeyCorp Capital I
Floating Rate Capital Securities
CUSIP [ ]
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
The purpose of this letter is to set forth certain matters
relating to the issuance and deposit with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC")
of the Floating Rate Capital Securities (the "Capital Securities"), of KeyCorp
Capital I, a Delaware statutory business trust (the "Issuer"), created and
continued pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Agreement between KeyCorp
("KeyCorp"), Bankers Trust Company, as Property Trustee, and Bankers Trust
(Delaware), as Delaware Trustee. The payment of distributions on the Capital
Securities, and payments due upon liquidation of the Issuer or redemption of the
Capital Securities, to the extent the Issuer has funds available for the payment
thereof are guaranteed by KeyCorp to the extent set forth in a Guarantee
Agreement dated June __, 1998 by KeyCorp with respect to the Capital Securities.
KeyCorp and the Issuer propose to sell the Capital Securities to the
Underwriters (the "Underwriters") pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement dated
June __, 1998 by and among the Underwriters, the Issuer and KeyCorp, and the
Underwriters wish to take delivery of the Capital Securities through DTC.
Bankers Trust Company is acting as transfer agent and registrar with respect to
the Capital Securities (the "Transfer Agent and Registrar").
To induce DTC to accept the Capital Securities as eligible for
deposit at DTC, and to act in accordance with DTC's Rules with respect to the
Capital Securities, the Issuer, the Transfer Agent and Registrar and DTC agree
among each other as follows:
1. Prior to the closing of the sale of the Capital Securities
to the Underwriters, which is expected to occur on June __, 1998 there shall be
deposited with DTC one or more global certificates (individually and
collectively, the "Global Certificate") registered in the
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name of DTC's Capital Securities nominee, Cede & Co., representing an aggregate
of two hundred fifty thousand Capital Securities and bearing the following
legend:
Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York
corporation ("DTC"), to Issuer or its agent for registration
of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued
is registered in the name of Cede & Co. or in such other name
as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC (and
any payment is made to Cede & Co. or to such other entity as
is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE
BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest herein.
The Issuer understands that DTC has no obligation to, and will
not, communicate to its Participants or to any person having an interest in the
Capital Securities any information contained in the Global Certificate; and
acknowledges that neither DTC's Participants nor any person having an interest
in the Capital Securities shall be deemed to have notice of the provisions of
the Global Certificate by virtue of submission of such Global Certificate to
DTC.
2. The Amended and Restated Trust Agreement of the Issuer
provides for the voting by holders of the Capital Securities under certain
limited circumstances (with no provision for revocation of consents or votes by
subsequent holders). The Issuer shall establish a record date for such purposes
and shall, to the extent possible, give DTC notice of such record date not less
than 15 calendar days in advance of such record date.
3. In the event of a stock split, conversion,
recapitalization, reorganization or any other similar transaction resulting in
the cancellation of all or any part of the Capital Securities outstanding, the
Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall send DTC a notice of such event
at least 5 business days prior to the effective date of such event.
4. In the event of distribution on, or an offering or issuance
of rights with respect to, the Capital Securities outstanding, the Issuer or the
Transfer Agent and Registrar shall send DTC a notice specifying: (a) the amount
of and conditions, if any, applicable to the payment of any such distribution or
any such offering or issuance of rights; (b) any applicable expiration or
deadline date, or any date by which any action on the part of the holders of
Capital Securities is required; and (c) the date any required notice is to be
mailed by or on behalf of the Issuer to holders of Capital Securities or
published by or on behalf of the Issuer (whether by mail or publication, the
"Publication Date"). Such notice shall be sent to DTC by a secure means (e.g.,
legible telecopy, registered or certified mail, overnight delivery) in a timely
manner designed to assure that such notice is in DTC's possession no later than
the close of business on the business day before the Publication Date. The
Issuer
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or the Transfer Agent and Registrar will forward such notice either in a
separate secure transmission for each CUSIP number or in a secure transmission
of multiple CUSIP numbers (if applicable) that includes a manifest or list of
each CUSIP number submitted in that transmission. (The party sending such notice
shall have a method to verify subsequently the use of such means and the
timeliness of such notice.) The Publication Date shall be not less than 30
calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the payment of any such
distribution or any such offering or issuance of rights with respect to the
Capital Securities. After establishing the amount of payment to be made on the
Capital Securities, the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar will notify
DTC's Dividend Department of such payment 5 business days prior to payment date.
Notices to DTC's Dividend Department by telecopy shall be sent to (212)
709-1723. Such notices by mail or by any other means shall be sent to:
Manager, Announcements
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00x Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
The Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall confirm
DTC's receipt of such telecopy by telephoning the Dividend Department at (212)
709-1270.
5. In the event of a redemption by the Issuer of the Capital
Securities, notice specifying the terms of the redemption and the Publication
Date of such notice shall be sent by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and
Registrar to DTC not less than 30 calendar days prior to such event by a secure
means in the manner set forth in paragraph 4. Such redemption notice shall be
sent to DTC's Call Notification Department at (000) 000-0000 or (516) 227- 4190,
and receipt of such notice shall be confirmed by telephoning (000) 000-0000.
Notice by mail or by any other means shall be sent to:
Call Notification Department
The Depository Trust Company
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
6. In the event of any invitation to tender the Capital
Securities, notice specifying the terms of the tender and the Publication Date
of such notice shall be sent by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar
to DTC by a secure means and in a timely manner as described in paragraph 4.
Notices to DTC pursuant to this paragraph and notices of other corporate actions
(including mandatory tenders, exchanges and capital changes) shall be sent,
unless notification to another department is expressly provided for herein, by
telecopy to
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DTC's Reorganization Department at (000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000 and receipt
of such notice shall be confirmed by telephoning (000) 000-0000, or by mail or
any other means to:
Manager, Reorganization Department
Reorganization Window
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000-0000
7. The Transfer Agent and Registrar must provide DTC, no later
than noon (Eastern Time) on the payment date, CUSIP numbers for the Capital
Securities for which payment is being sent, as well as the dollar amount of the
payment. Notification of payment details should be sent using automated
communications.
8. Distribution payments or other cash payments that are part
of periodic payments with respect to the Capital Securities evidenced by the
Global Certificate shall be received by Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC, or its
registered assigns in same-day funds no later than 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on
each payment date (or in accordance with existing arrangements between the
Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar and DTC). Absent any other
arrangements between the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar and DTC,
such funds shall be wired as follows:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ABA 000000000
For credit to A/C The Depository Trust Company
Dividend Deposit Account 066-026776
The Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall provide payment information
to a standard announcement service subscribed to by DTC. In the unlikely event
that no such service exists, the Issuer agrees that it or the Transfer Agent and
Registrar shall provide this information directly to DTC in advance of the
record date as soon as the information is available. This information should be
conveyed directly to DTC electronically. If electronic transmission is not
available, absent any other arrangements between the Transfer Agent and DTC,
such information should be sent by telecopy to DTC's Dividend Department at
(000) 000-0000 or (000) 000-0000, and receipt of such notices shall be confirmed
by telephoning (000) 000-0000. Notices to DTC pursuant to the above by mail or
by any other means shall be sent to:
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Manager; Announcements
Dividend Department
The Depository Trust Company
0 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx; 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
9. DTC shall receive maturity and redemption payments with
respect to the Capital Securities evidenced by the Global Certificate allocated
with respect to each CUSIP number on the payable date in same-day funds by 2:30
p.m. (Eastern Time). Absent any other arrangements between the Transfer Agent
and Registrar and DTC, such payments shall be wired as follows:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ABA 000000000
For credit to A/C The Depository Trust Company
Redemption Account 066-027306
in accordance with existing SDFS payment procedures in the manner set forth in
DTC's SDFS Paying Agent Operating Procedures, a copy of which has previously
been furnished to the Transfer Agent and Xxxxxxxxx.
00. DTC shall receive all reorganization payments and
CUSIP-level detail resulting from corporate actions (such as tender offers,
remarketings, or mergers) on the first payable date in same-day funds by 2:30
p.m. (Eastern Time). Absent any other arrangements between the Transfer Agent
and Registrar and DTC, such payments shall be wired as follows:
The Chase Manhattan Bank
ABA 000000000
For credit to A/C The Depository Trust Company
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Reorganization Account 066-027608
11. DTC may by prior written notice direct the Issuer and the
Transfer Agent and Registrar to use any other telecopy number or address of DTC
as the number or address to which notices or payments may be sent.
12. In the event of a conversion, redemption, or any other
similar transaction (e.g., tender made and accepted in response to the Issuer's
or the Transfer Agent and Registrar's invitation) necessitating a reduction in
the aggregate number of Capital Securities outstanding evidenced by Global
Certificates, DTC, in its discretion: (a) may request the Issuer or the Transfer
Agent and Registrar to issue and countersign a new Global Certificate; or (b)
may make an appropriate notation on the Global Certificate indicating the date
and amount of such reduction.
13. DTC may discontinue its services as a securities
depositary with respect to the Capital Securities at any time by giving
reasonable notice to the Issuer and the Transfer Agent and Registrar (at which
time DTC will confirm with the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar the
aggregate number of Capital Securities deposited with it) and discharging its
responsibilities with respect thereto under applicable law. Under such
circumstances, the Issuer may determine to make alternative arrangements for
book-entry settlement for the Capital Securities, make available one or more
separate global certificates evidencing Capital Securities to any Participant
having Capital Securities credited to its DTC account, or issue definitive
Capital Securities to the beneficial holders thereof, and in any such case, DTC
agrees to cooperate fully with the Issuer and the Transfer Agent and Registrar,
and to return the Global Certificate, duly endorsed for transfer as directed by
the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar, together with any other
documents of transfer reasonably requested by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent
and Xxxxxxxxx.
00. In the event that the Issuer determines that beneficial
owners of Capital Securities shall be able to obtain definitive Capital
Securities, the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Registrar shall notify DTC of
the availability of certificates. In such event, the Issuer or the Transfer
Agent and Registrar shall issue, transfer and exchange certificates in
appropriate amounts, as required by DTC and others, and DTC agrees to cooperate
fully with the Issuer and the Transfer Agent and Registrar and to return the
Global Certificate, duly endorsed for transfer as directed by the Issuer or the
Transfer Agent and Registrar, together with any other documents of transfer
reasonably requested by the Issuer or the Transfer Agent and Xxxxxxxxx.
00. This letter may be executed in any number of counterparts,
each of which when 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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Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Transfer Agent
and Registrar to advance funds on behalf of KeyCorp Capital I.
Very truly yours,
KEYCORP CAPITAL I
By KEYCORP, as Depositor
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
Title:
BANKERS TRUST COMPANY
as Property Trustee, Transfer Agent and
Registrar
By:
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Name:
Title: Assistant Treasurer
RECEIVED AND ACCEPTED:
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY
By:
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Authorized Officer
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SCHEDULE A
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KEYCORP CAPITAL I
$250,000,000 Floating Rate Capital Securities
CUSIP Number:
Liquidation Amount: $1,000 per Capital Security
Distribution Rate: The Distribution Rate will be a
floating rate per annum determined by reference
to 3- month LIBOR plus a margin of 0.__%.
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EXHIBIT C
[FORM OF COMMON SECURITIES CERTIFICATE]
THIS CERTIFICATE IS NOT TRANSFERABLE EXCEPT TO THE
DEPOSITOR OR AN AFFILIATE OF THE DEPOSITOR IN COMPLIANCE
WITH APPLICABLE LAW AND 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 I
FLOATING RATE COMMON SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER COMMON SECURITY)
KeyCorp Capital I, 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 floating rate common
securities of the Issuer Trust, representing undivided beneficial interests in
the assets of the Issuer Trust and designated the Floating Rate Common
Securities (Liquidation Amount $1,000 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 June __, 1998, 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 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.
Terms used but not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the
Trust Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Administrative Trustee of the
Issuer Trust has executed this certificate as of the day of June, 1998.
KEYCORP CAPITAL I
By:
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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 June __, 1998,
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 I, 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 Floating Rate 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 June __, 1998, 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
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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:
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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
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 I
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:
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Name:
Title:
KEYCORP CAPITAL I
By:
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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 I 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.]
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CERTIFICATE NUMBER NUMBER OF CAPITAL SECURITIES
P- [___________]
CUSIP NO. ____________
CERTIFICATE EVIDENCING CAPITAL SECURITIES
OF
KEYCORP CAPITAL I
FLOATING RATE CAPITAL SECURITIES
(LIQUIDATION AMOUNT $1,000 PER CAPITAL SECURITY)
KeyCorp Capital I, a business trust created under the laws of the State
of Delaware (the "Issuer Trust"), hereby certifies that (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 I Floating Rate Capital
Securities (Liquidation Amount $1,000 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 June __, 1998, 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 June __, 1998, (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 I
By:
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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:
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(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.
